The morning call., 1894-07-08
TRIED BY CoURT-MARTIAL.
Militiamen Admit That They Vlo-
lated Military Rules.

SACRAMENTO, July MEM bers of
Company q, Third Infantry, of San FRAN
cisco, were brought before general court
martial this morning at the camp on the
Capitol grounds and the trial was begun
for alleged disobedience Of orders on
Wednesday at the railroad depot. The
court was held imm ediately In front of
brigade headquarters. The order which
was issued for this proceeding read as fol-
lows:
general court-martial is hereby appointed
to meet at brigade headquarters on the 7th day
OF July al l O'Clock, or as soon thereafter as
practicable, for the trial of Sergeant w. S. Thur
good, Company g, Third Regiment Infantry,
Second Brigade n. G. c., and such other prison.
ers as may be brought before it. Thp detail for
the court Is: LieuteDant-ColoDel UCOnnOr,
Third Infantry. president Of court; Major
Stanley, Second Brigade; Major Miles, Second
Brigade; Major POtt, Second Brigade; Major
Brady, Third Infantry; Captain Kennedy,
Third InfantrY Captain Margo, First Infantry;
Lieutenants Sullivan, Fllmer, Thompson and
Shafer, First Infantry; Lieutenants kehrlel
and Or. Third Infantry. Major George Bur-
dick First Infantry, Will act as judge advocate.
Charges and specifications were pre-
ferred against Sergeant n. S. Thurgood,
Hansen, John Kelly and j. Scanlan. and
Privates John Costello, r. DOrrance, j.
Killeen, r. Killeen, W. Gum, 81. Hencken,
w. Schaunleffe, n. S. Power, Il. L. Rup-
pei, j. Dillon, j. Dewitt, H. Munster. F.
TobenbOske. c. BergemanD. c. johnson,
B. McGurren. Peter Andersen, Il. S.
OBrlen, j. j. Dunn, Herbert Samuels, W.
Dorrance. A. Bannock, Fl. Lewis. d.
Herlihy, W. Renwiek. G. Smith and F.
Murray, all of Company G, Third In
fantry.
The charges were preferred by Major
James F. Smith, commander of the first
battalion of same regiment. The charges
and specifications against the men were
that they left the street column formation
in violation of orders and refused 10
resume that formation when ordered to
do so.
The court held its session Immediately
in front of the brigade headquarters tent
The prisoners were marched from the
Third Infantry portion of the camp to
headquarters. They were asked by Judge
Advocate Burdck if they desired counsel,
and whom. The men asked for Lieutenant
Kehrlein, but this officer was on the court.
Then request was made for Lieutenant
Fontaine of the Third Infantry. Fontaine
appeared, but did nothing much. The
officers of the court were sworn by the
Judge advocate and he in turn was sworn
by the president of the court. Several of
the prisoners pleaded not guilty. but the
majority were willing to acknowledge
their violation of the regulations.
Sergeant Bruenhoffer was called and ex-
planned that the men were exhausted and
had sought the shade, and when called to
reform he said every man had returned.
j. j. Dunn, another OF the prisoners,
made a similar statement. and Major
Smith, the prosecuting witness, testified
that he had noticed one company with the
ranks broken, and bad rushed over from
his position and asked Sergeant Thur
good what that thing meant. Thurgood
had said, Pm sorry. major. but think
the men have gone outw Smith ordered
Thurgood to order them back, and Thur
good replied that this might be impossi-
BILE, because the men might not come back,
and finally Smith ordered them back in
formation. and the men returned from the
shade to sun, and then moved from their
position to the shade, when orders to that
effect were given.
Captain Driscoll testified, as command
ing officer Of the company, that he left the
company to restrain some men from drink
ing wafer at a tank near by, and when he
returned he found the ranks broken. He
called the men back and they came.
At this juncture the prisoners asked
that Lieutenant George McIver of the
Seventh United States Infantry be their
counsel, and court was adjourned until to-
morrow. Lieutenant McIver will appear
for the men at the request of Adjutant-