The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-12
USED AN ANCIENT MAP.
Lieutenants Gregg and. Linsay Under
Arrest for "Cribbing."

Kansas City Star: Please, sir, may
Jim and I go out Of the yard?"
twas Lieutenant john Gregg of the
United States regular army at Fort
Leavenw orth who SPOKE. Jim" was
his ever present ally, Lieutenant James
Lindsay. The yard was three miles
each wav.
But, boys, You are under strict ar
rest, replied the gray haired command
ant OF the post, Colonel Hawkins. You
are allowed 10 go no farther than the
narrow boundaries of the reservation.
three miles each way, unless with my
special permission. | must keep you
under strict surveillance, but as 1his is
only the third trip 10 Leavenworth to-
day, You NAV go"
Gladly The young officers scampered
off TO have their carriage called.
Proudly they wore their shoulder straps
for the two were the most talked about
men in Leavenworth
IT, as they walked, the rattle of
chains smote the ear of a passer-by: If
guard with muSket loaded and bayonet
1lXed KEPT pace with the imprisoned
men; if keen-eyed army detectives
watched suspiclOusly the every move OF
the "heutenants, il was all in the i'm
a-in9tion of the onlooker. The young
men were freer than salvation; they
were officers Of the United States army
under arrest
The court martial which was to have
begun the trial Of Lieutenants Gregg
and Lindsay today for scandalous con-
duct has been postponed. Colonel Rob
ert H. Han of the Fourth infars.ry
commanding Fort Sheridan, Ills, mas
been detailed as inspector TO inves5i-
gate the charges against the young
men, and if he finds them worthy of
punishment the court martial viii then
IL
Fort Leavenworth at once and his in
vestigation viii be finished within three
or four days. Meanwhile Gregg and
Lindsay, who are quite the darlings of
the regiment, will remain at the post,
under the rigorous confinement to
which they have been subjected since
their arrest on June 16.
The officers are accused of 'gouging''
or 'cribbing" in final examinations of
the United States infantry and cavalry
school, which they have attended for
TWO years. and from which they grad
uated two weeks ago. It is charged
by Captain Beach, instructor of field
engineering in the school, that the
heutenants used an old map in max
ing a drawing of a road II miles long,
over which the 80 officers in the school
were supposed to ride after $50 o'clock
one morning, and complete their sketch
before 5:45 D. m.
IT'S a misunderstanding about the
Instructions, says Gregg.
It's absurd" says LINDSAY.
The work was reconnaissance The
officers rode over the course AT a trot !
making notes and observations as they
went, and upon returning 10 the draw
ing academy were supposed to work up
a sketch from what they had seen. and, /
Lindsay and Gregg claim, from nat
ether aids they could find. This sketch !
was expected to show the cultivated (
lands for some distance on either side
of the road. the houses. elevations /
creeks and other things CT importance |
in a military map that might be taken |
advantage of by a commanding officer
IN time of war in selecting favorable /
fighting grounds camping places. ford |
ing streams and the like.
Now they do say that the officers in /
question turned in a man that would !
have been as good as gold few years /
before so many changes were made /
along the road. Because st was not an |
up-tO-date mop Captain Beach made /
a fuss, and the two young gentlemen |
were arrested just as they were Ieav-
ing for their POSTS after two wears at |
the school, which is a sort of post grad |
uate course for West Point. Lindsay
even had his berth engaged, but Ire
berth waited for the passenger that
never came. He is stationed with the
kIss
while Gregg was detailed from the I
Twenty second infantry, Fort Cook,
Ne5.
The accused officers say their fnstruc-
lions were to use any aids they could
find in making the sketches. There
fore if they used an old man II was
justitiaOle. But whether they did or
they didn't. whether it was a do or
a don't all the girls in Leavenworsh
think II is just horrid that the officers
are under arrest and are liable 10 be
dismissed from the service. Both have
attended many Kansas City social
functions, and are well known in Kan
sas CITY society.
a man who went up 70 Fort Leaven-
worth yesterday saw large punches &C
red tape neatly tied UP lying about. He
went TO see Colonel Hawkins Colonel
Hawkins is not to be approached with
immunity. He has a big iron fence
and retinue of servants and an army
o. soldiers 10 keen You off his grass
All things come to him who waits and
Colonel Hawkins came at last, but Col
Onel Hawkins CONCEALED and would not
talk about the court martial
Ideutenants Gregg and Lindsay were
away their young lives at the
Fort Leavenworth club The former
used 20 be a newspaper man, he says,
n Pennsylvania, and his idea OF a good
story and joke on a reporter IS to
sit down and write out statement for
i.n,.
Now. here IS Dickie Harding Davis
writing about Soldiers CT Misfor-
une he said. as he poised a pencil ,
above his dukes.
Yes, we are soldiers of misfortune"
aughed Lindsay. Misfortune in !
good"
T'hev are cheerful even in the close
in which they are not kept,
lrd the bread and water which they
ire not allowed.
We secured an investigation before
he court martial was ordered" said
lindsay. You know even if a person
5 acquitted by a count martial the pe5-
lie forget that and remember only that
re was tried ard for some offense. That
s no way TO treat an officer. Give Off
ers an inspector, and then if he finds
hem guilty, take them out and shoot
hem without any court martial busi- !
less abouz it"
The latest picture of Lieutenant
iregg shows ten medals on his coat.
hey are mostly for craftsmanship. He {
raduated with much honor at West /