The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-17
TWO CASES DISPOSED OF.
THE GENERAL COURT HARTTdL
HELD ANOTHER SESSION.
The Morton Case VIII be Finished Friday
Details OF the Two Trials Last Evening
One of the Accused to be Acquitted.


other session at the Regimental Armory
last evening and disposed OF the case
Of Musician Richard +. Dyer. OF the
Drum Corps and OF that OF Private ii.
r. Milburn. of Company A., First Regi-
ment Infantry
In the former case tho evidence ala
not substantiato the charges inasmuch
as il was shown that no discipline haI
been I'm existence In the drum corps ah1
that practice drills had been suspended
during the time when the accused va
charged with being about. inc Noudi
will most likely recommend the acqui'l"i
Of the accused. 1900
guilty both to the charge and specinca-
uOns. but stated i'm explanation lndt ~
had been absent on account OF the seI4-
Gus Illness Of his wife
THE PROCEEDINGS.
The Court convened shortly after
O'clock and all the members "e ir,i,ips ~
cnt except Captain Morgan X. Mlils, vi
Company +, First Regiment MIAMI
and Captain c. Gray Bossieux, OF C0ll-
pany A., First Regiment. botn I h%rii,s
made their excuses TO Judge AuNy'tt.-N
WoOn for being absent on account ol ~,
Dortant bu1ness. Major Niiiam L.
Simons presided as usual 1900.
After the usual fOrmalitios in connec-
ton with the opening OF the court W.
gone through Mltut inc JupHf ~
called up the case of Musician kichaId
f. Dyer. OF the Drum Corps OF the flrst
Regiment Infantry, who had been as
signed 10 Company ID.
The following charges and speclhcd-
tions. preferred against the accused by
Captain G. \. Crawford, or Company
d.. were then read:
Charge ]. Failure TO repair to com
pany rendezvous, in violation OF the o'u
article OF war. r,-,-a T.
Over. Drum Corps. First Regiment IL
fantry. Virginia Volunteers, not Dtlin5
nrcVcntcd by sickness or other heces@l.g
aid fail to repair TO the armoIy OF tnc
-, peofment on January 3D. lith, -otn'
lsebruarv 10th, March Jth. z6th' Aprh ~
a,t I,t6 2gd. May 2lst. 30th. June 4ln'
~, 1N,h and 9th July I'd. 9Th, l6th' 80
2otb August 9Th. 18Th, 2Oth' L'Ii' go
e.,,,'n,r ,u. lU,n. l,th. zith' Seplvhlpnci
S,,, r,hich was annual inspection &c
tobrr lei 9Th. 1875. The same utlhs az
',''1nt.o nv bis commander as '"o i'"
devious for his practice, ,.oi,,dice Of
Charge .. Conduct 10 w, disri1Iine. in
GOOD order and military u'a~'
ee,"iS,ion Of The ed article OF war, r,.or
3sn1ciacatio1. In that Richard j.. ~ -
did in abseatng himself nom rheren,
and paradcs. Sc pad eAal-ra~' is per-
injuring the corps by lo"oi'"s
ccntage. 49,.
PLEADED NOT GUILTY.
The accused litdutN A'N d."
charge and specifications. ,, .,u
Drum Sergeant X. j.. Eddens, WheH C"lI-
cd to the stand, read from the oIuei
book the dates when the dCCuIs,1, Id,
been absent from drills, when ld.il.1 WIZ
those mentioned in the speclucaloh.
,The accused was then called 10 'ne
etand and stated that on several uay'
mentioned i'm the specifications eapeO4o.
lv at the night Of Inspection ne "d9 oul
of the city and uld not receive aug n.y.
IA
from September 18th TO Z3Td, but dlu Iot
annIv for leave OF absence. lie dtlcnueu
q GOOD many meetings or the uLuhI
CORPS. but could not tell no" many III
regular practice night OF the druIl co ~
was Friday night. but during the hoI
,ronths of June. July. and August ne dld
NOT think that the drum corps practlceu
one Friday night in the month.
lie had not received any notice OF lhe
meetings of the drum corps on othei IMAM
regular meeting nights.
John f.. Franklin. who roomed win the
accused from August 20 1870. 10 MdIch .
1891. stated that the latter iold MN ic
went to the armOry ON certain hlbH'S ~
attend practice during thal llinc Du.
usually returned saying that there was
Sergeant Eddens when recalled stated
that the regular practice mshl was on
Friday. and tnat other pracuCes TOOK
place by order of the Colonel az bdltaioh
suspended during the year Since the
drum corps have been detailed 10 COM
pany ID it had been in charge of Ser
geant LESS.
IN BAD CONDITION.
Captain ShackelfOrd called attention 10
the fact that the roll-b0Ok showed that
the practice of the drum corps had been
suspended from june 18th TO September
let. but Sergeant Eddins said he dld nor
know anything about that. lie thought 10
happened after Sergeant LESS took
charge of the drum corps. He added thdt
the drum corps had been i'm pretty bad
shape and without any discipline. Cap
tain ShackelfOrd asked that Sergeant
diess be sent for, but he could not he
found
Musician Dyer was then recalled and
when asked by the court, stated that he
would only Dee too glad 20 attend prac-
tice every Friday night. n IL was kept
regularly and IN the right way. Hereto
fore there had been 40 system in the
practices. often the drum CORDS had been
out in the Basement for practice when
bazaar were being held In the big hall
or when captains complained that they
could not drill their companies on ace
count Of the noise created by the drum
CORDS.
on one occasion there had been only
three boys present on Friday night. and
De- had hlmScn written on the black
board: Sergeant lost. $500 reward 10 the
til' WHO mus Illss j Nt trouble was
That there were too many head men and
10 prvates.
This ended the case and the court was
cleared 20 enable the members 10 agree
on the findings
THE MILBURN CASE.
After the court had been Ge-opened the
Judge Advocate called up the case against
Private II. r. Milburn OF Company 4.
First Regiment. Infantry. The charges
preferred against him boy Captain G.. Gray
Bossieux were as follows:
nargt. NclIcct of duty and conduct
preJudicial TO good order and military
discipline, in violation OF the I'D article
OF war.
Specification. In this. that Private
II. K Milbufn Company A.. First Regi-
mcnt. infantry, Virginia Volunteers. did
absent himself from the drills and pa
radcs OF his company on the following
dates. july LIST. 9th 10Th 18Th 23d. 3Ith.
September Sd, nth 2Jth. 2ith. October
I'd. Sth 10TH 1891"
The accused pleaded guilty 10 the
charge and specifications and when call
ed 10 the stand he stated that he had
been absent on account OF the serious i'll
ness OF his wife. Tie was q bolt maker
10y trade, he said. IN the employ of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
lie enlisted on July J. 1886.
WILLING TO RESIGN.
When asked by the Court what he in
tended 10 do IN the future with reference
TO his military duties. he replied that
he was willing TO resign IL the Court
so desired, but he was informed by the
president Of the Court that he could not
resign.
When questioned by the Judge Adj
vocatc. he stated, that his wages were