The times., 1898-07-16
SADNESS At CAMP ALGER
Only Men Of Known Good Char
acter Can Get Passes.
TO STOP THE DRINK DISGRACE
Gen. Butler Issues an Order Design
ed to Prevent Repetitions of
scenes Which Have Hurt the Good
Name OF the Volunteer Soldier
Death of Major WieJIcr.

The following general order was issued
from corps headquarters yesterday:
Headquarters Second Army Corps.
ITO Commanding Generals:
The major general commanding in
vites attention to the reports of drunk
enness and scandalous conduct on the
part of members Of this command on
railroad cars and en- route from thence
TO Falls Church, Va. He directs that
steps be taken 10 put stop TO these dis
orders He suggests that il would be
well 10 stop all passes, except in cases of
men OF known good character for So
briefly. {. 5. ROBERTS,
s.Adjt. Gen"
Official copy furnished commanding
officers who will give the necessary or
ders to prevent passes from being given
10 enlisted men unless they are men of
good character for sobriety. Further re-
ports of drunkenness and scandalous con-
duct on the part of men of this division
will cause a total suspension of passes.
by command of GEN. BUTLER
Consequently there is gloom at Camp
Alger. Men OF good character for So
briefly are only too scarce and as
rule. do not require passes more frequent
ly than once per month. The trouble
has been that the boys cannot get any
liquor in camp. and when they get a
chance at it they simply wallow in it and
make fools Of themselves.
1t is only too true that disgraceful
scenes were daily enacted all along the
road from the camp 10 Rosslyn, Va. and
the electric cars were always burdened
with soldiers in a disgusting condition.
Provost guards were doubled and quad
rupIed at each end Of the line. but with
out apparent effect The new order. while
severe. was needed and the boys have
only themselves 10 blame.
Taps had an added significance for the
boys of the Seventh Ohio last night, and
the flags IN camp were at half mast all
day yesterday. News was received in the
morning of the death of Major Wiedler.
Of the Third Battalion, at his home in
Chrlicothe Ohio. Major Wiedler com
planned of being i'll about a week ago.
and, on arrival at his home typhoid fever
developed, resulting in his death.
The dead officer was popular in the
regiment. and. as the boys expressed it,.
ALWAYS had "a smile for everybody" The
dress. parade yesterday out of respect
10 the dead majors memory. Capt
George ". Brandell and Lieut. Hurst,
both Of Company II. left here last night
TO attend the funeral and Col. Hamilton.
who is at present in Chillicothe will also
attend.
Major Hovey. of the First Battalion.
Seventh Ohio, is i'll al his home in Mariet-
ia, Ohio.
Company c. Twelfth Pennsylvania re-
ceived a big consignment of good things
from Milton, Pa, yesterday.
Mrs Harry Marr. Robert Jatt and
William Kilburn, Of WilliamspOrt, Pa.
visited the Twelfth Pennsylvania yester-
day.
The following patients were removed
from the First Division Hospital 10 Fort
Myer yesterday: Privares James Pearl.
Company 4, Sixty-fifth New York; Pat
! rick Brennan. Company II, Thirteenth
! Pennsylvania: : l. Plumb. Company c,
Eighth Pennsylvania; Jesse HOram, Com
pany B. Twelfth Pennsylvania: y Stock
holm. Company G. Thirteenth Pennsyl-
vania; A II. Walker, Company b, Sixty
/ fifth New York; w. ]. Clark. Company
/ O, First New Jersey; Corporal w Nc
! Clusky Company H. Twelfth Pennsyl-
/ vania; Sergeant Jacob Keeper. Company
/ =. Thirteenth Pennsylvania, and Private
+ A @. Hardie, Hospital Corps.
Private Harris, Company B. Thirteenth
( Pennsylvania shot himself in the foot
4 accidentally on Thursday night. and IS
/ now at the First division hospital.
The Second division court-martial has
/ given out some Of the findings in cases
I tried this week. Private John Somers.
! Company a, Sixty-iifth New York. for
| being absent without leave. was fined $40,
and sentenced to ten days hard labor.
! Private Harry BidweH, Company a. Six
| ty-ffth New York charged with stealing
| the property Of his comrades. was ac-
! quilted.
| The Thirteenth Pennsylvania IS greatly
/ worried over the mysterious disappear
! ance of Private Jessup Kirkendall. of
/ Company 3. Kirkendall was at com
! pany mess at noon last Sunday but fail
! ed to appear at supper time and has not
since been seen or heard from. He bears
a splendid record for s0briety and has
never been away from camp for any
| length of time before. He is said to
have had between 500 and $500 on his
person all the time. and some of the Of
| ficers fear foul play. Scouting parties
have ransacked the woods. but so far.
nothing has been learned as to his where
abouts. His home IS in Scranton. Pa,
and he has not been heard from there.
First Lieut. Bell. Company B. Sixth
Pennsylvania. has been acquitted OF the
charge of neglect of duty.
Major Sommers, Of the Second Tennes-
see. leaves for Santiago this morning.
having been ordered there to take charge
of the work of arresting the progress of
yellow fever. Major Sommers has had
field experience in Egypt and China and
is an immune. He viii take a staff of
twenty-five assistants with him.
Sergt- Mace, Company +, Third New
York. has been reduced to the ranks for
insubOTdinatiOn.
The Pennsylvania cavalry is doing pro-
v0st duty and is kept busy marching
squads Of prisoners into camp. The boys
viii get out in every way possible and
they must submit to the inevitable arrest
after they get full of liquor.
Private Charles Kaelher. Company F.
Thirteenth Pennsylvania, jabbed himself
accidentally with his bayonet yesterday.
His injuries We're looked after at the regi-
mental dispensary.