The evening times., 1898-06-01
the IRllL OF / VOLUNTEER.
Sergeant Reduced to the Ranks
st Camp Black.
GUILTY or NEGLECT. Qg DUTY
The First cosrt-Martial Held IN
Henpsteaa Plains-The AccpseA
IL Held Responsible fer Theft
From = Freight Car which HIS
laen Guarded.

Camp Black, Hampstead. L. l.. Ju1e L.
In the camp Of the Forty-seventh Regi-
ment, Of Brooklyn. yesterday field oni-
GERS court convened to try non-commis-
stoned oficer on charge OF neglect of
duty. This. was the first court-martial
held In the camp.
Sergeant James Curtin. Of Company q.
Forty-seventh Regiment. was insc6mfnhhd
of a squad Of men doing provost guard
duty at the Camp Black stasspn on last
Saturday night. There were several cars
containing commissary stores on side
track awaiting unloading. and two men
were detailed from Curtin's command to
patrol the tracks near the cars. One OF
the cars was broken open. by-wfom no
body knows, and some provisions were
stolen Sergeant Curtin was held respon-
sible because he was the commanding Of
ficer. - 9Db2f
Lieut.. william H. weigel. post quarter
master. made the complaint The court
was held in Lieut.. Col. w. H. Hubbell's
tent. Lieut. Col. Hubbell was Judge. Sol
diers testified to the fact Of the theft. but
not one could tell who had broken open
the car. % ~
Judge Hubbell found Curtin guilty Of
neglect Of duty and ordered that his
cherrons be taken from his arms. and
that he be reduced to the ranks. Curtin
came here as a private and was quickly
promoted. He feels the punishment keen
ly.
A man dressed like an artillery Cficer
Of the United States Army visited camp
yesterday. He was locked up In the
guartlhouse OF the Twenty-second ReCi-
ment before the night was over. and was
| kicked out of camp this morning. AT the
guardhouse he said he was connected
| with military school in the City OF
| Churches.
The man arrived in camp early in the
morning, and before he was here half an
hour had insuited an officer of the First
| Regiment. In the belief that he was
| regular Army officer the insult was over
looked Before night word came to Lieut..
| Cooper. of the Twenty-second. that
| man dressed like an Army officer was
| turning Westbury, which ad1oins the
| camp, upside down. Cooper hurried over
and found the stranger. who resisted ar
| rest and made insulting remarks The
| man was finally put in the guardhouse,
| ard this morning was helped out by
| well directed kick. Nobody In camp knew
| the man, who said he became intoxicated
in Philadelphia. He declared he did not
know how he got to Camp Black.
Lieut.. Cooper captured twenty men OF
the Twenty-second Regiment at 2:30
o'clock this morning. They were enjoy
| ing the hospitality of restaurant Just
| without the lines. Lieut.. Cooper quickly
! placed the men under arrest for going out
| without permission. They were locked up
in the guardhouse and today did all the
dirty work in the Twenfy-second camp.
| The Twenty-second holds the record Tor
the number of men locked up in the
| guardhouse- Last night 1t had thirty
| seven prisoners. SE3
Private LIE Bourveau. or the Twenty
| second, was hit with a ball while particle
pating in the ball game, yesterday, and
| was taken to the field hospital, suffering
| from conclusion of the brain. He was
able to report for duty today.
Detective GiIhart. of the Brooklyn po-
| lice force, came to camp today to take his
boy home. Young Gilhart was private
in the Twenty-second, and, Is only eigh-
teen years old. He would have been mus
tered in shortly but fora the appearance
of his father. -snlr
Captain Methven. of the Queens County
sheriff's office. was called to General PEN
| nington's tent today to see II some plan
could not be adopted to abate the canteen
nuisance. The canteens are rescreeping too
1 near the sentry lines. The owners each
I! pay ground rent of $40 month to a
farmer who owns the property. and also
pay a license fee of 800. The nearness
Of the saloons to the regimental lines Of
fers too great temptation to the SOL
diers. Stringent measures will be adopt
| ed to suppress the evil.
A Chicago packing company got the con-
tract for supplying beef to the camp, The
price was 7.35 cents per pound. Each man
is allowed a pound and quarter of meat
a day. New York firm got the con-
tract for potatoes and onions. Potatoes
cost $1.3 per hundred and onions g. 49,
The ration for each man is one pound a
| day of each.
Five carloads of supplies today came
from Peekskill camp. Two carloads came
yesterday. The stores consisted mainly of
canned goods. ks-asc
There has been talk of removing this
| camp to some nearby seaport on Long Is
| land t,,,t v,otbtpu oNRcgo1 fs