Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-18
A COURT MARTIAL.


on Board the RIO de Janicrs.
August nth. 1898.
Dear wlfei You most likely think u
very funny that I should leave Honolulu
- soon and not write you an letter
We arrived IN Honolulu sunday mora
ms. tho 1ig. l had 20 work all cay
Monday. We had a banquet given In
our honor by Mr W. y. Kinney. Of salt
Lake.
rufciay I went into she country.
picked p.ncapplrH cncoanuta. bananas.
manEooH. oranges lemons, lines ana
many other kinds " fruit I had two
pillow ticks aud my rrd and white hand
kgrrhlri full ut irula / looked murr
like a Chlnamnn than anything else.
with an my sacks and bags on a stick.
The people 90 tho sandwich Islands
will never b. forgotten by me NJ long
az I live; I could have anything l
asked for. one lady came out In a boat
ana gave me sIx bottles Of Jelly ana
Jam, which added much 10 our stock OF
grub, which hiss been the poorest I
/ have ever eaten. who raised the devil
about 10. Harris, simmons, Leonard
and ! went 10 the major general and
lirlgadier General Ots. who are broth
era and showed them cur dinner The
captain In chafEa, q south Dakota man.
arrrnied ~, gave ua lll ter days each.
When Major General otis heard this he
0rdurl ~ % d. lct out " tho guard
captain tried o. make Leonard and l.
with slN other mon, wash all the clothes
% the battery Leonard and I refused
10 do 30. and d. nlgd The cath article
~ war against u.s. which was Tor So
fuslng % obey orders given ny a su-
poHor officer. This meant TO be- shot un-
less the court dictated Otherwise l was
brought court nral and Leonard came
Ia next. We were asked II We wished o.
have anyone plead our case, and said
We do that part ourselves. Tho South
Dakota man hlcd h.1 charge; Il was
read and We pleaded gullty The Judge
advocate read some NJ the articles 0f
war. ana recommended the High 80.
gul"-to give ua six months.
Then came our turn / read the article
ol maklrg frivolous complaints and
two or three others that stated no man
w the service OF Uncle sam was COM
PEELED % clean any mans gun. do his
washing or any Uhor dudes, I ended
my little speech By saying, "Gentlemen
0f tho court. we ma 10 the articles OF
war that no man shall compel any man
under him, or any other officer In the
service OF the United states. 20 do the
washing % an ufleer or hts men. And.
Mr. Foster, l wish you 20 understand.
Il dos not take an act % Congress 20
make man a gentleman II he Ia
Mormon
1 sat down and everyone httit out
laughng The iudgr called order and
lId. 'Gontlemen, 1 can ind no charge
10 hold those two young men from
Utah. who have opened the eyes VI men
much older than themselves and showed
Themselves % hn true soldiers. The
court n dismissed
Young Lieut. lllhcock shook hands
with ua and said he had seen many o
funny thlug bus thai beat all Lenard
NOM thpm Iaushug from Start 90 finish.
p,brbek De- brother % Maud May
p1hcnsE 1f grlt Lake. Ito d Just from
Wrst Points bIuH ,h aNth light bat
terry stationed In Doc flme town as we
Nm bc: has helD o. rl1d friend 20 us
over since. Wei, yIu may ihlnk l was
taking hIr chances, hut ! know what
/ waT Hblut % % h1t enough 20 melt
me- nm lm used 90 % now, I wear
pair nf blue pants my handhge, Hight
nndgrshIrt AND q blue lyerahirt.
Have had only one atah "a board
the shin fl flr The boys are all In
ed health ana ihcre nre very few
S,sns ID sickness one 81 the Utah
h,ya chris WAGNER has lelatic rhru-
rstism and may have % be sent home
pgaIn when We reach Mazda, We are
within eight days sailing OF Manila.