Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-06

D
der The Law. any naval officer may be
reduced. hy o. general court martial.
Ito the ruto ~ an ordinary SEAMAN"
This law was made early Boo Che ptou- !
rese OF tha civil war. when some wild
blades got into The navy through m.
nHwfc pinU Go the quarterback The
law was made FOR deterrent purposes.
and 70 still appears I'm the revised ant-
utrs, although Il IL not Included among
The regulations governing the conduct
of officers and mon iu the American
navy 10 has never been hhr0rttod.
however Nut many years after the
clvIl war n Lieutenant serving ON tNH .
China station was "hustDl' to tho rate .
or ordinary seaman for tunWtluH .
misconduct. and ne had Co gu forward .
and Wort. alongside the hiu.ir. k0ta. .
too. The navy department permitted
him tn get out " the service NOT IHU.
uftHr hls humiliation NuWulHyH. mI..
behaving army ANA navy unl"yrH urH
simply dismissed form the H.ryI.. hN
sHryrnl court martial. ~ thu.r mH.lu.
duct has boon runleiHuty serious Coz
warrant this. ur suspended fur varying
. periods VI their uucuHcH ARE NOT uf
nature Co Call fHr c1ahiutiur.
Roth IN thn army md lu the navy '
takes court martial CO. "hreHk' Ir
"bua" uHu-cumm.s elonOd ur petty
I officer. unl ths offender holds simply
an ur'.ur appointment lu which DIHs
/ his chrymrs ur ha rating badge may
. Doe taken from him 1t amy time hy or.
der W ua commanding uNIO.I %
[ should Do said that neither In thH army
nor in tuH navy d1 commanding HIu.
/ Gers llk. tu" Job ul reducing uHu.UHm.
mialuuyl nr U.ffN officers unUHfH don't
/ liko thus H UNh.hf their d.urrHHf.
/ mcnt DO enlisted MON who have .u1Nu
I thtmsnlvea sufficiently ri.vUr HrI
d H Id. o O..
] 4 uou-Unmm| H..Hn.I uf a. r..Iy officer
/ who goes t1 pieces after h..ur uuI fHr
l promotion costs hlH ufliUUfH good I.Ii
l ~ wurr|mrnt Th. UfU.Ur atU boo.
/ cliuCd tU rive The man 900 s1r'H u'
| chances before they finally d..l. 10
| smash him 90 the ranl,. Tho reduced
/ man who stays on Boo the a.ryI.. IH
nearly always Nh oyrsrrs 90 The UnIU.r
COR officers who recommended Die ,iuNu-
uor, because Do o. 10 proof ~ bad jude.
mont
There have been many tragic out-
uHwDH of reductions lu the American
army and navy The nnIHh OF u rlas
NJ This rlri happened less Than year
ugH 100 san Francisco. Tho uputhHs
cary nf ONE of tho cruisers un the Pa
600 station WHH The man chiefly pUus
N.fI.I N. $500" member Uf good
i'nIF "' So" ufI HuH. and had been
VIII IH' i.W Dbl. NNNhuui. llH figured
que DIif. HH. d. HrIluHtIuu from 90.
unworthy .i N"..U.n. and h. also cap.
iur"t 90. h..|' U' HIH class when nr
wa graduated iH .II.luU In phIiHIUI.
. lhlts ltum f.' HI OF him. and Doe
Joined ihU T.NIH IiIuH.rH HH surgeon.
lh.u D. entered tH. Eullr army iH
% hospital steward. lIIH record iu the
army was NOT ofUdIfsH.. hut hr t.pt
quiet about % after Do. entered enc ul.
NN tH uu upuihUDTl. Quo HV.fH uf h|H
, WIlluUHH ana Do yk.H "HuH.a Yul frruqUui
o uyUNHlHuH ashore, hH mad, uu ALMOST
unyuull.d reputation Cor uImH"lf uU 90
naval 1pHthrcury. 40 wac hIr luck 90
4. g.t pHHIHuui 90 ships that gllded 49,.
cld.niuIy into Infected ports. aud be-
. was utterly fearless loo handling mon
I brought IlW with yellow fuNvr. AHlhtlt
/ cholera. smallpox and other hlrhIy
, infectious diseases that worked %. If
I way over thg eide OF the ships un
= which hH Was serving ne passed
. through many bad doses az this sort
z without ever hHiuE 100 himself and ht
q gained thg regard uf hla yummandlnr
10 officers lu spite uf bis frequent lnpHti
ID when be- went ON thr beach rhp Hur.
H HrunH hlH immediate superior officers
r. even rtfrllurd from having him pun
r. ifhUd when thpy found. aud r.yDrat u
r Them did, that there was nothing lUN
4 umuug ihr medical stores iu The Wul
T. uf liquors and Wines. such hH arU UIT
. r.rd nu board American muu-nf.Nt
h Tor t'urllHHcInE men. Dunbar $500
mot Do. uumr ni this HputhU.tryt hut u
Will du. Dunbar uIhhicd ut any kIu.
.e uf iluId aboard ship. and o. was thI
70 sort uf business that brought him O.
+, his naval uuish
!. Aputb,ary uunblr'H chip wac uu
, HurN HNus expedition uu the west yHlH
. uf Central America. and One dos. Will
m tho apDil.ely was ashore. DO. sur
r. r"un. with whom Dunbar hadn't So
along Hn N.ll UH hH had with flrWr
/, surgeons had occasion 90 uHe some Al
~ Duhul iiu went O. thu medical store
y cal Room and took down one vi thu 500
Ion alcohol jars ~ didn't smell DOS
alcohol, AMI no SURGEON Was surprised
m Ito tried 90 lH1t lt hut lt didn't lFhl
100 10 was water There wurH ufirrn utn.
3. gallon llu supposed Go uH nilrI viii
~ alcohol ON tho shelves and thr HurEHu
Fr tried hll lf these. TuHrr WIS uuutlu
u but water loo auN uf them The surgeon
1r went tn thH cabin and reported tnyH
~ facts 10 the commanding officer
when Dunbar returned uu board Do
was nkon 90 %. mast AMI thH com
p- I mandIuF officer 10 man Who Dr. NOT not
~. able f1r OVERRIDING generosity 90 ga
NJ listed men, uurHUunud him.
u. "Mhlt became uf that llC1hOlt' b
in asked th' npIihHniry
M ~ drank No. sir' replied Dunbar.
h. IAN 0f itf'
"YDf. fIr"
"What was your idea lu doing this?
a. "No idea, except tu drink IT, SIR
a. "rhrfJ WIS 10 uutt
pr mot meant aa theft. precisely, but
~, you call 10 thuN. thHit % WHH, sIr"
w "My man." mIl thU commanding on
w Ger. Wr uu Boo foreign wlt'rr. and
am not permitted tl put you HH 90
g.. beach ln l .nryIHu country hut ] h
" fond 10 beach you lH soon uH fyH De-