The San Francisco call., 1898-11-07

to the city. They returned to camp later and said that they had missed the @ poa1 and were unable to get to San FranGGiHS5co \.
 said, nl remained nc in camp at Fort Baker all
 women were under the influence or nquor | or If they made things at all merry, le+ = piled that he could not vouchl TOT 4s Inas | part of the rumor, but that all ne harad hnsG l was that the women had been quai tet tS ~ U
 Tor the night in some baf q }beY Ie had returned l to San Francisco the first tnlns liie iieN' l morning. a,- resentattve of The Call in regard to the rumors discussed the matter very IIaahistt gaa I but at the same time said that ne uau a liU' @
 see that he had to give an t aeIo Pal1ar J to any
 one but his superior ofhcer, anu eI,aa sd and | an expIana ton of affairs was wanted anu | was called for in the proper way py lue
 nro1er rerson that 1t would be immeoi- l ateIy Forthcoming. Regarding the women | in camp Captain Choynski admltteo .nae
 three women ana one man lIe tent on last Thnrsday night, but he said he did not know who they were, and ne most eluPne- Pi tfcally stated that he had seen nolnlng in their conduct to indieate thaI I, Lr; they
 were improper persons Captiaud pial Iro{ {be hia lxis version of the incident given Tn the presence of Lieutenant SpFasus ID suo stantially as follows: 1T returned to Fort Baker rather lats on Thursday afternoon and found man and three apparently youns tn girss sea an one of the sergeants. They remained unu1 ll was time for them to return on the NC Dowell and went to the WnarI 10 Iake eo tie oI1 The teamster, who cares for the mules that haul the ambulance, had turned tne animals out, so there was no way TOT .,Iie Ine party to get back Sausalito IS put TWO
 miles off It was then suggested py some one that they remain all night they were willing to put up With sue sucI aceOa1- Il-p modations as we could give them ln camp; This was done and the ladies remalneo all night in the headquarters tent. We loah- ed them some blankets ana tnese ttl':1 tney kept on the beat the entire night in front of this tent, and that night he was wax .lo ing up and down in front or IL a4 l,7 lIS time I do not know the people, but Will state that l saw nothing out or the way in their conduct and l did not near them make any sordid remarks.
 Lieutenant Sprague confirms the ract that the party remained in camp all night. He met the women, but said he could not recall their names The name Captain Choyinsk would not reveal. lieutenant Sprague. said that after sup per they went down. to the beach ana built fire and watched the tide come me in. Captain Choyinsh declares that the matter has been falsely exaggerated by the enlisted men because some or them have if in for him because he has been strict with them and maintained dlsclp- line He cited the fact that Tn one Inontn there had been in the battery ninety 5,1 three summary court cases, and that ail of the cases had pleaded guilty. lie also said that he had been forced m some instances to reduce non-coIl IlIllssionsu t1ln.sa officers to the ranks because they were either insubordinate or incompetent: Captain Choyinski stated that without meaning to cast any reflection on his pre- decessor, Captain Hay, he had been sucn a good-natured fellow and had been so lax in discipline that when he SCap[aln ChoyinskD had assumed command ne han orI of derstand what discipline meant. These facts were cited by Captain ChoyinsA to show that the exaggerated reports or affairs at Fort Baker were due to per sonal animus and spite. He also pointed to the fact that many of the men in the battery who had given the most trouble were not fit to be soldiers.
 When asked concerning the reported shortage of Lieutenant Huie, the can- teen officer, Captain Choyinsk stated that there was. so far as he knew, noth- quested a statement from the bookkeeper of the canteen, and that Lieutenant Huie statement of the canteen financial af- fairs. Captain Choyinski said the state rnent would be ready to-day. One of the non-commissioned officers connected with bills for September have not yet been paid by Lieutenant Huie. He says that canteen was started. which was on June 13 and that the hospital corps now sta toned at Fort Baker has never received Its. share, of the canteen,s funds which 1t is justly entitled to. One of the med ical officers inquired into the matter in order to see that the hospital corps and when he asked for the books he was informed by the non-commissioned officer that they were in the possession of Lieu officer declares that he nt is entitled to sec the books, but that he has never been al- lowed to do so.