The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-08
DIDN'T HAVE A TRIAL.
Major Conway Did Not Have
a Military Court
Martial.

There is trouble in Public School No 8.
No. 9 is known as the model school. 1t
is run largely on military lines. No.
Cadet Corps is one of the finest military
organizations in the State. It's members
invariably act as guard of honor to the
Fourth Regiment National Guard on i'm
portant occasions. The boys marched at
the head of the Fourth Volunteers when
thye stated for the war. In the school
military discipline prevails. The boys
salute their techers and the principal,
Major Brensinger, who commands a bat
TALON in the Fourth Regiment, National
Guard. Major Brensinger is proud of the
military precision and order with which
things run in his school The institution
is run almost like a military academy.
The time seems to have come when a
sharp division must be drawn between
the military and civic parts of the school.
The teachers have interfered with the
military organization and asserted their
right to control it's affairs and summarily
discipline officers and soldiers. This has
caused rebellion which threatens to
break up the organization altogether
The trouble was precipitated by an order
from Major Brensinger, as principal of the
,
Conway who commanded the third bat
TALON of the Cadet Corps. 1t is claimed
by the members of the Corps that Con-
way was unjustly relieved and that, too.
without a trial, which is contrary to all
military rules and usages.
Conways comrades have resented the
act OF Major Brensinger and have re-
signed in a body. The officers who have
resigned are-Captain Charles Reilly,
Captain Bennett, Adjutant Rider, First
Lieutenants Wilson, Sheehan AMI
Snultz, Second Lieutenants Nugent. Rap
fegel and Schnitzer and Sergeant Major
James. The officers say that they will
not resume their duties until justice is
done to Conway and he is at least ac-
corded a trial and proven guilty before
being disgraced
The circumstances which led up to this
trouble were explained to a News re-
porter by Conway.
Miss Stone, a teacher" he said, ere
lieved Second Lieutenant Walter Nugent
from duty in the No. 9 School Cadet Corps
and Major Brensinger ordered me not to
return him to duty until I had orders to
do so In the parade on Memorial Day
Boys Brigade appointed me to the com
mand of the Third Battalion of the Boys
Brigade. This was a command entirely
separate from that I held in the No.
Cadets.
my battalion in the parade contained
besides the No. 9 Cadets, the boys from
Centenary Church, the Fourth Company
Gun Detachment, the Fourth Company
Boys Brigade from DR.. Brett's Church,
and the boys from the Summit Avenue
United Presbyterian Church. 1 ran short
of an adjutant on Memorial Day and
appointed Nugent to act in that capacity,
after the parade Major Brensinger re-
lieved from duty without trial. I ex-
planned to him and he knew that I was
not acting that dav as major of No.
cadets. He said he relieved for letting
Nugent wear the uniform of a No.
cadet. It is the boast of No. 9 School
that it is run on a strictly military sys-
tenn. There is nothing military in pub
licly disgracing a soldier without trial.
AS soon as I was relieved the other Off
GERS of my battalion resigned in a body"