Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-08-28
STATE HOUSE.
National Guard Honorable and
Dishonorable Discharges.
Lieut.. Whitney Of Gardiner, Dismissed
from Co. A, Without Honor.
Various Department Gossip Cleaned by the
Journal Man-New Corporations.

Augusta, August /, 1899
General Orders No 49,
l.: The report Of the proceedings of the
board of inquiry convened at Portland
pursuant to General Orders No. .. series
OF ts@, these Headquarters, as modified
by Special Orders No. ~. \. G. o.. C. s.
TO examine into the qualifications, etii-
cheney and propriety OF conduct of First
Lieutenant Clement NJ. Giveen, Company
Stephen L.; Foley. Company l.. First In
iantly: First Lieutenant William d.
whitney; Company \. Second Infantry;
Second Lieutenant Martin j. Lee. Com.
pany l., First Infantry: and Second Lieu
tenant Harry II. Sawyer, Company a,
flrst Infantry; also To inquire into the
". Gin. Edward c. Buckley and Albert
II. Hamilton. all of Company A, First
infantry, and Private Fred II. Coughlin
Company Il, Second Infantry. has been
presented and reviewed.
III. In the case OF Private Fred H.
coushlin, Company b. Second Infantry,
who was called and failed To appear. the
evidence produced shows that Private
CouShln entered the service April ~
1898. ON May Il, 1898, he was mustered in
To the United States Volunteers as Il pri-
vate in Battery \. First Battalion Maine
Volunteer Artillery. thereby being on fur
luuSh under General Orders No. TO- A. c.
O., c. 5. That while the battery was in
camp nj Augusta. Maine, during Septem-
Der and October. 1898, Private Coughlin
after ten days absence without leave was
dropped from the company rolls as Il de ii
sertcr in accordance with paragraph l33
L. >. army regulations, and Iailng 10
! join his battery again was entered on the
muster out roll as a deserler. Since the
muster out of his battery he has not re
ported for duty with his company The
| board recommends that Private Fred III.
couShlin. Company b, Second Infantry,
\. q. ;. NJ, be dIShonurably discharged.
| Ill. In the case of First Lieutenant
william d. Whitney. Company 4. Second
! Infantry, who was called and Jailed 10
appear, the evidence shows that l.ieuten,
the expiration of his leave Of absence.
May 80 1899 and up to the present da;e
has failed so To report The board recon-
mends that First Lieutenant William
| ID. Whitney, Company a, Second lnfan-
try. be discharged without honor.
| ". In the case Of First Lieutenant
| Clement NJ. GIveen. Company II. First
Infantry the evidence shows that Lieu
tenant Giveen failed to report for duty
| at the expiration OF the term Of leaves
| of absence ana furloughs granted to
members of his company by General Or
derS No. 10. y. g. O. series OF lS9S. u.s.
| that he has moved from Brunswick To
Lewiston and thus removed himself from
| the locality in which his company is sta
/ toned: the evidence also shows that
Lieutenant Givecn. though having been
ten years in the service, exhibited great
rules of service. and the duties Of AN of
ficer The board recommends that the
! commission Of First Lieutenant Clement
I'M GiVeen. Company X, FIRST Infantry,
be vacated ana that in consideration q:
! his past services he be given an honor
i.able discharge
j. In the ease Of Second I.ieutenant
Martin j. Lee. Company l.. FIRST lnfan-
try, who was called and failed to appear.
the evidence shows that the records ol
! the physical examination of officers 10"
the First Maine Volunteer Infantry con
/ tains among the records of rejections
the following: Second Lieutenant Mar
| tin j. Lee. Company l., Varicoceie, left
disqualifying; under weight; rejected.
1 1t also shows that Second Lieutenant
Martin }. Lee has failed 70 report for
duty with ,hS company since its return
from its service in the L. :. Volunteers.
The board recommends that Second Lieu
tenant Martin j. Lee. Company l., First
| Infantry, be discharged from the military
service of the State without honor.
! vi. In the case of Second Lieutenant
Harry II. Sawyer. Company \, First In
fantry, n. q. :. NJ, who was called and
! Lieutenant Sawycr's conduct when SerV-
ing in the First Maine Volunteer Infantry
also shows that he has failed to report
for duty with his company AT the eNpira
tion of his leave OF absence, May 80 1899.
and that he is still absent without leave.
The board recommends that Second Lieu
tenant Harry H. Sawyer, Company \.
First Infantry, be dishonorably dis
charged.
Vii. The cases of Privates Alton W.
Cliff Edward c. Buckley and Albert l..
Hamilton. all Of Company \, First IN
fantry, were taken up and considered to-
absent. The evidence shows that these
men deserted from the company while IN
the United States Volunteer Army AMI
have not since reported for duty. Tha
board recommends that Privates Alton
w. Cliff. Edward c. Buckley and Alber:
L. Hamilton, all of Company A. First In
tantry be diShonorahy discharged from
the National Guard of the State of Maine
Il VIII. In the case of First Lieutenant
Stephen l.. Foley. Company l., First In. -.
fantry. n G.. S. NJ. who was called ana
lappeared before the board. the evidenC"
shows that Lieutenant Foley was rejected
by the board of examining surgeons when
appointed to the position Of first lieuten, ,
ant in the volunteer army upon the call
of the President for troops during the
war with Spain: that his disqualiiications
were of such a nature that he could not
readily recover from them. The proceed J.
ingS further Indicate that as an officer OF
the National Guard his service had not
been prompt. In the face of this evidence
and of the fact that the regulations for
the National Guard provide that an officer
must be physically qualified for military
service, acceptance or non acceptance in e.
to the United States service being sup
posed good evidence, the board recon-
mends that First Lieutenant stephen l..
Foley. Company +, First Infantry Nv. jt.
s Nj be retained in the service. from
which opinion Major Collins dissents. He
recommends that the commission Of
First Lieutenant Stephen l.. Foley, Com
pany l., First Infantry, N. q. S. NJ, be
vacated and that in consideration Of his
ipast services he be granted an honorable
discharge.
TX. The proceedings, findings and re
recommendations of the board in the cases
Il, Second Infantry N G.. S. NJ; First
: Iieutenant William ID. Whitney, Com
pany A, Second Infantry; First l.ieuten-
ant Clement NJ. Giveen, Company X.
First Infantry; Second Lieutenant Martin
lJ. Lee, Company l.. First Infantry; Sec
ond Lieutenant Harry III. Sawyer, Com
. pany A. First Infantry; Privates Alton
w. Cliff, Edward c. Buckley and Albert
l., Hamilton all of Company y, FRS:
Infantry, are hereby approved.
Y. The proceedings and findings in the
case of First Lieutenant Stephen l..
= Foley Company l.. First Infantry. being
= contrary to TIE evidence produced, are,
together with the recommendations of
the board in this case. disapproved, and
Lieutenant Foley is held to appear before
a board later.
XL In accordance with the recommen
). dations of the board. First Lieutenant
Clement NJ Giveen. Company *, First In
fantry n. G. S. NJ. is hereby honorably
discharged from the service of the Ma
6 tional Guard of the State of Maine. + irst
c Lieutenant William d. Whitney. Com
n pany A, Second Infantry, is hereby dis
i charged from the National Guard Of the
I, State of Maine without honor. Second
q Lieutenant Martin j. Lee. Company l.,
/ First Infantry, is hereby discharged from
: the service of the National Guard of the
r State of Maine. without honor. Second