The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01
OFFICIAL ORDERS ISSUED.
Presidents Approval of the Sentence
of the Court.
BY Associated Press.

Washington. Sept. S0.-The President has
approved the sentence imposed by court
martial on Capt. Oberlin NJ. Cater, CORDS
of engineers, United States army, and
formal order was to-day issued from the
war department directing the execution of
the sentence
The verdict of the court was as follows:
And the court does, therefore, sentence
che accused, Capt. Oberlin M. Carter, CORPS
of engineers, United States army to be
dismissed from the service of The United
States TO suffer fine of IS coo, to be con-
fined at hard labor, at such place as the
proper authority may direct, for five years.
and the crime, punishment name and place
of abode of the accused 10 be published in
the newspapers in and about the station
and the state from which the accused
came, or where he usually resides"
Following is the formal approval of the
verdict:
''The findings of the courtmartial in the
matter of the foregoing proceedings
against Capt. Oberln NJ. Garter corps of
engineers, United States amy are hereby
approved as to air except the following:
Charge II. specifications T. s, 9 and 10.
Charge Ill specifications 3. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
II and -, which are disapproved.
And the sentence imposed by the court
martial upon the defendant Oberlin NJ.
Garter, is hereby approved.
"Elihu Root, Secretary of War"
Executive Mansion, Washington. D. c.,
Sept. 70, 1S99.-ApproVed and confirmed
William Mckinley.
Appended to the orders as given above is
the following:
by direction of the Secretary Of War,
Capt, Oberlin NJ. Carter, corps OF engin-
eers, ceases 10 be an officer Of the army
from this date, and the United States PEN
itentiary, Fort Ltaveuworth, Kan, is des-
ignated as the place for his confinement,
where he wiz be sent by the commanding
general, Department of the East, under
proper guard.
"By command OF Mai. Gen. Miles:
III. c. Corbin, Adjutant General"
Brief Resume OF the Case.
Charges were preferred against Capt.
Carter by Gen. John NJ Wilson, chief of
engineers, on Dec. 49, 1897. These charges
were made after the investigation by a
board Of engineers Of the river and har-
Dor works al Savannah and other points
in that district which had been under the
supervision OF Capt. Carter. The CHARGES
mainly consisted of q deciara tion that Car
ter had entered into a conspiracy with
other persons, intending to defraud the
United States. Ii was alleged in the
charges that Carter and certain parties
had defrauded the United States of from
$l600,O0O 10 100000.
The charges resulted in a courtmartial
which lasted several months. and which
was presided over by Gen. Otis, now com
manding in the Philippines The Judge
advocate Of the court was Co. Thomas
Ft Barr and the court itself consisted of
ofiiaers in nearly every branch of the ser
vice 1apd of hgh rank. The trial result
ed in lthe verdict and sentence which was
approFed to-day.
TheI case has attained widespread noto-
,riety lor account of the financial and So
sI&l c.onnections of Capt. Carter. No such
'pp fieratlon, and no such amount of time
- e YER been given previously in a court
"S1' ial case. The reference to the Attor-
5aneral is, also something unusual, but
fction was taken, it Is said, to give