The San Francisco call., 1899-09-08
YEARS IN JAIL
FOR ACTS Of
HASTY ANGER
Volunteers Who Must
Pay the Piper.
COURT-MARTIALED IDAHO MEN
MEDALS FOR THE CALIFORNIA
MEN WHO FOUGHT.
Adiutant General Corbin Says Major
General Shafter Will Remain in
the Service as a Volunteer
officer.

The life of the volunteer is not an easy
one, but it becomes particularly hard
| when he tries to indulge in little breaches
of the law of the land, which out of the
service are looked upon as censurable
but not necessarily punishable. 10 strike
a man is not considered serious by
( fury, but it is very serious before
/ court-martial and the law makes no dis
tinction because of station, while soldier
multiplies his offense by three or four
when he selects an officer as the object of
his wrath That is what some men of
! the Idaho Regiment are now finding out.
Four of them were sent to the guard
house at the Preside yesterday and
formally turned over to Colonel Freeman,
commandant of the post. They are Meade
Barr of Company F, sentenced to two
wears Imprisonment at hard labor, for
feiture of all pay and allowances due or
to accrue and dishonorable discharge
from the army of the United States; Ed
ward Thierolf, Company H, under SINH
lar sentence; Edward Callam, Company
H sentenced to one year, forfeiture of
pay and allowances and dishonorable dis
charge, and George Guyett, Company d,
sentenced to six months Imprisonment,
forfeiture Of pay and allowances and dis
honorable discharge.
All the men except Guyett were in the
Bilibid, prison at Manila, for nearly
year, so they will serve only part Of
their sentences here. They will be re-
moved to Alcatraz to-day or tomorrow.
The crime in the case of Barr and
Thierolf is striking an officer; Callam
case, threatening to strike an ofhcer; IN
Guyetts case, shooting at a soldier. Inc
charge against all is conduct TO the
prejudice of good order and military
discipline, in violation of the articles of
war.
Barr, Therolf and Callam were incar-
cerated in the guardhouse at Manila for
! some minor Otfense. They were all more
/ or less intoxicated, and they rowed with
! the officers Of the guard Thierolt, VINO Is
/ a big, burly miner, took two or the ON
! GERS of the Fourteenth United states IN
/ faEtry, which was on guard duty with
/ the Idaho troops, and knocked their headS
/ together. Barr struck one OF MS own
/ otlcers who came 10 quiet the men an, ana
/ Callam got only so Tar as TO snow Will
/ ingness 10 mix in the night. III
Guyett was arrested and charged Win
an attempt to Kill a soldier Inc VII
! nesses against him did not give sufnclent
/ evidence 10 prove so grave an oHense, so
+ he was convicted of what in common Jaw
would be an assault. A general court
/ martial tried and sentenced the men in
/ Manila and they came here as prisoners.
! Since the regiment has been at the Pre-
I sidio the men have been kept IN the guaru
tent. They expected all along that tHey
would be released as soon as they arrived
here. and they made no attempt TO escape
"a wise move on their part, for the army
never forgets a missing prisoner. mere
has been no communication OF the sentence,
however, and yesterday the four were
placed in keeping safer than the guard
The offenses of Barr and Thierolf are
very similar 70 that of McNelgh OF the
Wyoming battalion; VINO came mere g. It15r uItoe[
Wrighter. Under the circumstances the
sentences imposed We're light. They serve
as a warning to other volunteers, now
+ ever to remember that there are certain
/ offenses in time of war which even the
/ sentiment of voluntary service cannot
/ condone. Courts-martial have not been
! hard on the volunteers, and what SEN
/ tences were passed have been forgotten
/ or buried by the various commands, out
4 from stories that keep coming back with
/ the troops 1t is evident some OF the arti,
/ cles of war have been severely strained
down in the islands.
/ Saturday. September 16. is the date set
/ for decorating the California men who
fought in the war. p, j. du Py ana w. u
( Shea Of the Native Sons medal commit
/ tee called on Colonel Duboce YESTERDAY
and reported the date to him, as well as
j what arrangements had been made. COL
onel Duboce promised to assist in every
( way possible TO make the affair success.
as the ceremony of giving is going TO be
made as important, If possible, as the
The regiment will be drawn up on the
/ parade ground at the Presidio, and each
man will be called up to have his medal
/ pinned on his blouse by one of the Native
! Daughters Every man will be given a
/ certificate with his medal, on which VIII
! be his name and rank and the reasons for
his decoration. The medals will be num-
bered and a careful record of those pre-
sented will be kept. so the decorations
/ will be fully protected and no one not en-
! titled to the honor may wear one a
medal will be given for every man: II ne
( be present he will get II before MS com
/ rades and in the presence of the people.
/ II he be absent it will be sent TO MIN
when he can be properly located. II ne
/ Is dead, his nearest relative will be given
/ the honor for which he paid his life.
After the men Of the First Regiment
/ and the Heavy Artillery have been deco
rated the committee will take up the case
be some time before the medals for them
Will be ready.
/ Surgeon Major Mccarthy Of the First
California is dividing his time between
camp and the city, for some of his, pa
tients have escaped him and have been
attacked with disease out of bounds.
There are three men of the regiment VINO
are seriously i'll with pneumonia. Ihey
J admit themselves it is the result of wear
! ing their khaki uniforms and light fan-
nels in the San Francisco fogs, but that
They were taken sick at home and Dr.
Mccarthy dare not remove them 70 the
! military hospital, so he is treating them
at their own residences. lie makes MS
rounds through the city every day.
This is the last official day for the Col
! orado regiment. At $50 this morning the
/ paymaster will arrive and open his money
bags. and then the men VIII be dnI,s;charged disc
! as fast as they can be paid. The work
r,,;1 10 fpiSbad in the afternoon and then,