The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-15

were kept without any nourishment and
even without water from IL \. Nj. until
$50 Z. NJ As soon as their friends heard
of this. they secured passes for all of
them from General WillistOn, tho COM
mandant of the division, and, headed by
Lieutenant Spencer they started for
Castle de Ia FrOnta to have the two
sergeants released. While the negotia-
tiOns were pending all had a good laugh
at tho expense of Sergeants Lansing and
Gay, who could be seen behind the bars.
Suddenly, however, the scene shifted,
when the officer i'm charge placed Lieu
tenant Spencer and his posse under ar
rest. They We're all locked up until the
evening. when their release was brought
about by an order from General Ludlow
the Military Governor of the City Of
Havana Among the arrested ones We're
besides those mentioned above, Sergeant
A. Tyler Brock and Corporals VIM. B.
Isaacs Jr.. and Macon Martin.
In this manner IL happened that at one
time all tho sergeants OF Company NJ
were under arrest, as First Sergeant Joe
Young and Sergeant "Pio') billiard We're
confined to their company street for
staying away from camp longer than
their passes Untitled them TO.
Within a day or two a detail consist
ing OF a sergeant, corporal, and three
privates will be sent from here presum
ably TO Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, with
three enlisted men who have been sem
fenced 10 hard labor for leaving their
posts while on guard duty. Those who
will have 10 undergo Imprisonment are:
Private Richard q. Baylor, Of Com
pany b, OF Norfolk, Captain Salamonsky
commanding. sentenced 70 be imprisoned
at hard labor for six months to be dis
honorably discharged from the service
az the expiration of that period, and 20
lose all pay during the time Of his inn
prlsonment.
DISHONORABI.B DISCHARGE.
Private ID. j. Rahily, OF Company X,
OF Petersburg. who is to forfeit all OF his
nav FOR twelve months. during which
time he is to be confined at hard labor.
and at the expiration Of that time he
Is to receive his dishonorable discharge
from the military service.
Private 3. T.. Ellington, OF Company
x. is 10 be confined for six months at
hard labor and during that time the sum
OF 5000 Is TO be taken from his pay
every month. However, he is not to re-
ceive a dishonorable discharge.
Company c, Of Newport News. Cap
tain AIarye commanding. that has been
doing garrison duty in Regla and neigh
boring forts. returned TO camp last eve
ming, having been relieved by Cuban sol
diers. The men were well pleased with
the manner IN which they have been re-
ceived by the inhabitants OF that VII
lage This leaves only one company de-
tachcd from the regiment Company +,
If Suffolk. Captain Causcy commanding,
that is still doing provost duty.
Quite n number OF soldiers have shown
their enterprises I'm branching out in
various kinds OF business which they
oversee themselves or have seen on their
own account by hired help. Private
Charles Deane, for instance, who is a
member Of company and who since our
arrival here has been detached as clerk
Of the Second Division Commissary, has
just established a laundry and has no
difficulty in obtaining all the work he
wants from the officers and enlisted men
as his prices are very reasonable.
c. w.