The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-03
TROUBLE IN IDAHO REGIMENT
CAPT. sTEUNENBERG, BROTHER
OF GOVERNOR, INVOLVED.
Was Forced to Resign Lieutenantcy,
Then Appointed to Captaincy and
Courtmartialed.
tsan Francisco Call.)

| The Idaho regiment has q scandal
| which strikes close to the core of the
| high executives of the state. Its CEN
| trail figure is Captain George e. Steu-
nenburg of company z, and a brother
of his excellency, Governor Steunen-
burg.
/ Twice during the regiments stay at
Manila Captain Steunenburg suffered
military disgrace, and when the Idaho
| troops were about to leave the Philip
pines, he yet had a sentence of three
months hanging over his head, which
was committed Just before the troops
embarked on the transport Grant.
Captain SteunenbUrg's case is. per-
haps. the most peculiar of all the mill
tary scandals that have thus far been
brought to light.
When the Idaho regiment was first
mustered into the service of the gov
eminent, Governor Steunenburg ap-
pointed his brother to the position Of
second lieutenant of company A.
In this capacity Steunenburg re-
manned until the regiment reached Ma
Mia. Friction between Lieutenant
Steunenburg and other officers then de-
veloped. and for time the feeling was
intensely bitter. Matters reached a
crisis, and Lieutenant Steunenourg was
threatened, so ii is said, with a court
martial for having made certain stric-
lures on the colonel and other officers
of the regiment. The burden of the
complaints were that Lieutenant Steu-
nenburg talked too much and too freely
about other people. On one occasion IL
is said that the hasty lieutenant utter
ed sentiments that were both ungentle-
manly and unpatriotie.
For these offenses the officers of the
regiment threatened a courtmartial.
and. rather than stand trial, he was
allowed to resign. Upon resigning his
commission as second lieutenant, Steu-
nenburg came back home. =
Perhaps if he had remained there no
further misfortunes would have be-
fallen him. Vacancies in the regiment
were occurring constantly. and when
the captaincy of company E became
vacant Governor Steunenberg immedi-
ately appointed his brother to fill the
place. AS a matter of courtesy the
government allowed the governor OF
Idaho to fill vacancies occurring in the
ranks of the officers of the regiment.
and he graSped the opportunity of
again placing his brother in the army.
Captain Steunenburg Immediately
went back to Manila to assume charge
of his company, but on arriving there
the charges which had been quashed
by reason of his resignation as second
lieutenant, We're brought against him.
MAJOR higgins OF the Idaho volunteers
preferred these charges of unofficerlike
conduct against Captain Steunenburg
under orders from General Ovenshine.
who had charge of the brigade in which
the Idaho troops were listed.
Captain Steunenburg was courtmar-
tailed. found guilty and relieved from
duty for three months. He was not
confined in the guardhouse or forced to
perform any disagreeabie services.
When the regiment began preparing
to leave for home the sentence of Can
tain Steunenburg was committed and
revoked
In the meantime the officers and even
the rank and file of the regiment are on
the qui vive for developments. Cover
nor Steunenburg is in the city at pres
ent, and it is quite likely that some
thing startling will occur BY reason
of the many vacancies which have oc-
Cured during the campaign the COM
missions of several of the officers of
the regiment are in a very unsatisfac-
tory shape. and the Governor will be
asked to straighten them out.
At all events "there'll be a hot old
time in Idaho when the regiment gets
back there.