Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-22
HooN WAS a FoReER.
And Was Court Martialed and Sem
fenced by Otis.

And Was Court Martialed ana sen.
fenced by Otis.
Washington, Sept. pa. dispatch was
received at the war department regard
ing Private Lawrence F. Hoon. of the
Ninth infantry, who was the subject OF
letter from Governor Bushnell to
President Mckinley protesting against
the sentence OF the court martial at
Manila. Gen. Otis says the petition
presented by Hoon had the names OF
several members of his company forged
to it and it was for this crime he was
convicted.
The following is the dispatch of Gen.
Otis. giving statement of the Hoon
trial:
Manila, Sept. 19.-Adiutant General.
| Washington: Private Hoon, Company
X, Fourth infantry, sentenced by court
martial, sitting at linus, to dishonor-
able discharge and confinement In Ma
Mia prison for one year. Sentence ap-
proved by Gen. Lawton and being exc
cuted April II Hoon sent direct to me
a paper purporting to be petition ask
| ing for commission. Paper referred
to commanding officer, Fourth infantry
without remark. Result, trial on
charge of violation of sixtysecOnd ar
ticle of war under which specification
laid as follows:
In that Private Lawrence F. Hoon,
Company x, Fourth infantry, did write
and send to Maj. Gen. f. S. Otis, U. s,
", military governor Philippine Is
Hands, paper purporting to be petit
ton in words and figures as follows:
Camp La Iona, April II, 1S99-Gen-
CNf; 10
dersigned, do hereby, in behalf of the
company. present to you for promotion
under presidential appointment Private
Lawrence F. Hoon, Company K
Fourth infantry, for integrity and
bravery and good moral character. He
| is unsurpassed in the Fourth regiment
He has a college education and sena-
ltoral ancestors his grandfather, Judge
William Lawrence ex-comptroller OF
| the United States treasury. Private
Hoon LETT his regiment in the trenches
and joined the Twenty-second regi-
ment, Company f, because it was al
! the front. He left without gun or belt
and stood in the lines until man fell
| He took his outfit and fought with
them TO Malolos. He turned in outfi,
TO Sergt. Trooper. Company f, of the
/ Twenty second. and returned to his
company. He has been TO the front ir
lall the skirmishes of * company anC
has seen three times more service ii
the Philippines than any man in the
regiment. Hoping you will allow hin
an examination, we thus submit the
petition. Yours,
SERGT. j. MOORE.
CORP. MARK BALDWIN.
CORP. BANNON.
4 CORP CHANDLER.
j PRIVATE. H. GOSH
4 PRIVATE G. BEAL.
/ We could secure the signatures of tn
tentre company, but consider this suffi
lcient and thus avoid publicity Your
truly,
sERGT. MOORE.
Company X, Fourth Infantry.
knowing that he. the said Lawrenc
{ +. Hoon, Company Is. Fourth infantry
had feioniousiy and maliciously writ
ten the names of Sergt. j. Moore. Corr
Mark Baldwin, Corp. Bannon. Corr
: Chandler. Privates II. Gosh and c
Beal to the petition with the intentio
iof decsiying the said Gen. Otis an
q thereby trying to secure his (Otis) ali
in obtaining commission as secon
4 lieutenant in the United States arm.
q This in camp a La Iona church. nea
Manila, on the 18th day of April, 1s9.
proceedings of trial forwarded t
. Washington August IL. OTIS.