The San Francisco call., 1899-10-26
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THE TWENTY-EIGHTH
AWAY FOR THE ISLANDS
POSSIBLE DELAY FOR THE MEN
OF THE THIRTY-FIRsT.

! The Twenty-eighth Regiment has
nnaIly found its way to a transport and is
/ OH Tor Manila. Part of the Thirtv-frst
mas gone too, and the rest will go on
Saturday If nothing happens. There is
another suspected case of yarioloid how
! ever IN one of the companies, and that
! may delay the portion of the regiment
that was to go on the Peking.
| Carl Garrison, private in Comnan1,
B of the Thirty-first, one of the spoaIi
pox patients from the camp of defention
mas peen returned to duty with his reoi
ine3I, IA G and BENJAMIN F. Goswell, a private
baen tn company natp + OF the Thirty-frst, has
psen removed from the detention ca,nn to
tne general hospital, all danger of con.
taglon having passed oi
,,,,i}u 6i9}ur.s-marual have been busy for a
Wnlle past, and yesterdays order CON
tanned a batch of approvals that will
oflng sadness to the hearts of more than
lew OF the offenders
Sixth Artillery, found guilty Of absenna,
without leave and of being drunk and
onn,i;iy, alsoraeTiy, was sentenced -four previous
0rljftiems forfeit S1n having been considered) to
/ month. iol oiie
caprr Private fennA Alfred O. Heqstis hospital
sentenced to be dishonorably discharged'
| forfe1ting all pay and allowances and -,
pc confined at hard labor at Alcatraz for
PR. Private Henry F. Lester. hospital
sentenced sfet1f, to be dishonorably discharged,
Lorfeltlng all pay and allowances. and fo
be confined at hard labor at Alcatraz for
| two years. ~ Aoi
Private Wilbur Lowe, hospital corns
iounu guilty or deSertion, was sentenced
to, be dishonorably discharged, forfeiting
all pay and allowances, and to be con.
hned at hard labor at Alcatraz for two
years. '"o
| Private Thomas x,do,, rr. - -,
cavalry, found guilty of leaving his post,
was sentenced to be confined at hard Ia
por under charge of the post guard for
three months and to forfeit $40 Der month
| for the same period.
Corporal Frank Feese, Battery N.
l,, Third Artillery, found guilty OF disor-,
ders of his superior on-commissioned
officer, was sentenced to be reduced 70
the ranks and to forfeit $40 month for
/ three months.
Private Henry J. Ripling, Battery N.
Sixth Artillery, who was tried bv a gem
eral court-martial convened at Honolulu
n l.; upon the charge of desertion was
Private Newton Shackleford, Company
|, Ihirty-frst Infantry, found guilty Of
! assault upon comrade, was sentenced
to be confined at hard labor under charge
! OF the guard at the place where his com
pany may be serving for two months and
to forfeit $40 month of his pay for the
Private William Matevie COMPANY x.
Fortieth Infantry, was acquitted of the
charge of selling clothing.
Sergeant Peter c. Schmitt. Battery A
Sixth Artillery found guilty Of having
disobeyed the orders of his battery COM
mander, was sentenced to be reduced TO
the ranks and to be confined at hard la
Dor under charge of the guard for pc
riod of three months and to forfeit $40
of his pay a month for the same period.
Private Edward A. White, Company ID.
Thirty-first Infantry, found guilty of
using insulting and abusive language to
a first sergeant and of other insubordi-
nate conduct. was sentenced to be CON
fined at hard labor under charge of the
guard at the place where his company
may be serving for one month, and to
forfeit $40 of his pay.
The date of the sailing of the Pekinc
so far as orders from headquarters are
concerned, has been postponed until Oc-
tober g.
Major Joseph W. Duncan, Thirteenth
Infantry, and Major Walter s. Scott,
Fourth Infantry, have been ordered to
proceed to the Philippines on the trans
port Pennsylvania.
Acting Assistant Surgeon John H Hill
was assigned to duty on the transport
/ Tartar
First Lieutenant Benjamin F. Hart
shorne, Ninth Infantry. has been as
! signed to temporary duty with the re-
cruits at the Presidio, pending an as
! signment to Manila.
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