Evening star., 1899-03-20
IN GEN.. MERRlTTS HANDS
Lieut. Lang Under Arrest at Washington
Barracks.
Charged with ScaHdalous Conduct,
Prejudicial to Good order
and Discipline.

Lieut.. Clarence f. Lang of the 9TH Artil-
lcry. who gained considerable notoriety sew
ei al years ago at Fort Schuyler. " Y,
as a result of his marriage To the daughter
of a commfssary sergeant at West Point.
Is again in trouble. He is under technical
rest at the Washington barracks. and will
probably be called upon to fac. court
martial on charges of scandalGus conduct,
tending to the prejudice of good order and
military discipline, preferred against him
by Lieut.. John S. SswelI of tbs. Corps Of
Engineers. on duty in the office of the chief
of engineers.
According to the allegations made by
Lieut.. Sewell Lieut.. Lang has been living
al a fashionable boarding house on X steet
near 18th for several days with a woman
who is not his wife, much to the scandal
of the other boarders. The story told is
that Lieut.. Lang and his female companion
arrived in Washington last Monday and
registered at the street house under the
names of Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Roberts of
Chicago Lieut.. Sewell lives at the same
house, and was acquainted with Lieut..
Lang. having met him when they We're
together at the Military Academy.
Upon receiving information that the we-
man with Lieut.. Lang not his wife,
Lieut.. Seweu reperted the facts to Gen,
Miles at the War Department. with the
result that Lieut. Lang and his companion
left the boarding house and Lieut.. Lang
subsequently reported to the commandant
at Washington barracks for further orders
He was assigned quarters No. Ii. and Will
remain there pending action upon the ease
by Maj Gen. Merritt. commanding the
Department of the East. at New York to
which department the lieutenant is attach
ed 1t is said at the War Department to-
day that the case is entirely in the hands
of Gen. Merritt. and it will be for him to
determine whether Lieut.. Lang shall be
tried by court-martiai. In case the allcSa-
tions made against him are proved. it is
not at all unlikely that Lieut. Lang will
figure as the defendant in suit for d.
VOrce.
His Domestic Affairs.
Lieut.. Langs domestic affairs hav. caused
the War Department considerable trouble
in the past Several years ago a sensation
was caused by his declaration that he was
being prosecuted and socially ostraciseG by
his brother officers because of his marriage
with Marie A. Kenkle., the daughter of an
enlisted man at the Military Academy. His
surroundings became so unpleasant that he
and his wife left the post and lived in a
cottage at Glenham. village near Fishkill
Landing on the Hudson. 1t Is said that he
and his wife did not live in entire harmony
and that they separated about two years
ago.
In March 1895, Lieut.. Lang was before an
army retiring board in New York. having
aDDllHu 10 De on lIt ut''d ~ M
health and a month later the board re-
ported 10 the War Department that while
he was suffering from neura sthenia lie was
not sufficiently disabled for retirement. and
he was sent to Fort Riley for duty for six
months. In September. 1886. Lieut.. Lang
was transferred to Fort Warren.
At Fort Schuyler, where Lieut.. Lang was
attached to Battery l., I'd Artillery. ne got
into trouble with the officers Of the I'D
Regiment which was qaarterad there in
July, 1888 Some of the soldiers were noisy
at the canteen of which Lieut.. Lang had
charge and the lieutenant reprnved them
sharply. An argument followed. and Lang
became very unpopular with the men of the
I'D
Trouble With a Brother Dfiicer.
Lieutenant Lang In January, 1888, got
into trouble with a brother officer Second
Lieutenant r. r. Raymond. corps of engi-
neers. at Fort Schuyler, and the Secretary
of War. it was said at the time. decided to
reprimand him for his display of temper.
Col r. P. Hughes reported the matter to
the War Department. and on his report 1t
was said. the reprmand of Lang was to be
based. Ii was said at the time that Lieut.
Lang contemplated resigning his commits
sion and going into business but he did not
do So
Lieut.. Lang was on leave of absence at
the time of his arrival in Washington and
was under orders to report at the Wash
ington barracks for examination for promo
tioD