Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-11
CAPT. HASSING
FOUND GUILTY.
Reprimanded and Sentenced to a
Sixty Day Suspension
THE LIST OF CHARGES.
The Captain Pleaded Not Guilty TO All
of the PUBLICATIONS, Three I'm
Number The Finding,

Captain Hassing has been found
guilty Of conduct uubecomIng an otIi-
Ger and a gentleman aud his sentence
has been fixed az suspension for sixty
days and a reprimand through general
orders. The court-martlal found that
the captain was not guilty as 20 The
FIRST and second specifications In the
charges. but guilty as Co the third.
The court-martlal proceedings are COW
cred IN the fol,owiug
Headquarters National Guard Of Utah
salt Lake City, Utah, May 10 1900
q. O. No. 6.
Before a general court-martial which
oouyered al the office OF the adjut1nt
general. Salt Lake City, April 10Th 1900,
.nd Of which BHgadier Genera. John @
Cannon. First Brigade n. q w. was
president, and Colonel benner y smith,
Judge advocate general n. @. u, was
Judge advocate, was araigned ana
tried:
Captain o. II. Hassing, Company
"B, >" First Infantry, y. O. Y.
CHARGE Conduct uubecoming an Of
Gcer and gentleman In violation OF
II Hassing, company j, First lnian-
Specification lst.-''In that Captain .,
II Hasging. company "B.' First In
fantry. y. C. o.. became intoxicated
while In uniform and IN command OF
his company.
Specification 2nd.--"In that Captain
o. IL. Hassing, company b, First In
fanty. n. @. T.. was drinking az a
public bar in company with his men
Specification 3rd-'1n that captain o.
the slXty-drst article OF war
try. n. c. T.. allowed his company 70
become disorderly In the public street
and al public bar, while In direct COM
aand Of said company"
To which charge and specifications
the accused. Captain o. II. Hasslng'
company "B First Infantry \. @. u,
pleaded as follows;
CHARGE.
10 the drst specification. 'Est guilty"
TO the second specihc'ttion not
guilty"
To the third specification mot gull
To the charge. mot guilty
FINDING.
Of the first specification, mot guilty
OF the second specification, mot gull
~"
OF the third specification, guilty
of the charge, guilty"
SENTENCE.
And the court does therefore sentence
him, Captain o. IA. Hassing, company
Oh" First Infantry, n G. ". to be
reprimanded In orders, and % be sus-
pended from command for the period OF
sixty days.
The record Of the proceedings OF the
general court martial In the foregoing
case Of Captain o. II. Hassing,. Com,
pany "B, FIRST infantry ~ G. w. ana
the findings are submitted.
The charge and specification OF when
Captain Hasslng has been found guilty
are Of a grave and serious nature IL
rs almost beyond belief that man hon
ored with commission IN the Nation
on Guard Of the State and clothed with
the accompanying authority would per-
init himself. even for a moment 90 lose
gieht OF that high sense of honor which
should always attend the faithful dis
charge OF duty. The conditions when
exist among the militia forces are not
such as are found IN the regular army,
and this fact considered IN connection
with the previous good record Of the
accused undoubtedly accounts for the
light sentence in the foregoing case /
otherwise. dlshonorable dismissal from
the service would be the penalty that /
the merits n the case seem 20 warrant |
II Is hoped that members Of the Ma
tional Guard win take warning by the /
unfortunate incident which is the oc-
caslon FOR these orders and strive by |
individual effort 10 keep the Guard /
above the plane Of adverse crlticism |
and maintain Il a department Of the /
State Of which the citizens VIII con- /
tlnue 90 be proud.
The sentence IN the foregoing case OF I
Captain o. II. Hassing "a approved ana /
confirmed, He viii be released from ar- I
rest and the term Of his suspension /
WIN begin April g, 1900 This order /
viii be read before each company OF .
the Guard.
By order OF the commander-ln -chlef. /
CHAs. s. BURTON
Adiutant General n. c. Il.