The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-03
TEN SUBSTITUTES
FOUND IN CAMP.
Lieutenant ID. n. Williams Threw
Himself Upon the Mercy of
Investigating Officer.
MEN REPRESENTED ABSENTEES.
Said That He Did Not Appreciate
the Gravity of the Offense
Tanner RENTED
His Fine.
MEN REPRESENTED ABSENTEES

| ri PUBLIC SPECIAL.
| Springfield. Ill, Aug. "A mild sensation
was sprung at Camp Lincoln TODAY when
Lieutenant L. L. IIerrnston Of Yorkviils.
| commanding the Signal Corps. preferred
! charges before Colonel James T.. Smith.
Acting Adjutant General, TIA, ten men of
that command We're not an..::trd in the
] .t'.e service ana Were representing ab-
'ent.'o III me Chica:o division cf the &C rps
colonel Smith appointed Colonel II. s.
Dietrich, lnspec ,ur General nf p,na prac
nee, to investigate the charge. Lieutcnaut
~. ~ Williams, commander of the Chicago
"'''tchLieht OF the corps, admitted the
cnatge and threw himself upon the mercy
Vi tne oiiicer, claiming that he did not ap-
preclate the gravity CT the offense
In his report ON the case Colonel Dietrich
recommended that the ten men ha r,.,ia,,ed
from further duty: that they be returned
10 10 1hicaso IN with the corps. at the expense
the week; and that Iieutenau1 WiIlis me re-.
lmburse the State in tho amount of the
rallroad rare of the ten men to and from
Springfield. - '''A
-. The report was submitted to Governor
tanner and was approved except as to he
PORTION providing that Lieutenant Williams
reimburse the State In the amonnt Of the
railroad fare of the men This fnn vas p. =
nitted by the Executive.
~, ander the decision of Colonel Dietrich
,,nt .sti -hth were not allowed to partici-
pate III the election for Captain of The, corus
TINS evening. 1t was claimed by the sup
pcrterS OF HerringtOn that the bringing OF
oussiusis @ 70 camp was maneuver on the
diGate. '''A-
Inc report Of the Board of Inquiry in
'.',s .estisatlns the premature explosion of the
sunset gun at camp last Sunday evening
Will not be made until Tomorrow
GovernOr's Day Observed.
ao'ltrary ntsy 70 expectations, Governors Day
vas was observed r. at camp this afternoon. Gov
ertior 1anner arrived home from Chicago
thlS morning, having decided to be present
Tor the last Governors Day ceremonies of
the encampment. instead of remainjnS in
Chicago to deliver an address
AS soon as Governor Tanner arrived ar
ransementS were made to receive him at
bai,ip bai,ip me Governor came out at O'clock.
Dehs accompanied by several members of
ms staff. He was met at the gate by the
nrst squadron OF cavalry ana the band and
accompanied to general headul,arters AZ
me Governor crossed the field, the usual
salute OF seventeen guns was fired The
various commands in camp were all drawn
mander-in- Chief
After short rest at general heaGauar-
ters Governor Tanner returned to the field
ana at o'clock reviewed the command.
Dress parade followed Immediately after
wards: and the sunset gun was fired for the
last tune during this years encampment,
% %Mtieh mas been success in every partic-
Blew Up n Bridge.
The most interesting performance of the
week occurred after dress parade Th.
bridge erected over Spring Creek in the rear
OF the camp by the engineering company
was blown up with dynamite. giving a prac-
tIcal demonstration of handling explosives
lhe bridge was not completed until this
morning. Ine last work was done Just be-
fore noon by Lieutenant Vincent DaIIrnan
and a squad of twenty men
Previous to the blowing up of the bridge
1t was tested and proved strong enough to
carry column of fours without being the
least taxed. temporary stand was erected
on general headquarters hill for Governor
Executive pressed the electric button which
touched off the dynamite: and second lat
er The report was heard and the timbers
Thousands of people. crowded the hills IN
the vicinity of the bridge and witnessed the
event. All paid high compliments to the
and destruction. Colonel George NJ Moul-
ton. Colonel II. S. Dietrich and Colonel X.
7. Higgins Of Nandalia. all members of Gov
ernor Tanners staff, were present, and par
ticipated in the ceremonies.
, Nearly every member, of the staff had
last opportunity for all of them to be 1ne to7
sether officially, but did not leave their
home stations on account of the report last
night that Governor Tanner would he un-
able TO be at camp to-day.
VIII Break Camp This Morning.
Camp will be broken at daylight to-mor-
row, and the various commands are expect
stations
before 10 o'clock.
over 100 officers and about twenty guests
attended the evening dinner given at gem
erai headquarters tonight by Governor
Tanner.
The officers Of the First Cavalry were en-
tertained last night at a musical by Mrs.
James T.: Jones and daughters. at their
home in Springfield.
George McReynolds and Lou Douglas Of
Chicago. Judge L. Y. Sherman of Macon
and Honorable c. F.. Snively of Canton were
the guests of Colonel Young to-day in
camp.
During the noon mess, Fred Ward of
Peoria a small white boy who came to
camp with Troop C. was badly sIashed with
a butcher knife in the hands of one Of
the colored company cooks. The negro
made a hurried exit from camp to escape
bodily HARM He got away none too soon
The troopers became enraged and would
have handled the negro roughly had he
been caught Wards worst in i,Iries are
In his left hand, his little finger being
nearly severed.