The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-30
AGREE TO ACCEPT HALF PAY.
OFFICERS or THE GENER Al
CoURT-NARTIAL ARE GENEROUS.


For the Good Of the Service They
Decided 20 Receive Comp~nHati ton
for Two Sessions A. ~ They Were
one-Thi. Means They VIII RE-
ccive $3.50 session, Instead Of
So. for the Ten Sessions Required
aor the Three Cases brought he
fore Them-AEfrement Does Not
Extend 90 the Judge Advocate. the
Reporter or the Enlisted Men on
Duty-Co.t Of the Court Reduced ny
This Action, From About 500 TO
About s2T5.
Tho FIVE members Of tho general court
martial which recently concluded its SEES
sious IN Savannah. have agreed TO receive
Jess compensation from the state for their
services than l. allowed by statute. The
members OF che court arc Lieut.. Col. r..
:. WHY. Jr.. Mai. Thomas scroven, Capt
=. r. Gleason. capt. c. n. Richardson,
and Lieut. George Richter. an OF the
1'irpi Infantry.
The officers agreed 20 make two DAYS
OF their service equivalent 20 one. or. IN
other words. TO receive one-half tho
amouns to which they arc entitled under
the law. 4 section OF the code % Geor-
gia fixes the pay OF the members Of the
court al s. day, or any part Of day
they may sit in consideration OF eases
brought before it. by the decision they
reached. the amount Of their compensa
tion will be g. 70 a day instead Of s..
This decision Of the members Of the
court has beer forwarded to Atlanta. a
viii be transmitted TO the Governor. whom
a. viii doubtless please no lstle GOV.
Gambler has been worried by the amount
that he hos understood as staring tho
state ia the faca for the expenses Of the
court, and genuine relief will doubtless he
afforded him by the acsion OF the officers.
Other officers OF the military establish
snent Of the state. who IRE located IN At
lania. have felt asgrieved BY the proc
pcctive cost OF the cours-martial which.
IN their opinion. was called 20 pass upon
charges Of too trivial a nature to have
demanded a general court. The Atlanta
papers have taken the matter up. and. In
fact. throughout the state. there has been
row raised The officers of the court
decided g would help the military cause
81 the state to agree to receive redue-
that their action was taken.
IN atlanta there was a mistaken idea
that the court-martial would cost some
thing like So01. Only ten sessions or the
court were held. though IL was expected
that there would be more. IS the machin-
cry turned but slowly az the start The
cost per session, az the S rate Of pay.
would be about SO for the members ~
the court. tho Judge advocate. the report
cr and tbo enlisted men on duty The ten
sessions. therefore. az so session, would
amount 60 500. but tho decision Of the
members OF the court TO accept less COM
pensation reduces the total cost 20 SIS.
Tho agreement reached by the members
Of the court does not extend TO the judge
advocate. Lieut.. David G. Barrow Mr.
John Bell. the reporter. or the enlisted
men who served Their pay will be In
full as they worked hard There Is some
question about the compensation OF the
reporter, but. az the evidence was 80
voluminous. he should clearly receive
more than So a session which Is the
amount that has been mentioned as de-
fined by law for the reporter OF court
martial proceedings.
The findings IN the cases are vet 20 20
forward. IL r. not known what the out
come will b.. Corpl. r. =. Harris OF the
Republican Blues. Corpl. Ed. Brown and
Private Walker Of the Colquitt Blues col
brought the charges against them will
have nothing to do but remain as patient
es possible until the findings reach At
lanta and ore opened and made public
from the Office OF the adtutant general
one might reasonably expect. from the
great deal that has been said and writ
ten throughout the state about the court
martial. that the Atlanta papers would
have known that Il concluded its sessions
some days ago. Yet one OF them had
seportcr find that the court-martial had
been ordered and. ia Fridays paper. he
published tho following newsy notice
about "a under the heading. "Court-mar-
4ir. Officer OF the First Regiment May
Ee Tried IN Savannah Next Week"
There will be very interesting court
martial proceedings probably within the
next few days at Savannah.
The prisoner Is Corporal r. S. Harris
OF Company NJ. First Regiment Of Georgia
Infantry charged with breach Of arrest.
''Is Is alleged that at the reunion OF Com
federaie soldiers at Louisville. in May.
Corporal Harris was placed under arrest
Tor some trivial disorder II Is the Gus
tom among troops that when an officer Is
arrested he shall not be kept under guard.
hut Is placed on his honor The charges
preferred state that Harris escaped from
arrest and accordingly che Governor has
appointed court to try the offending
corporal"
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