The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-05-22

NV YoKr, May Z.-The Times
ssys. General Brooke hzs sent aD order
% al eommaodEnts q potis in the De-
partusni oi the East 10 send - him %
September . complete report Of the re-
suits which have ensued on the sDo.i.
ton of tie army canissn. Ohcefs cay
that these reports viii sboE beyond
oaYn that intsmpsranos has largely Ia.
creass5 under the new regime and it 10
predicted that the next congress will
give seri0us consideration 30 the real
sitUatisn g. II has developed.
Seven privates, abssnt without leave
from Fort Ethan Allen, VI, have
lnss been locked upin the military pTisoa
at Goyernor's leland, which is the head.
quarters oi the department. They dis
appeared from poet Immediately after
pay day Of this month and theirtrou0les
are attributed BY officers % the abolition
of canteens.
A reporter interviewed a number Oi
officers AZ Governors Island and every
one Of them was saying ~ told you 81
when the case oi Fort Sheridan, Fort
Smelling and Fort Ethen Allen we're
called 10 mind. The officers there
regarded Il but matter oi short time
when the public sentiment Of the nation
will demand the re-establishment Of the
canteen.
Captain Adams, who was acting Ad-
at Goyeenor's Island
10 General sheridan's absence, said
that since pay day there had been unus.
nal trouble ia nearly every post In the
department and be understoon ia other
departments also. He understood that
the number oi men arrested had been
arRer than usual and there have been a
noticeable number arrested Tor intO1ica.
ion. lie was not prepared 10 cay just +.
What the percentage Of increase was.
Trouble isreported at Fort Hamilton,
Fort Scbuler, Fort WadsWorth, Port
Hancock and At Willetts Point.
Pay day at Fort TOttsn, Willetts
Point, Long Island Sound, came last
Wednesday and the i9l soldiers sta
ioned there drew about $40 per month.
.ince that time there have been Wild
nd hilarious times in the saloons Of
the nearest village 10 the
eservation and ia the half dozen road
lousss that are situated At intervals
long the road that leads from the fort
o the village.
The records for the Fort show that for
he Grst 20 days OF this month there
ave been seven court martials on drunk
nd disOrderly charges and ~ for
bsenoe without leave. The p absen.
oes and the ~ men nov In the guard
ouse will add considerably 10 those
CURES, There have been since the
ast pay day a. many az ten men absent
Without leave and at one time from our
ompany Of less than 100 men.
Commenting on this Major J. W.
Slack, the commaniant Of the fort
tated that the number was unpre.
cdented In his recollection. Major
Slack. Adiutant Howell and every
,niccrs aud soldier interviewed at the
ort, gave without hesitation the
'pinloR that the change was for the
worse In the general discipline. was due
entirely 10 the abolition Of the canteen
Ind the turning over Of the colder with
iia monthly pay n his pocket 10 the
eBder mercios Of the outside saloon
seepers who thrive In the vicinity Of
military posts.
The force now at Fort Totten consists
II four companies OF the second batlal.
on Of engineers, the nucleus Of three
Of the new third battalion OF
Engineers that is being recruited and the
End company OF the coast artillery. With
ew exceptions all these men are vet.
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