The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-20
To BE TRIED BY
COURT MARTIAL
This Fate Awaits Twenty-Three Mem
bers of National Guard Of Utah.
FAILED TO ATTEND CAMP
SPECIAL ORDER ISSUED AND
TRIAL BEGINS MONDAY.

7 RIAL by court martial-this is what
awaits twenty-three members of
the national guard of Utah, in
are to begin Monday night. The men
are charged with having ignored and
disobeyed general order No. % c. s.
adjutant generals office, and general
order No. s. providing for an encamp-
ment of the national guard at Manti,
Utah, for one week, beginning Sept. 5,
1895.
The Official call for a court martial
came yesterday afternoon. when Acting
Adjutant General Geoghegan issued
special order No. 45. setting forth the
time and place of the trial. the per-
sonnet of the court and the names of
the men who are TO be tried.
The specific charge against the TWEEN
ty-three guard members is that they
failed to assemble for encampment,
without having been excused from
duty by the adiutant general For
several encampments past the clause
requiring commanding officers to for
ward charges against any member
failing to report for duty has been
dead letter. Nevertheless the clause
has been contained in each call for
encampment and assembling and the
guard was cogniZant this year of the
fact that action could be taken against
delinquent members.
Text of Special Order.
The special order for court martial
trial follows:
Headquarters National Guard of Utah,
AAdjutant- Generals Office, Salt Lake
No. IA general cOurtmartidl is ap-
pointed TO meet at the armOry, this
city. at ! p. m. on Monday, Oct. %. or
as soon thereafter as may be practicable,
Tor the trial of such persons as may
properly be brought before it.
The court viii sit without regard to
hours, and should arrange its sessions
so as TO cause as little inconvenience as
possible to attending members and per-
sons to be tried
Detail for the court:
Colonel II. NJ. II. Lund, First in
Major W. C. Williams, First infan-
Captain F. P. Bassett, First infan-
try.
Captain A. ]. Skidmore. Signal corps.
-. irst Lieutenant Henry F. Adams
Field artillery,
Captain E. L. Bourne, First cavalry
Judge advocate.
by order of the ommander-in-chief
JOSEPH GEOGHEGAN,
colonel and Acting Adjutant General
Men TO Be Tried.
The complete list of men 10 be tried
by court martial follows:
W. Mangum, company A; II.
O'Rourke, company D: \. 9. Lambert,
signal corps; William Porter, company
b; e. NJ. Narley, troop A; Joseph Hur-
ley, company i; Lee Chamberlain,
troop A; ". Ashby, company d; Nj.
Taylor, company d; Lieutenant Gary
L. Bail. signal corps: A. j. Gemmill,
company d; Albert harrington, troop
A: L. Carr. company D: H. Madsen,
company d: D. II. Gustavison, troop
A; L. J. Price, company D; George
Emo, signal corps; S. Ashby company
ID; J. Terry, company D; +. L. Schett-
Ter, signal corps; George Payne, signal
corps; Sylvan Leon, signal corps; j.
w Spiker, troop \.
Order for AssembIage.
The order for the national guard TO
assemble at the armory for camp duty
was issued by Captain o. II. Hassing,
Aug. 50, 1903. under caption of Cen
eral Orders No. >" The order for as
semblage was in compliance with one
previously issued by the adjutant gem
, eral referred 10 above.
After providing for the manner and
time of assemblage and destination,
the order concluded with the following
clause:
The attention of company commanders
is called TO Section 1891, r. s., and they
are directed TO forward promptly charges
against any members of their commands
who fail TO report for duty i'm compliance
with this order. unless properly excused
by the -in-chief, such request
| having passed through proper channels.
BY order of Colonel Lund.
20. II. HASSING,
Official Captain and Adjutant.
What Geoghegan Says.