New-York tribune., 1909-01-08
AND NAVY NOTES
Ask More Money for Appreiegs:9n
of DeSertcrs.
TFrom The Tribune Bureau. j.


Washington. Jarus-y
DESERTER CATCHING EXPENSIVE sre-.,i
efforts are to he made hy the War Department.
for the apprehension Of deserters. and to this end
the quarternaster general has been asked To- make
an Increased allotment for use in this direction
!,,rf,e- the coming year. the year the ex-
pense of capturing deserters has amounted
little more than SSOOo month. and il is designed
tn increase this $1,000 month The expense
~ annrebension involves the Of travel by those
vbo make the arrests we'll cf bringing the
des4rters to trial In many Instances reward Of
$50 Is psid to = civil officer. such as policeman
citv and a constable in a smaller place. for the
recognition and arrest Of deserterS from the mill
tsrv establishment This reward and ether *
pense involved in aDprehendiug deserters are
oarded by the military authorities as proftabla
investment of the public funds for the reason
that the greater certainty 81 the apprehension %
1eserters fs bound the end to furnish of
the most certain disCoUrasements of desertion.
For = while II was considered by the military a1i-
tborittes that a deserter was not worth going
after IL. the search meant the expenditure Of a
large amount of money. It realized speedily
that this gave impression 10 probable deserters
that they would be diligently pursued II has
taken the War Department some time to rsnovs
this impression. It is for this reason that tho
allotment for purpose is desired 70 be IN
creased
LIEUTENANT RAINS's DII.E9IMA--The friends
of Lieutenant Edward l.. Rains. 10th Infantry who
s in desertion and is now a fugitive in Canada.
have been making effort to induce the President
to ACCEPT the resignation of that officer Lieutenant
pofns vas formerly on recruiting duty Provi-
dance where he Is said 10 have been involved in
numerous financial irregularities Of which the War
Department has been only recently advised Ths
officer would have been court martIalled If he had
remained on duty. and he would have been arrest
ed If he had remained in this country The situa-
ton has been complicated in some degree by his
fight to Canada. where his exact location IS not
known He has, however. submitted his ressna-
he o dc vi N believe
10 not entirely TO blame for his alleged misconduct.
have sought TO have the resignation accepted The
military authorities, however, have so far resisted
this effort on the ground that IN cases OF this kind
an officers resignation should not be accepted even
FOR the good Of the service is announced In
connection with such resignation AS long az
Lieutenant Rains remains in the service ne is liable
TO arrest by any army officer who recognizes MN.
in addition to the civil authorities, who have been
also asked to perform this service Of apprehension
IL the resignation were accepted. the arrest OF
Lieutenant Rains would be matter Tor we civil
authorities entirely. II he does not surrender at
some army post within three months from the date
Of his disaupearance he will be dropped from ths
army as a deserter. which carries with it certain
disadvantages not applying to a resignation even
when accepted for the good OF the service
ORDERS 1ssUEDLThe following orders have
been issued:
Major HARRY WSs a5 ~ csisaFa s rs li LEM LEM
tenant Colonel ALBERT D. KNISHSEFSS. deputy
connissAry general who viii proces1 % St1
EJOEE commissary. WI will report 20 Lieutenant
colonel KNISKERN assistant - -.
Cartafn CONRAD E. KOERPER- uledlcaL corps irom
Cuba Fort Slocuul , - . -.
couver Barracks. relieving Lieutenant -oonst
GEORGE 3. DAVIS. deputy counissaTy genera
Who will proceed TO Orleans and Teieva Major
ARTHUR NJ EDWARDS. who VII proceed % ssa
Ftrzt IJeuTenant DOUGLAS POTTS. 1Sth Tnea1try -
Atlanta report B-igadier Genera RAMSAY D.
POTTS as aide-de-canp ,.. - -.
CAPTAIN JESSE MI CARTER l4tn CsFa-FJ' 4E0ln
s,bya ufae 10
Captain JOHN H PARKER zsth InIaAI15' LrOA
Presidfo OF Monterey 20 his regt tnenL -,
Leave OF absence; Captain JOHN Il PARKER -stA
Infantry, three months
m.eshiuuan NJ O SHIRLEY. detachs1 ths ITess Slr>
ginia; home, resignation accepted,
s.rteon & IL T. IOWNDEs. 10 naval tspsnsaryS 5zzsa~
Is.,ts5snt G B BARNES detached ne south Dako1t
to ne West Virginia. senior engineer of5csE
Lieutenant TFIEI4EE$. detached the NssS FlrBls
Ensign q s. JOYCR. detached the TOratOwn; 70 cs
Ensisn D. p sToRRTsoN. detached ths West yirgiaz4
| 20 the Yorktown
| MOVEMENTS OF wARSHPS-Ths following
movements OF vessels have been reported % ths
Navy Department:
4
Jan e-Ths Tacoma. at San Juan; the Cnsyenns az
Santa Barbara.
Jan 6-The Buffalo. from San Francisco f9r Honolulu
the Louisiana and the Virginia, from Port sst tof
Beirut; the Birmingham from Newport f~r eliss n
Long Island Sound