The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-18
Irving Colonel Cooke.


PORT TOWNSEND. June "a
! court martial for final threshing out of
matter long pending before the war
department and involving the standing
of an officer of high rank, now retired
from active service, has been ordered
to convene at Fort Lawton, near Seat
tie. June - to try charges preferred
against Col. George F. Cooke, United
States army, retired, formerly of the
f! Twentv-seeond Infantry.
4 multitude of specifications are EN-
braced in the charges preferred against
the officer. among them misuse of gov
eminent transportation for furthering
private ends; borrowing money from
enlisted men and allowing an enlisted
man to appropriate and make off with
about $40 900 of government funds en-
trusted 10 the officer keeping.
The latter, and in fact all the
charges, are based on experience in
Alaska at the time when Colonel Cooke,
then holding next lowest rank, was in
command of Fort GibbOn and acting
pavmaster for that district.
The $4,000 consisted of funds for
I.paving the command and the running
expenses of the post. A private named
Lane, detailed as paymaster s clerk,
took the money and despite the Difficult
-. IN ba
in midwinter, escaped and has never
since been apprehended.
This occurred at Fort Gibbon in Jan
uarv, 1909, and although preliminary
investigation was made at the time
without results, it has required until
now for the government to perfect
court martial arrangements
The DELAY is attributable to the fact
that during many months of the year
travel in Alaska is impossible and no
progress could be made until navi CATION
to the North opened.
Witnesses will be summoned from
New York. Chicago and San Francisco,
but as a matter of economy, coupled
with the fact that the attendance of
Alaska witnesses, particularly civilians,
can not be required by the court. it is
hi ghlv probable that the detail of of
ficers that will hear and pass on the
testimony will be sent North for the
purpose.
The position of judge advocate has
been assigned to Capt. John I. Geory
Coast Artillery Corps, stationed at Fort
Casey. Captain Geary is now busy pre-
pairing for the trial.
Other members of the court will be
Lieutenant Colonel Foote of the artil
lery, Lieutenant Colonel Miller of the
Twenty-second Infantry, Majors Wake
and Whitney, artillery; Major Breet of
the cavalry. Major Hodges of the
Twenty second Infantry. Major Moore
1.-THE Twentv-frst Infantry. Capt. Charles
H. Hilton of the Coast Artillery. sta
toned at Fort Flagler, viii be recorder.
Admiral's Daughter Married.
NEWPORT, Rhode Island. May 2S.-
The wedding of Miss Mariana Fullam,
daughter of Capt. William F. Fullam,
+ U.SN, who commands the battleship
Mississippi, and Austin Ledyard Sands
of Newport. took place in Trinity
Church at one clock this afternoon,
uniting two famous naval families.
The church was filled with army and
navy guests ard members Of the cot
tage colony. with a large delegation
of relatives and friends from Philadel-
pha, Washington and Baltimore. The
military guests appeared in full dress
uniform.
One of the bridesmaids, Miss Kathryn
Hyson McFadden of Philadelphia, and
the best man, Harold A. Sands of New
port, Will be married June %. and Miss
Julia Sands, another of the bridesmaids
, and sister of today's groom will
marry Paul Roland Dickson of Cincin-
natl one of today's ushers, June q.
Dillingham; Retires.
Rear ADMIRAL Albert Caldwell Dill
; lingham, U.S.N. will be transferred to
the retired list next Friday on account
of age. Washington Star, May 20.
In 1904, at the instance of the state
department. he was sent to the Island
! of Sant0 Domingo to protect American
interests during the instruction there.
He was instrumental in arranging the
peace protocol between the insurgents
and Santo DOMINICAN government. Again
in 1905 he was ordered to Santo Do
mingo on similar duties and accomplish
ed his mission.
: Admiral Dillingham; is one of the
originators of the scheme for retire
ment of enlisted men. He advocates
the bin now pending for the graded
retirement of the enlisted personnel.
Before entering the navy he served
in the army during the civil war. in
the Seventh Pennsylvania Regiment of
Volunteers. While in the volunteer
army he was in active operations
against the enemy at Antietam and
other points in Maryland Virginia and
Pennsylvania.
He was appointed a mdshipman at
the Naval Academy June 81. 1860, and
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