New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-03
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES.
Colonel George F. Cooke Before
a Court Martial.
from The Tribune Bureau
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washington, July
INTEREST IN TRIAL.-Army officers in
Washington are particularly interested III
the outcome of a court martial trial at
Fort Lawton, Washington, of Coionei
George F. Cooke retired. number OF
officers have appeared before the court. at
considerable expense TO the government. on
account of the long distance which they
have had to travel One of these officers.
Lieutenant Jacob Schick. of the Sd IN
fantry, is now in Washington awaiting ex-
animation for retirement. He made the
transcontinental trip in order to testify
against Colonel Cooke The latter officer
is charged with using government trans
portation for private purposes while on
duty in Alaska. where he had some mining
property. It is also alleged that he Dor
rowed money from enlisted men and was
careless in protecting public money at Fort
Gibbons, Alaska. where $4,000 was alb
stracted from the army safe, supposedly
by an enlisted man named Lane. who was
formerly a pay clerk, and disappeared
when the money was missed. The War
Department offered a reward of $1,000 for
the apprehension of Lane. but the authort-
ties have heard nothing from him. 1t is of
interest that Colonel Cooke offered as
bar to trial that before his retirement he
was promoted from the grade of lieutenant
colonel to colonel, although all the facts
which are alleged against him were fully
known to the War Department. The court
appears not to have recognized this claim
a good excuse for abandoning the pro-
ceedings. Lieutenant Schick testified that
he had repeatedly warned Colonel Cooke
against Lane, who, he declared, had been
accused of embezzlement while connected
with some mining enterprise at Goldheld,
New. There is much more in the case than
appears on the surface, and the fact that
Colonel Cookies retirement was delayed
until he was advanced in rank attracted
considerable attention at the time. In the
mean time Colonel Cooke has been re-
quired to reimburse the government to the
extent of $4,000 in monthly instruments of
$3.50.
ORDERS ISSUED.-The following orders
have been isued:
Captain JAMES A. COLE, from 9th to sth Cav
CAPTAIN WILLIAM B. GOWN from sth to 9th
CAPTAIN RALPH R. sToGHDALI Getired). from
Second Lieutenant HORNSBY EVANS. 10th In
fantry, from duty staff of Brigadier Gen
eraI Frederick Funston, August 10, after
his return to Fort Leavenworth upon compile
ton Of duties pertaining to national matches
for 1910 and completion of examination f6 or
promotion proceed to join his regiment IN
FoIIowine oficers coast artillery. unassigned. to
headquarters of artillery districts, Indicated
August To- reporting to commanding OFFICERS
of respective districts for staff duty zap
of New London: Captain FRAMES e., II
tain EDWARD Garfield, Jr. artillery
district of Puget Sound; Captain WILLIAM
R. BETTISON, artillery district or New Lon
eTn artillery district Of New York; Captain
JACOB NJ. COWARD artiliery di E46I5 az: II
W C0CHEU, artillery district Of CHESAPEAKE
L. FULLER, JOHN o: sTEGER ana
FRASK T HINES IN i Ell ETsf f ti1gfgESP!s
T TAREo W r 11i TX K WILSON. JOHN P;
TERRELL. CHARLES F. 7. LCL ..;,,s ana
FULTON Q. c: GARDNER, coast a Ifa,lrl,s
to Coast Artillery School at Fort Monroe
cant ahsq FREDER1C ". LEWIS, 10Th Infantry,
10 duty as inspector instructor Tor ORGANIZED
militia of Connecticut at Mantle. Conn. as
follows: ID Infantry and LIST separate Com
pany, July 11-l6, and 1st infantry july
First Lieutenant JAMES F. WALKER, coast
dieI 70 commanding officer. artillery dis
trict of Mobile for stan an a11g: coast
First Lieutenant NATHAN .i C 5ory,M.r
Foii to mo- n6sts designated: HORACE NJ. ROBER-
Pat PIsttsb burg barracks SANFORD W.
FRENCH, Fort Oglethorpe.
E-irst lieutenant PELHAM D. GLASSFORD ID
Field Artillery report to commanding gen
erai department of Missouri, as inspector
Missouri on practice march, August Is 10
G HEFLEBOWER. WILLIAM r,,- N y
THEARLE and ALEXANDER T. COOPER
medical c c@Tps Of Of instruction of army 1edi
cal school in laboratory of surgeon general )
office. .,
Infantry to home preparatory TO retirement
from active service
tiIIerv 10 Coast Artillery School. Fort Mon
roe August 10. instructor in department
JOHN 0. STEGER.' coast artillery;
First Lieutenant ROYAL X GREENE, coast
artillery. TO West Point Military ACADEMY
First lieutenant WILLIAM P. MOF'FET. 18th
Cavalry. to Chicago, for examination FOR
Second Lieutenant JOSEPH l. TOPPAM. Jr.,
12th Infantry TO Camp Perry, August I, to
enter individual matches of Ohio State Rife
Associa ton, the National Rife Association
Of America and nat9nsi 6h l 1na
piration of leave of absence, TO Vancouver
Dental Surgeon MINoT z. SCOTT. from van
couver barracks. TO San Francisco, sailing
August > for Philippines.
NAVY.
Lieutenant L. A GOTTEN. from Naval Medical
School Hospital, Washington. to naval his
pital. Boston.
Lieutenant J. RODGERS to the Pennsylvania
Naval Constructor T. F. RUM detached Moran
Brothers Company, Seattle; 70 navy yard,
Mare Island; vice Naval Constructor II. 4.
EVANS to Moran Brothers Company
MOVEMENTS OF WARsHIPs.-The fol-
lowing movements of vessels have been re-
ported to the Navy Department:
ARRIVED
IuIv THE Birmingham at Portland. Me: the
Tacoma at Bristol. the Dolphin at Newport,
the Ajax al Boston. the Puritan. the Fatap
SEQ and the Mohawk at Norfolk, the Dixie
and the Preston at Castine, the Salem and
the Flusser at Eastport. the Smith and the
-Tamson at Bangor the Reid at Portland the
Montgomery at Belfast, Me, the Supply at
Yokohama,
SAILED.
July THE Tacoma from Newport for Bristol /.
the Dolphin. from New London for Newport
The Montgomery detached from duty with At