Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-13
GENERAL COURT MARTIAL
Commanding officer of Guard Calls
First Of Kind in State.
oFFENsEs AT FORT RILEY CAMP
Majority of Members OF Guaro
cused Are Charged with Absence
without Lenve--Two Ac-
cused of Desertion'
lFrom . SD correspondentl


LINCOLN. oct I2-(Special )-Adjutant
General John @. Hartigan has prepared
charges to be preferred against members
Of the Nebraska National Guard At gen
erai urt-martial to be held in Lncoln
nyoveuber Is This will be the first gen
orai court-martlaI ever held in this state
for the trial OF Nebraska National Guards
men and the event is looked forward to
with great interest by members Of the or
ganization.
The majority OF the accused are charged
with absence without leave and disooedi-
ence OF orders Thus far only two are
charged with desertion, one Of these being
charged with the unlawful taking Of gov
eminent property.
The court VIII comprise the following
officers to hear the charges:
Brlgadier General Joseph A. storeh,
Colonel f. J. Mack, Second regiIner,tS
Colonel @. A. bberly FIRST IeBlllell
Lieutenant Colonel J. NJ, Birkner' Heu-
icS i14 "a paul Second regiment.
Major q. H. Holdeman, First regiment
Captain /. III. Gage, signal CORDS,
Captain @ T. brewster First regiment
Most OF the offenses alleged to have
been committed against the military code
of the state are said to have been COM
mitted at Fort Rliey' Kan. or just prior
10 the departure OF the guard to Fort
Riley. The guard went TO fort Riley to
participate in military maneuvers in which
both regular soldiers and guardsmen from
western states took part.
Those charged with absence without
leave and disobediencs Of orders are
Company b. Second infantry-PriVates
Roscoe nj. Edwards, Edward Perkins ana
Alfred Mayo, - ,,,.-.
Grafton johnson, Joe L Kearney and
f First Machine, Gun Company-Private
Gt Som beaye Z. second acknowledgement
Richard Il Liberty CoFp9Trs aprsS q; M
Company e, Second Regiment-Private
W Company y'1 9, First Reglment-Private
Company M, Second Regiment-PTlvatIe1s
Joseph b. Gardner, Jesse q. Foote, 10y n
peter r. Peterson and Fred w. Lehmen.
Hospital Corpsc5PrityateSS r. Bradley Bradley
G. s. Mcintyre, Carl stednitz and l. VIII
sV Company A. Second Regiment-Privat'
Sompany A. First Reglment-Private'
George Bennett, Miller ChOrn and Angelok'
" Company H, Second Regiment-sergean,t
Alvin A. Straus Prlvates Ray HAMMOND
Frank Moore, Paul Froid' Guy E. LEM
Company k. second Regment-PTiyat
FEeeT EDWARD "a II 5en RG%se charles
Richards and samuel E. Bredenstein.
Company /, Second Regiment-Priyate
Arthur r. Lewis and Charles o. Lewis.
company IF. Second acknowledges
Arthur PangSuT TEEsod Harry W Met6s dfe
Those charged with deserton are;
Private Lee. LeFever. Company F, Sec
ond Regiment-Desertion and the unlaWtu
taking OF government property. W c.
ond Regiment Desertion.
Two or three names will probably b
added TO this list before same Is complete
Cowgina Condition same.
AZ ESQ o'clock this afternoon the condi
ton OF Railway Commissioner Cowgirl
was practically unchanged. He Is In
seni-conscious condition and 1t Is though
he recognizes members Of his family an
friends, though this is not certain, as h
"a unable to speak His paralysis is abou
the same and he has been able to take bu
the slightest amount OF nourishment sine
he was stricken last Saturday.
Reauiaitioa Turned Down.
The requisitlon recently sent by Governo
Shallenberger to the governor Of Colorad
for the return Of Gates Parker was turne
down by the latter on the ground that be
hind 1t was an attempt to collect a deb
e. c. Wooden. an Insurance agent {
Omaha, formerly OF Lincoln, was the con
plaihing witness. He alleged that ParkC
had induced him to cash check for $50
The check was alleged to have been issue
by Parker's brother. but according
woodell's affidavit the brother pronounce
Il forgery, Several months prior to II
Issuance Of this requisition Governor Sha
lenberger issued one at the request Of II
county attorney of Lancaster county char
ing Parker with the larceny OF damon
ring. Parker was not brought back
4t.-fsts - Ia
Mr., .woodell filed a complaint alleging en-
bezzlement and this was dishonored
the governor of Colorado as being an a
.ov,pt 20 collect a debt