The Washington herald., 1912-08-21
GuARDsMEh AFTER
TOWN OFFICIALS
Charges Nay Be Preferred Against,
Harpers Ferry Police for Making
Arrests Indiscriminately.
AT couRr-xARTIAL
CITIZENS ABsoLvE MAN
Rrivats in Second Infantry Saved
from Bleeding to Death from
Bayonet Wound.
ny srAFr CORRESPONDENT.

ny STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
Camp ordway. Bolivar Heights. W. Va.
Aug. @.-charses against the town ON
ciais Of Harpers Ferry may be pre-
ferred by officers Of the Second Infan
try. d. c. N. G. for the treatment o.
Private Harry Stevens. Of Company /
Second Regiment. who was arrested
hauled to the local ''1ail'' by two Of
Harpers Ferry policemen, locked up. and
handcuffed 30 that for two days he was
not able to attend to his military duties.
After Stevens release II was discovered
that he was not the man the local
sleuths were after and that an entirely
innocent person had been subjected to
the extremely disagreeable experience of
staying in Harpers Ferry's cooler.
Some Of the citizens OF the town had
engaged In the regular evening brawl,
which has been a feature of civilian life
In Harpers Ferry since the troops ar
rived. although the militiamen have kept
strictly out Of such trouble in the streets.
While the fght was In progress hun
dred or more soldiers crowded around to
see 1t. and the special police. wearing
silk ribbons as their badges OF office.
dived into the crowd and arrested the
first soldier they could grab. 1t hap
pened to be Stevens, who Is slender
boy. Weighing less than 13o pounds.
Heavy steel handouts were placed upon
him and pressed tightly to his wrists
and between the two guardians of the
peace the boy was marched TO Jail.
At a court-martial held In camp to-
day citizens Of Harpers Ferry testified
that the man had engaged In no dis
order. The oficious conduct of town Of
ficials in this and other instances has
prompted officers of several organiza-
tons to combine in a plan TO get some
sort of redress for the Stevens case.
Private Is Injured.
Lon C. McNulty, Company K. Second
Infantry. is thanking the field hospital
to-day for the prompt service It rendered
him when he punctured n vein with
bayonet in the maneuvers OF this morn
ing. McNulty started to lean back on
the ground and the r,int of a bayonet
behind him stuck int his arm. He bled
profusely and was led to the field hos
pital by two of Ills comrades. Maj.
Clarence Weaver bound up the wound.
operated on the punctured vein. and
saved Private McNulty from bleeding
10 death.
General inspection Of the camp by med
ical officers attached to the regulars en-
gagged the attention of regimental OFF,
GERS. In the Second Infantry, Capt. Smart
found every conical tent let down and
every cot standing out TO air in the sun.
The kitchens and incinerators Of the Sec
ond Infantry We're highly praised
-Four revenue officers and the Mayor of
Bolivar Heights. ], Keller, have been
sleuthing throughout the camp in an ef-
fort to spot irregular and illegal sales of
liquor. The impression in Bolivar Heights
is that there is plenty Of liquor sold in
the camp. but the truth is that any liquor
sold In this neighborhood is dispensed in
Harpers Ferry. est Virginia being a
dry State, the citizens Of Harpers Ferry
who want to buy liquor leave an rder
with money in an envelope In a certain
place. The dealer goes to his stores, se-
lects what Is ordered. drives across the
bridge to Maryland. puts the liquor on
Maryland soil, takes out the money on
Maryland soil. puts the liquor back in his
wagon, and on his return to town de-
livers the goods to the purchaser.
During the sojourn of the four rev.
enue officers, and while the town police
of Harpers Ferry have been trying TO
spot liquor sales in camp, considerable
of the liquor has been bought and sold
in Harpers Ferry.
Dance Social Success.
The dance given to the officers of
the brigade by the women of the Hill
top House last night was attended
practically by every officer in camp.
Mrs. Robert Young and Mrs. Edwin
Young, OF Washington, who arranged
the dance. are responsible for the sue
cess of the evening. Fourteen musi-
clans of the Second Infantry Band. led
by James G. Moody, volunteered to fur
nish the music for the evening. and
were given permission by the camp
commander, Col. Charles II. Ourand,
First Infantry.
Capt. T. A. Clark and Mai. Boyd Tay-
lcr furnished the camp with an unex-
pected entertainment last night when
Capt Clark started to clean lis puttees
for the dance OF the following evening.
He used gasoline to do the cleaning and
Maj. Taylor held q lighted lantern close
to the gasoline TO see IL the job was
being done well enough to suit him. In
an instant the interior Of Capt Clark's
tent was ablaze and volunteer fire de-
partment recruited from brigade head
quarters non-commissioned staff rushed
to the rescue. The blazing puttee was
kicked around the camp until the blaze
subsided.
First principles Of fighting an enemy
with the rife were studied to-day. and will
be continued tomorrow by the entire in
iantry organization Inc men were taught
to advance across an open field under
imaginary fire and were instructed at the
close Of the rushes by Capt. J. B. Allison.
Seventh u. s. Infantry. Several new
features of rife fighting were shown to-
day, as the new drill regulations have
never been followed by the men In the
open. The men were spread in long lines
and the advance went forward by bat
talions.
Private John Klein, of Company L.
Second Infantry, probably will be tried
by court martial to-day or tomorrow
for leaving his post while on sentry
duty. Klein got hungry and went to
supper without asking for a relief ac-