Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-15
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Of DEATH NOT
NE " IN ARMY
Evans Says Suicide Of Traitorous
Austrian by Command of Fell
lows Has u. S. Presidents.


sing among themselves the tragic
death of young Colonel Redl, of the
| army Of Austria, the story of whose
suicide is related in vivid press dis
| patches. Proved a traitor. Redl was
! presented with a revolver by his best
friends, and was left alone in his
room. He shot himself through the
| head.
Brigadier General r. K. Evans, head
Of the Department Of the Gulf, feels
that the course of both the young
| Austrian and his friends probably was
| the best.
TT showed spirit. It was soldier
| ly," he said. And yet such situa-
lions and such remedies are not con-
fined to the army. A man in any
profession. disgraced. NAV feel 1t bet
ter for himself and for his friends
that he were dead. 1t is not unusual.
And as for the action of his friends
in offering the solution, well, It was
not unnatural Once upon a time"
Suggested Same Method.
And General Evans told of an in
cident in his subaltern DAYS. when he,
| sincerely enough, suggested to COM
/ rade in disgrace that death probably
was the best way out. The comrade,
young officer mad lost through gam
/ bling some public money which had
been entrusted to him, had fed. was
| recaptured.
He didn't do it, though" said the
| general. He went to prison instead
he. born and reared a gentleman.
! Maybe he didn't have the spirit of
this Austrian soldier. Anyhow, when
he got out, he was the most miserable
| person alive, and is now, perhaps.
such a case as that Of the Aus
trian is not recorded in the annals
Of the American army. But l have
no doubt that affairs like that have
occurred in private life"
However, the U. s. navy had a
somewhat similar episode less than
two years ago.
on January Is, 1911. dispatches
from San Francisco told Of a scandal
in navy that came to light with the
enforced retirement of Rear Admiral
! Edward B. Barry, then commanding
the Pacific fleet. A demand had been
made upon him to resign by subordi-
nate officers on board his flagship the
| Virginia
Sent Admiral Revolver.
Barry refused to resign and the Of
I fcers withdrew and decided to send
| him a loaded revolver as a sugges-
| ton that he end his career in the navy
/ by suicide. This was not done, the
| officers waiting TO give Admiral Bar
| " who was then So years of age with
] l Of IN, he
/ to his credit. an opportunity to re-
/ sign. Ensign Sherwood A. bartender,
officer of the deck had reported to his
| superior officers that he witnessed
| sCandalous conduct on the part of the
| admiral Barry in his cabin.
! The officers swore TO keep the mat
ter secret tf Barry would resign.
Instead Of doing this the rear ad-
miral wireS Washington asking that
I he be retirI at once.
In the mea ZINE the officers OF the
Virginia drafted charges against Ad-
miral Barry containing the statement
\ of what Ensign bartender had seen in
/ the admirars cabin. The document
/ was addressed to the secretary Of the
| navy handed to Captain Orchad OF
| the Virginia who passed il up to Rear
/ Admiral Barry with the request that
| ir be forwarded. Barry did not for
| ward IT, Then the officers wrote an
! other set Of charges and mailed them
! to the secretary of the navy BarIy's
/ retirement followed a sweeping denial
/ of the charges.
Sensation In Europe.
! The case of Colonel Redl has caused
| a sensation in Europe
! He was one of the chiefs OF the Sc
] CTet Service Department. He was
! charged with selling imuortant secrets
/ to The Russian Government His
| apartment was searched and a num-
| Der Of discriminating documents were
/ found, some of which showed that he
I had given to the Russian Government
draft plans for Simultaneous action
/ on the part of the Austrian and Ger
man armies against Russia in case Of
/ war.
The war office. on receiving con-
/ frmation Of the report. sent two OF
/ his fellow officers to RedI. During
[ the night thew informed him Of The
/ charges against him. As lie was I'M
/ able 70 clear himself. they warned him
/ that thew would return AZ daybreak
and arrest him.
on leaving the room, one OF them
took a loaded pistol from his pocket
and a book OF instructions. He OMEN
/ ed the book and placed il in front
! Of Redl with a meaning glance. The
7 officers then mounted guard outside
the room until the noise OF a shot
( told them that the accused had chosen
the only way. They asCertained that
/ Redl was dead and reported to the
war Office.
ct was their duty n arrest him
having found the evidence against
him" said General Evans comment
ing on the story. But the fact that
they guarded his quarters. freed them
Of any charge Of giving him oupor-
tunity 70 escape. The whole affair Is
not unusual, however. and may occur
in private life"
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