New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-12
Sure YOUNG MCGOWAN
CAN GET OUT OF NAVY
Department Officials Say He
May Obtain Release by Pay
ing S120 for Discharge.
MUST SHOW GOOD REASON
Training Ship 30 Which He Is
Assigned Is al Mare Island
Boy Refuses to Dis
cuss Fathers Will.

method ~ which Francis Patrick A.
MCGOWAN, son Of the late Patrick Fran
els MCGOWAN, can obtain his release t~oir
the Marine Corps in order to inherit tie
legacy left him by his father, conditional
uPcn such action on his part. was toll in
dispatches from Washington Yesterday.
He may get out OF the service immedi-
ately BY showing a good reason and pay
ing 800 for his discharge. officials Of the
Navy Department said Yesterday that the
possibility Of an enlisted man bettering
himself in life through an inheritance
has been held to be good reason for
getting out There arc several prcccdclts
for this they said.
The records of the Navy Department
show that young McGoWan enlisted on
December . 1912, and that his term woulI
normally extend to December !, 1916.
has Good Record in Navy.
He has clear record. and officials ~
the Navy Department believe that hc
has ample grounds on which to make
application for his dscharsc. Unless n
has some physical disability. however. he
cannot obtain his discharge without the
$3.50 payment.
Word came from Marc Island san
Francisco. last night that the tralning
ship Cleveland on which young McGoWan
is. was stationed there All the news h.
had received. he said. was that his father
was dead. He refused TO discuss the vii
IL. q.
ment.
\ friend Of tho BOYS father told last
rsht some of tine reasons that led the
father TO cut him off srom the main part
Of his estate. and TO surround that pOr-
ton left 10 him with restrictions.
This boy Vas always wild" tho friend
said. He is twonty-four years old nov.
His father provided orc job after an
other foY him. both in his own business
and with friends, but his habits made fl
impossible for him to hold any OF them
FOR any length Of time.
Finally. last fall the boy ran away 10
the state of Washington and joined III
Marine Corps there. and sailed on trip
across the Pacific on training ship. 10
which he was assigned. The last heard
from him was about a month ago. when
nc wrote 10 a friend in this city letter
frcm Toxic. He said in that letter that
The ship was about 10 sail for san Fran
cisco by way OF Honolulu
The same friend told o. tho reasons
leading the lather 10 make the Maunc
women the chief bcnchciaIics under his
Will They were both cousins he said
Or Mrs. MCGOWAN. who died two years
ago They have been in Mr.. MCGOWAN )
business for NAM years, orc as fore
woman and the other as q designer. and
were considered by him as being mem
ters Of the concern. and therefore CT
titled 10 continue to profit i'm the business.
Mr.. McGoNan's will which was filed Tor
probate i'm tho Surrogatcs Count yostcr-
day vas drawn on April 10y Howard I.
Virgins. of Rome y. y. As past 81
rrene regent Of tho ROYAL Arcanum n
became especially intimate with Mr.. NC
Conan. who WAS supreme orator IN the
same order He had visited Rome Coun-
eli and had been Mr.. Wiggnss guest ire
ouently. 1t was through this friendship
that Mr.. Virgins came 10 act as Legal
adviser 10 Mr.. .McGowan. Rome council
,as adopted resolutions expressing sorro"
a. Mr.. McGowan's death.