Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-12-23
A REPRINAND FOR
CARABAO diners
WILSON'S LETTER CALLING
DOWN" ARMY AND NAVY
OFFICERS MADE PUBLIC.
Sent TO each OFFICER
With Sending Of Presidents Letter to
Each officer Affair VIII be-
Dropped out of Sight.

:NAsmNGTON. Dec 22.-Prcsi-
It Wilson today made public a
ter addressed to Secretaries Gar
Son and Daniels, respectively, re-
Cestiug that "a very serious repri-
land" be administered to those army
nd navy officers who participated
), the recent dinner of tho military
Order OF tho Carabao at which tho
Tdministruuon's Philippine and other
policies were salirized
The letter follows.
THE officers who were responsible
for the program of the evening GER
tliuy are deserving of very serious
reprimnnd, which hereby request be
administered and ! cannot rid my
self of a feeling of great dsappoint-
ment that the general body Of Of
ficers assembled at the dinner should
have greeted the carrying out Of such
a program with apparent Indifference
to the fact that 1t violated some Of
the most dignlfied and sacred tradi-
lions OF the service
- am told that the songs and
other amuscments Of the evening
were intended. and regarded as fun
What are We TO think OF officers OF
the army and navy of the United
States who think it FUN to bring
their official superlors into rdicule
and the policies OF the government
which they are sworn to serve with
unquestionIng loyalty, into contempt?
If this Is their idea of fun, what is
their ideal Of duty? If they do not
hold their loyalty above all silly ef-
fervescences of childish wit, what
about their profession do they hold
sacred?
MY purpose, therefore, In ad-
min istering this repfimand, Is to Hs--
call the men who are responsible for
this lowering Of standards to their
ideals; to remind them of the high
conscience with which they ought 60
put duty above personal indulgence.
and to think Of themselves as re-
spCn.ible men and trust soldiers.
even while they are amusing them
selves as dinors-out. Sincerely yours,
WOODROW WILSON"
Secretary Garrison and Daniels de-
cided to administer the reprimand by
transmitting a copy Of the presidents
letter TO each member Of the enter
tainment committee.
Secretary Garrison Immediately
sent this memorandue to Major Cen
erai Leonard Wood. chief OF staff of
the army.
ut is hereby ordered that the Of
flcers of the United States army who
were on the dinner committee and
we're therefore responsible for the
program Of entertainment NJ the re-
cent dinner Of the Military order Of
the Carabao, held December II. 1913,
be reprimanded In pursuance Of the
communication Of the president TO me
dated December %, 1913, copy here
with The form that the reprimand
should take should be to furnish to
each OF said officers a copy of the
letter from the president"
Secretary Daniels probably will
issue a similar order tomorrow. MAX
ing the presidential rebuke effective
as far as navy officers are concerned.
The members Of the dinned COM
mittee on the part Of the army, who
VIII receive copies Of Pre- sident VIII
sons communication are Major Law
son NJ. Fuller. retired, Major Francis
J. Koester, Captain Warren Dean.
Captain Frank T. Hines, Major James
r.. Normoyle. Major Edgar Russell.
Brig. General Frank Mcintyre and
Col. n. o. $. Heistand. These navy
officers served on the dinner COM
nittee: Rear Admiral Thomas B
Howard (chalrman), Major General
William p. Biddle, Z. 5. \. c.; Cap
tain William r. Shoemaker, Surgeon
Frank f. Mccullough, Lieut.. Com
mander Frank e Ridsley, Paymaster
Victor :. Jackson.
The only member OF the committee
not I'm the service is Or. J. NJ. Heller.
formerly a major I'm the volunteer
medical corps and secretary Of Wash
ington Corral Of the Cardbao. lie
seems to he beyond the reach or
President Wilson's reprimand as he Is
now back In civil life
Il has not yet been determined
whether the reprlmand shall be- noted
on the records Of the respective Of
flcers but opinion tonight Is that
such notation will not be made