The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-16

hOnOrably discharg- GlLSON GARDINER
ed and FORGETTING all pay and allow
ances due him. II Is almost unbeliev-
able, but the offense charged against
this soldier, and of which the mill.
tary court found him guilty. was that
having been ordered to decap nred
Shells" he did throw away q num-
Der of the shells given him to decap.
For this crime he was charged with
conduct to the prejudice of good or
der and military discipline" and also
of "disobedience of orders in that
having received . lawful command
from his superior officer, Second Lieut..
John F. Wall. to decap fred shells,
he did willfully disobey the same.
This Is what happens when private
offends q second lieutenant.
The other side Of the system Is
shown up in the case OF an offense OF
a second lieutenant against q private,
Second Lieut.. John F. Brown. of the
Philippine scouts, was brought before
q court-martial at Fort Santiago, Ma
Mia, p. l.. and charged with the fol.
lowing: Openly and publicly main
tanning improper and Illicit relations
with one Martina Camarino. Filipino
woman, the sister-in-law OF Private
Ysabelo Beltran, Forty-third company
Philippine scouts He was further
charged with fraud In issuing worth
less checks. with conduct TO the preJu
dice of good order and military disct
pline in allowing forage animals under
his charge to 20 without food for three
weeks. and with embezzlement Of
United States funds. He was round
guilty on all the charges. excepting
certain words in the charges. His sen
tence was as Follows: ITO be dis
missed from the service of the United
States"
Private johnson refused to decap
some fred shells--five years at haro
labor In a military prison.. dishonor'
able discharge. forfeiture OF all pay
and allowances.
Second Lieut.. Brown maintained I'M
proper relations with soldiers sis
ter.in-law, issued false checks, starved
government cattle, embezzled govern
ment money--dismissed from the ser
vice. No prison, no dishonorable ans
charge. no forfeiture Of pay and allow
ances. That Is the kind OF military
Justice" which is making II hard fof
Uncle Sam to recruit men for military
service, even with the cities full OF IN
employed and hungry men. That Is
why the army is manufacturing crimi-
nails. convicts. physical wrecks, anu
undesirables.
THE real solution of the canal tolls
mix-up is in the government owner
ship aud operation at cost OF line OF
eamships through the Panama canal
70 be operated in connection with q
national system of government-owned
railroads." said Rep. J. w. Bryan. OF
Washington. today. IN my speech on
the Alaskan railroad bill. said that
the time has come for the nationalist
ton of the railroad lines under fed
eral department OF transportation. The
fact that the railroads which own
steamship lines are petitioning for the
right to use the canal indicates that
the business OF transportation ought
to be under a single head. Uncle Sam
could operate steamships In connec'
ton with the national transportation
system cheaper and better than pri'
yate interests. That is the real solu'
ton of the canal tolls problem"
A countrywide campaign is In prog
ress. pushed by union labor, for the
passage of the Bacon.Bartlett bill to
exempt labor unions and farmers or.
CARNATIONS from any provisions in any
antitrust law. This II what really has
delayed the administration's trust
program. Trust legislation, when an
alyxed, consists OF statute limitations
of competition. It Ia intended to pre-.
vent the ultimate effect Of comped.
ton which Is the driving out of weak
er competitors and the concentration
of industry In the hands Of few
groups. When large corporate owners
limit competition, 1t ID reasonable. The
question il why II It not equally rea-
sonable when human beings limit com
petition by organizing into unions or
oranges?
Everything but government owner
ship OF the railroads IL provided in a