The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-07-20
ASSAULT ENDS
CAMP QUARREL
PRIVATE or COUNCIL BLUFFS
COMPANY IS IN HOSPITAL.
ASSAILANT is IN GUARD HOUSE
Court Martial Of Offending ouardsman
viii FoIIow.--The Penalty lie I'm
prisonment In the Federal Pris-
on at Fort Leavenworth.

prIsonment In the Federal Pris-
on at Fort Leavenworth.
Des Moines, July 17.-One Iowa
gLardsman is in the field hospital and
another is in the guard house with a
court martial and probably penitene >
ttary sentence hanging over his head
as result OF an assault upon SEN
try at Camp Dodge yesterday after.
noon
Private Elmer Poston of Council
Bluffs, Company l. of the Third regi-
ment, Is the injured sentinel. He has
Painful scalp wound, which he re-
ce:ied when Private Harold b. Gal
laghcr Of Mason City, Company A,
SecCrd Infantry, struck him over the s.
head with a rifle.
Poston was on guard in front OF
brigade headquarters. Two Of the
boys were using indecent language
and there we're women standing
near" the Council Bluffs lad ex,
planned, after he had regained con
seriousness at the field hospital.
| told the boys they would have
to cut out the profanity. They didn't
pay any attention to my orders so
Z.
THAT made them mad. One OF
them grabbed my rifle away from ;
me and hit me over, the head with II.
don't know how il happened after
that, but they have told me since
that he man who hit me started to
run. They caught him, though, before
lie got very far"
Many Witness Assault.
| A large crowd of visitors and guard
officers on headquarters hill Witnessed
the assault and score of them joined
in the pursuit of the guard who had
attacked the sentry
Private Andrew Gaylord of Kenkuk
Company l., First infantry, who was
on duty as clerk in Major Brookhart's
tent, near the scene of the attack. ar.
rested Gallagher.
1 Armed guards took Gallagher to the
guardhouse, while a detail from the
field hospital carried Poston TO the
hospital on a stretcher. He regained
consciousness soon after the attack
and his condition was not regarded
as serious last night
1 General Allen Immediately called
members OF the staff in conference.
l"This is very serious offenser the
!, geneEaL exnlained -later. - :
Heavy Penalty for offense.
The penalty for asss it, a sen.
Z try is Imprisonment in the federal per
|, itentiary in Fort Lea -enworth. Tan.
Gallagher viii he held in close con
finement by an armed guard and
court martial will be held within the
next two days"
! Col George Morgan, senior mus
tering officer sent a telegram last
night to General Barry at Chicago,
asking for instructions with reference
to Gallagher's trial.
He said the minimum penalty for
assaulting a sentry is six months in
the penitentiary, with forfeiture of $40
a month, and the maximum is three
years in the penitentiary.
The court will be appointed by Gen
eral Allen. 1t will consist of the Judge
advocate, Maj T. J. Mahoney Of Boone
land twelve commissioned officers, who
act in the capacity of both Judge and
Jury. Gallagher will be entitled to
counsel. .... ...
i Officers Praise Poston.
! Officers called to commend him for
his Interpretation of the duties OF a
Iscntinel, when he insisted that guards
near rim should not use profane Ian
guage, a thing which is specifically
prohibited in the articles of war.
Poston is IS years old During the
Hast two years he has been a student
at the Missouri Military academy.
Mexico. Mo.
Il played on the foot ball team
there" he said, "and was not afraid
to stand up for what / thought was
right. But the other fellow took an I'M
fair advantage of me when he hit me
lover the head with my own rifle
General Allen announced that a sec
ond arrest would probably be made.
We think we know who the other
imam is" he said but we will not
reveal his name until after the arrest
Trial viii Attract Attention.
The trial of Gallagher and his com
Ipanion will attract wide interest in
military circles as it will be the first
time that Iowa guards have been tried
under the charge of assaulting a SEN
try. THE war department regards this
offense as a very serious one" Colo
mel Morgan said. "Sentinels directly
! represent the federal government and
/ while they are on duty they are not to
Ibe ipterfered with by anyone"
81 think the camp as a whole is
pretty free from profanity" General
Allen said. The articles of war do
J not permit any indecent or profane
language. II an officer is found guilty
lof using profanity he is fined 81 for
leach oftense and enlisted men are
fined one sixth OF dollar. The money
lis taken out of the pay envelopes and
is turned into the hospital fund"