The sun., 1916-10-25
AERO CORPORAL PUT
IN AN ARMY PRISON
Frank Gorey Arrested for In
,cr,icw complaining Re-
cruits We're Dupcd.
FACES 4
Comrades Who Backed His
Charges Ask to BE Locked
Up with Him.

N,sro,A, l.. l.. oct. 2&.--Corporal
Frank Corey. u member OF the Federal
,,ei National Guard Aero Company. now
IN camp ON the Hampstead Plains Via
Non field. vas arrested to-day by Fed
era, soldiers and taken to the army lock-
-, n, Fort Totem. The basis for the ar
,.., was the interview published in THE
srs last Saturday. In which Corporal
cor.v said he and his company rad beer
Quad into Joining the National Guard
rnder promise that they would be taught
aviation.
The ares, was ordered b. Lieut.. Jo-
..nh r. Carberry. L. s. A., adm!nis,ra-
.,o, ofncer at the army aviation sciioo!
here.
Nsoause there IL no military prison at
~. camp. Corporal Corey was the
.nokesman selected by twenty-five OF
me s%uardsmen. and the remainder Of the
company may be arrested. although that
10 doubtful.
Tn. charge against Corporal Corey Is
tina, he violated section SO Of the Arti-
,les OF War. This L. a general section
dealing with Fundamental military prir-
ffDles dllu ulNNibhhes 49,
Corey will be tried by n general court
martial
Thorough lnauiry On.
" are making u very thorough In
ypstteation OF the matter here Lieut..
carberry told TaE Sun tonight. We
arc taking up each point in THE SuN's
article, item by item. and are examining
under oath all the men whose names
appeared In the story as agreeing to the
Interview with Corporal Corey. The In
yes,igation will be impartial and abso-
inte Justice will be done"
Nearly al! the twenty-five men who
ere being examined were present when
Corporal Corey gave the interview TO
THE SrS last saturday. and they gave
their names 10 be published as evidence
hat they subscribed to what he aid.
The men said they had answered an
advertisement that appeared in New
York newspapers on September 5 Of
fering an exceptional opportunity for
Q few bright young men to learn avia-
ton."
When they enlisted. they said, they
were told they would be taught to ny.
Tia, they would get $2l a month n all
expenses. including clothing equip
ment. They said they were not being
taught TO fly and that "A United States
army ofiicer on duty at the field had
tod one Of them that their chances
were mighty slim" Instead Of $2i a
month they said they were getting SIS,
that they worked In their citizens clothes
when they first went to the camp and
were without mess kits until one Of the
sficers bought them kits u Of his own
pocket.
Interview IL ssissta atiat ed
Il Is understood that all the men <
amined to-day told the examining Of
acers that the statements were substan'
tally correct in every detail. and they
MAie no objection when they were asked
- take an oath to that effect. Whcf
, Csporai Corey was arrested some o.
' the men who were associated with hin
IN the movement asked to he arrested
also. saying the statements were Al
much theirs as his.
When the interview was given. tn
nca SAID. they gave II knowing tha
PROBABLY they would get into trouble
Ill. ;hey said. no matter what hap
-ned 10 them conditions could be nj
'"orse than at the camp. where they wcr'
..upe.led to do all the dirty work" o
Toe camp and where they were learning
nothing about aviation. They wante,
20 nave the interview printed. they said
- a warning TO other young mon VIII;
ioight DE "shanghaied' into the Nat'ona
Gard b. the same method.
Msjor Monsoon Morris. ". G.. y. Y.
Who had charge OF recruiting the squad
ron. reported to Adjt.-G Gen. Stctesbur.
Glowing the publication of THE SUN
arti"le that he had not told the men the,
would be taught TO ny and that he ha,
\ rot told them they would receive $?l
month.
The court-martlal OF Corporal Gore.
will be conducted by IA representative o
~ Judge Advocate General. and prob
ably will he held in the near futur
either al Governors Island or Fort Tot
ten.