New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-19
Captain Sullivan
Will Be Tried on
Private's Charges
Court Martial Ordered at
Camp Wadsworth on
October "a
Officer Under Arrest
Penalty for Offence Is Dis
missaI-Colonel Wander
biIt on Board
fSn-clnl Corr~randencel

CAMP WADSWORTH. S. c., Oct. IS.
A general court martial was ordered
to-day, TO convene October "a, to try
Captain Howard L. Sullivan, command
ing d Battery of the I'd New York
Field Artillery. lie is charged with
having given orders which caused four
non-commissioned officers to maltreat
Private Otto Gottschalk.
The technical charge is violation Of
Army Regulation No. %, dealing with
conduct "unbecoming an officer and &
gentleman" Should Sullivan be found
guilty his dismissal from the service
would follow.
The court to try Captain Sullivan
comprises Colonel Charles |. De Be-
voise, 1921 Supply Train; Colonel Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, 22d Engineers; Lieu
tenant Colonel Morris Lehman, I'd
Regiment; Major Jesse L. Button, I'd
Regiment; Major Walter Delamater,
ed Regiment; Major II. S. Hildreth,
93d Regiment; MAJOR Thomas NJ. Sher-
man, eth Regiment; Major Otto /.
Chorman. Sd Regiment: Major Arthur
L. Howe, division signal officer; Ma
jor Charles Tobin. l02d Supply Train;
Major VI. d. Bryant, l06th Machine Gun
Battalion; Major Walter Bell, 102d
Ammunition Train. and Captain d. j.
Cadotte. Sd Regiment
Captain Sullivan was ordered under
arrest to-day. and is limited TO the
camp of the I'd Field Artillery. He
will request that an officer Of the eth
Division with legal experience be APP
pointed to act as his counsel, 1T is
said.
Gottschalk has declared that he was
in his tent Saturday night when Cap
tain Sullivan. accompanied by four
non-commissioned officers. entered. He
says the captain ordered the non-com-
mssioned officers to give him a spank
ing. The soldier was dragged from
his tent 10 ditch, thrown in. and then
taken TO the shower baths, where he
was given a terrific scrubbing. Later,
he says, he was beaten. He asserts
Captain Sullivan was present through
out his punishment.
Coroners' juries which considered
the cases Of the two civilians who,
with one soldier, met death as re-
suit Of last nights railroad accident
on the Piedmont & Northern Railroad
rendered verdicts late this afternoon.
putting blame for the wreck on the
carelessness Of the electric train crew.
The soldiers were going TO Spartan
burg from camp in the electNc train,
which was run into by steam loco
motive attached 10 a work train. War
rants were Immediately issued for the
arrest Of the motorman and the con-
ductOr. The case will be presented 70
the grand jury Monday In the mean
while q rigorous investigation of the
collision Is being conducted by the
military authorities.
Spartanburg witnessed the greatest
parade of soldiers in this section OF
the South since the Civil War this af
ternoon, when 10000 troops from Camp
Wadsworth marched in Liberty Loan
Day celebration. The procession was
led by Brigadier General James "
Lester, Of the 54th Infantry Brigade
and was reviewed by Brigadier Cen
eral Phillips, commanding the 27th
Division IN the absence OF General
Organ. II was the longest march the
troops have experienced since their ar
rival in camp.
Liberty Loan subscriptions in camp
have reached SS34.O00.