The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-28

PROTECT TED
BY ORDERS
Not To Be Punished
Until NOn-C Ombatant
Units Are Defined
81 HAROLD Y WILCOX

CAMP USTER, BATTLE
CREEK. Mich. sept ~ a semt
GeHnil. Clllng llnceL IL L. COZ
scienti0us directors 60 military scr-
vice has been received from Wash
lngton Men who have fcliHo1s
scruples rcsardnns th" killing ~
men even und the circumstances
Of war Will not be called upon 30
shoot al fhc en"m!
There are only four or five gem
ulne consideration ohleclor- 40
camp They are Adyentlsts and
Mcnnonites Most of these men
have expressed willSgnrss 20 do
their dpts FOR the country 81 only
they are not asked 20 personals In
fict death lu "a message 90 the
division commander the war depart
ment explained that no absolute def.
milton had been reached regarding
lust what ia "comhat' service and
what is mon combat ser' Zee Pend
Ing the Official definition. 10 WAS or.
cered that all conscientious object.
ors be aggregated. Punis hment ot
any sort because or the objcctoI5
stand WAS expressly forbidden 30
the message which lnclcptacd that
as soon as "nOn-COmbat service ls
defined The men involved viii be as
signed thereto.
The Mennonites cannot change
their gaTb 90 The military Uniform
without violating their faith. which
confines them 90 one sort az clothes
Word has come from Washington
not 20 force the uniform issue with
them AZ the present time
Three artillery officers have boon
ordered GO report az FORT sill Mon
day morning for three months
course in the school OF FIRE The rep.
resentatiye of the Three Hundred
and Twenty. eighth Field Artillery
will be Major A. Donnelly. Of Mil
waukee The representative or Tho
Three Hundred and Twenty ninth
field artillery viii be- MAJOR Carl y
Deakin. OF Detroit The representa-
tive OF the Three Hundred and Thin
tleth Field Artillery viii be- Major
Wade H. Carpenter, a coast 'HIiiler'-
man who was last stationed at
Panama
Rubber stamps may solve The
problem which has overwhelmed
camp mail clerks called upon 20
decipher mail addressed In foreign
languages Each company has been
ordered 10 procure a rubber stamp
bearing the company. regiment and
camp designations Men expecting
mail addressed m foreign languages
or handwriting difficult 10 interpret
Will be instructed 10 send home
self-addressed envelopes, on which
The rubber stamp has hcoG pressed.
All persons sending mail fn camp
Custer should rcmembe; that every
fttcr must bear the number Of the
Regiment and The name " The ser
ticc- whether 81 be- infantry. artil
Yery. or whatever O. IT, Company
designation lis very desirable
Mrs. Elizabeth V Custer widow ~
the nlusrious fighter for whom this
camp s. named. has presented tho
""n pro rlit 81 The gen
eral. This will he hung in division
headquarters.
moving reflections FOR physi
cal shortcomings were announced
this morning
aeq,h aeia ARTILLERY txcL n Hen-
rIrltron Joseph Kownatkr. William
rtr Louie % NOS. Daniel Par
rott. william Nostrom, iofge Ander-
SON mud Ali'tr Grew brvsEi.
Depot brigade Emit Hafrrt, Alex
T. ...fe natli o. Sasaamnn and
o. oree D. Waine
er-fh Infantry William = rowd.
william, r Peak Frederick cut
knerht. Louis ifeckc Waino telp-
prIa william S. Keller. Joseph =
FIsfnn. Naimar Naiufer. WIliHw D..
Monnear and Regina t.lchoiHs
1I0th engineers Joseph y Church
field. Ernest \ Marks Michael Milo
vif~h. Louis pcruefta Arthur g.
Smith. Willard q. Cole. Morse Dcuts'h.
Elmer o. GeyeT Almon T. Ineeer
WacIaw wiowski. Herbert ]. pirf-
eimann. Hubert Schrctt Loo y Tai
ko,yshl. BernRrd Thinner Poeta "
Della and Henry Weber.
18th ncid artillery l.
Amerman. Claud -. Bates Ncrn I.
Rrnddoek. Jack ~ Craydan. Homer
Ford aud Charles T. llgEs.
Ammunition train Monfaito Vim
cenko VITO Laricchio and Wilhelm
Llndeke Jr.
35Oth acid artillery Edward Was
sanitary train Ray y Bolton and
John Horny
signal battalion Alfred stone.
32sth machine gun hafollion~Ro
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