The sun., 1917-01-10
'SPREADEA
ROW In MILITIA
Private in Battery +. I'd
Field Artillery, Lashed
to Gun Carriage.
FORBIDDEN PUNISHMENT
Visitors to Bronx ArmOry See
Strange Spectacle-Re-
ports of Revolt.
FORBIDDEN PUNISHMENT


y private IN BATTERY Il OF the oecoho
Field Artillery who returned with his
comrades ,,s, vael from, tho border re-
oo,.., -.
e'eu spreaoeasie punishment
terday afternoon in the regiments ar
mory. at 1e6th street and FranlIn ave-
~ ,r, ~, ,,
"e u o''N' r'' ''''e ''"" ." "0'
ne stood lashed with his back TO the
wheel OF gun carriage. his hands out
stretched and bound. In that position he
was striking spectacle to visitors who
assembled in the gallery of the armory
until finally ordered to solitary confine-
ment on bread and water.
This man. whose name was reported to
he Max Kellerman OF The Bronx, with
five other prisoners. had been assigned
to certain work and had refused to per-
form il, the report goes. until they re-
ceived food. The other five men. threat
ened with similar nenalties as that in
.s eu s vi g.. maj, 49, 'e.,, lrt,
Spencer. the officer of the guard.
Punishment Forbidden In Army.
Acoora,,n 60 o,soou ~, III. ra,u,a -
army tbIs fo,-r, of n,,isbnant 10 no
lonper nerm,ssihi. In tho army Tho Of
acar said that ,ha omiv forms NJ nun
isbment provIded for we're four namely ::
Confinement susnension of privileges.
the imposing of money fines and solitary
confinement II was exnlained that the
last named form of punishment was
only inflicted nv a court-martial When
a man hecame vioIenr I, uas said the
straitiacket could be used and then
only in a hospital
The fact as to the "spreadeagle" pun
ishment and the solitary confinement
was made public last eveninp nv Iieut
Col Frank A. Hines of the Second Ar
tillery after wild rumors had circulated
| through The Bronx as TO what had oc-
CURED in the afternoon One story had
! X that four men had been tied to wheels
| of gun carriages and that the men in
! the regiment had threatened to revolt
! II their comrades were not released
| that the men were planning to make Q
raid upon the armory In the evening and
rescue the prisoners.
| Nv" S@""es OF ihsu"oruinatiOn.
! There seems 10 have been two causes
! of the insubordination displayed by the
! men and the consequent imposing oi
punishment 1t was admitted by the
Lieutenant-Colonel that since the returf
of the field artillery the men had re.
ceived a considerable amount of leave
and, meeting many friends, had beer
prone 10 overstay their time. In some
detachments to bring some of the mer
, 70 u",' H t"e ivs"hent win no
~ ou' u'''' aoout 'he loth o.
''1 'Ioil'n.
~ 'he secoiu place. there was inter
| III 'he .atIo'i!.s oi the men. When tht
nIen ieit McHi'en on december 2s they
received ra'iohs ior niteen DAYS. WheI
the various batteries arrived IN Jersey
Wy arrangements were MADE to lighter
the artiliery wagons and the mess kit
10 l4Sth street. That work took Longer
'nan was expected with the result tina
there was no 1000 Tor the men In thu
armory'
An arrangement was made TO give tn
8 80 o'clock in the morning provided the.
procured food for themselves That wa
accepted but it did not apply to the pris
oners or to the guard.
Lieut.-Col Hines admitted last nigh
that there had been little trouble I,
feeding the men, but said 81 am conf
dent they got just as much food as ! did
I'VE have six prisoners" he continued
"They were ordered out and assigned I
work this morning under Lieut.. Frank A
Spencer officer of the guard The wor
to which the men were assigned was nc
pleasant.
Four Refused to DO the Work.