Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-16
MEADE OBJECTOR GETS
TEN YEARS in PRISON
Philadelphian Tried to OBJ
struct Sale of Liberty
Bonds
Camp Meade. Admiral, Nd, July IS.

J
For attempting to obstruct the sale
Of Liberty Bonds and for unpatriotic
references about the flag and the Liberty
Loan parades during the campaign for
the third Liberty Loan. Private William
/ kantor an alleged conscientious OBJ
iector. has been sentenced to conf1ne-
ment at hard labor for ten years and to
be dishonorably discharged from the
army by a general court-martial here.
Kantor is n Socialist OF the Solsheviki
| type. and was selected for service in
Philadelphia last fall When he reached
here he announced his opposition to war
! and styled himself n conscientious OBJ
! iector.
| During the second Liberty Loan cam
paign he referred to Liberty Loan pa
radcs rs slavery loan parades," much
| to tho disgust of those with whom he
was associated, and he was reported.
Later it was proved that he said he
! Heard the Liberty Loan campaign was
| failing and he was ticked to hear it. It
was also proven at his trial that he
wrote abusive language about the flag.
| Vt one time he wrote:
Speaking Of Doug Fairbanks, it is
quito some time since I saw n movie.
! Even If | were home | don't think I
would GO as there are too many patri-
| otiC slop picture and too much star
Spangled Banner stuff for me"
Sentence Cut in Half
It was due only to the consideration
given him by the reviewing authority
that Kantor will spend only ten years in
the United States disciplinary barracks
at Fort Jay. y. Y. The court sentenced
| him to twenty years The sentence was
cut in half by the reviewing authorities
without comment
Kantor is the second Philadelphia
"objcctor" to be sent away for ten years.
The other was Jacob Rose, also a Social
list of the Bolsheviki type. Rose at
tempted to ncite soldiers to disloyalty
and faxed a hunger strike in order to
gain his release from the army. Another
Stacker who called himself Conscien-
tious objector has been arragned and
given a long sentence. The facts Will
\ made public after the sentence has been
passed upon by the reviewing authority.
Several hundred second lieutenants
reported here for duty today. They will
be assigned to the training battalions
of the l54th Depot Brigade and will
assist in the training of tho July quota
of selected men which will begin to ar
rive in few days. Nearly all of the
rev officers were selected men them-
selves Many of them came here as
draftees last fall and won appointment
to the Third Officers Training School
which was conducted here under Major
Noble J. Wiley. of the 3l5th infantry.
They were graduated and sent to Camp
Lee. Petersburg. Va. and recently com-
missioned. Thus the step from the
ranks to a commission was accomplish
ed in less than a year, and it is quite
probable that some of them will be first
| lieutenantS and even captains before
the lapse OF another six months,
Organizing New Division
Steps toward the organization Of the
new division here will be started in a
| few days. 1t is understood that it will
| be a regular army division. or at least
| a division with numeral such as is
given the divisions of the regular army.
| Several regiments of regulars may be
used as nucleus in forming the new
division. No announcement as to the
plans of the organization have been
made. In fact, the camp authorities
say they have no knowledge of the in
tentions of the War Department with
regard to the organization of the
| division
| Much interest is being centered in the
new German drive oi the west front,
particularly because or the participation
of so many troops. The dispatches are
being watched for eagerly by the COM
manding officers here. 1t is quite
probable that a number of men who were
in training here last fall are now in the
thick of the fray over there" Many
lads were drawn from this cantonmen,
and sent to other camps to fill gaps in
units which it is known are in the front
| line trenches