Evening star., 1918-06-09
7OPPOSERS OF WAR
| TO OBE SEGREGATED
Conscientious Directors at
! Meade Will Go to Fort
LeavenWorth.

CAMP MEADE. Nd. June S.-Orders
have been received here from the war
Department which will result IN the
segregation at Fort Leavenworth.
Kan, of the 40 conscientious obJec-
tors quartered at this cantonment- un-
der the terms of instructions issued TO
camp commanders, where oo1ectors
are encamped-there are about 500 or
them in the entire country-these men
consist of such selectives as nave
been drafted, but who have refused
to perform military services or to ac-
cept the alternative of performing
non-combatant duties.
Under no circumstances will con-
scientious objectors, otherwise quail
fed to perform military duty, be DIS
charged from their responsibilities un-
der the selective service law, but Sec
retary of War Baker has constituted
a board of inquiry, headed by Maj.
Richard C. Stoddard of the judge ad-
Vocate generals office. which Will IN
terrogate each man who is to be trans
= ferred to Fort Leavenworth Tor SeSre-
cation. Such men as may be deter
mined by this board to be sincere in
. their attitude and desirous of serv-
ing their country in any way within
the limit of their conscientious Scru-
pies, may be furloughed by the com
manding officer at Fort LeaVonworth
without pay, for agricultural service,
upon the voluntary application of the
soldier. under the authority contained
in the act of Congress March 16. 1918.
Over 1900 Naturalizations.
kF.or ho1d;o, court Of this CANTON
ment for the past week for the pur-
pose of hearing cases for naturaliza-
fion of members of the National Army
now in training here, Judge John Z.
= Rose of the United States district
couft concluded the work this morn
ing There were 1,540 applicants and
of this number more than 1900 were
granted their citizenship papers.
There was a large number of the men
who have made application. who nave
since been transferred to other camps,
where their\applications will come up
ralization court.
Field Mass Scheduled:
An event of much interest will take
place at this camp at $3.50 o'clock
tomorrow morning. when field mass
will be held on Liberty Field. under
the auspices of the Holy Name Society.
Cardinal Gibbons will be in at
tendance The speaker will be Rev.
Jgnatius Smith of Catholic University.
Washington, D. C. A number of selec-
|. tions will be played by the band prior
to the mass as it's members escort
the cardinal from the station to the
field. There will be special music
at the mas
The following nineteen first lieuten-
ants at Meade were promoted to cap
taincies today: Roy r. Miller. Ray
mond L. Shoemaker, Clyde w. Camp
bell. Joseph S. DOugherty. William F.
McGill. Henry T. Martin, Maurice w.
NordiingeE Robert NJ. Van SAINT.
Rowland K. Adams, John r. Bloom
inger. Wallace c. Steiger. Maurice V.
Patton. Howard J. Boltz. Robert Z.
Swab. G. A. Welch, Howard D. Garner,
Francis w. Hughes. Harold +. Butler
and Walter d. Schuler.
d. c. Soldiers Transferred.
More than seventy of the 1900
National Army soldiers from the Dis
trfct of Columbia at Camp Meade
were transferred TO other camps
within the past few days, according
to an announcement made at division
headquarters. The outgoing move
ment was one of the largest in the
history of the camp. so far as Wash
3ngton selectives were concerned. All
the Washingtonians transferred were
from the latest quotas to arrive at
Camp Meade, and included men who
bad not yet been assigned to regular
units of the 18th Division
Thirty-two District selectives were
transferred to the Engineer Corps at
Camp Lee. They were Priyates J. w.
Kern, j. d. West, J. B. Leonard, R. ].
Horn. ]. F. Wharton, G. II. Kern. G.