The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-06-28
CHAPLAIN FE|NLER
IS FOUND GUILTY
Sentenced To Fifteen Years At
Hard Labor In Federal
Penitentiary

been ordered dismiss ed from the spr> ..
and to serve fifteen years in O federal
penitentiAry under the conviction Of
the court martial which tried him upon
charges of dishyalty to the country.
disresPect to the President Of n" nit
ed Staie-, the war department and 9th
II officers and officials, and of roudur,
and language tended to inculcatp in the
minds Of enlisted men q disr"Spert for
the country and the service ~ wur il
they arc enlisted
The convicted chaplain, who has been
confined to the limits of Fort Shaftrr
army post since his arrest in March
has been placed in custody by the mill
tary authorities and will hereafter BE-
regarded as convict. He will be sent
under guard from Honolulu to the penn
Tertiary on Mcneil Island Mashingt p
state.
Loyalty Challenged
On March Chaplain FciuIrr va.
placed under arrest and accused under
"a series of charges which chll'cnr, !
his loyalty and directly 1'cuspd HIM vt,
being dislOyal to the President, the
secretary Of war and many other of
ciaIs Of the government, and with AZ,
ing endPavOrPd by insidiOus METHODS to-
weaken the fidelity and LOYALTY Of ru
listed men toward their governn, IT, hN
informing them that GERMANY was Il
better nation, had better military rfl
cheney and that the Allies were weak
The climax was his endeavor to have an
enlisted man procure for him bv Sc
4 confidential document from the on, O.
If Colonel BOlleS, commanding officer Of
he Second Infantry, which, he had been
Informed. probably related to himself
and particularly to his record while h.
was serving as a chaplain in France
A court martial, of which Colonel Jos
eph Wheeler, C.A.C was president. con
vened on March - at Fort Shaftcr.
and fried the chaplain. The hearings
occupied n week from early each morn
ing TO late in the afternoons The
court : findings were held n secret, and
with the testimony comprising 400 type
written pages, were forwarded to Wash
ingtOn, whore the President. rs review
ing authority, held them for many
weeks. His confirmation of the verdict
rcach he'd only General Block som, depart
ment commander. yesterday morning
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