Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-01
LEN|ENCY SHOWN
WILMINGTON MAN
LEROY Lamplugh Who Deserted to
Aid Family to be Discharged
From Service.

Camp Dix, Wrightstown, \. j., Aug
t.-That the place for Private Sam,oi
LEROY Iamplugh, OF Wilmington, i'ela,
ware. is at home supporting his wile ano
small children was the decision OF MAJOR
General Scott in reviewing the hndings
of n court martial that sentenced thc
soldier to n wears imprisonment on NJ,
a W. q. L." charge. The Generai
approved the finding OF the court pu,
suspended sentence and recouthcI'uou
that Lamplugh's organization coiii''i1i'u.a IL
aid him IN procuring discharge ifoli ~
service that he may support ms 'a'y
Iamplugh enlisted IN the oId i'oia r.
National Guard Mt the outhreah " VIZ
war. The organization has slnoe u'oo,l'o
the 59th Pioneer Infantry, III 'i,'rii''k
here Lamplueh said that me had ffSi,
tated about cnlisting because ne "ouiu
have to leave his family without support
until friends who were joining Called him
..sIaclcr'' and yellow" that he couldn't
stard Ucarinr his family WAS IN dIre
straits he went home 10 ~e tnetn on
March 81 and was apprehcndcd Tor
dcscrtlon on June q
prvatc Iohn 4 tlwood OF Wilmington,
also of the 5oth Pioneers WAS found guilty
on an absence, without leave charge and
sentenced to three months and loss oi
onr-third Of hls pay during the period,
The lcuicncy of the camp commander,
also saved Private Harry NJ kirkpatrick
Of Canton, Ohio. member of the Dist Co,
Ih3d Depot Brigade. from spending n
war IN military prison Tie was
sentenced for refusing TO obey orders and
diSrrspect tn AN officer General Scott
found that the man NJ the time Ot the
offense. was n rookie" and had had no
90 hn
tluf of military discipline. Tho general
then disappruved the sentence, this
action indicating that the former chief
of the General staff and one OF the most
ricld of disciplnarIans, IS determined
that no injustice shall I've done the men
freshly summoned from civil life for army
training, but that every recruit shall Ire
gwen a chance
LIGHTNING DIVISION OVER THERE,
News that tho 18th or Lightning
Division" which trained here. WAS houing
aron 10 get into action 'somcwh, IN
France. has reached friends OF the over
seas fighters here and that the division has
actually made its first strike for humanity V
Is convpvcd IN rscent casualty lists.
Names 0f several officers and enlisted
men arr shown among recent lists. Among
tho officers mentioned Is MAJOR Roy W
Csausmann, Of Icoula. who was seventy
wounded A graduate Of the Columbia
Engineering School. he gave up his pro
fcsson 10 enter the army. won his com
mission NJ plattshurg and was assigned 20
Camp Dix with tho 303d Engineers. lie
was a moving spirit III the erection Of the
Engineers Hall now used rs knights
Of Columbus recrrational building An
other officer reported wounded. Lic,ttCn-
ant Joseph Il. Rusk, Of New York was \
member Of an infantry regiment that
trained here Earlier casualty lists have
contained the names Of many soldiers
who got their initial training here. but
werp transferred to other divisions.
Ono soldier was drowned under tragic
circumstances. another narrowly escaped
the same fate and much damage was
done to ruadwavs and surface drainage
sv1tems in the camp bv 3 succession oi
showers which in the last ~ hours at
times approached the intensity Of a
cloudhurSt The victim of tho storm WAS
Private Wadlev +. Sharp, Of + Company
18th Engineers. whose home WAS IN
WavcrosS, ia Caught IN thc flood water
Of drainage ditch while with a party N
engineers who had volunteered 10 salvage
government property he was swept tc
his death through 300-foot drainag'
sewer