The Washington herald., 1918-04-26

Charged with playing cards for
money in his tent with Junior Off
GERS and drinking with them, Brig.
Gen. Arthur B. Donnelly. formerly
of the Missouri National Guard. has
\ been taken into custody at Camp
Mills, n. Y, and Secretary Baker
has declared that the accused Off
Ger must stand trial for the offenses
alleged in the official report
The Secretary's stand was made as
result of endeavors by influential
members of Congress to have the
charges quashed, and he holds that
all men subject to military discipline
are entitled to even-handed justice,
no matter what rank they hold. Gen.
Donnelly will be tried by a special
court-martiaL
Chaplain John S. Chenowith (cap-
tain) has been ordered from Fort
Slocum, n. Y, to Camp Taylor, KY,
to become a member of the faculty
of the school for army chaplains at
that place. The faculty now includes.
| besides Capt. Chenowith, the follow
ing chaplains:
Mai. Alfred A. Pruden, command
ing officer, formerly of Fort Mon
roe; Mai. Robert r. Flemming, for
\ merly of Fort Sam Houston; Lieut..
Ignatius Fealy, formerly of Fort Ri
ley. With them are associated line
and medical officers for the more
strictly military and secular train
ing of the. chaplains.
Communication of army quarters is
commented on as follows in a recent
issue of the Army and Navy Register.
Instruction have ben given to army
disbursing officers to take no action
in the matter of payment of COM
mutation of quarters and of heat and
light to the families of those officers
on duty in the field beyond the ter
ritorial Jurisdiction of the United
States until certain questions in
volved in the act of April 16 have
been settled by the comptroller. who
has been asked to interpret the new
! legislation for the guidance of the
military authorities. This law IS de-
| fective in some minor respects of
phraseology. and a number of ques-
tions must be determined, the princi-
pal one being that in the case of an
army officer who is drawing COM
mutation of quarters. heat, and light
in France, being, for example, on
stan duty in France. 1t must be de-
termined whether such an officers
family: residing in this country, is en-
titled also to this Communication. There
is a difference of opinion on this
situation. This new regulations will
also define the meaning Of wife, :"
Child" and dependent parent" /"
which latter includes father, mother,
grandfather, grandmother, stepfath-
er, and stepmother either of the Of
ficer or his wife. 1t is hoped that the
comptroller will decide that an Of
icer may draw double Communication
Of quarters for the full number Of
rooms allowed for his grade with COM
mutation of heat and light for the
| number Of rooms actually occupied
abroad by himself and the number of
rooms actually occupied by the MEM
. bers OF his family at home. 1T is ex-
pected that the comptroller's decision
will be rendered today and that the
instructions can be sent out to dis
bursting officers by the 18th instant.
been recently awarded to five WASH
mgton men as follows:
Fontaine G. Weems, Parkwood
! APARTMENTS, to be a major; Daniel
B. Wentz. 1913 Woodward Building,
TO be a lieutenant colonel Quarter
master Corps; Harry B. De Long,