Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-03-06

him some twenty years ago by the
French army. The outbreak of the
present war found him in Canada,
where he had spent fifteen years. He
to the battle line and the
same number was given him. When
he dies No. 1901 will die with him.
Exactly the same numbering system
In being adopted at Camp Dodge. Num-
bers assigned the soldiers now will
follow them all through their army SER
vice. Two metal discs with the num-
Der stamped upon them go with the
soldier into battle. II he falls one of
the discs is buried with him. The
other is kept and its comparison with
army records Identifies the dead sold
ier The numbers appear on the pay
roll for the first time this week. Sold
Ter John Jones will be Soldier 666 in
the near future.
GEN. e. H. PLUMMER D1SGUSTED.
Court martials do not always mete
out justice. A case at point is that of
the trial of Private Charles V. Haught, |
OF the 351st Field Hospital corps. The |
court martial board had three charges |
and as many specifications upon which |
to try Taught. One specification was |
that he struck Sergeant H. L. Martin |
an M. p, while being placed under ar
rest. Another specification was that |
after being placed under arrest by Ser.
geant Martin, Taught broke his arrest,
and that at the time he was drunk and
disorderly and brought discredit upon
the military service. despite the evil
dence produced to show that the man
was guilty of all charges" said an Of
ficer in the Judge advocates depart
ment "the board refused to find Taught
guiltyof all charges except the drunk
enness and disorderly charge" In his
review Of the matter General Plum
mer wrote: I'm the case of Charles
Taught, the guilt Of the accused upon
the charges of assault and breach of
arrest is considered so clear by the div.
ision commander, that in his opinion
the action of the court in refusing, up
these Offenses, is reprehensible and
serves to make the proceedings ridic-
ulous. The proceedings, findings and
sentence of the court in this case, are
disapproved. Private Taught will be
released from confinement and restor-
ed to duty with his organization"
WILL NOT TRUST UNNATURAL
lied MEN AS OFFICERS.
Students at the officers training
camp at Camp Dodge who have not
been naturalized, have been discharged
from the school and ordered back to
their companies. They will not, how
ever, be discharged from the service.
Several foreigners were in the training
school. The men taking this special
work number 487. The course of in
struction is similar to that given at
Fort Smelling. The men will finish
the special course April list. They are
given plenty Of work.> Not only are
! classes convened on week days and
evenings but on Sunday evenings. as
we'll.
MEN FEAR CERTAIN DISEASES.
Sergeant Major Warren Stocking,
headquarters company, Three Hundred
Thirty eighth field artillery, whose
home is in Glencoe, Mimi, died at the
base hospital Friday from diphtheria.
1t is of such diseases as this that men
/ express fear. Spinal meningitis next
to diphtheria is the most dreaded.
Several deaths have occurred from it.
Pneumonia is another ailment that the
men dread. More deaths in all Of the
environments have resulted from this
disease than from any other.
, FOUGHT MOROS TOGETHER-NOW
AT CAMP DODGE.
Lights in the apartment of Lieut..
Col. r. J. Mcconnell, mastering officer
at Camp Dodge, fickered out one night
early this week. The colonel was re-
minded of the dark nights in the Phil
ippine islands. A call to the light
company brought trouble man, whose
thoughts were the same as the colonel.
While he was repairing the defect, the
trouble man commented, 1T is as dark
as one night which l well remember
while was in the islands," The lights
came on again. Trouble man looked
at officer, then he took step forward,
with outstretched hand.
"You are Lieut.. Col. F. ]. McCon-
nell, are you not" asked the trouble
man. Il am replied the officer, then,
where have you been Sergeant
Beck?" Thus two old campaigners
were reunited, after separation of more
than Is years. Lieutenant Colonel Nc.
Cornell told the story at the canton
ment. &C. N. Beck was sergeant in
my company" he said. 1--WE were or
dered to the island II years ago. A
better soldier than Beck, have never
yet seen."