The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-05-23

it," may be punished by the execu-
ton of the death sentence, as If he
had been an organizer of the sedition
himself Also, any one who has rea-
son to believe that a mutiny is about
to occur or that sedition is being
stirred up must report the matter in
full to his superior officer on pain Of
mourning the same punishment as an
actual mutineer
Making known the countersigns"
and forcing safeguard are purely
military offenses for which the death
penalty may be imposed. Relieving
the enemy" may cover number Of
military crimes against ones country.
and "harboring the enemy" or direct
ly or indirectly" giving him any sort
Of intelligence is punishable by death
at the discretion of the court-martial.
The tragedy of sleeping on post has
furnished some of the most famous
and touching stories in the history Of
our own and other lands. Every one
giveness of the country boy who, tired
by long campaign, slept at his SEN
try post. An English soldier, writing
of his experience in this war, tells
how he found young sentry asleep in
an important point of watch, and Of
the agony Of mind that preceded his
decision that he must report the youth
whose neglect Of duty might have had
/ terrible consequences for his comrades
and the army's position.
| In connection with the need for
sleep and the tragic results that may
follow neglect of the place of sleep
| in military discipline, the annals Of
Camp Upton contain the story of
young lieutenant's first night on duty
with raw squad Of the first draft.
They were boys from New York city,
hundred or so, sent to spend their
| first night in an isolated barracks in
the unfinished camp under second
lieutenant just out Of college, % years
old, determined to do his duty by his
new commission in the U. S. r. The
boys were not bad boys, but they were
not used to discipline; above all, they
were not used to going to bed at 9
o'clock in the evening. When taps
sounded they refused to quiet down.
The lieutenant told them they must go
to sleep, that at all events they must
stop talking. But calm in the con-
seriousness that their loud jokes and
laughter were not an offense against
new. strange, seemingly senseless
army rule" they paid no attention
at all.
Then the lieutenant rose out of his
bed and dressed himself, mounted the
stairs to the new squads barracks,
and gave an order; he made every
man in the barracks get dressed. BY
this time it was the middle Of the
night. He took them out in the mud
and stumps and the rough ground that
at that time were in the streets and
parades of Camp Upton, and he
marched them around and around for
three solid hours.
III you want action" he said you'll
get 1t. II you won't keep quiet you'll
drill
He had no trouble with them after
that. No one has had any trouble
with them. But vital part of the
story was that next day, when the
lieutenant reported to his superior Of
fcer the captain called the men to-
gether and told them why they must
obey the rule about quiet at nights.
"A soldier must be allowed to sleep
at sleeping time," he said. "If there
are $50 men in a barracks and 14a
want to talk they've got to keep
quiet between taps and reveille so that
the 150th man can sleep. The reason
is very simple-if soldier misses
sleep he's got to do without it, for II
he gets sleepy and tries to make 1t ur
on sentry duty he gets shot"
Apropos Of the war department:
order that death sentences passed up.
ION soldiers in this country be referred
to II for review, it is recalled tha
Lincoln in 1851 ruled that no army
} death sentence should be executed
! until he had personally examined al
the circumstances and facts In thu
case.