Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-03
EPORTERGETS
15-YEAR SENTENCE
Delaware Man, Accused Of Deser
ton, First Sentenced 10 Is
Years

Camp Pix. ~ j, Aug 3 For dc
sorting from the 50th Pioneer lnian-
jrl HI Camp Met Clclan. November -
lal- Private Joseph " tlbur Porter.
who was recaptur,d at Clayton. Del,
June so WAS sentenced 70 - wears
imprisonment Malor-G General Scott APP
proved the sentence, hut reduced the
term 10 Is wears
Private John RcdgravcS Also 81 tho
seth Pioneers. faced charges ot tCIng
absent three times without leave during
May and June and Of twice escaping
from the guard house after his arrret.
lie got ten years imprisonment. with
tho usual loss Of cmoluments and dis
honorable discharge.
Private John A. LcvcrInG Of Jersey
City. claimed exemption for army scr
vice because he had conscientious oblec-
tions to fighting, but, according 20 evil
dcncc III a court martial finding an
nounccd Yesterday, his conscience did not
trouble hm when he tried to dcfraud
the government INTO paying family al
lowance Of Sl5 month TO his spirit
wife The court that heard the unique
case sentenced him to ten wears IN the
military prison at Fort Jay with loss Of
ali pay and allowances and dlshonor-
able discharge. and Ma!or-CIeneral Scott
approved the sentence.
Levering claimed exemption on the
ground that he VS. q member Of the
Mount Zion Church Of the First Born
Among the tcnctS Of this sect IS ono that
the members shall not marry Lcverlng.
however, last December signed a writ
ten application for a family allowance
for Catharine Munt8, alias Catharlne
LeverIng. whom he declared III the APP
plIcation was his wife " hen the bcne-
ticlary later returned the allowance, say
ing she had no need for il. an investi-
cation followed and il was discovered
that> LeverIng was unmarried He ad-
mIttcd this fact, but said he considered
the beneficiary hIs spirit wife.
WILMINGTON OFFICER PROMOTED
Colonel Reed. Of the seth Pioneer
Infantry yesterday announced the pro
motion OF Sergeant Walter G. Newton, Of
Wilmington, Del, 10 the rank Of second
lieutenant
After 3 delay Of several weeks while
the State Board of Health wrestled
with the problem the camp swimming
pool Is now about ready for soldiers
to havc their initial dip Major-Gen-
cral Scott has announced that Satur-
day afternoons from ! TO ) O'Clock and
Sundays from $50 "A. m. 10 } IN
will be official swimming hours The
pool was planned by sol Metzger \
NJ c. A. camp athletic director. and
has been constructed by the remodel
ing Of what was Hargruves ice pond
on the Browns Mills road, about three
miles south Of the camp
A series Of impressive massed troop
formations similar 10 those which sew
eral months ago stirred the interest and
patriotism Of visitors began today
when the l62d Field Artillery Brigade
was reviewed tins morning hy BngadIer-
General r. = DAVIS Othcr hrigadcs
Of the S7th Division will hold frequent |
reviews hereafter now that their ranks +!
are filing with recruits from the train
ing battahous of the Depot Brigade
Fortunes Of war have strangely re-
united two Italian brothers here one. !
IN America SINCE 1919, came - camp on !
Il vislt when he heard that Italian refu- +
gcce who escaped from the Austrian i
army and are making thus a stopping /
place ou The way back - service under the /
Italian flag were former residents from /
his old home I'D one Of the lost provinces
One 81 the first men he met when he .
reached the arcs whore the Italians I
arc camping was an elder brother i
Aroused by stories - his fcliow-coun- /
rvmcn regarding their treatment by /
he Austrlans and Germans. the young I
,r brother TODAY filed an application /
with the Italian consul in New York, /
asking to be sent back TO Italy 10 fight I
lnder the Italian nsg