Arizona republican., 1919-12-24
GUILTY, SAYS COURT
 MARTIAL, AND CADET OFFICER MUST 'BUY'

Upheld is the dignity of the articles
 of war. Maintained is the discipline of the cadet battalion of the Phoenix Union High school.
 l After a, searching inquiry by duly 1 convened court martial into the charges Bailey Davenport, the evidence slept
 on and the findings summed up, the
 verdict yesterday was gravely an- | nounced
 | out of six brought against him, the
 cadet sergeant found the larger part
 of his severe sentence suspended, he
 escaping on the condition that he con- duct himself perfectly good cadet | sergeant in the future and also present
 a, box of candy to every teacher whose
 class he has cut in the past tw9 weeks. 1 Inasmuch as Sergeant Davenport had been charged with absenting him. self from drill, leaving his blouse un- buttoned, refusing to obey the orders of a superior officer and other offenses equally heinous, he may consider him self extremely fortunate.
 Although the high school in general was not aware of the fact, the charges against the cadet sergeant were trumped up in order to give excuse for a practice court martial. For a time the 1000 odd students were in a Quandary, upon receiving the an nouncement that one of their number was to be tried by a military court. Keen interest in the trial and the procedure was utilized to give the cadets instruction of an educational nature in military law, it's principles, the application of it, and it's jurisdic- tion. This was done by Fred J. Wright, former lieutenant with the 15Sth in fantry, in a lecture delivered before the battalion immediately afterward-
 The cadets and their instructors were high in their praise of the efficient work done by MT. Wright in coaching the court martial. Overseas he served as intelligence officer, and had much to do with the administration of mili- tary discipline
 The commanding officer and the ac- cused kept the real situation from the student body, with the result that when the trial was held last Monday, a ma jority of the cadet battalion thought that their comrade was in for a really bad time of it.
 Sergeant Davenport, who pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him. was defended by Lieutenant Howe and Sergeant Harole Marks. He was found not guilty of violation of the 61st and 96th articles of war and of one specification to a charge of violat- ing the 9th article of war. The charges of which he was exonerated concerned his absenting himself from drill. his failure to button his blouse, and his using of language unbecoming a n-commissioned officer.
 He was found guilty, on the other hand, of violating the 63rd article of war, in that he acted with disreSpect toward a superior officer, Captain IT, vine; of violation of article 64 tpun- ishabIe by death under certain condi- tions, in wartime), in that he wilfully disobeyed an order to button his blouse, and of violation of article 96 (the om- nibus article in the code) in that he did not furnish a proper example to his men by appearing at drill with his | blouse unbuttoned.
 Just how many lady teachers will | prove the beneficiaries of the courts | kind sentence is not known, but an- ! nouncement was made last night by | Captain Jones, that part of it, at least, | is no joke. He's got to buy the | candyi"