The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-23
EX-PARSON CHIEF :
ARMY COP AT MILLS
Mild hammered Captain Has
Routed All Evil From vi.
cinity Of Camp.

Tor the last year Camp Mills and the
towns adjacent have been free Of boot
leggers and other characters that would
be detrimental to the morale OF the SOL
diers.
This change has been brought about
through the activities of Capt Louis II.
Busch. head OF tho military police. He
has been a relentless prosecutor Of those
who break the law and few have es-
capped.
Those who know the active head Of the
military police can hardly believe that
he could have accomplished what he
had. owing to his calling in civilian life.
Until two years ago Capt. Buisch was
an Episcopal clergyman. He is a mild
hammered. soft spoken man. but when he
leads his men on raid his gun is
ever handy. and at times when he wants
to subdue man quickly who shows
fight, he has been seen to WELD a club
Recently he led his men on a raid In
poolroom near the Belmont Park race
track and trapped bookmakers and
gamblers. who were later convicted In
the County Court
Alaska Missionary Once.
Capt. Busch has been a missionary in
Fairbanks, Alaska, and while there had
| many trying experiences. His stories OF
the times he has been overtaken by
billiards and compelled to mako a hur-
ried camp, with the thermometer at
60 below zero. are most interesting
AT one time he was near Mount Wash
ington and witnessed snow slide in
which thousands of tons Of ice carried
| everything before it, huts and trees being
picked up and tossed about like chips.
Capt. Busch has investigated a num-
Der of cases since he has been stationed
at Camp Mills and in every instance he
had managed to bring the matter to a
| successful issue. Recently there were
| five tons of copper stolen, The thieves
working by daylight at the Rosiyn rail-
| road station.
Inside OF one day Capt. Busch had
not only located and obtained the copper
! in Manhattan. but he had also placed one
| Of the suspects rnder arrest.
In May, 1917. he enlisted and went to
an officers training camp. He had nc
mistaken ideas about receiving a soft
| snap. but expected to go to the trenches
| Had the Government decided to have
| him assigned as a chaplain he would
have been perfectly satisfied, but he IL
or the opinion that a chaplain should
be a thoroughly trained oficer.
AnIiou. to Get Across.
After graduating from training school
he was sent TO Camp Upton and assisted
in training the 307th Infantry, being as.
! signed to Company X. He was sen,
with this outfit, under sealed orders. &c
Hoboken, where he expected to 20 with
them to France. His ambitions were
shattered, however. when he was as.
signed to military police duty in Brook.
lyn and from there sent to Camp Mills
where he has remained ever since.
His manner of handling the men under
him has made him very popular, and
his Justice for violations Of the regu.
lations has always been OF such a nature
! that no fault has been found with his
decisions even by the men being
punished.
He studied at Batavia High School and
then finished In the De Long Divinity
and General Theological Seminary ir
Manhattan. His first church was al
| Angelica, y. Y. and he was later the
assistant in st. Paul's Cathedral in Buff.
falo. From there he went to Fairbanks
Ala~Hs, as missionary and tien back
| to New York State. and his last parish
was at Wellsville, from which place
he entered the army.
His present calling has taken a won.
Pderfully strong hold on him because Of
! its outdoor life. and he may possibl,
decide TO remain and make the army his
calling.