Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-08-01
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m WERE CRUEL
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aks in Array.
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800 80 81 representatives y In
100 ire charges Of cruelty 20
a. soldiers IN France who
ssed ID the guardhouse on
9 sssrres Of bad conduct. Six
soldiers now discharged
N, I. .er,lce, have testified that
~ 8. = brp,alIy treated while under
,,sered at she hearings that
.s1 astees Who were accused Of
y, s prisoners have been con-
y I'D that others are awaiting
4, course the statement that
-. soldiers who we're prisoners
,nsrahouses were cruelty treat
!. II, Il arouse the anger OF the
..,r PEOPLE, but 1t ought to be
s ..l,.,pa that the cases OF alleged
N, are Few and that 1000, coo
s., serving the colors In France.
S, oillelals believe that the moth.
N ,athers of the soldiers should
An these cases are Isolated
~, every chnrge Of ill-treat-
~ M been investigated. and that
i. 0royel d BE- guilty Of cruelty %
s. have been brought to justice.
!. 4 shout to be 50 brought.
-. Ire two sides to every army
on Is there are to every Ques-
i. ( eI,It life, but the tendency Of
luerlcan people as shown By the.
.garton records. Is to believe
,t1lng nj that is spoken Of the
81 there are many guardhouses
nance There had to be places
IS, ,he unruly. the rnutinous, the
&, and others charged with miil-
ssenses could be confined.
Small II Proportion.
n nuinber OF prisoners charged
eSenses vas large. but II was
mall il proportion to the number
IN Ii the army
lxs has been d tendency among
Rople of the United States to be-
AZ charge known In the army as
EO, III. otherwise absent with
aye. 4 good many of the guard.
cases we're men charged with
Eense. One hears frequently IN
arpa, d apparently elsewhere,
rhshetnl d thing It Is TO lock .
ID ssRply because he has taken 2
Il two days leave without per-
Doubtless fathers and moth
i many American soldiers feel
way
would the fathers md mothers
uae Of the soldiers killed on the
attId feel today on this subject
Nj knew that perhaps their sons
ree lost hecause the sons Of 9th
mixers and mothers had shIrked
aatl. and had gone w. q. I"
gitimi times. thus necessitating
ne ID the first line for men who
say Ind served there and were In
bIlIe,si
VI i that "a, W. Q. L. on coca.
ueshs much more than people
/ means. Cruelties ia prisoners,
asAe they ahsented themselves
y heir commands ut a critical time
eat i something that the American
~ xill not stand for. but the ex-
lsa0ns q sympathy for well-treated
ssaftn simply because they are pris
- & sometimes misplaced. II Is
Y 10 say that some American.
es lesi their lives white doing the
q which Il was the duty OF other
VIM 70 do,
shirked During Drive.
Y Us tlnir ii the st. NIthiel drive
y ordered from Tours 10 20 into.
ssyaaeea zone, When the train
,isd q away sutton SIX American
go . charge If d military police
'aae % hoard They we're be-
returned uhipr guard ID their corn.
80 alth The charge ~ absent with
Fsss marked III against them.
ss1kfd % two IL the prisoners,
saalitiea that they had been
Without leave for ten days.
y Il / time when their com.
s. we're Engaged III a bitter fight
Is Huns. The Gully excuse that
aa offered Nas that they had
o slSeF I leave FIR il long time.
thef took Il without asking.
a.as g their statements they had
aei ee 81 but ii is possible
so'siers who did not absent
sy's from tfelr duty were COM.
ia tlie me " tlelr earned
IS tlillsf totake the places
.FeffliAts who had seized the
2 See the sights of Paris
g Americans we're at battle
4 rs tit1atitns.
Z s,, .ssaa1 eeitf4tttee of flle house
s. alaityes is investigating
Hss.. : F'eli.es to courthouse
q fqas Ary osi,eer ' q
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