The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-05
Leave Of Absence for Ten DAYS Is
Granted Burlington Man from
Judge Advocate Generals
Office.
Is CONGRESS CANDIDATE
Major hoIsteen Is Well Known Here
Having Officiafed at Several
Terms Of Court as U. S.
District Attorney. ..

WASHINGTON. d. c., April o.
Major Fred S, Holsteen of Burling.
ton, has been granted d ten days
leave of absence by the war depart
ment and will reach home Monday,
April II, to take temporary charge
of his campaign for the republican
nomination for congressman from the
first Iowa district.
Major Holsteen has applied to
Brigadier General Z. A. kreger, act
ing judge advocate general Of the
army, for discharge from the sely-
ice. but the importance Of the work
he is performing in the capital pun
ishment, dismissal and penitentiary
branch" of the armys law division
has made his retention in the service
for a while longer imperative. He is
hopeful, however, Of soon DOMINIC
civilian garments and returning per
manently to Burlington to reestab-
lish his law practice and actively
engage in the campaign for seat in
the lower house Of congress.
In Service Over Two Years.
The Burlington lawyer has been
away from his law practice in Bur
lington for two and one-half years.
; In 1917 Major Holsteen was COM
missioned a major in the judge advo-
| cate generals department Of the
army and assigned as division adtu-
tant of the Seventeenth division IN
training then at Camp Beauregard,
Louisiana. The division was on the
priority list bor dispatch to France
when the armistice was signed. When
the task of rehabilitation was con-
Guided at the Louisiana. camp, Major
Holsteen was transferred to, Wash
ington and assigned to the judge ad
vocate generals Office in the war de-
partment.
An assistant chief OF law section
in the judge advocate generals office,
Major Holsteen is required to review
military court martial cases involving
the death penalty, dismissal from the
service and offenses which entail
service in the army disciplinary
prisons. During his years service in
Washington Major Holsteen has re-
viewed great number OF cases to
ascertain if the military regulations
were strictly adhered to in the court
martial proceedings. His judgment
in the cases guides the, secretary of
war anu Inc pTeSlueHt Ill dpPIOPuS
or disappearing the verdicts rendered
by the military tribunals. aaiJ
Major is Hopeful.
While Major Holsteen realizes that
the battle for the republican nomina-
ton for congress from the first dis
trict is to be vigorously fought, he
is hopeful of winning greater suppot
than either Senator Frank E. Thomp-
son or former Senator F. NJ. Mols-
bury, and being the first districts
choice for representative in the lower
house of congress in the November
election. ,r1tI.''
During his years residence in
Washington Major Holsteen has been
active in the advocacy of war meas !!
ures designed to aid the members Of |
the American army who saw service |
in France, and every spare minute he |
has is devoted to association with the |
wounded soldiers at Walter Reed hos
pital the big government establish
ment on the outskirts OF washington,
where reconstruction is actively en-
gagged in to put the former service |
men back ION their feet"