Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-24

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| ficers absolutely refused to take part
! in any drill at that hour. Following
this and the making of a number of
remarks by the mep, directed at the
| officers. two of them were selected
| from their quarters and placed under
arrest. The names of Iieuts. Thad-
deus Riley and Hugh Everett appear
on the papers as witnesses.
Even the arrest of the men did not
cause the disturbances to cease, for a
number of members of the various
commands proceeded to decorate the
trees in the barracks area with fes-
tOOnS of tissue paper
Resenting the confinement of their
comrades in the g1IardhOuse, the
members of the medical detachment
even today displayed an indisposition
to carry out the drill schedule, and
Lieut.. Col. Harry +. Gladman made
personal plea to them to carry on
their work, pointing out that he had
the greatest confidence in the mem.
bers of the medical detachment, and
had given his personal assurances to
the higher officers that this outfit
would carry on.
Earlier in the day. Col. John w.
Oehmann, commanding the regiment,
spoke to the men and told them that
he would not tolerate such conditions
as were alleged to have prevailed in
the camp last night. When SerSt.
higgins asked for permission to make
a statement, the colonel refused to
hear him. but explained to The Stars
correspondent later, that if there are
any explanations to he made, they
| may come out in the course of the in
vestiga ton, which will be made of
| the whole affair.
Holds Detachment Troublesome.
| The members of the medical detach-
ment declare that during all the long
| period of encampment which they
have attended they have never be-
fore been charged with creating such
disturbances However, Col. Oehman
asserted that troubles. usually come
| from this band, but followed it up
with a statement that he did not in
tend in anyway to try to prosecute
| this detachment. lie said that he had
| been trying to so conduct this camp
| that he might be able to take the regi-
ment back to Washington without a
| black mark and made no secret of the
| fact that the whole affair was causing
! him much regret. He added that la st
! night the nOn-cOmmiSSiOned officers
were out of camp attending banquet
| In Alexandria, and alleges that the
men proceeded to take advantage of
| this fact by causing disturbances.
| During the course Of the parading
through the barracks in mob fashion.
| some of the troops paused long
enough in certain of the buildings to
! hold Kangaroo court martial of Ger
| tain members of the command, and to
mete out punishment of various kinds.
From the standpoint of the men,
some of them stated today that some
| of the trouble was result of the
domineerng attitude of certain officers
| placed over them. The men under
| charges will have a large array of
witnesses in their favor if they go to
| the court martial stage.
Troops DO Heavy Work.
| While the majority of the troops
We're sent out today for some heavy
work in engineering training. never
| theless regimental officers were in the
! barracks street to prevent any pos
| sible recurrence of the disturbance.
Members Of the medical detachment
were anxious to have it said today
| that they want Mai. George j. Allen
| returned to duty with the organlZa-
ton. He was relieved of the com
mand of the outfit during the period
| of the encampment and assigned to
duty as camp sanitary officer
Another result of the disturbance
| last night was the recommendation
sent to headquarters by Capt. Shapiro
that Staff Sergt. Philip Frank higgins
| and Sergt. Raymond i. Sullivan he
reduced to privates and that pits.
| first class) Norman Hillary and
| James l.. Haney be reduced to
privates. higgins did not wait for the
approval of the order before ripping
| off his chevrons.
The non commissioned officers Of the
regiment held their annual banquet
last night at the George Mason Hotel,
| Alexandria. Col. John w. Oehman
spoke at the banquet. Sergt. Maj.
Blake Coffman of the regimental staff
| presided