Evening star., 1954-11-20
Army Lieutenant Is Convicted
OF Mistre0tment of Troinees
Anderson Sentenced
To Dismissal; Reviews
Muy Take a Yeor
By the Assoeiased Press

DsStHlSSuts NSVlSWS
Moy Take a Year
By the Associated Press
AUGUSTA, Ca, Nov. 90
Second 1t. Charles C. Anderson
was convicted yesterday Of mis-
treating trainees at Camp Cor
don and sentenced to dismissal
from the Army by a court mar
tial.
The slim. 24-year-old Korean
combat. veteran, a native of St.
Louis, also was ordered to forfeit
all allowances.
The sentence will not go into
effect until reviews and appeals
are exhausted and this may take
up to year. Meanwhile, 1t.
Anderson will remain at Camp
Gordon ION some useful duty"
pending the outcome.
Allowances to Continue.
A Camp Gordon spokesman
said 1t. Anderson's allowances
for quarters and food and his
monthly salary will be con-
tinued until the sentence is or
dered into execution" The SEN
tence cannot be executed until
the case is reviewed by Brig.
Gen. Francis Howard, Camp
Gordon commander, and a board
|of review in. Washington, the
spokesman said.
Other allowances in addition
to those for quarters and food.
he explained. include mastering
out pay, benefits under the CT
bill Of rights and retirement
benefits.
1t. Anderson didn't show any
emotion when he heard the ver-
dict and sentence at the end of
a four-day trial, but he told
newsmen afterward that ''it
hurts"
Army authorities pointed out
dismissal Of an officer was equiv
alent to the dishonorable dis
charge Of an enlisted man, and
said 1t. Anderson also could
have been sentenced to six years
and four months at hard labor.
The court Of two colonels.
four lieutenant colonels, four
majors and a captain convicted
1t. Anderson on II specifications
and acquitted him on six under
Articles SO, 1873 and 1874 of the
uniform military code.
Convicted ON Charges.
1t. Anderson was convicted on
these charges:
Article SO, maltreatment of
personnel: Ordering Pvt. Jesse
A. Wyatt, 18, Bessemer, Ala,
hung by the ankles from a tree:
ordering dirt thrown on the
PROSTATE form Of Pvt. Rodney
r. Steele, %, Montgomery, Ala,
and causing wooden cross to
be placed in his mouth; ordering
Pvt. Steele to take a sand bath;
ordering Pvt. Steele to climb a
tree and shout an obscene
phrase; forcing Pvt. Paul T.
Ferguson, II, Coatesville, Pa, to
take sand bath: ordering Pvt.
Ferguson to climb a tree and
shout obscene phrases.
Article 1873, conduct unbecom-
ing an officer: Ordering Pvt.
Wyatt hung by the ankles from
q tree; ordering dirt thrown on
Pvt. Steele's body and a wooden
cross placed In his mouth; order
ing Pvt. Steele to climb a tree
and shout an obscene phrase;
ordering Pvt. Ferguson to climb
a tree and shout an obscene
phrase.
Article 1874, conduct to the
prejudice Of the good order Of
the military: Wrongfully throw
ing the rifles Of members of his
company to the ground during
rifle inspection.
Acquitted ON Other Charges.
1t. Anderson was acquitted on
these charges:
Article 1873. ordering Pvt.
Steele, to take q sand bath; or
dering Pvt. Ferguson to take q
sand bath.
Additional charge /, Article
90: Depressing Pvt. Alvin a..
Gates. Is, Cana, Va, by requir-
ing him to perform excessive
strenuous exercises without justi-
fication: depressing Pvt. Steele
by making him perform excess
Sive exercises.
Additional charge 2, Article
1888: Depressing Pvt. Gates and
Pvt. Steele by making them per-
form excessive exercises.
1t. Anderson, who won an
ofhcer's commission at Fort Benz
ming. Ca. after returning from
Korea. testified he used tough
measures to shape up Company
A Of the 1st Regiment, which he
described as sloveniy. He said