Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1919 — FOUR MORE U. S. OFFICERS ARE FACING THE “BRIG.” [ARTICLE]

FOUR MORE U. S. OFFICERS ARE FACING THE “BRIG.”

Washington, July 24.—Further charges of cruelty to American soldiers in prisons in France were made in a letter presented today to Senator Harding, republican, of Ohio, and referred to the senate military committee for consideration with the bill of Senator Chamberlain, democrat, of Oregon, proposing cancellation of all military sentenceis for offenses not felonies under the federal statutes. The letter was from Frank Woods, of Youngstown, 0., who was dishonorably discharged from the army after having served ten months of a three-year sentence. Woods said he saw Lieut. Disjordan, a pnson officer, knock down prisoners wiith a blackjack. U I also saw Lieut. Col. Maul take a prisoner out, handcuff, sfaackle and gag him and spread the eagle with him because he tried to get a letter to his people telling them of the treatment he received at the prison camp,” said Woods. A Capt. Dewey, of the Eleventh Marines, who were doing guard duty at one camp, issued black jacks to his men and ordered them .to go as far as they liked,” Woods , wrote.