Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1917 — DECLARE SOLDIERS TO BLAME [ARTICLE]

DECLARE SOLDIERS TO BLAME

While Regretting Incident,' Many Condemn Soldiers’ Actions. The Democrat has received several communications regarding the conduct of Company M at Morocco, as reported in these columns a week ago, and all are unanimous in declaring the enlisted men grossly at fault. To print these letters would require too much space and would only serve to prolong a matter which Jasper county people wish to forget. The incident is regrettable from every viewpoint, and there is no doubt that since the affair has been made public the guilty ones will be ascertained and reprimanded according to the extent of his participation in the affair, as The Democrat is informed that Morocco people took the matter up with the state board of defense and also with the adjutant general of Indiana. It is also reported to have been taken up with the war department by some Jasper county people who severely censure the action of Company M.