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No. 101.

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, August 2, 1901.

The following orders of the Secretary of War are published for the information and guidance of all concerned:"

1. Under the provisions of section 9 of the act of Congress approved February 2, 1901, nine companies of coast artillery, in addition to those now in service, will be organized with the commissioned officers and at the stations hereinafter designated:

Fort Hamilton, New York, one company, the 98th-
Captain, Hamilton Rowan.

First lieutenant,

Second lieutenant,

Fort Morgan, Alabama, one company, the 99th-
Captain, William P. Pence.

First lieutenant,

Second lieutenant,

Fort Terry, New York, one company, the 100th-
Captain, Dwight E. Aultman.

First lieutenant,

Second lieutenant,

Fort Totten, New York, one company, the 101st

Captain, John C. Gilmore, jr.

First lieutenant,

Second lieutenant,

Fort Caswell, North Carolina, one company, the 102d-
Captain, Rogers F. Gardner.

First lieutenant,

Second lieutenant,

Fort Howard, Maryland, one company, the 103d

Captain, Harry E. Smith.

First lieutenant,

Second lieutenant,

Fort Washington, Maryland, one company, the 104th

Captain, George H. McManus.

First lieutenant,

Second lieutenant,

The Presidio of San Francisco, California, one company, the

105th

Captain, Louis E. Burgess.

First lieutenant,

Second lieutenant,

Fort Lawton, Washington, one company, the 106th.
Captain, Charles P. Summerall.

First lieutenant,

Second lieutenant,

The officers herein assigned to companies will proceed to join their proper stations. The travel enjoined is necessary for the public service.

2. The additional companies authorized in this order will be organized as directed in General Orders. No. 66, May 13, 1901, from this office, at the stations and by the transfers from existing organizations, as follows:

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The organization of the new companies will be commenced without delay by the transfers of enlisted men herein directed; the recruitment to the authorized strength of all the companies named will proceed as rapidly as recruits become available.

Post commanders will detail available officers to organize the new companies until the arrival of officers assigned to them.

Company funds, including stock in post exchanges, will be divided as directed in Circular, No. 13, April 15, 1901, from this office.

BY COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL MILES:

THOMAS WARD, Acting Adjutant General.

No. 102.

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, August 3, 1901.

Before a general court-martial which convened at Manila, Philippine Islands, pursuant to Special Orders, No. 28, Department of Southern Luzon, January 28, 1901, and of which Colonel JOSEPH H. DORST, 45th Infantry, U. S. Volunteers, was president, and 1st Lieutenant WILLIAM J. SNOW, 7th Artillery, was judge advocate, was arraigned and tried

Captain Francis E. Eltonhead, 21st U. S. Infantry. CHARGE I.-"Drunk on duty, in violation of the 38th Article of War."

Specification.—“In that Captain Francis E. Eltonhead, 21st Infantry, regimental commander, while under orders to proceed from Manila, P. I., to stations in Southern Luzon, was drunk at the Army and Navy Club, Manila, P. I. This at Manila, P. I., about 9 p. m., on or about November 15, 1900."

CHARGE II.-"Conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, in violation of the 61st Article of War."

Specification 1st-"In that Captain Francis E. Eltonhead, 21st Infantry, regimental commander, was so drunk and disorderly that he did vomit upon a dinner table while dining in the presence of many officers and their guests at the Army and Navy Club, to the disgrace of the military service. This at Manila, P. I., about 9 p. m., on or about November 15, 1900."

Specification 2d-"In that Captain Francis E. Eltonhead, 21st Infantry, regimental commander, did, when requested by 1st Lieutenant William H. Mullay, 21st Infantry, to allow his (Lieutenant Mullay's) household effects to be landed at Batangas, Luzon, P. I., use profane and insulting language to said Lieutenant Mullay, ordering him from the room in a threatening manner. This on board the U. S. Army transport 'Warren,' in Batangas Harbor, Luzon, P. I., at about 7 p. m., on or about November 19, 1900."

CHARGE III.-"Conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, in violation of the 62d Article of War."

Specification 1st-"In that Captain Francis E. Eltonhead, 21st Infantry, regimental commander, did cause to be removed from the warehouse in Manila, P. I., the household goods and personal effects of 1st Lieutenant William H. Mullay, 21st Infantry, without consulting said Lieutenant Mullay, thereby causing great inconvenience and trouble to said Lieutenant Mullay and damaging his property by being broken up and destroyed while loading and unloading on the U. S. Army transport 'Warren,' there being no military necessity for the movement of such baggage and it not being in conformity with the instructions of the department commander. This at Manila, P. I., on or about November 15, 1900." Specification 2d—“In that Captain Francis E. Eltonhead, 21st Infantry, regimental commander, did fail to answer or give satisfaction when said Lieutenant Mullay complained of the treatment of his property. This on board the U. S. Army transport Warren,' Batangas Harbor, on or about November 20, 1900."

To which charges and specifications the accused, Captain Francis E. Eltonhead, 21st Infantry, pleaded as follows:

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To the 1st Specification, "Guilty, excepting the words 'was so drunk and disorderly that he' and the words 'to the disgrace of the military service,' and to the excepted words not guilty."

To the 2d Specification,
To the CHARGE,

To the 1st Specification,
To the 2d Specification,
To the CHARGE,

"Not guilty."

"Not guilty." Charge III.

"Guilty, but without criminality." "Guilty, but without criminality." "Not guilty."

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Of the 1st Specification, "Guilty," except the words 'and disorderly,' and the words 'to the disgrace of the military service,' and of the excepted words 'not guilty.” Of the 2d Specification, "Guilty."

Of the CHARGE,

Not guilty, but “guilty of conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline."

Charge III.

Of the 1st Specification, Finds the facts as charged, but attach no criminality thereto.

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And the court does therefore sentence him, Captain Francis E. Eltonhead, 21st Infantry, "To be dismissed the service of the United States."

The record of the proceedings of the general court-martial in the foregoing case of Captain Francis E. Eltonhead, 21st Infantry (now major, 14th Infantry), having been submitted to the President, the following are his orders thereon:

EXECUTIVE MANSION, July 30, 1901. In the foregoing case of Francis E. Eltonhead, captain, 21st Infantry (now major, 14th Infantry), the sentence is confirmed, but in view of his military record, as testified to at his trial; of his good conduct in the engagements before Santiago, Cuba, in July, 1898, and in the subsequent operations in the Philippine Islands; and having regard to the recommendation to clemency submitted in his behalf by the members of the court-martial, the sentence is commuted so as to place Major Eltonhead at the foot of the list of majors of infantry, there to remain for the period of five years.

WILLIAM MCKINLEY.

BY COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL MILES:

GEO. ANDREWS, Acting Adjutant General.

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