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i ALLEGED DESERTER .1 RETURNED TO CAMPI Heci-nlting Officer Take* Holder toA printed In Round-Up ' Following Forgeries., lt;Joseph W. iMcklw.'an alleged do-!r‘r'MW Uk?n 10 Ca,nP Wheeler,, mar Macon, Ga,, yesterday after*, noon by Sergeant Jack Cloud of the1 ft! lrecru,t,nff station,u l ,*** be Pref«d a«nln*tIn. t* V.Call,p Wheeler and he will 1»« tried Tor desertion by acourt-martial, It is said. He is a; private in the regular army, ,rrP8tp'1 Wednesday night by Patrolman Joseph Ilallockx? Mlt;4i“ *treet aft,*r or't f. ! n 1,1,110(1 to arrest all. soldiers In uniform In hope that two| men who had been posing as of-, ,anlt;J P« In* forged checks could be located. All men having[In ^ ,wer0 not tncarcorated InJail. Twelve men wero arrested and only four had furloughs. Sergeant VV. A. Friedell of the recruiting station provided seven of the others with passes, knowing that they bad been given leave of ab-| sence front their camps.Servant Friedell, after questioning Pickles, ordered that he he helduntil he could communicate with fhis commanding officer at Fort Sill, j Pickles said he had been granted a | furlough, but had lost it. He saidi. °m011 t0 ha,,prr D. Eighth! Held artillery. Friedell was notl-‘bed th.v the* regiment had been!£«?■£.'r,°.d t0 Camp Wheeler and that Pilt; clos was clasped aa a deserter. ft i* said he left his regl-JJi^nt v ?hout leave December 7.I iekles lt;lalm* to have served in the army more than three years Orders to t ike him to Camp Wheeler were received from the adjutantgeneral.
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Joplin Sunday Globe
Joplin, Missouri, US
Sun, Jan 13, 1918
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