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ity.telephone rear by a ween the npanles— lonsibility jeertained i unfortu-i is bettercountry. Is probably the only solution there, as it was la Cuba. If bo, the Booner it comes, the better.aa service!, through 1 the one Commis-ow, as in BiblUty iaThe Shooting of a Soldier.Condemnation will not bring back the life of Private Walter Dowell ofMadison, Ind., nor will it lessen what must be the poignant regret of Sergt. Edwin Ball of Indianapolis, who shot Dowell and caused hla death. Nor is it within the province of public opinion to pass finally upon the merits of the case of homicide as It stands now. There is every aHsurance that the investigation by the military authorities of the National Guard-will be complete and exact While the caseclamo' cusaln of wt that No 1 clared they tlis wunlewgrantaceedoed—The--may become one for the processes of[fortunate, than two. rstood by but there la whose apany and be perpet-the whole 'ger Is the o be madec Service with theIflcatlon of litate suchcivil law, that is to be determined by a canvass of the law and the opinion of the co-ordinate branches of authority.There appears no reason for the drastic use of arms offensively in camps of Instruction, although it is recognised that if discipline is to fee maintained there must be just as stringent regulations as in the regular army or In camps of war. This, unfortunate occurrence could have been avoided; it was marked by impulsive* gives the ness, both on the part of the man who 3 earnings!fled after he had been put under 1 gas com- i arrest, and on the part of the pursuing lie Service j officer in shooting even without an in-i into this tention of wounding his man,It is certain that nowhere is regret more keenly felt over the sacrifioe of Dowell’s life than among the officers of the guard and the civil officials charged secondarily with the direction of the guard. It 1b their duty not merely to inquire into every detail of the shooting, fix the blame and then mete out punishment, if the disposition of Sergt. Ball’s case is left with them, but ultimately it is a duty incumbent on them to take every precaution against a similar contingency that might result la the use of arms on doubtful occasions. Above all elsea military camp is a place for rigiddiscipline and implicit obedience, and Infractiohs of rule must be dealt with rigorously to the end that shooting would not become, even problematically, a last resort except in cases of well-defined military usage.dianapoliss monopo-aible rates urn to in-irable andblic treas-•vioe Comity. Morels will beiaucus,being conic caucus, lent made iblie. The ystems of 9 over be-embers of 3 shielded aking pn-Cultivatton of Reading.A discussion of the importance of
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Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Tue, Jul 29, 1913
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