Three more soldiers pardoned or commuted by President Wilson
War Department released details of three court martial cases. Private Nicholas LaCassie from Camp Greenleaf gae faced a death sentence for uniform refusal. President Wilson commuted to 11 years and dishonorable discharge. Privates Benjamin Bregen and Her TM Kaplan from Camp Funston faced death for uniform refusal and noncombatant service. Wood recommended commutation to dishonorable discharge and hard labor for 25 years, which the President did not accept. They were released from confinement and restored to duty, with LaCassie receiving 16 years and dishonorable discharge on release.
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Wilson
War Department
Nicholas LaCassie
Medical Department
Camp Greenleaf
Sharpe
Southeastern Department
Benjamin Bregen
D Kaplan
Quartermaster Corps
Camp Funston
Kana
Leonard Wood
LaCasale
Judge Advocate General's Office
Judge Advocate
Genaral
Ansell
LoCasela
Choral Singing Event At George Washington University
George Washington University launches community choral singing with a campus program led by Alumni Association President Harry C Davis. Dr William Miller Collier invites students alumni faculty and officials to weekly university chapel services at 1215 in the Arts and Sciences Building. On Monday Thomas Walsh will discuss repurposing discarded materials into garments for Belgians and French distressed areas distributed via the Salvation Army.
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George Washington University
Harry C Davis
Alumni Association
William Miller Collier
Arts and Sciences
Thomas Walsh
Datridta
Belgium
France
Massachusetts
Salvation Army
Bryan at Liberty Hut Opens MCA Sunday Meeting
William Jennings Bryan will address the first MCA Billy Sunday Tabernacle workers meeting at Liberty Hut tomorrow afternoon at 3 o clock. He comes to Washington at the invitation of the MCA and tabernacle workers from Baltimore where Mrs Bryan has been a patient at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The mate chorus directed by Percy S Foster will sing selections popular during last year s Billy Sunday campaign. The public is invited to bring Billy Sunday song books. Doors open at 2 15.
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McA-Billy
Tabernacle Workers
William Jennings Bryan
Liberty Hut
Bryan
Washington
MCA
Baltimore
Mrs Bryan
Johns Hopking Hospital
Mate Chorus
Percy S Foster
Permits Veterans to Wear Uniforms Amid New Rules
War Department issues new regulations to curb unauthorized wearing of uniforms and chevrons and to clear up rights of discharged officers and soldiers in civil jobs. The order notes a pending bill to allow indefinite wear for former personnel and explains the red chevron signals former soldiers to distinguish them from active duty.
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War Department
Solidiere
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