Case Tried At Fort Ringgold,
Tex.
Private
Sam
Gordon, Seminole
Negro-Indian Scouts.
Headquarters Department Of
Texas,
San Antonio, Tex., June SO,
1805.
General Court-martial
Orders, No. 23. $
Before
the general court-martial
which convened at Fort
Ringgold, Tex., pursuant to
paragraph 1, Special Orders
No. 67, current series, from
these headquarters, with
Lieut. Col. H. S. Hawkins,
Twenty-third Infantry, as
president, and of which
Capt. F. J. Kernan, U. S.
Army, is judge-advocate,
were arraigned and tried:
Private
Sam Gordon, Seminole
Negro-Indian Scouts.
Charge."Conduct to
the prejudice of good order
and military discipline, in
violation of the
sixty-second article of
war."
Specification 1." In
that Private
Sam
Gordon, Seminole
Negro-Indian Scouts, did
draw a revolver on Sergeant
Bill Williams,
Seminole Negro-Indian
Scouts (said Sergeant
Williams being in the
execution of his office),
and did threaten to shoot
said Williams; it being
necessary to overpower him
and take away the revolver
by force. This at camp at
Carrizo, Tex., June 4,
1893."
Specification 2."In
that Private
Sam
Gordon, Seminole
Negro-Indian Scouts,
did, without cause or
provocation, strike Sergeant
Bill Williams,
Seminole Negro-Indian
Scouts, on the head with a
club, with intent to do him
bodily harm (said Sergeant
Williams being in the
execution of his office).
This at camp at Carrizo,
Tex., June 4, 1893."
Picas.To the first
specification, "Guilty,
except the words * said
Sergeant Williams being in
tho execution of his
office,' and of the excepted
words not guilty." To the
second specification,
"Guilty, except of the words
' without cause or
provocation,' and of those
words 'said Sergeant
Williams being in the
execution of his office,'
and of the excepted words
not guilty." To the charge,
"Guilty."
Findings.Of the
first specification,
"Guilty." Of the second
specification, "Guilty,
except the words 'without
cause or provocation,' and
of the excepted words not
guilty." Of the charge,
"Guilty."
Sentence." To forfeit to
the United States $10 of his
pay due or to become duo."
The
sentence in the foregoing
case of Private
Sam
Gordon, Seminole
Negro-Indian Scouts, is
deemed inadequate to the
offenses committed, but is
approved and will be
executed in order that the
accused may not wholly
escape punishment. Private
Gordon will be
restored to duty.
