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NOME, ALASKA, JULY 13, 1917.
A MERITED REBUKE.
Judges are often guilty of very
serious mistakes, l>ut seldom are they
as promptly and firmly railed to ac
count for an injudicious act as was
Judge Franklin A. Griffin of the
superior court of San Francisco when
he attempted to uso the United States
army os a penal institution. During
the month of April, Judge Griffin had
before him, five men charged with
various felonies—four of them were
charged with burglary and the fifth
with assault with a deadly weapon.
The Judge, doubtless thinking that
lie was performing a patriotic service
<o the country offered these convicted
criminals their choice of Joining the
army or going to prison. The men
accepted the chance of going to the
front ns the lesser of the two evils
presented.
But, It appears that the honorable
judge was not aware that the senti
ments of Uncle Sam in the matter of
recrul^ng did not exactly coincide
with his own.
Down In Mexico it has been the
custom to sentence those who offend
the majesty of the law to a term in
the army but the same Idea does not
prevail with the Unled States auth
orities.
Judge Griffin did not know this, of
course, or he would doubtless have
done otherwise. But his lack of knowl
edge was socn dissipated by the re
ceipt of a pointed communication
which not only served to enlighten
him but also to severely rebuke his
obvious lack of good judgment.
The commmunlcatlon referred to
was from an army officer, Lleut-Col.
John H. Gardner, retired, who was
then in command of the San Francisco
recruiting district.
The remarks of Col. Gardner so ad
mirably express the proper viewpoint j
as well as the attitude of the govern
ment that we reproduce them as fol
lows:
This office Is credibly informed that
on .Tuesday you paroled five men,
eonvicted felons, awaiting sentence,
on condition that they enlist imme
diately In the United States army.
Misinformation and ignorance rela
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live to the army and the require
ments necessary to enlistment there
in are widespread, but It would seem
that men occupying positions so ex
alted as that held by yourself could
not fall to know that the military j
establishment Is neither a reformatory
or a penal Institution.
The defense of the country in war
cannot be safely left to men who in
time of peace violate the laws of the
country. It must be apparent that
felons and jail lArdS of all kinds can- I
not be entrusted with the honor and
safety of the republic. Such men are j
not amenable to discipline in either
peace or war, and to place them where
they will be called upon to serve
shoulder to shoulder with the decent,
self-respecting men who make up the
rank and file of the army would be
an Insult to the latter and a menace
to the country.
As far ns we have heard ti\e Judge
did not reply to that letter and doubt
less any reply would be somewhat
superfluous. The rebuke was well
merited for assuredly no man in his
i proper senses could concelv^that the
; army Is a place for the unmoral, the
degenerate or the felon regardless of
whether the country Is at war or not.
The judge might possibly have figured
that a period of service In the trench
es would very likely terminate In the
spiritual absence of the convicted men
through contact with a bullet and the
country would thereby be rid of some
very undesirable citizens, but be lost
sight of the fact that he was placing
the rank and file of the army in a
most discreditable light beside com
pelling men of clean morals end habits
to associate on common tot ms with
depravity and criminal immorality
Instead of assisting to make the army
a credit to the nation his uction tend
ed only to make It a disgrace and a
reproach to the country and to those
associated with it.
Ignorance and Unreason has too long
caused the soldier to be looked upon
as far from a desirable associate, to
say the least, but to openly cast fur
ther stigma on the men who wear
the national uniform and arc sworn
to give tlielr lives In the nation's de
fence by making them the daily com
panions of felons and outlaws is not
only adding disgrace to grlevious in
jury but is also but little short of a
downright criminal offense.
The army draft will tend to destroy
t lie unmerited opprobium for
merly attaching to the rank and file
of the army and will also relieve the
public as well as judicial minds of
the idea that "the army” is synono
mons with depravity and disgrace.
And it is surely high time.
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We do cleaning, pressing and re
pairing. We make suits to order.
We guarantee all work and our
prices are reasonable. We appreciate
your patronage.
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