THE WANGANUI BARRACKS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 72, 19 December 1918, Page 5

THE WANGANUI BARRACKS

CASE OF LIEUTENANT CRAMPTON. ' Speaking at Mr. E. Semple's mee'tinc in Newtown last night, Mr. H. E. Hoi- ( land, M.P., made reference to the statement of the Minister of Defence Tegard- ' ing the case of Lieutenant Crainpton, ( officer in charge of the military deton- ] tion barracks, Wanganui.- j "That statement made by Sir James ( Allen does not contain all the facts that i it ought to contain," said Mr. Holland. 1 "Sir James Allen's statement, to be com- 1 plete, should have contained, with -ie- i gard to Samoa, the admissions made by i Lieutenant. Crampton before the court- • martial. I invite Sir James Allen to j make theso admissions available to tho 1 public of New Zealand. He says chat ' all the papers in connection with the j case were placed 'before the Magistrate. ] Mr. Hewitt, when Mr. Hewitt' conducted the inquiry legarding the outrages at ' Wanganui. I want to tislc if the admjs- • 6ions to which I refer were placed before Mr. Hewitt. ... I hope that the ] Minister does not propose to treat Lion- ' tennat Crampton's admissions before tho • court-martial as of a confidential nature. , "I want to make a further charge. Quartermaster-Sergeant Porter, who was ] second in command at'Wanganui, hn.s J been forced out of the Defence Depart- ( ment by reason of his opposition to Hie j methods of Lieutenant Crampton at Wa- '. nganui." . S .After some personal allusions to Lien- ( tenant Crampton, Mr. Holland said the 1 Labour Pn.rty was determined that this / officer should be removed from a posi- j tion in which ho would 'ba able to ire- ] peat the nets hn committed at Wang-a- j nui. "I havp a letter in my possession," ] added Mr. Holland, "which indicates ( that cruelties were being perpetrated < against men in the. Wo.ngnnui prison in j the first week of this month."