Army & Navy - Springtime in the Rockies

Officers at Camp Hale, high in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, made public last week a report of more treasonous goings-on.

It was from Camp Hale, where U.S. troops train for mountain work, that Private Dale Maple recently deserted with two German prisoners (TIME, March 6). Most recent revelation: probably eight other U.S. soldiers were involved in the plot that already had Naziphile Maple facing a charge of treason.

Scandalous but less serious were further revelations: three WAC privates, among the few dozen WACs stationed at Camp Hale, had been court-martialed and thrown...

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