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Lieutenant Louis P. Font, who transferred from the Kennedy School of Government to Fort Meade, Md., last year when his application for conscientious objector status was rejected, wants to leave the U. S. Army after a year of constant controversy at the Maryland base...
...granted a discharge-which seems probable-the army will drop a five-count court martial pending against him. Nevertheless. Font will pursue charges against four superior officers which include "dereliction of duty" and "assault and battery...
Most of the trouble stemmed from Font's attempt to submit a 106-page report on the conditions of barracks at Fort Meade, which he termed "unfit for human habitation." Font, who was telephoned yesterday at his home near Fort Meade, said that when he gave the report to Maj. General R. G. Ciccolella, "he grabbed me by the arm and pushed and shoved me towards the door...
...February 23, Colonel A. W. Alexander, Commander of Fort Meade, wrote Font and asked for his resignation on the grounds that he had been late for work and had used the telephone too much...
...Font said he will probably be allowed to leave the Army because of the charges he has filed against the four officers, "so that one or two months from now, when they begin dropping them, I won't begin hollering...