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RIFLE TEAM ( Disbursing Officer Mai * To Cn Columbia Record. In an editorial in November Sth's issue of your paper, headed "Rifle Practice Fund," you say: "It is now incumbent on Col. Lindsay to make pub lie an itemized statement of the rifle practice fund and its disbursement." In the same editorial the columns of the Record are placed at my service for this purpose, and in a letter to me you state that you will be glad to publish this and any other statement I desire to make. I called Mr. James A. Hoyt up on the 'phone and stated that I was perfectly willing to publish an itemized statement of my accounts, tait that I must have the governor's ^rmission to do so and asked you to see the governor for me and obtain that permission. On November 9th you sent me the following telegram: "Governor authorizes me to say he consents to J publication statement. Signed, James A. Hoyt." Below will be found an itemized statement of the rifle practice fund from December 20, 1909, when J I made my last report to the adjutant general of South Carolina, to date. To those who have read my letter of I November 2 to the National Guard as- I sociation of South Carolina it will not be necessary to explain what the rifle practice fund is, but to those who read J this article alone it is necessary. It is money drawn by the governor of South Carolina, through the adjutant general's office, from the war department at Washington for the use of the militia of South Carolina in the promotion of rifle practice. The money so drawn is sent to the First National bank of Charleston, S. C.. to my official credit as United States disbursing officer for South Carolina. When received by the bank I am notified and can draw it out only by using the forms of check furnished by the war department, and in payment of claims on forms of approved vouchers also furnished by the war department. The itemized statement below is sustained by all the necessary orders and approved vouchers, copies of which are on file in my office. To those of your readers who are sufficiently interested to want to knowmore of this matter, it is suggested that they get a copy of your issue of November 10 and read my letter of November 2 to the National Guard association of South Carolina. What has been my connection with the promotion of rifle practice in this state and have I done anything for its betterement? I am aware that the answer to this question, given by me, sounds egotistical, but I consider it necessary under the circumstances. In 1906 (J. C. Boyd was not adjutant general at that time, nor was 1 disbursing officer) I asked Adjutant General J Frost if he would give me a place on the South Carolina team going to Sea Girt, New Jersey, to attend a national rifle match, in order that I might learn J something about the rules and regula- | tions governing modern rifle shooting and could intelligently explain them to the militiamen of the up-country] and arouse interest in military rifle shooting. Let it be borne in mind that at that time there was not a rifle range) in South Carolina suitable for complete rifle shooting. I think the only range of any kind was the one in Charleston belonging to n military organization of that city containing one or two points from which to fire, and it was upon this range that scores were made by the 15 shooting men who were selected ~~ r\f V-?a foam In 1 Qfifi Hpn. I as IllCIUUClO VI (tiv vvuwt ? > Frost very kindly had me made a member of the rifle team and I returned from the trip to Sea Girt very enthusiastic over what could be done along the lines of rifle shooting, if interest in it could be aroused in the National Guard of South Carolina. My interest in military rifle shooting and my efforts for its promotion have nev- I er abated. I have been selected as a [ member of the South Carolina team attending the national matches every J year since my first trip to Sea Girt, New Jersey, in 1906. What has been accomplished since that time? Starting with a single range in the state, as I have said, there are today a large range at Charleston and smaller ranges at the following places: Georgetown, Walterboro, Orangeburg, Greenville, Columbia, Yorkville, Spartanburg, Fort Mill, Camden, Sumter and Darlington. Not only have these ranges been built, but a general interest in rifle shooting has been aroused in militiamen all over the state. I think I have had some influence in arousing this interest. Just how much service I have been along this line could probably best be learned from the militiamen themselves. Now, while it would be a great satisfaction to the whole state of South Carolina, and particularly to its militiamen, to have *he winning team at the national rifle matches, those who understand the matter know that this is out of the questio: . unless our team could give, say, two months' hard work to preliminary practice, and the individual members of the team have not this much time to give to it. On the other hand. South Carolina's team at Camp Perry is not a joke. Let anyone who really wishes to inform themselves on this point compare the scores made by our team for the last five years and see the great improvement. Is the shooting at Camp Perry the only thing that interests the National Guard connected with rifle practice? By no means, nor do I consider it the chief thing. The modern military rifle will shoot a mile with accuracy, therefore it cannot be fired with safety except on a range which has a place to stop the bullet. I have done everytning in my power to have company ranges built in the state, and I do not fall to mind a single case where a military company took interest enough to ask for a range, but what it was given them if a suitable place was found. 1 contend that it would be better for the majority of the men in the National Guard to know how to handle, clean and fire their guns on ranges in the state than it would be to have only one team of 15 men who became so expert that they would take the first prize at Camp Perry. Another thing about having ranges scattered over the state and getting the men to practice on them is that this is the very best way to select the members of the team for the national match. My experience has been that an expert title shot is born so. After you find hint, you can train such a man to almost any extent. As proof of this, will cite an instance. At the shoot of the First regiment at Yorkville this spring. Sergeant Mack L. Jolly of company C, Clifton, took part. My understanding is that he had never shot on a range before. His score entitled him to contest at Charleston for a place on the team at Camp Perry, and he won a place on that team. I think my experience in such matters entitles me to make at least a suggestion as to how the rifle practice should be conducted. It seems that I am held responsible for the way they were conducted this year. I am willing to accept that responsibility, because I believe that more good was accomplished by the way the rifle practice of this year was carried on than any previous year. At not a single one of the three regimental shoots but what it was the general opinion that they hadfldone more general good than any other practices held. My idea as to how the rifle shooting of 1310 ought to be conducted was as follows: I^et each regiment have a practice shoot at the most convenient place to itself, let the officers and men making the highest scores at these regimental shoots go to Charleston and contest for [daces on the Camp Perry team, get out as many new men who have never shot before as possible, so as to find whether there are any naturally good rifle shots among them, allowing only one commissioned officer from each company to contest. In order that the officers and men who already had good records should get a chance to compete at Charleston for the Camp Perry team, it was stipulated that they need not necessarily attend these regimental shoots. I laid this plan by letter before Major T. T. ttvrb* of Charleston, who has for vcars I been In chnrpre <>f ritle practice mat - I ters. and have his reply stating that' CONTROVERSY. ces Statement In Reply iticism. ! V?o Qnnrnt'Ofl r\f it 1 A 1153t> it WAS IlJSt along: the lines that he had always wanted to conduct rifle practice. I then laid it before Gen. Boyd and he approved it, instructing me to take the matter up with the several officers interested, and see if they desired the practice of 1910 to be conducted along these lines. I did take the matter up and reported to Gen. Boyd, and he gave his consent and issued orders accordingly that the practice of the First regiment should be held at Yorkville. The Yorkville range was selected because it had all the firing points up to and including 1,000 yards. As this was the initial shoot at a local range we did not know exactly how many men could be accommodated. The first week's shoot showed that we could take care of 50 officers and men from four companies. Then the other four companies were ordered in for a second week's shoot and, in this way, since all the hundred men were not kept at camp two weeks, it made it just about as cheap as if the whole 100 men had practiced for one week. Two companies of the First regiment, however, got no opportunity to practice at all. I explained the plan to Col. Lipscomb both in person and by letter, and he afterwards took it up with Gen. Boyd in person, securing the general's consent that the Second regiment should have their regimental shoot at Columbia. Col. Libscomb being in charge of that shoot. The shoot of the Third regiment was held at Charleston, with Col. Cogswell in charge. It was left entirely to Col. Cogswell and Col. Lipscomb as to who attended the regimental shoots of the Third and Second regiments, respectively. Representatives from each regiment, selected from the highest scores made on these regimental shoots, were sent to Charleston to contest for places on the Camp Perry team. Just here I will answer the question as to why there were so many officers among the 15 members of the South Carolina team at Camp Perry this year. Because they won their places by the scores made at the competitive shoot at Charleston. I attended all the rifle practices named above and drew pay for my services. I had a right to the pay and it was right that I should be paid. Let us get this point perfectly clear. The militia regulations of the war department expressly state that a disbursing officer can only be paid for his services if he participates in an encampment himself. The items of pay, subsistence, incidentals and transportation for these rifle practice encampments could only be paid by me. I was ordered there on this service and received pay for doing it. It is true that I might have sat in my office and sent checks in settlement of claims, but there were two objections to this: First, the men want their pay while they are at camp and I can not make payment unless the vouchers are properly prepared therefore, it is much the best plan for all concerned that disbursing officer be on the ground, get the vouchers in shape, and make settlement promptly; second, unless I attended these encampments in person I could not draw any pay for my work and no reasonable man will say that I am called upon to perform all the work involved in disbursing South Carolina's apportionment of Federal funds without receiving pay. In my statement below I have taken pains to put down in one place the amount of money that I have received for my work as disbursing officer after encampments, and outside of the pay I received at encampments, out of the fund for the promotion of rifle practice for the time covered by that settlement. namely, December 20th, 1909. to November 15th, 1910, and that amount is four hundred and thirtyseven and 50-100 ($427.50) dollars. Your issue of November 10th, 1910, says Col Lindsay will write for publication in the Record a statement of his views of the current controversy over the military establishment of the state. My view, plainly stated, is that the Columbia State has made an unwarranted attack upon me f<?r the purpose of preventing my reappointment i-nOoa rtishnrsinir officer for South Carolina. Further, the State has not accorded me fair treatment. Let us examine the facts in the case and see if my view is well founded. The first publication is a letter from Mr. Frank Hampton, a brother-in-law of Mr. Oonzales of the State, and not on the South Carolina team at Camp Perry for 1910, in which the question is asked if state officials are entitled to extra pay for going on encampment, and in the same paragraph paymaster is mentioned. More than once the State has mentioned my name in connection with Oen. Boyd and Col. Brock in such manner that no other inference could be drawn, except that I drew state pay and not one time has it said that I did not draw state pay. Is that fair? It has singled me out from all the other militia officers of the National Guard of South Carolina and linked my name with those of Oen. Boyd and Col. Brock. The object of this is perfectly plain. The Boyd-Brook controversy and court of inquiry resulting therefrom was the talk of the state last summer and the idea was to link me up with these two officers in such a manner that I would have to attempt to defend them In defending myself, or appear before the public In the same light they did. Is that fair? Then an interview is published with Oen. Boyd, in which the general said some bitter things about mo. and also said no amn t know T was going to Camp Perry and that orders were issued by Col. Brook for mo aftor my return. Ocn. Boyd is on old man and his health is not good and I do not think the State should have published that interview with him. for his own sake. If I did not have orders to go to Camp Perry, then no one else did, and I flatly deny the assertion above. I wish it definitely understood that I have no connection whatever with the adjutant general's office so far as state funds are concorned. N'o state funds came into my hands for disbursement. The State has sought to ridicule my fitness as a member of South Carolina's team at Camp Perry and to discredit me in various ways, and one piece of unfairness that I hardly think will be disputed is this. A day or two after my letter was read to the National Guard association at Columbia a reporter for the State called me up over the phone and asked permission to publish my letter. My reply was that I had no objection if the association was willing. I supposed, of course, the letter would be published in full. It was not, excerpts only, and comments made as to what my letter said, and some of these comments were not correct. The State did not treat me fairly in asking my permission to publish my letter and then not doing it in full. There can be but two ways about the State's attitude in this matter. Either its attack upon me was done with a purpose or without a knowledge of the facts. There was no particular trouble about getting at the facts, as a great many members of the National Guard could have told them of my interest in ritle shooting and what I had done to promote it: therefore, it must have been done with a purpose. AVhat purpose? I have gone to the national rifle matches as a member of Smith Carolina's team for five consecutive years and have been disbursing officer for nearly four. During all these years the State has never discovered any unfitness in me. Why this suddenly dis covered interest in line snimiiim, aim why am I attacked .iust now? Tt oca use I am socking reappointment and the Columbia State wants to name the disbursing officer for South Carolina. Now. I know it is a dangerous thing to say plain things ahout a newspaper like the Columbia State, hut I have nothing to hide and am ready to face any kind of publicity as to my disbursing accounts or any other accounts. I consider that the State has made unwarranted attacks upon me, and in those attacks has struck below I the belt. There is one forum before which 1 can go with perfect certainty of receiving justice, and that is the people of South Carolina, the public. My good name and character are my most valued possessions. I have not a way of reaching the public like the State has, but I can and do ask the public here and now that they will believe nothing against me in the Columbia State, unless that paper produces better evidence than ridicule and insinuation. In one of its editorials the State says this: "But in an effort to help the rifle team, flying signals of distress, and to aid the militia the State has propounded some of the questions that men of the rifle team and officers of the militia are daily asking in private." This is certainly a wonderful statement. Let us consider it somewhat. In the first place, the State as sumes to itself the knowledge of what the militia officers are daily talking about. It may know what certain ones of them are talking about daily, but I hardly think it knows what they are all talking about, especially the one hundred and four whose endorsements have been sent me for reappointment. Is it the correct thing for the State in its editorial columns to refer to what officers are saying In private? What about that signal of distress from the rifle team that the State has so heroically rushed into respond to? A signal of distress is something that everybody can see if they are in the neighborhood, and members of the National Guard are scattered all over the state, but the only two that the State has been able to call to Its assistance, so far as any published statement is concerned, are Gen. Boyd and Mr. Frank Hampton. I have already said what I had to say about Gen. Boyd's evidence. As to Mr. Hampton, the State on October 18th publishes a letter from him and in the same issue of this paper is an editorial on his letter, in which it states that Mr. Hampton has taken an active part in military rifle shooting during the past and that this is what prompts him to write the letter in the State this morning. Where is this active Interest on the part of Mr. Hampton? He did not attend the encampment of his regiment this year. He did not attend the camp of instruction in rifle practice held by his regiment this year. He did not attend the competitive rifle shoot at Charleston to select the men to go to Camp Perry this year. It seems to me that he is strangely lacking in interest when it comes to actual work at the range, and particularly interested in asking the question if it is necessary for me to remain in encampments all the time. The same editorial in the State speaks of the private and the non-commissioned officers, who leave their business to do the real work at the range, and only get fifty cents to a dollar a day. This hardship does not apply in Mr. Hamnton's case as he does not seem to leave his business in order to attend rifle shoots. If the State really wishes to do something to aid the militia of South Carolina, let it rise above attacking individual members of the militia for selfish purposes of its own, and inquire into the merits of the militia as a whole. I have been closely connected with the militia for the last four years and I do not hesitate to say that it is a fine body of South Carolinians, earnestly attempting to learn, ootn in rifle practice and encampments, the lessons that will be of service in case South Carolina needs her soldiers in time of war. Now, as to who is to be the United States disbursing officer for South Carolina under the administration of Governor Blease and Adjutant General Moore. As already said, I have 104 written endorsements from officers of the National Guard that I be reappointed. I have been told that an effort would be made to ignore the recommendation of the adjutant general and go direct to the governor, in whose hands the appointment is. I believe that this is the course to be pursued by the party in whose interest the Columbia State has been working to discredit me. I do not believe it is in the province of the State to dictate who shall be the United States disbursing officer for South Carolina. I am content to leave the appointment in the hands of Governor Cole L. Blease, Adjutant General W. W. Moore and the militia of South Carolina, where it properly belongs. A complete statement of receipts and disbursements?fund for the promotion of rifle practice, National Guard of South Carolina?handled by me in my official capacity as United States disbursing officer for South Carolina, from December 20, 1909, when I made my last annual report to the adjutant general of South Carolina, up to date: Receipts. Dec. 20, 1909?balance on hand from last report $ 68.08 March 9, 1910?transferred by war department from the 1UIIU <11 Ilio, CI|UI|/IHVMI uitu camp purposes" to the fund "promotion of rifle practice" 2,000.00 May 16, 1910?placed to my official credit at the First National bank of Charleston, S. C., by the war department 3,357.24 A us:. 16, 1910?placed to my official credit at the First National bank of Charleston, S. C., by the war department 9,548.38 Total receipts $14,973.70 Disbursements. Camp of instruction in rifle practice held at the Yorkville, S. C., rifle range for six days, commencing April 25, 1910: Pay $644.71 Subsistence 60.00 Transportation 63.78 Personal services 18.50 (This item of personal service covers amounts paid to civilian laborers.) Incidentals 55.02 $842.01 $842.01 Eleven officers and 40 enlisted men attended this camp of instruction in rifle practice. The 11 officers were as follows: J. C. Boyd, the adjutant general of South Carolina: John R. Lindsay, lieutenant co'.onel First infantry. N. G. S. C. and U. S. D. O.: Major Walter B. Moore, First infantry; Capt. M. C. Willis, First infantry: Capt. Jim S. McKeown, First infantry; Capt. Lindsay C. McFadden, First infantry: Lieut. Sam'l W. Parks, First infantry: Lieut. Bert F. Smith, First infantry; Lieut. W. S. Ragsdale, First infantry; Lieut. Chas. C. Oates, First infantry; Lieut. John R. Hart, First infantry. V clIIip U1 lllSU UtlKMI III I 111C Jliatuvv, held at the Yorkville, S. C.. rifle range for six clays, commencing May 4. 1910: Pay $602.81 Subsistence 53.50 Incidentals 23.00 Personal services 12.00 Transportation 62.00 $753.31 I 753.31 Amount paid out on first week's camp of instruction at Yorkville rifle range .. .. 842.01 Total paid out for two weeks at Yorkville range $1,595.32 Twelve officers and 35 enlisted men attended the camp of instruction at Yorkville, commencing May 4, 1910. The 12 officers were as follows: John R. Lindsay, lieutenant colonel First infantry, N. C. S. C., and tT. S. D. O.: Maj. Walter R. Moore, First infantry: Capt. James H. Claff.v, Third infantry: Capt. M. C. Willis. First infantry: Capt. John T. Rhett, First infantry: Capt. John F. Walker, Jr., First infantry: Lieut. John R. Hart, First infantry: Lieut. Gilliam Williams, First infantry: Lieut Birchette T. Justice. First infantry: Lieut Jas. F. Smith, First infantry: Lieut. Elliott R. Ashford, First infantry: Lieut. Fred P. Hamilton, First infantry. Camp of instruction in rifle practice held at the Columbia, S. C., rifle range for six days, commencing May 23, 1910: Pay $1,149.40 Subsistence 120.00 Incidentals 35.40 Transportation .. .. 263.80 $1,568.60 $1,568.60 Twenty-one officers and 78 enlisted men attended this camp of instruction at Columbia. The 21 officers were as [ follows: Col. Charles T. Lipscomb, Second infantry (at that time lieutenant colonel): John It. Lindsay, lieutenant colonel First infantry, X. G. S. C.. and : I". S. I). O.: Maj. James W. Bradford, Jr.. Second infantry (at that time cap- ' tain): Capt. Jacob C. Herlong. Second infantry; Capt. Edward A. Early. Second infantry: Capt. Egmont C. von 1 Tresckow, Second infantry; Capt. Jas.' H. Hammond, Second infantry; Capt. Dibert Jackson, Second infantry; Capt. W. H. Mclntyre, Second infantry; Capt. Wallace C. Thompkins, Second infantry; Capt. James D. Gillespie, Second infantry: Capt. Geo. C. Warren, Second infantry (at that time first lieutenant; Lieut. M. T. Abel, Second infantry; Lieut. Charles T. Grant, Second infantry; Lieut. John A. Rice, Second infantry; Lieut. Chas. E. Townsend, Second infantry; Lieut. Joseph E. Baskins, Second infantry; Lieut. Joseph K. Brand, Second infantrv; Lieut. Lucian B. Evans, Second infantry; Lieut. Stephen M. Green, Second infantry; Lieut. George W. Shehane, , Second infantry. Camp of instruction in rifle practice held at Charleston, S. C., rifle range for six days, commencing June 20, 1910: X 889.38 Subsistence 81.00 , Ji Incidentals .. 28.56 Personal services.. .. 34.50 Transportation .. .. 240.90 $1,274.23 Eighteen officers and fifty-three enlisted men attended this camp of in- 1 struction at Charleston, S. C. The . eighteen officers were as follows: Col. Julius E. Cogswell, Third infantry; John R. Lindsay, lieutenant colonel, First Infantry, N. G. S. C., and U. S. D. O.; Major A. H. Silcox, Third Infantry: Capt. H. E. Raines, Third infantry; Capt. C. D. Trescott, Third in- ' fantry; Capt. J. J. Burke, Third Infantry; Capt. J. C. D. Schroeder, Third infantry; Capt. H. A. Simms, Third infantry; Capt. C. J. Epps, Third infan- , try; Capt. W. R. Wright, Third infantry; Capt. J. D. Fulp, Third infantry; Capt. James H. Claffy, Third infantry; Lieut. F. F. Pooser, Third infantry; Lieut. Daniel Miler, ordnance department; Lieut. Geo. W. Johnson, Jr., Third infantry; Lieut. T. W. Collier, Jr., Third infantry; Lieut. Geo. E. H. Moore, Third infantry; Lieut. Arthur P. McGee, Third infantry. Camp of instruction in rifle practice held at Charleston, S. C., rifle range ' for six days, commencing August 8, I 1910: 1 This rifle practice was held for the < purpose of selecting from the best scores made, the team which was to < represent South Carolina at the na- i tional matches to be held at Camp Per- ! ry, Ohio. The contestants were select- ; ed from the officers and men making the best scores at the three regimental , shoots previously held this year and , those who had good records at previous shoots. Attention is called to the $199.45 for personal services. At the 1 regimental practices, In order to reduce 1 expenses and to teach the men, the marking and scoring and the work in the pits was all done by officers and ] men taking part in the regimental shoot, but, in a contest of the kind ] that this state shoot represented, it would have been out of order to allow any contestant to do anything but shoot. Otherwise, he would be put in the position of passing on the work of the man he was trying to outshoot. Consequently all this work was done . W-. nti.tllona anH It m-o a 1 UV UlSllllCirsiCU tiviiiauo ai>u ?v ??uu to them and the civilian laborers at the camp that this $199.45 was paid. The war department regulations provide for this. Pay $1,550.56 Subsistence 48.75 Incidentals 4.40 Personal services .. 199.45 Transportation .. .. 467.81 $2,270.97 Thirty seven officers and thirtyseven enlisted men attended this camp of instruction at Charleston, S. C. The thirty-seven officers were as follows: Col. W. T. Brock, assistant adjutant general; John R. Lindsay, lieutenant colonel, First infantry, N. G. S. C., and ] U. S. D. O.; Major W. B. Moore, First infantry; Major T. T. Hyde, ordnance department; Major J. W. Bradford, Jr., Second infantry; Capt. J. J. Keller, First infantry; Capt. J. C. D. Schroeder, Third infantry; Capt. R. F. Wat- i son, ordnance department; Capt. J. J. Burke, Third infantry; Capt. J. T. Rhett, First infantry; Capt. J. C. Clotworthy, Third infantry; Capt. L. C. j McFadden, First infantry; Capt. P. N. f Moore, First infantry; Capt. W. J. Tiller, First infantry; Capt. J. D. Gilles- < pie, Second infantry; Capt. G. C. War- 1 ren, Second infantry; Capt. H. E. { Raines, Third infantry; Capt. H. O. TV If Vi ir? crtr\r? 'PhirH infflntrv* Oflnt. T-I F!. * Simms, Third infantry; Capt. C. J. Epps, Third Infantry; Capt. J. M. Moorer, Third infantry; Lieut. F. H. Hamilton, First Infantry; Lieut. E. S. C. Baker, Third infantry; Lieut. Roscoe L. Courtney, Coast Artillery corps; Lieut. C. V. Boykin, ordnance department (now captain); Lieut. Daniel Miler, ordnance department; Lieut. E. B. Cantey, Jr., ordnance department; Lieut. Gilliam Williams, First infantry; Lieut. W. H. Ragsdale, First infantry; Lieut. S. W. Parks, First infantry; Lieut. M. T. Abel, Second infantry; Lieut. Charles Grant, Second infantry; Lieut. L. B. Evans, Second infantry; Lieut. A. P. McGee, Third infantry; Lieut. Geo. W. Johnson, Jr., Third infantry; Lieut. T. W. Collier, Jr., Third infantry; Lieut. F. F. Pooser, Third infantry. To settle the question as to orders for the Camp Perry national rifle match for 1910 I give, herewith, a copy of the orders I hold as my authority for making payment for same in my official capacity as United States disbursing officer for South Carolina. State of.South Carolina, Adjutant General's Office, Columbia, S. C., August 10, 1910. Special Orders?No. 56: 1. The following named officers and men will constitute the team which will represent the State of South Carolina in the national matches at Camp Perry, Ohio, 1910: Principals?Charles V. Boykin, captain, ordnance department; William J, Tiller, captain, company F, First infantry; George C. Warren, captain, company L, Second infantry; Melbourne T. Abel, first lieutenant, company C, Second infantry; Edward B. Cantey, first lieutenant, ordnance department; Harry O. Withington, captain, company B. Third infantry; Daniel Miler, first lieutenant, ordnance department; Arthur P. McGee, first lieutenant, battalion adjutant, Third infantry; James C. Busbee, sergeant, company A. Third infantry; Clifton L. Hair, sergeant, company A. Third infantry; George W. Johnson, Jr., second lieutenant, battalion quartermaster and commissary, Third infantry; Henry E. Raines, captain and quarter- ' master, Third infantry. Alternates?Charles W. Grant, first lieutenant, company D, Second infantry; Charles J. Epps, captain, company H, Third infantry; Mack L. Jolly, first sergeant, company C. First infantry. Captain?Tristram T. Hdye, major, 1 ordnance department. Coach?John R. Lindsay, lieutenant ^ colonel, First infantry. n spoiler?\\ uuam J. nrocK, coionei, i adjutant general's department. t 2. The above named officers and n men will report at the National Guard 1 range, Charleston, S. C., August 14. r 1910, and will start for Camp Perry, 1 Ohio, August 15, 1910, and remain in camp there until August 29, 1910. 3. Capt. Henry E- Raines, quartermaster, Third infantry, Is hereby instructed to act as quartermaster and F commissary for the South Carolina ride team at Camp Perry, Ohio, 1910. 4. Maj. Augustus H. Silcox, Third infantry, is hereby detailed as range officer for the national matches at e Camp Perry, Ohio, August 15 to 29, v 1910. r By order of the commander-in-chief. 11 J. C. Boyd, The Adjutant General. j, Official?William T. Brock, Colonel, Adjutant General?(This order covers i! 19 individuals)?State of South Caro- j Una, Adjutant General's office, August 1 11. 1910?Special Orders No. 57: v The adjutant general, State of South ? Carolina, will accompany the South 11 Carolina rifle team to Camp Perry, v Ohio, for the purpose of observing the ^ matches to be held at that point for V the year 1910. Bv order of the commander-in-chief. v J. C. Boyd. '> The Adjutant General. Official?William T. Brock, Colonel, '' Adjutant General. j' The amount paid Gen. J. C. Boyd, ti adjutant general of South Carolina, w out of Federal funds is included in the g "pay" in the following statement as to the cost of the South Carolina team at o Camp Perry, Ohio, 1910; Pay $2,074.36 o Subsistence 27.00 o Incidentals 02.91 tl Transportation .. .. 777.95 f< v $2,942.22 $2,942.22 fi Dec. 23, 1909?maintenance, ti Yorkville rifle range .. ..$ 15.45 h Nov. 2, 1910?annual rental. Yorkville rifle range 160.00 April 11, 1910?annual rental, Fort Mill rifle range... 125.00 April 11, 1910?additional construction, Fort Mill rifle range 87.50 April 11, 1910?additional construction,, Walterboro range 100.00 April 11, 1910?annual rental, Darlington range 50.00 April 11, 1910?annual rental, Greenville range 75.00 April 11, 1910?annual rental, Winnsboro range 50.00 June 13, 1910?maintenance, Camden rifle range 25.92 Oct. 24, 1910?additional construction, Camden range .. 190.00 Sept. 2, 1910?construction, Spartanburg range 700.00 Sept. .5, 1910?annual rental, Charleston range 700.00 Sept. 12, 1910?surveying, Sumter rifle range 7.74 Sept. 12, 1910?annual rental Sumter rifle range 150.00 Oct. 20, 1910?construction. Sumter range 550.00 Nov. 14, 1910?additional construction, Columbia range.. 400.00 May 16, 1910?Travel expenses of Lieut. Col. John R. Lindsay, First infantry, N. G. S. C., and U. S. D. O. for South Carolina, for trip to Sumter and Camden in connection with rifle ranges at those points (no pay asked or collected for this service) ... 14.95 May 20, 1910?railroad ticket from Yorkville to Columbia and return, $2.30 each way (this transportation was used by Lieut. Col. John R. Lindsay, First infantry, and U. S. D. O. for South Carolina, on a visit to the office of the adjutant general on official business) 4.60 The following statement covers all the money drawn by me as U. S. D. O. for South Carolina out of the fund for the promotion of rifle practice as pay, nr in fact for any purpose, outside of what I drew for service performed at sncampments. The amount is $437.50 and covers the period from December 20, 1909, to November 15, 1910: May 16, 1910 $ 29.17 May 31, 1910 106.94 June 17. 1910 175.00 July 9. 1910 126.39 $ 437.50 $437.50 Total disbursements $13,495.11 Total receipts $14,973.70 Total disbursements $13,495.11 Balance that should be on hand $ 1,478.59 Nov. 15. 1910?balance to my official credit in the First National bank, Charleston, S. C., belonging to the fund for the promotion of rifle practice $ 1,478.59 In conclusion I wish to say that I have never drawn pay as lieutenant colonel, First infantry, N. G. S. C., and on the same day drawn pay as United States dlshursine- officer. I have never under any circumstan-es drawn two Jays' pay for one day's service. I am ready and willing to produce orders prom the proper authority for any service for which I have drawn pay. I im ready and willing to produce orJers from the proper authorities for iny payment made by me. I am ready and willing to produce any and ill vouchers connected with my ac:ounts and can itemize them to the :ent. Very respectfully, John R. Lindsay. Lieut. Col. First Infantry, N. G. S. C., and U. S. D. O. for S. C. BURIAL AT SEA. ^ Barbarous Practice Against Which the Public Protests. The interesting discussion over the iractice of burial at sea. which has 'ollowed the recent death of a Philalelphia clergyman on a steamship )ound for Europe and the committal )f his body to the deep, has not yet >rought forth any definite results. There are several reasons, chief among hem the force of tradition among seaaring folk and the lack of any one luthority possessing the requisite jower to impose a remedy for the conlltlons complained of. The prejulice of seamen against carry1 nj a lead body aboard ship any longer han necessary is probably as old as ihlps themselves, and time-honored customs are hard to change. Nevertheless, there is great force n the contention that the conditions roverning the transatlantic liners, vhich are, to a certain extent, merely loating hotels, capable of sustaining >opulations which often run into the housands, are no longer comparable o those surrounding the long voyage f the sailing vessels of the past. The >rejudice of passengers against the hrowing overboard of the bodies of oved ones is just as much entitled to consideration at the hands of the iteamship managers as is that chershed by sailors, who are no longer m appreciable factor in steam navigation. To those for whom there are no reigious associations connected with the lisposition of the bodies of the decarted it may make no difference vhether the mortal remains become he ultimate prey of decomposition n the ground or of the nameless lnlabitapts of the ocean's bed, but the natter is not one of Indifference to he vast majority of persons. To nany of these burial at sea is revoltng to every sense of humanity and iffection, involving a deprivation both if the sacred rites of religion and of he opportunities for the exercise of hose tender ofiices of remembrance rhlch soothe the pangs of parting. In many respects steamships on the dgh seas are a law unto themselves, 'he responsibility assumed by those n command is paralleled by an auhority that is autocratic, but they are lot beyond the reach of governmental ontrol. It should not be necessary' o bring this to bear to meet a comilaint which is so widespread and rises from a repugnance so profound. Jodern science makes the precipitant iurial of the dead at sea no longer lecessary. and the steamship com- 1 ianies themselves should be the first o recognize the notice of the deriand of their patrons and put a stop o a practice which so many of them egard as barbarous.?Philadelphia 'ublic Ledger. IMPALED BY AN ARROW. 'inned Through the Neck to a Tree, Yet He Survived. It was in tho summer of 1859 that Jeorge Walnwrlght and Ren Spencer, ach in charge of a train of freight 1 rugous, were headed for the Missouri i iver to bring supplies back to Colora- i lo points. The Indians were very i roublesonie in those days, and these wo outlits always camped together I or protection. One night they had rranged the camp, with the wagons orming a circle, and everybody but 1 he guards was to be inside. Wain- : tright preferred to sleep in a clump ' f cottonwoods about a quarter of a < nile off. and there he fixed himself I t ith his negro servant as a bodyguard. ! ,'either the camp nor Walnwrlght was i isturbed during the night, but early I lie next morning while Walnwrlght 1 fas sitting on the ground with his ] ack to a tree drinking his tin of cof- 1 re an arrow from an unseen foe en- I ered his neck at the right of the < ugular vein and was driven with such nice as to impale the victim to the 1 ree. The negro, believing his master .as killed, ran to Spencer's camp and < ave the alarm. I Spencer and some of his men rushed 1 ver to Walnwrlght. Instead of being i ead Walnwrlght was not even seri- I usly injured. Spencer cut the arrow > ff close to the point of entrance and 1 hen gently drew Wain Wright's head 1 a ward until he was released. The letim suffered but little inconvenience : rom the wound, and by the time the t ip was completed it was entirely i ealed.?Los Angeles Times. t iflisccUancous i! cadi a a. POKER GAME SETTLED DISPUTE. Bassett Got His Hundred, But Pearsall Didn't Even Have a Chance to Shoot the Negro. There's mo' 'n one way to look at most things." remarked old man Greenlaw as he gazed through his front window at a small but extremely expeditious procession which [was passing up the street in front of his little saloon in Arkansas City. There was certainly sufficient reason for the Interest he evidently felt. The procession consisted of two persons only, but what it lacked in numbers was more than made up by the notable animation displayed by those two and the intensity of emotion which was operating to produce such activity as is seldom to be observed in creatures of the human snecies. The van of the procession was com- ' posed of colored citizens who might very probably have been a chattel be- j fore the war. It seemed likely that in his present terror the change In his j status had been completely obliterated from his mind and that he had i lapsed into his former habit of en- j tire deference to the wishes of white j citizens. Therefore, inasmuch as the indubitable Inclination of the Individ- ] ual who brought up the rear of the j procession was to remove the citizens ] in the van from off the face of the ? earth, the va.fi was doing his best to i forestall any such violent methods < of accomplishing the said removal, as | were plainly Imminent by a system of progression which could only be described by the word flight. Rapidly as he moved, however, and great was the advantage he had by i reason of the start of some fifteen feet, his pursuer's manifest purpose of overtaking him was so emphatically urgent and his physical ability was so great that there could be little doubt of his ultimate success. Therefore, after they had flashed past l old man Greenlaw's saloon and dis- ] appeared in the distance there was no ] question in the minds of those who had seen them pass of the fate of the < colored citizen. i Then after remarking as has al ready been noted, that there is more than one way of looking at most things the old man continued: "Mo'n likely Joe Bassett'll come up with that nigger inside of a couple o' mile, an' 'taln't liable to' to be noways healthy fo' the nigger. Th' ain't no doubt but what the c'munity'll be purified a heap 'long o' the wipn' out o' one ondesirable individjul, but there's some question in my mind whether Joe ain't gettin' to be some p'miskus. "F'm what I done heerd I reckon there's some reason to s'picion the nigger o' stealin' mo' chickens 'n he'd oughter. O' co'se a nigger'll steal a chicken occasional an* th' ain't no gre't harm did. but when he gets that onreasonable 't he's got to have nhlol/on A o \r on* Hnn'f m n Ira nn * d'scrimination 'tween common barnyard hens an' val'abie game cocks o' co'se somepin has to be did. Now ' th' ain't nobody let on about losln' j no p'tlc'lar high-priced stock 's fur i 's I've heer'd. have they?" s It appeared from the silence of those in the room that no one else ( had heard of such a calamity, and the old man continued: "There 'tis. . O' co'se the nlgger'd oug ter be licked, but if Joe gets all het up chasln' of him he's liable to' to go some too fur. Th' ain't no sense in thinnln' out th' niggers too much. There has to be some on 'em In th' c'munlty o' co'se." Xo one else in the room seemed to take any great interest in the matter, though Jake Winterbottom and Blaisdell both agreed that Bp^sett was some headstrong when it came to overcoming any resistance to his authority as sheriff. A long period of silence followed and n- t until Bassett himself entered the room was the subject mentioned again. Then the old man asked casually: "Did yo' kill the nigger, Joe?" "Dunno," said the sheriff indifferently. "I done beat him up consid"able mo' 'n I would have did, on'y the black varmint struck at me. I reckon he'll come to, though, a'ter spell." Further comment on so trivial a matter would have been unlikely had not a young man employed in the local printing office entered the saloon about that time. Saying nothing to anybody he proceeded in a matter-of-course fashion to affix to the wall a placard on which appeared the legend: "$100 reward for the arrest and conviction of a negro named Washington Pottle. He's done been stealing my hogs. J. M. Biggs." After the departure of the young man Joe Bassett without undue haste got up from his seat and read the notice. Then he inquired if anybody f knew who this here Washington Pottle was. being evidently interested by the announcement of the reward. "Well." said Sam Pearsall with great deliberation. "I couldn't see none too clear when you was passtn' by here a spell ago. but that nigger you was chasln' looked some like a passel o' Pottles what's done moved into a cabin down b'low my house. Mebbe he was one on 'em, but I dunno if his name's Washington." "There 'tis," explained old man Greenlaw as Bassett looked at the last speaker in some confusion. "Yo' sure be some hasty. Joe. Mo' 'n likely yo' done wasted a cool hundred long 'o lettin' yo' temper get the best on yo'. Stands to reason if the nigger's dead yo' won't get no reward. I reckon It's up to yo' to go back an' see 'f yo' can't fetch him to." Perceiving the practical character of this suggestion Rassett departed, but returned in an hour's time with the intelligence that nothing could be found of the negro. He seemed undisturbed. however, and remarked that he reckoned one Pottle 'd do as well as another 's fur 's the reward was c'ncerned. And he demanded further information from Mr. Pearsall concerning the passel o' Pottles he had mentioned. "Don't see no reason f'r me to tell yo' no mo'," observed Pearsall. "I v reckon I was some foolish to sav what 5 I done said. If there's a hundred to In ho made outen the Pottles I reckon I mought as well make It my own-1 self." To this Bassett replied that he was the sheriff and he'd be jigswiggled if ho'd have no other man buttin' In on his business. Pearsall's rejoinder was that the sheriff could go hang himself. He, Pearsall. was no dep'ty an' wasn't beholden to nobody fo' to give inf'mation fig'ln Pottles nor nobody else. Some further remarks were made on both sides, and the others in the room saw with great Interest and various emotions that the controversy was likely to lead to personal bitterness. Their sympathies were divided, but no one interposed for a time, the ptiiiuette of the place demanding that individual differences should be settled by those directly concerned. "The house rules is 't there shan't be no shootln' did on the premises," he remarked as pleasantly as possible. "If yo' un.s is goin' much further yo'll have to go out on the levee. But 'fo' yo' go yo'd oughter call to mind what the flood Book says. 'Look how il'sirable 'tis fo' brethren to get along together peaceable.' 'Th' ain't no sense in shootin' up a white man 'long of a $100 nigger, mo' special when it's a quar'l 'twixt friends. Th' ain't but one way to settle a difficulty proper, an' Providence done ordained the game o' draw poker fo' that p'tie'lar puppose 'long of a good many ithers. Yo' uns c'n fix this all up thouten no hard feelin' if yo's any ways reasonable. Play a freezeout.", Possibly because Mr. Pearsall was >f a less belligerent nature than the big sheriff, and possibly because he' was the less confident regarding the' ssue of a conflict he was quicker to j perceive the good sense of this proposition than was Bassett. Even the J alter, however, soon succumbed to the ' I ogical argument of the old man. j "Yo' uns c'n put up a hundred I tpiece," he said, "an' play it out man I o man. There won't be no mo' 'n R vinner'll be 's well off *s if he <lone a he usual kitty to be took out, an' the | sot this here reward. Then the loser J'n go 'n collect on Wash Pottle. If Joe's done beat him up so bad what he don't get over It mo' 'n likely there's another Pottle In the passel 't 11 do just as well. Thataway there won't be neither on yo' lose nothin' ' in' the winner'll be a hundred | ihead." "There won't be no kitty took outen this here game if It's played." de- j clared Bassett with strong emphasis. "Th' ain't no 'bjection to a kitty when there's outsiders to be skint, but a house game Is free 'r else I don't play , ItSome further discussion was ine- < vitable, but the old man finding the j sheriff was determined waived the point with rather bad grace in the Interest of peace and tho two con- ? testants were soon seated with a deck i of cards and two stacks of chips be- [ tween them, old man Greenlaw hold- ing the actual cash as stakeholder. Bassett took the first deal and Pear- 1 sail put up an ante of four bits call ' i dollar. On looking at his cards the i neater put up nis uunar, uui was immediately raised $2. After some hesl- s tatlon he saw the raise, whereupon ' Pearsall called for two cards. Bas- 1 sett took three and bet a white chip without looking. 1 Pearsall's answer was a white chip and $10, which he put up without ' looking at his draw, and Bassett promptly called, showing a pair of 1 kings. ' "Kind o' soon to' a bluff," he re- < marked sarcastically when Pearsall 1 looked anxiously at his draw and ' and found he had not bettered his ' two sevens. < Taking the deck without a word the loser proceeded to deal, but finding ' nothing to play with, he made a dol- 1 lar jack. Then for a weary succes- < 3ion of nearly a dozen deals there was ] nothing doing beyond the regular sweetening. When Bassett finally 1 found a pat flush there was $21 in the ' pot, and he opened for the size of It. 1 Finding three sevens in his own * hand the dealer promptly came in, but J without raising. Then when Bassett stood pat and shoved his stack In the { pot he took two cards and looked at them anxiously. Seeing when he look- 1 ed at his draw that he had not bet- f tered he studied a long time, but fl- 1 nally said: ' "I reckon yo' all was right 'bout it ' bein* some early in the game fo' a bluff," and he called with what he I had left of his stack. , "Yo* oughter to know by this time, , 3am, what I don't never bluff." was the winner's only remark, delivered with perfect gravity as he raked in the pot, and the discomfited Pearsall arose ind went away without comment. It was not until the following evening that his friends saw him again, md when he entered the saloon he L'oluntoered no Information. They I waited a while, but finding he had nothing to say old man Greenlaw . isked somewhat curiously: "D' yo' all catch a Pottle?" "Naw," said Pearsall, shortly. "How come it? Yo' was sayln' there was a passel on 'em nigh hand," ( persisted the old man. "So there is," admitted Pearsall. 'an' I went gunnln' to' some one on , em, but they ain't niggers. They're i po' whites." < "But how about that nigger 't Joe ivas chasin' up the street ?" asked the ( )ld man, seemingly bewildered. "Nigh 's c'n learn," said Pearsall, ? 'he must 'a' been Judge White's Pete. , rh' ain't nobody saw nothln' of him ] dnce Joe left him 'an they reckon he j nust 'a' took to the woods. He never dole nothln' but a ham." < "Proves what I said," declared the j fid man triumphantly. "There's mo' j n one way o' lookin' at most things." ?New York Sun. t < LIFE OF ADVENTURE. j Remarkable Career of the Late Major De Rudio, U. S. A. Few men of modern times lived ives more full of adventure than Vlajor Charlps De Rudio, a retired irmy officer, who died at the age of 18 at Los Angeles, Cal. He was born n Italy, and his turbulent career bejan when he was little more than a >oy, as he allied himself with Gari>aldi. The world was startled, Janjary 14, 1855, by the report of an at:empt to assassinate Napoleon III ind the Empress Eugenie in the streets of Paris. The bomb outrage ,vas unsuccessful in its main object, Dut cost fourteen lives. De Rudio was one of the four aleged conspirators arrested. He and :wo others were sentenced to death ay the guillotine. Mrs. De Rudio was hen in England, where she interested he Chartists in an attempt to gain i pardon for her husband. A fund was raised and she was sent to Paris :o plead with the emperor and empress. Her tears made a deep impression on Eugenie, who, after Napoleon III had refused to act, herself vrote a pardon for De Rudio, and so Drought about a violent quarrel with ier husband. But in the meantime Du Rudio was upon the scaffold and eady to die. He asked the execuioner to allow him one pipeful of tojacco before the knife fell, and he was 5 ilTlUKlIlg HUB WUCII lite ptliuuu ionic. Napoleon had him arrested again, J lowever. and he was again tried and sentenced to death, but again was commuted to life imprisonment in a French penal colony. Luck favored lim again, however, and five years ater he was given his freedom. But Or. Bernard had been arrested in -.ondon during the time De Rudio vas in prison, and charged with beng connected with this famous Orslni ilot, which was to revenge Italy for Napoleon's refusal to take up arms tgainst Austria. Lord Palmerston, pecause of this, introduced into pariament his bill to restrict the right j >f asylum In England, with the result )f being forced to resign from the p premiership. So De Rudio helped ipset a prime minister. u He came to the United States soon ifter and enlisted in the 79th New 11 ifork regiment, fighting through the ast year of the civil war and being nustered out as a second lieutenant if the regulars. But his appoinment vas cancelled in 1867, when the war lepartment's attention was called to he Orslni affair, but later it was re- _ lewed. In 1869 De Rudio was assignd to the 7th cavalry, which Custer ommanded, and he was with Reno / vhen the latter failed to come up at " dttle Big Run. De Rudio served r' vith the army until 1896, when he ei ias retired as a major. Since he had nade his home in California.?Springeld Republican. I Printing to Pie You may have your own ic Printed Matter. Bring these id< best to carry them out. Or poss rience, we may be able to mak prove on your ideas. Bring or Send Us Your N Show You That We Can Pleas WE PI Letterheads, Noteheads, Billhea Envelopes, Pay Envelopes, Ruled Blanks, Duplicat Duplicating Order Bank Checks, Booklets, Folders, Pamphlets, Cases On Appeal, Argumei Cards, Wedding Annoi Handbills, Dodger: L. M. Grist's Si YORKVILI V No Order For JOB PRI Order Is Too Small. J. C. WILBORN REAL ESTATE ? FOR SALE ? AST YOUR PROPERTY WITH ME F YOU WANT TO SELL? 150 Acres?Near Clay Hill; 1 dwellng; all necessary outbuildings?part )f the A. A. 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