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REFUSE MILITIA FUND
CAUSE OF ACTION 11Y THE WAR
DEPARTMENT.
Governor Mease's Hefusal t<? Enforce
tlie Minna i*a\v I .oft >'o Other
Course Possible.
The following are the facts leading
up to the withdrawal by the War Department
of the funds that has been
received for several years past by the
State militia from the National Government,
which amounted to about
$70,000 a year. On May 27 last Adjutant
General Moore sent the following
letter to Governor Blease:
"I have the honor to transmit, for
your information, a communication
received by this office from the chief,
division of militia affairs, war department,
Washington, D. C., and to
request that you will examine same
and inform me of your decision and
directions in this matter, at an early
date, in order that T may communicate
same to the chief, division of
militia affairs, as requested by him.
I would respectfully invite your attention
to paragraphs 2, 4, and 5,
page r>, of the inclosed letter."
The following letter was received
by Adjt. Gen Moore from Governor
Blease in reply on May 27:
"Your letter of May 27 received
with inclosures from Brig. Gen. A. T,.
Mills. You ask me to inform you of
my decision at an early date. 1 take
pleasure in doing so Immediately.
"In the first place 1 have recently
expressed my opinion of the 'Dick
law', and repeat that I think that it
was a great mistake on the part of
our people to go into it. Tha covers
section 2 of his letter.
"As to section 4, in which he states
'it is not the policy of the war department
to foster the mm'ntonnnw
of organizations,' etc., you can simply
say to Mr. Mills that, in my opinion,
(ho sooiler ho withdraws tho control
of the United States government
over tho volunteer militia of South
Carolina, the better it will be for
South Carolina, and all the people of
the Southern States, and that this
would meet with my hearty approval
as governor and commander-in-chief
of the South Carolina volunteer militia.
"As to section 5, in which lie says
'it would appear that the only way to
remedy existing conditions would be
to muster the organizations out of
service,' as governor and commanderin-chief,
I do not propose to do any
such thing. His letter was a waste
of time and material."
Fleven Companies Xtimed.
Tn his letter to Ad.it. Gen. Moore,
Gen. Mills said that the only way to
remedy the situation in this State insofar
as the militia was concerned
was to muster out the following companies:
First Infantry.
Company 11, Liberty Hill.
Company F, Chesterfield.
Second Infantry.
Company II, Columbia.
Company E, ITonnettsville.
Company C, Columbia.
Company K, Darlington.
Third Infantry.
Company E, Barnwell.
Comnanv fJ. Elloroe
Company K, Walterboro.
Company H, Conway.
Company I, Bamberg.
Gen. Mills cited the following section
of the military law in his report
relative to the necessity for military
companies to comply with the law:
"That the regularly enlisted, organized
and uniformed militia of the
several States and territories and the
TMstrict of Columbia who have heretofore
participated or shall hereafter
participate in the apportionment of
the annual appropriation provided by
section 1661 of the revised statutes
of the United States, as amended,
whether known as national guard,
militia or otherwise, shall constitute
the organized militia. The organization,
armament and discipline of the
organized militia in the several
States and territories and in the District
of Columbia shall be the same
as that which is now, or may hereafter
bo prescribed for the regular
and volunteer armies of the United
States within five years from date of
the approval of this act: Provided,
That the president of the United
States, in time of peace, may by order
fix the minimum number of enlisted
men in each company, troop,
battery, signal corps, engineer corps
and hospital corps; and provided,
further, That any corps of artillery,
cavalry and infantry existing in any
of the States at the passage of the
act of May 8, 1 792, which, by the
laws, customs or usuacres of tho
States have been in continuous existence
since the passage of said act
under its provisions and under tlie
provisions of sections 1625 to 1060,
both inclusive, of title 1 0 of the revised
statutes of the United States
relating to the militia shall bo allowed
to retain their accustomed privileges,
subject, nevertheless, to all
other duties required by law in like
manner as the other militia."
Law Cited Further.
Gen. Mills, making his report to
the adjutant general, cited the following
section of the military law:
"That whenever it shall appear by
the report of inspections, which it
shall be the duty of the secretary of
war to cause to be made at least once
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in each year by officers detailed by
him for that purpose, that the organized
militia of a Stato or territory,
or of the District of Columbia, is sufped
for active duty in the field, the
secretary of war is authorized, on the
requisition of the governor of such
State or territory, to pay to the quartermaster
general thereof, or to such
other oflicer of the militia of said
State as tlie said governor may designate
and appoint for the purpose, so
much of ? 1 ?*
.vo ....uiim-iii out oi i lie said I
1 annual appropriation under section I
I 1661 of the revised statutes, as
I amended, as shall be necessary for
I the payment, subsistence, and trans-1
1 portation of such portion of organiz-l
led militia as shall engage in actual I
field or camp service for instruction,
land the officers, and enlisted men of
such militia while so engaged shall 1
he entitled to the same pay, subsistence
and transportation or travel
allowance as officers and enlisted men
of corresponding grades of the reguI
lar army are or may hereafter be entitled
by law, and the officer so designated
and appointed shall be regarded
as disbursing officer of the United
I States and shall render his accounts
through the war department to the
proper accounting officers of the
treasury for settlement, and ho shall
I be required to give good and sutli-1
I cient bonds to the United States, in
I such sums as the secretary of war
may direct, faithfully to account for
the safe-keeping and payment of pubI
lie moneys so intrusted to him for
I disbursement."
Hesults of Inspections.
On May 16 of this year, following I
an inspection of the companies'of the
J National Guard of South Carolina,
Gen. A. L. Mills, chief of the division
of militia affairs, addressed a report
to Adjt. Gen. Moore, in which he re-1
I viewed the condition of each company
in the State. Gen. Mills con-1
I eluded:
"3. Section 3 of the militia law I
I states that the organization, armament.
and discipline of the organized
I miltia shall be the same as that of
the regular army, and the appropriation
of federal funds for the support
of an organization of the organized
| militia is contincent nnon pnmnH?n/io I
with this law.
"4. Inasmuch as it is not the policy
of tho war department to foster
the maintenance of organizations
that do not promise at least a probability
of a return in the nature of efficient
service when called upon by
the federal government, it is requested
that as soon as practicable this
division be informed of the stops taken
to remedy or terminate present
conditions existing in these organizations
as revealed by these reports.
"5. In the case of Companies B
and P, First infantry; B, C, E, and
K of the Second infantry, and E, G,
H, I, and K, Third infantry, it would
appear that the only way to remedy
existing conditions would be to muster
the organizations out of service.
However, on this point communication
from you will bo awaited."
Following inspections this year of
tho South Carolina companies of the
National Guard, made by First Lieut.
James G. Boswell, inspector-instructor,
Gen. A. L. (Mills, chief of the
division of miltia affairs, made report
to Adjt. Gen. Moore in accordance
with the provisions of section 14 of
the miltia law. Tho following are
the reports by Gen. Mills on the companies
that he recommended to be
mustered out:
"First Infantry, Company B?Armory:
Drill hall reported as inadequate
and tho building reported as not secure
from elements and theft. No
complete system of property records
kept. General condition of small
arms very dirfy and rust-eaten.
Property reported as generally not
properly stored or cared for. Drill
n..<i ?
oiiii in oil uciiwu, <t| > puu r<i ii ce and
neatness, steadiness in ranks, school
of the soldier and squad, reported as
very poor. Efficiency in armory instructions?'With
the exception of a
little extended order, this company
is inefficient in armory instruction'."
"Company E?No record kept
showing attendance at drill or assembly.
Armory?Drill hall reported as
inadequate and building as not secure
from elements or theft. No complete
system of property moords kept. (Jen- ,
eral condition of small arms reported
as had. All property reported as not
properly stored or cared for. Drill
and instruction reported as generally
poor. Efficiency in armory instruction?'Poor.'
This organization is
tfadly deficient in armory instruction.
Evidently very few drills have been
held."
"Second infantry, Company D?No
record kept showing attendance at
drill or assembly. Armory?Drill
hall reported as inadequate and
building as not secure from elements
or theft. No system of property records
kept. General condition of
small arms poor. Quartermaster
and ordnance property reported as
generally not properly stored or cared
for. Drill and instruction, steadiin
m n 1/a onliaaI /if U,/, ,11- ?
... ?uvin/wi vi tuo ^uniirr,
squad and company reported as poor.
"Company C?No records kept
showing attendance at drill or assembly.
No complete system of property
records kept. General condition of <
small arms reported as bad. Property
reported generally as not properly
stored or cared for. Drill and
instaction reported as generally poor, i
Efficiency in armory instruction? ?
"This organization is sadly lacking in :
armory instruction.'
"Company E?-No record kept 1
showing attendance at drill or as- :
sembly. No system of property re- 1
DIHTOKS >lKKT TOUKTIIKIt.
Are Having a tiood Time at the Isle;
I
el' Palms.
Into Charleston's welcoming arms
trooped the editors of South Carolina
Thursday for the annual meeting
of the South Carolina Press Association,
which commenced on the Isle
of Palms Thursday and will continue
until Saturday with a large number
of the editors remaining over to enjoy
themselves. Daily, weeklv and
other sorts of editors, publishers,
business managers, in fact, all sorts
of newspaper men are here for the
Convention and their sessions Thursday
were enthusiastic. Between sessions
they amused themselves by
talking, walking, bathing, eating,
sending post cards to the country
and sundry other tilings which editors
and others are prone to do when
visiting the Isle of Balms.
Three very, very busy sessions
were held the first day and a lot of
work was done. Yet the members
were not fatigued, because of the refreshing
and invigorating atmosphere
which surrounded them. Many of
them expressed themselves as charmed
with the Isle of Palms as a summer
meeting place, and some who
had not been at the watering place
for a few years, remarked on the recent
marked improvements that have
been made.
The present officers of the Press
Association are: President, 11. L
Watson, Greenwood Index; first vicepresident,
E. 11. DeCamp, Oaffncy
Ledger; second vice-president, William
Hanks, Anderson Daily Mail;
treasurer, .lames L. Sims, Orangeburg
Times and Democrat; secretary, W.
F. Caldwell, The News and Courier's
Columbia Bureau. Executive committeemen
and officers ex-ollicio are;
Bobert Lathan, The News and Courier;
Neils Christcnsen, Beaufort
Gazette; A. B Jordan, Dillon Herald.
All of these are present at the mooting,
except Senator Christensen, of
Beaufort, whe sent his regrets.
TO PROTECT AMERICANS.
Texan Assured That Government Has
rrronttc an I!,.,.,I...- I
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Representative Smith, of Texas,
appealed to President Wilson Wednesday
to see that Americans in El
Paso would not suffer in the threatened
battle at Jaurez between the
Mexican Federals and the Constitutionalists,
who are steadily advancing
upon the city. The President referred
Mr. Smith to Secretary Garrison,
who told him that two full regiments
of cavalry could he assembled
on the Texas line within twelve
hours.
Already at Fort Pliss, just across
the Rio Grande from Jaurez, are live
troops of the Second cavalry In addition
to the machine gun platoon of
that regiment. The remainder of the
Second cavalry is doing patrol duty
between El Paso and Sierra Illanca,
while the Thirteenth cavalry is
guarding the border between El Paso
and Lang's Ranch, New Mexico.
Prig. Gen. Tasker H. Pliss has full
authority to concentrate his forces
wherever necessary for potection of
American lives.
The McNab grand stand play
found an echo in the halls of Congress
Monday when Representatives
Kahn, Republican, of California, and
Hinebaugh, Progressive, of Illinois,
introduced in the House resolutions,
one calling for the official papers in
the case, and the other for an investigation
by the judiciary committee.
Instead of censuring the grand stand
methods of McNab, these Republican
Congressmen irivo it thoir pmlnrnp.
ment and support.
Talking about Southern chivalry
you ought to see how it works in
Georgia politics. Two of the three
candidates for Speaker of the House
bowed themselves out and turned it
over to their rival, and soon afterwards
one of the two candidates running
for President of the Senate alphonsed
out of it and left it to "his
dear Gaston."
cords kept. General conditions of
small arms. 'Dirty and rust-eaten.'
Drill and instruction reported as generally
very poor.
"Company K?No record kept for
the year 1912 showing attendance aU
drills or assembly. Armory rw>ortc(S
as not secure from elements or theft.
No system of property records kept.
Condition of small arms reported to
ho very dirty. Quartermaster and
ordnance property reported as not
properly stored or cared fo. Efficiency
in armory instructions?'This
company is very poor at drill and in
armory instruction.' "
"Third Infantry, Company E?
Special attention invited to remarks
on page 22 of the report.
"Companies C?, H, I, and K?Special
attention invited to remarks on <
pages 23 and 24 of the report."
(These sections say that the com- <
panics are generally inefficient insofar
as instruction and discipline are i
concerned, also that few records are
kept and that the property is in a i
'deplorable condition'.)
Gen. Mills, in other words, made
severe specific criticism of eleven i
companios of the National Guard of
South Carolina?two in the First <
regiment, four in the Second, five in
the Third?and recommended that i
theso companies be mustered out of
the service. ,
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Show (lie Cloven Foot.
We have always thought that all
ollicers of an executive character,
such as district attorneys, and others
of that kind, should bo tilled by well
known and trusted members of the I
political party that may ho in power
at the time. These otllcials are the
representatives of the Administration
in the several States, and they
have power to help or hinder public
business and can reflect credit or discredit.
on the party rn power as they
may choose. For that reason they
should be members of the party in
power.
As an illustration of what we
mean, take the case of John R. McNab,
United States District Attorney
for California. He is a Republican
holding over under tho Democratic
Administration. He has no sympathy
with the Democratic party, and
when he thought he had a chance to
make capital against it he most
promptly did so by falsely accusing
Attorney-General Mo-Reynolds of favoring
rich criminals, which was
promptly disproved by tho publication
of the facts in tho case. The incident,
however, shows that hold-over
Republicans can not he trusted.
In his desire to injure the Administration
under which ho was holding
an important position, Me Nab resigns
with a great flourish of trumpets,
giving out his reasons at San Francisco
before they wore sent to either
President Wilson or Attorney-Oeneral
McReynolds. In his resignation,
which he sent by wire, he indirectly
accused Attorney-General McReynolds
of postponing certain cases because
tho defendants were rich and
influential. There was not a word of
truth in this charge, but it served
McNab's purpose.
The case was postponed solely on
the request of Secretary Wilson,
head of the Department of I,abor,
who made the request purely in the
interest Of the public service Tho
action of McNab in this case shows
that the Republicans, holding over
from tho last administration, will
hit tho Wilson administration every
time they can get a chance to do so.
McNab's idea was to discredit the
Democratic Administration by attacking
the Attorney-floneral, who
he accused of serving the rich defendants
instead of the government
The way he resigned shows his
animus, not only against the Attorney-General,
hut against the Democratic
party as well. Instead of
sending his resignation quietly to
President Wilson as he should have
done, he wrote a most sensational
effusion and gave it out to the newspapers
on the same day he sent it to
President Wilson. Tils object, of
course, was to injure the Administration
under which he held office, and
to which ho should have been loyal
or resign. Tho McNab incident
should open President Wilson's eves,
and make him rosolvo to put true
and tried Democrats on guard at
onco In offices that can ho used to
discredit him or any of his official
family.
tharged With Forgery.
J. Luther Crout, of Gilbert, Tvoxington
county, was arrested by Sheriff
Miller and placed In jaid Wednesday
evening on a charge of forgery preferred
by tho Home National Bank,
of Lexington. The sheriff also has in
hand two other warrants against
Crout from Columbia, charging him
with issuing bogus checks to the
amount of forty dollars.
Last year the militia companies in
South Carolina received something
like $8.r>,000 from the national government.
Unless something happens
pretty soon we won't get anything
next year, but in the meantime we
will be helping to pay the militia in
other states.
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State Controls its Militia.
(lovernor Hlease in speaking of the
withdrawal by the War Department
of the funds to the militia of this
Slate because lie refused to let tinlaw
lie enforced, says he rejoices that
"South Carolina is once again free
from the domination of Yank w...- (
hm ins, aim once more 111 con' 1 o!"!
her own State militia." Then . ov
lias been a initiate when the State did
not. control its militia.
This is proven by Governor Hlease
himself when he refused to allow
certain companies to be mastered
out for not complying with the militia
law of the National government,
i If the State did not have control of
i its militia, instead of withdrawing
entirely from the State, the War Department
would have made these delinquent
companies comply with the
law.
The fact of the business is, Governor
ltlease by refusing to let those
companies which refuse to comply
with the law bo disciplined by the
War Department, not only proves
himself that the State has complete
control of its own militia, but he
punishes all the other companies in
the State, whose members have taken
an interest in the militia and passed
the inspection imposed by the War
Department in order for them to receive
certain funds for their encampments
and other purposes.
We are sorry Governor Hlease took
the action he did when he refused to
let certain companies be disciplined.
If the members of those companies
refused to obey the law there was
nothing left for the Government to
do but to discipline them until they
| complied with the law. In refusing
to allow those companies to bo disciplined,
Governor Hlease did an injustice
to every company in the
State that had complied with the law.
No militiary organization can succeed
without discipline.
Don't Try it Girls.
Most people will commend the
judge who refused a divoreo tn ii.n
woman who married a drunkard to
reform him and failed in the attempt.
This marrying men to reform them
is the most foolish and disappointing
thing posisble, for not once in a
thousand does it succeed. If a man
will not reform before marriage thero !
is mighty little prospect of his doing'
so after mariage. And, anyway, the1
man who pleads with a woman to
marry him to effect a reformation in
his morals is such a contemptible
specimen that he is not worth marrying
under any circumstances. The
young woman who marries a young
man who drinks to excess with the
expectation of reforming him, makes
a sad mistake. All of us know some
syeet, young woman who has tried i
the experiment and failed. So we'
would say, girls, don't.
Hitten by Strange Hug.
Hitten by a strange bug in Williamston
park, Jim Hailey, of Anderson,
lay at point of death Tuesday
and the day before. Tie is now expected
to recover. An insect bit him
on the ankle and the poison took
immediate effect. Physicians say if
they had been summoned three minutes
later Hailey could not have survived.
Severe pain and swelling fol
lowed and constant attention from
physicians and nurses was required.
The poison went through the young
man's system. The kind of bug is
not known.
Killed Ilrido at Wedding.
At Philadelphia a rejected suitor'
Monday night shot and killed aj
young bride and a man who attempted
to save her, while three others,'
one woman and two men, were prob-,
ably fatally Injured at tbo wedding
celebration in the northern part of j
the city, where the double tragedy
occurred. ,
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ro\V 10 It TO KI M 'I I'lUK'ATK.
In TaiilT llctliu-lfoiis l't-o|K>sc<l l?'ur
I't'csiilent W ilson.
Urgent desire to arm the president
wUh a tariff "big stick" of stronger
ai. . greater proportions than pro\n
1 in t lit? amendment suggested by
mo linanco committee majority developed
Thursday in the Democratic
caucus ol" the Senate on the tariff bill.
Discussion of the proposed countervailing
duty on wheat and Hour,
which the committee recommended,
led to a general debate on retaliatory
and countervailing tariff rates
and Senator Hoke Smith, of Oeorgia,
urgently proposed the adoption of an
amendment that would give the
president power to enforce countervailing
tariff rates on all commodities
of commerce against any nation refusing
to deal with the United Stat?i?
on a reciprocal tariff basis.
The amendment proposed would in
many respects take one placo of the
maximum and minimum clause of
tho Payne-Aldrich tariff law. Senator
Smith advocated a provision that
would be broader than that, one that
would give the president the authority
at anytime to interpose against
any nation which might discriminate
against tho products of the United
States the same tariff rates exacted
on American goods. Such a clause in
the tariff bill, it was argued, would
place the United States in a position
to defend tho country against any
unreciprocal action or attempt to
shut off its foreign trade.
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TO PROSECUTE AT ONCE.
President Recommends Several Men
to Replace McNab.
President Wilson "Wednesday rec~
ommended to Attorney General McReynolds
tho names of Francis J.
Honey, Matt I. Sullivan, Thomas Ilayden,
and others, for appointment as
special prosecutors in the Caminettil)iggs
white slave cases and the Western
Fuel Company coal cases. No
final selections were made.
The wholo subject was deferred on
account of the congested engagement
list of the President, practically every
moment of his time from early morning
until late at night being occupied
with conferences on currency and departmental
matters. It is expected
that the Attorney General and tho j
President will confer at an early
date, however, and settle finally 0:1
two and possibly three men to conduct
tho prosecution of tho cases.
No further comment was forthcoming
from the White House or tho
department of justice on tho statements
of the United States district
attorney, John L. McNab, whose rcslgnalon
was acepted by the President.
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The Anti-Tuberculosis Movement.
An Index of the remarkable growth
of the anti-tuberculosis movement in
the United States is given in a pamphlet
published by The National Association
for the Study and Proven
non of Tuberculosis, which shows
that tho number of agencies engaged
in the fight against consumption in
the United States numbered over 2,500
on May t, 1912, as contrasted to
about 1,500 two years ago, a gain of
GO per cent.
Hoys Killed by a Snake.
When Mrs. Davo Grant, residing
fourteen miles southwest of Beach,
went to call on her two sons, aged
fivo and seven, Sunday mornln, she
found them dead in bed with a rattlesnako
lying between them. During
the previous evening, juBt after
the youths had retired, each had
complained that the other was pinching
him.