The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-08-26

Tho regulations of the South
Military Academy, though
made up by the Board of Visitors,
under the authority conferred in the
Act passed December 9, 1912, and en-
titled can Act to convert the Arsenal
at Columbia and the Citadel and Maya
zine in and neal Charleston into mill
tary Schools" L binding equally on
tho Board and on the superintendent.
Art. 3, Regulations s. g. NJ. A.,
reads: "The Superintendent will have
immediate governmental the Academy
and be held responsible for its correct
management"
Art. ~ reads thus: "The cadets
of the Academy shall constitute'a mill,
tary corps, and shall be subjected to
military discipline under command of
the Superintendent"
Art. % contains the following
special points: "Thc commissioned or
non.cOmmissioncd officers shall be ap-
pointed by the Superintendent from
those cadets who have been most
active and soldier like in the perform
ancc OF their duties, and most eXem-
plary in their general department."
Again: "Cadct officers, of whatever
rank, are required to be loyal to their
trust and do their duty with courtesy,
but at the same time with firmncss
and entire impartiality. Any cadet
officer who ncglccts his duty and
bctrays the confidence rcposcd in him
will be reduced to the ranks" NC. 1t
is not stated, be it noticed, that the
cadet officer must of necessity be pop.
ular with his comrades. Being sum
marily called upon, without previous
conference on Il delicate matter, to
revoke the appointment which / had
made under the LAWN which appoint
mcnt, as to its wisdom and propriety,
| have bceu authorized by Major Cain,
Lieut.. Weaver, q. S. a., and Capt.
Lyman Hall, of my late military fam
iIy, to state, if [ deemed it contributory
to my v~indication, that, although not
originally consulted by Inc in the max
ing OF it, they fully concurred with me
i could not hesitate as to my duty.
To revoke Cadet Sergeant Schirmcr's
appointment was to reduce him to the
ranks, to put him under ban without
cause and without trial-to deny him
the rights and privileges accorded to
other cadets. That, in my judgment,
was the plain English of the order
that came to me. AS the Regulations
state that a cadet officer can be de-
bfiyed of his Office only when he
ncglcCtS duty or bctrays confidence re-
posed in him I held that the order Of
the Board was clearly illegal, and / felt
as Il man and soldier abs6Rycd from
any obligation to obey said ofuGE.-l
could not and would not serve at tho
altar Of what / deemed illegal sacrifice
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Col. !. p. Thomas as Snncrintcn,icvt
of The Academy wos rrccivn1 and
accented by tic Board. 70 toLc cfIrct
October l., 1885, and thc fnlIowino
r]csolut;ouS wnro odnntod.
"Rcsolred. That the Board of Wis.
itors i'm acccptino the restoration Of