The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-12-20
A CARD FROM AiH aVNABB.
The Militia Lny of tho Stnte-llas Wheel
Ing II Company mt All.

The Militia Lnw of ll,o Stnte-llas Wheel
Ing n Company mt All.
To thc Editor Of Nl ha:.Hi1cacsr.
s1H:-llindiy allow me space to correct
a few misstatements made by Captain
BOYD in this mornings paper. do not
intend to call Mr.. Boyd q liar or anything
OF the kind, bu. when i get through
with him, | leave i! for the public to de-
eide which OF the two is the most truth.
ful. In the first place l desire it to be
understood By the eeGtlelnan in oues-
ton that did not tell tho reporter Of
the lSTELlIGEScEE word ahout ou,
conversation, or OF what | said or what
he did aot say. 4 WAS not necessary,
for the city editors OF both the ISrrALl
dENcER and Register were not far distant
aud the former overheard every word OF
the conversation, but Mr.. Boyd was IN.
aware OF it.
The militia law OF West Virginia, iu
Section is CT Chapter 42 says:
IS. Every non commissioned officer, musician
or private. or member OF a rcgiMrntaI bAau hb.
commanding officer, from any parude or en-.
Gampmeni. shal be iiaed five dollars fnr each
day q such Hbsgucc q " Lv lis
commanding officer, who shall notify him OF
such tGe within ten days after such absence or
ol!enSc. II such line Is not paid within ten days
after such notice, such commanding officer shal!
certify the same 10 The com mAnLint OF hi, re.l.
mcnt, who Shall hear and determine the case.
and he may NJ RHy time within StX III oillhS after
Snch hearing draw his warrant for the Colec.
lion CT such fine or fines.
Capt. Boyd dit mol notify me of ang
such fine being imposed upon me. and
the comEanlaut oil the regiment DID mol
hear my ease as the law Gays he must do
before he shall determine it one way or
the other. 1t was not until informed by
the Sheriff. that he had an execution
against me for absence Mt inspection that
I kneE ANYTHING Of il. iiad ! had an
opportunity I could have given sui!iclen,
excuse ior my absence, and Capt. Boyd
kuoWsit
II was not Capt. Eoyd's fault I was
not fined Tor absence on May Gath. He
recommended fne to the Colonel, bu,
in that case Col, Frecr heard tho case
as it wav, and { was excused. Since that
iaE wv b'ti!a3A a!@u l+iA Se}l HHpt Hot
been very friendly. have put the
present case before Col. Freer, and am
now awaiting an answcr before paying
the Unjust iiue.
Captain Boyd says there are twenty.
"ine members in his company. II this
be true. they hsys no .ieHl to .rdnsac:
business as 4 military company, for the
militia law says, in section II:
Each company shall cons!s, OF ca ,tala, a il.s.
lieutenant aud q second lieutenant, nom tnatyt d
1y the com pany, Il first Sergenut, four svrncauts
Iour corporals, one trun Peter aud Two Inu>i
clans al! appointed BY the comlnandant OF The
company, and not more ti.an kiXiy.fous nor less
than thirty TWO cn!!s'eh men.
This is ell haYe to say. leave 1t 10,
lbe people TO decide. There ia some
thing wrong in the way the affairs Of the
company arc conducted, or Capt. Boyd
would have more than twcnty.nine meu
in his commend. Thanking you fol
space, remain,
Yours respectfully,
NJ. II. McNABn.
Wheelinq, December 10.