New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-16
REVIEWING A RRGINRNTAL QUARREL.
PERTINENT INQUIRIES OF AN X.MEMBER OF
THE TWENTY. SECOND ANSWERED.

| PERTINENT INQUIRIES OF AN Elk MEMBER OF
THE TWENTY SECOND ANSWERED..
An ex-member Of Company l. OF the 22d Regiment,
which was mustered Of the service time ago.
writes TO The Tribune for information on certain
points concerning the trouble in the regiment
"On October 10. 1907 he writes you printed the
result OF interview which one OF your representa-
tives had with AdjutantCcDeral Porter in which,
among other things, in connection with his arbitrary
action toward Company OF the God Regiment he
states as follows:
"Six OF the captains whose names are familiar and
| both Colonel Camp and Lieutenant Colonel King,
handed their designations to me that night Further
AS matter OF fact. no one can tell at the present
time what viii be the outcome Of the rigid nvestga-
ton which is t. lc made at once. Each company Will
be invest gated separately. etc. Further There has
been considerable said about the financial standing OF
several companies, and want 10 say that every com
pany must pay up every cent it il 1t remains Il
part of the regiment
The members of Company have waited with ex-
IRENE patience for their vndcation good and loyal
soldiers of the state, and at the end Of four months
from the date Of this interview they find First that II
the solemn statement Of the six captains and Colonel
Camp and Lieutenant Colonel Kiar may be taken a
against this eX partc statement Of the Adjuiant-
General the designations not handed In at that
! time nor have they since been, With the exception Of
that one officer who left the city by OF mat
! tiers which have since become public through the
medium Of the courts. We find, second, that not the
slightest pretence has been made toward the rigid
! investigation which 10 have been made az once.
Third, the statement OF the executive committee Of
the regiment showed that up to the middle of January
at least the companies have not paid what they owed
Following this the cX-mcmber Of Company harshly
| crtciseS Adjutant General Porter and number 0t
the officers in the regiment. To show his good faith
! he signs his name, but not for publication.
| Every who has followed the course Of affairs
| in RcOtm has bepu
with the enlisted men in Company !. Its cpain'
| also, has had his admirers well as his enemies
The trouble lies in the fact that the law apparently
gives to the Governor the power which he has cXer
cised in this case and the last decision from the courts
| is 70 the effect that this is n valid law. The best
| information Of the writer is TO the effect that The
| six captans referred TO- together with Lieutenant
| Coloncl King did matter Of fact, place their
| designations In the hands Of the Adlutant General.
Dut whether they did 50 the night in question Is
| not so certain. This information comes direct
| from these officers themselves. About the
rigid Investigation it must be confessed that If any
| such thing has taken place, IL has been done so
secretly that those outside Of the Charmed circle have
not heard OF IT, The writer Of the letter IS mistaken.
however about the financial condition OF the reg
meDt The last statement OF the Executive com
mittce was 10 the effect that the regiment had not
only paid all It's debts, but had good sized surplus
OF cash on hand. The writer, however, has no
personal means Of kn6%ing whether that was true
statement but he has confidence In the men who made
H. CAPTAIN Leo deserves credit for making the present
fight but up TO this time he las met with reverses.
When the highest have Interpreted the laws
as they stand, ii will be time TO amend them If
ANY rights, az the law now stands one has been
able TO discern them. Numbers OF cases have been
taken :" se and IN both Of these the enlisted
mon defeated.