Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-28
CANNOT HARMONIZE.
LINE OFFICERS ADOPT REsoLu
ruoNs TO THIS EFFECT.
rhey Want the Governor 20 Demand
the designations Of All and Reor-
eanise the Communicative One of
the Antt-Jouer Men Says.

A meeting OF line ofiiccrs or the First
Regiment was held In the Office OF Cap
tain George Wayne Anderson last night
and resolutions memorializlng the Gov.
ernor 70 take action looking TO producing
harmony in the organization were adopt.
ed
There were present Captains Anderson,
gossieux. and Shackleford. and Ide0te'
nsnts Paynter. Mills. 0oode. Fairlaino'
Randolph. Baistead. Jeter. and SirinEer'
Captain Spence and Lieutenant DAVIS
were represented by proxies.
The resolutions adopted SC, forth 'na'
po long as the present field ana inc o'i'-
GERS remain in the regiment harmony .
Impossible. The Governor Is tn''eiOle
asked TO take steps Immediately 10
The rcslgnatlons OF all the officers ho'''"s
commissions ia the First Regih',"s, ~
let the enlisted men elect me soo,S
syho viii In turn choose heid oiheers'
The papor will be forwarded 'o-u'y'
WHAT THE CONDITION Is.
n. coyerpor was asked last night
-, 10 would do when these resolutions
$500 him but he would not say ~.
.,e,os bowever. that he proposed 10 emu
g.. tro,,bleu Of the regiment al once.
r.. l,,,co,rc Of such an order as the
ycsolufiors request would be about as
,olnyyq. All of the licutenantS. WIN pro
tn ono exception would be reelected.
~, Contains. one for and the other OPP
,.,ec1 10 Colonel Jones would in all Ike
i,bood he defeated. and as result the
,Ocers who are opposed TO Colonel Jones
rgonld be in the majority, and new heid
would be selected. This. some claim
would produce harmony Others say not
ont Of the six Richmond companies IN
enc regiment three are out ana out
uroinet colonel Jones. two are for him.
nnd one IL divided The Manchester COM
rauv has been in the regiment too snort
3 time 10 have formed any decided opin-
Ion. and n occupies neutral position.
THE TWO MEETINGS.
One Of the officers Of the regiment. who
A. pronounced In his opposition to Colonel
Jones. speaking Inst night Of the TWO
meetings held at the Armory this week.
said:
Instead Of having n meeting OF all the
Officers Of the regiment at one time anu
,iace and asking them whether or not
ihey believed harmony could be estao-
,stel under the present organization
tfst vs. with the present field and line ON
tefs-tbc regimental officers were assem-
bled in Latches--ten IN the first batch ana
fourteen In the second.
I'm place OF being asked whether or not
A. was their belief that under the present
trcanlzation harmony could be restored.
They were asked whether or not. substan-
7lally. they would obey the Governor 2
order counselling harmony. Many Of the
officers were unable TO say they would
not obey the Governors order, raining 10
PEE that an affirmative answer would
commit them 10 the belief that under the
present organization Of the regiment
harmony could, IN their opinion, be re-
stored. All are anxious and Wiling 10
DO their duty faithfully and cOnscien-
iously. but thirteen out Of eighteen OF
the line officers in this city DO not be-
Hove that proper harmony can be re-
established under the present conditions
That rs with the present field and line
Officers
In military matters the junior officer
present at n meeting Is first called on,
md so on progressively In order of rank
~ to the senior. This order was regarded
ly Colonel Jones. I'm SO FAR as calling on
The ieutenants FIRST. but disregarded in
90 far az rank was concerned. on the
irst nicht the officers were called on for
their opinion I'm the following order:
Sirngcr first Lieutenant; letter se-
tlnd lieutenant; Davis. senior first
lieutenant of the regiment; Paynter
third junior second lieutenant or the regi-
,ncnt: Captain Shepherd. adjutant of regi-
nent. Cyrus Rossieux. commssary Gray
JosslcuN. senior captain of regiment;
Anderson. fourth captain Of regiment;
Major Derhyshire. senior officer present.
una finally Lieutenant Mills. who came
g. after the meeting adjourned.
INTENTIONAL IMPLICATION.
1.-THE same disregard OF military or par
Elementary propriety was observed at the
gccond meeting. and in each case officers
were confronted with The alternative
Of declaring they would not obey the
Governors order or that they would do
D.. In which latter case II was 10 be
presumed they believed they could restore
harmony 10 the regiment under Its present
pTganization.
Il understand many officers, rather than
Ply they would disObcy the Governor
order and the brigadier's order. replied
81 the affirmative. although they did not
mean to imply that under the present
organization they believed the harmony
they desire and the Governor desires
could be obtained Tho vote shows on a
total that OF the officers all told who
voted eleven voted IN a way that sug-
Icsts they are satisfied with the present
organization of the regiment. or these
eleven one Ia Major Derbyshlre and six
Hrc stan officers. appointces Of Colonel
jones. q total Of seven. The remaining
four are line officers"