The morning times., 1896-12-23
B0LT|NC MORTONs OUT
Eight Discharged I'm the In
tereStS of the Service.
MEETING WAS BUSINESS-LIKE
Victims We're Excluded During the
Vote on Their Cases-BallOt Stood
Sixteen to Ten Against Ihen.
Their Military status Not Affect
ed by the Discharge.

The Morton Cadets ard the holters buried
tile hatchet last night, but it unfortunately
stuck in the cranums Of eight of the lat
ter They were discharged in the inter
ests of the service for insubordination."
Following is the list of those dismissed:
Messrs. C 7. Ravenburg, William Clay
baugh, George Plugge, Harry K. sisson.
Milton O'Connell, j i Chauncey, William
Wagner and f. o. Grayson.
Three discharges are known in the militia
manual An honorable discharge is Ie-
garded aslittle short of recommendation.
A disfonorable discharge is viewed 10y
many rs disgrace and prevents re-enlist
rnent in the military organization.
discharge lin the interests of the
service" is regarded as a happy mean
between the extremes and leaves the way
for rc-enlistmcnt open.
Meeting Was Business-Like.
The final meeting of the two factions
of the more or less demoralized Mortons
last night was hardly up to expectations.
Those who fingered about the L street
armory in the anticipation Of witnessing
battle Of words, if not of blows, were
disappointed. The scene was more pathetic
than it was exciting or bloody. There
was a feeble after-engagement, where
members met ex-members in repartee con-
fIicts, but the sentiment casting was
brief and uninteresting.
When Capt. Shilling called the meeting
| to order, the half dozen boilers on hand
were excluded from the room. Capt. Shill-
| ing explained aftcrw ards that his action
was taken solely to prevent the heated
| discussion that might have ensued.
During the discussion, said the captain,
| there seemed to be universal sentiment
| in favor Of granting the boilers honorable
! discharges.
Before vote was taken the bolters were
| vited into the room. The sight of
them, it was said afterw ards, had giddy
| effect upon the majority.
Excited by Their Presence.
some one jumped up and moved dis
| honorable discharge of the octet The
motion. however failed to meet with favor
and was Withdrawn, Us Mr.. q. l.. Tate
moved that they be discharged in the in
! terest of the service" A vote was taken
with a result of 16 for and / 2 against.
| Immediately the formal conflict was
| over, the meeting jOurned, and the ciinch
| Ing began.
! Capt Shilling was surrounded by the
| decapitated members. Messrs. A. b.
Claxton and l.. c. Stewart, acknowledged
mandarins in the bolting element, had
| several days ago, been presented with
honorable discharges.
'Wll you state publicly why these two
| We're favored in preference to the rest
| Capt Shilling was asked by one Of the
deposed.
| 1T was n question OF sentiment and the
| reasons are purely personal: ne answered.
| Concluding with the action of last night
| ten men are out of the Mortons. II is said
that the resignation OF both Lieuts. Robin
| son and TraIles will follow in few days.
| The dcposed privates, almost to man,
say they will join the National Rifles.
Lieut.. Robinson will retire permanently
from the National Guard.
Accounts to Be settled.
I'VE are not through with the hOlters
| yet however, said ma iority man at
| the close Of the session. The accounts Of
| the fair committee do not look right in our
| eyes, ard there IS SUN OF S214 that We
| are anxious to hear about. II is not iIIi-
! probable that we shall file a bill in equity
asking item for an accounting.
on tile other hand, the members OF the
| fair committee say that they have solicited
an investigation that they could not get.
They say that they had an euga agement
with tue auditing committee Monday night
but that four of the five members of the
committee failed to appear within two
hours after the time appointed, and that on
other occasions the auditors could not be
found when wanted.
The total membership N the Mcrtons now
| does not exceed fOrty-fi five.