The morning times., 1896-11-24
M0RT0NS WILL co TOLAW
Split in the Crack Company Promises
to Be Lively.
COURT MARTIAL In SIGHT
Bolters Make Accusations and Capt.
ShilIine's Friends Stand by Him.
Social side of the Company at
the Bottom of the Trouble
Guardsmen Expected 1t.

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Morton Cadets last night was similar ts
lilaO .. the boys wiiO entltea GEc c.c.. al
away from the circus and did not know
what Ia 40 WIN MN afterwards a mum
Der of them gathered at the l. street
armory i'll the belief that a meeting might
be held, hut neither faction was able tt
tell anything definitely concerning thei
movements in the future.
There were few developments beyont
what had been printed IN Inc ENenin.
Times Capt. Shilling said that probable
discharge awaited tine boilers though III
afterwards admitted That the case nigh
not be pushed against the young Offenders
There was ill-concealcd fright among tn,
boilers who stood in the corridors and dis
cussed the situation.
Il ain't been home yet" said one OF
them.
Doc said that tie hadn't been out to tn,
house yet either" volunteered another
He said he didn't mind the talking hi
governor might give him but he was airaiC
his mother might cry when She read the
accounts in the papers,"
~ ell, Jack dIGnl sIay any time when
he came home for dinner" said brother
OF one of the reyolutionists. ''ie grabbed
up his hat and ran right out, and none oi
Gs cUuIu link wniit " as the matter until
we had read the papers,
WILL HOLD A CONFERENCE.
Capt. Shilling and his friends VIII hold
meeting today To discuss future action.
A meeting will also he held by the bolters
tonight or tomorrow night.
1ne friends OF Capt. shilling are unrC-
stricted in their denunciation Of the action
OF their comrades, and they say that il is
hard to understand The belief is general
tnaL Il cuuT,--u,.r,ial VIII Dc the result,
aud that all OF the men VIII be let down
and out Eevery effort VIII he made To
maintain the Old organization, and there
Ii no apparent reason, SO the members say.
why it should be seriously injured By the
loss Of a dozen men.
II is claimed by Capt. Shiliing's friends
that the recent fair was not a function
under the auspices OF the Cadets rs an cE-
tire body, hut that il was wholly in the
hands of the boilers ana few others in
partial sympathy WITH ,neIn. All UT the
funds in the treasury Were turned over tG
the executive committee Of the fair, IL is
clainie,i, and this committee is composed
entirely of boilers. No report has vet Deen
made by the committee to the orGaniza-
ton, and it is openly hinted the receipts
vii! fall below the expenditures.
BEGAN AT THE Drill
Both factions admit that the whole
trouble dates from the time of the inter
state drill in Savannah last May. Capt.
Shilling's friends claim that had he not
ruled affairs with a strong hand many of
the men would have galoped away with
themselves. The secret order or Clique
OF the MortOns, styling itself the "A. o.
L. E." was formed at this time and its
membership was limited Ia thirteen. Capt.
Shilling won the dislike of most Of the
members of the clique at the time of its
foundation and the feeling has not .iiinin-
IShed since I'll en-.
While most OF the bultcrS admit that [ hey
do not know which way they shallturnneNt,
they bold that they did the only thing
there was TO do under the circumstances.
AT their coming meeting they will do Iht
less decide 10 employ lawyer to hciI
them out of the difficulty.
II is claimed by them that the "A. o
J.. E" had nothing in the world to do WIKI
the disruption and that some of the leading
boilers We're opposed to the soCl cty
They also claim that the holterS are tfit
men who have do nr most for the Morton.
at all times and IN al seasons. They have
given their time and their money, it il
said, uncpmplainingly, but have always
'iecu IN ct ny inciviiity at the hands of the
captain
Francis o. Grayson, whose name ap
pears At the hcHsI Ui the brief list -
signers OF the application for incOrpora
ton of the Morton Cadets" said las
ngGt that the bulterS We're all on-i:Ei
members Of the company and that they hat
practically been driven out by the actiol
of the rest.
He says that $1,000 was set aside from
the sum the company Won at savannah
with which to meet the expense of tn,
next drill. He alleges that Capt. Shi.m:
has loaned sums from this fund ON nj
own responsibility Mr. Ora yson said. bui
ihere was no way To r:,li hlm To accoun,
for il because the organization was no
Incorporated.
FAIR FUNDS MUDDLED.
Mr. Grayson admitted that the eSecutiv,
committee of the fair had not yet rendcrc,
an accounting. Such a thing is at presen
impracticable, he said, for the reason tina
many of the bills are yet unpaid: thos
who had tickets To sell have not yet lie
ported and do not know to whom to re
port. the advertisers in the fair pape
are yet to be heard from and there ar
numerous incidentals that will keep an az
counting some distance in the future.
He admitted that the sitting-room o
the Company i'll the l. street armory had
been stripped of its furnishings Again
the fact that the company was not>in
| corporared came into prominence. The
furniture had been bought at one of the
large installment houses of the city. There
was not enough money in the treasury tc
pay for it al the time and one of the mem
ucrs Of lie compah! offered To ,Issiiu:e tie
responsibility for its payment.
When il was found that disruption wa,
| imminent this member himself caused thu
removal Of the furniture. The one wht
assumed the responsibility, it is said, wa
| Second Seigt. Clarkson, whose name doe.
| not appear in the list of toters
Gen. Ordway is at present out of tn,
city and there is 4 possibility that matters
may remain at staHdstill until his re
\ turn.
WHERE THE TROUBLE LIES.
This trouble has not been unexpected
| Fur some time it has been known that the
| civic organization of the MortonG dit
not agree with the military end. Now thai
| the matter has become public every one sd V.
4 he has been expecting it. An officer OF
| the guard, in speaking of this matter, yes
] terda Y, said:
'iou now have the secret of the trou bic
in the District National Guard. The briCad,
is cursed with too much civic organiza
| ton Officers can talk about the Arm,
and not having n drill hall, and all thai
| sort of thing IA being the reason for tn,
| apathy Iow existing.
1T is all rot. 1t is the civic orgauiza
| tons within the ccnlpanieS that cause al
the trouble. You can't make a social clui
| 4 good military organization.
That was the trouble with the Fencibles
| 1t is the trouble with the National Rifles
and now, the Mortons split on the sam,
! rock. The Emmett Guard had its little
| scige year or TWO ago, and the Corcorans
are about the only ones who have managed
| 10 remain a first-claSs company withou
| ii first-class row.
when the guard gets down to work a:
n purely military body il will succeed
| Every civil organization should be weedet
out. There should be nothing but the com
| pany organization. Then an officer is NJ
| officer, and a private is a private. The
/ you c:.n have men taking an interest il
drills. There will be no planning for fair