The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-20

1t appears from the evidence adduced
and from the documents and endorse
mcnts that this trouble has grown en-
tirely out of the existence of an. organ
ization that is illegal and contrary to
the provisions of the military code Sec
ton OF the code reads:
Every organized company of the Ma
tonal Guard may form bylaws, rules
and regulations. not inconsistent wif,l the
laws of the state. for the government and
Improvement of its members in military
science and discipline. Such rules. etc,
require the approval of two-thirds of the
company and of the Drigader general.
10 be binding. and upon a like approval
may be altered as becomes necessary.
The bylaws quoted by the petitioners
have never been submitted to the brig
adler general for his approval. and cons
tain many provisions that are menace
10 military discipline These rules are.
therefore. void. and are not binding upon
Captain Lund nor upon any member Of
his company. Furthermore, IL does not
appear from the statement furnished by
the adiutant general that Captain Lund
had received any money for which he
was accountable to the company other
than by the proper entrlSs upon the
company books of the amounts expended
in fixing up the company quarters II
appears that these entries had been made
and were open TO inspection by any mem
Der of the company. Assuming tnad pc
titioners were prompted only by an IN
terest in the comranys welfare, the IN
formation should have been sought oy an
appeal to the company books and not by
a demand upon the captain
II s a matter of deep regret that TINS
dispute should hare been allowed 10 go
beyond the limits of the compan@ or
ganization. The charges and counter
charges that have been made IN pubic
and in private are destructive OF military
discipline and evince a spirit of insubdina-
ton that should not exist in any organlza-
ton of the National Guard.
In recognizing a constitution and ny
laws which he had failed to forward Tor
the approval of the brigadier-general.
Captain Lund is guilty of a serious
Dlored as an unworthy example TO the
men he seeks to control. Captain Lund
is hereby warned that the Military Code
should be strictly adhered to and that ne
should so conduct himself as to gain and
retain the respect AID confidence OF his
command.
In making an Illegal demand upon their
captain for a fund whose existence they
only surmised and in ignoring the inter-
mediate military authorities in an effort
to lay before the commander-in-chief a
matter of such trifiing import. the petit
toners hare been guilty of gross in
subordination. a re?etition of which will
not be tolerated. The excuses and eX-
plantations offered have been accorded due
Consideration. but they do not lessen the
OffenSe.
For this INSTRUMENTATION the brigadier-
general hereby reprimands the following
officers and enlisted men: First Lienten-
ant Charles A. Floyd, Quartermaster
Sergeant A. o. Clamer. Sergeants b g
Rasmussen. c. O. Wirkler and o. II.
Hassing.y Corporals j. p. Amundsen and
Joseph Winkler and Privates c. Christen-
sen. Art Kimball. Alfred G. Krogm,
AdolDh Poulsen. ]. Thompson. G. Fl.
Kilpack. Rubin Dodge. H. P. Hansen. \.
Guibransen. Ed Halliday. William S.
Rice. George +. Potter jr., w. Z. Crockett
and Ed Williams.
1t IS hereby ordered that the business
organization under the constitution and
bylaws adopted by Company B on Oc-
tober 10Th 1886. be abolished until such
rules and regulations are formulated as
general.
This order must be taken as final set