The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-04
MARINE CORPS STIRRED UP.
M'CAWBEY's APPOINTMENT SAID TO
VIOLATE THE Law.

WEE NOtutnhNbN UN tn0 Rfe1iubnI To He n
Captain ana Assistant Qunrtcrma-tcr- Wig
orous Opposition to His Combination
WASHINGTON. July 3-Nothinp has occurred
in n long time which has On stirros nm tho oei.
cor. =, Tho Norino go. a. anap,onan -,
Capt. Frank L. Denny to be Major and Quar-
termaster md the nomination of CHARLES 7.
Mccawloy to be Captain and Assistant Quar-.
bad enough in ali coincidence, from the point Of
young McCawley fairly provokes marine Off
oors 10 v,oiaeion Oh that one oil inc araolos OF
WIT "nich ioroids inc uttcrance OF sentiments
Oro sassnsratod ~ 70 l ,ha no,n. n Hn oa,, WhIn 't ,ss
oommander'in-chief what won't they say about
tho appointment.
Tha nhiOa,,on ~ Nh II, no,,r g., ,0o,..o.oa
and old. 1t is based wholly on the fact that
throughout his service he has had a more Of.
feotive working pull than any other man in
the corps. He has seen only seventeen years
of service and more than two-thirds of it on
shore. TIC was well down In the list OF Lieu
tenants when he was made Captain and Assist
limo he would have been Junior to all the pres
the Marine corps who hayo seen ,birty.ayo
v.ars NJ aervice sono ~ thon, oarri.d mus.
soAe Va Soho IA theul CtiIio hiu
kets In tho civil war and earned their first
shouIder straps nv eonspicnous p,llnntrv in the
naIs ~. ~.p W oon'plouous s"'l"ntiy AZ Ino
netu. but this young man now RANKS tnem
all and besides will never have TO go to sea.
The opponents of Major Denny say that his
promotion was brought about by a dSal for the
deals which have Just been carried through in
,hs "r ana 1 Cart In c SoH naV Was p pro@ot aS~ry That ret
pushed Denny up a number, and Lieut.. Prince
Mss P TssirSS a tS the Is ySSSnS %s. T pRSmS Major G sat
this time a civilian was put into the vacant Cap
teincy; 1t is openly said here in Washington
that tho two Majors who retired voluntarily
before they reached the age limit will not suf-
The fact Is recalled that Col. Heywood the com.
mandant Of marines, tried repeatedly to force
Since tho beginning OF tho year he has Ind the
Major on tho rack three times. Once he pro-
ferred charges of incompetency and inatteniion
to- duty The giving Of the laundry contract
to to-" tho advertisement for bids for that WORK only
dred. but Major Lowry let the contract. II
was charged afterward that the successful
tors 20 that thew held OH and then he divfSod
the spoiis. Major lowry showed the court OF
lnSnaiEy mat ofh see 9 aaa T tsat thsSqSe ths c %a,
dropped. In tho end the Major beat the court
and all the charges fell through, Then . M Col
cal Board of Survey. and the board reported him
unft for duty. In the regular course he went
before tho Retiring Board. hut this time he won
the ~ %oior remained on IN dutS. u ~ u"
,r IN view WhS, OF M fhSSe I Iscss th S6Iup was som aon snS
Tor retirement Under the lonsth of service act
But when he was retired and Collum and
Prince we're pro %t there was no great OBJ
lection, although it was doing with Prime,
something Of what had been done with Denny
things up. It has been a constant complain
from Col. Haywood that promotion in Tho Ma
to men who were ambitious. He has been be
FOR years with appeais for measures Of relief
consress Col. .HeyEooi Was parasularis ac
tive. He urged with !. emphasis P Sgi the the merits at.a an,
served the Government for many years. Tina
WAS al very tGa; and the old Captsins wsT,
5 but R Hsy i1h trs, S oppc astsniisn fS te t oSen 1hSs ' aS Il, e
onel has recommended the appointment of
civilian.
, that bis present promotion Is in due course Q
|, law. Col. Haywood himself declares that n
injustice Whatever was done BY 4, and call
, ing staff Captain and directly In line of pro
|, motion when Coilum retired.
Corps" he said recently, "and never has been
: to afppoin; line officers to staff vacancies"
ment OF Lieut.. Prince didn't count. Or per
h9Ps the Colonel com NINA had forgotten il il
Tenrs before reaching the grade of Captain. an
who have no prospect Of PROMOTION to the grad
I Of Major until they have served more than fort,
o Years, are discouraged by the promotion Of OIL
GERS Of less than half their service, and with n
special distinction for mcritorious service. The
: declare that the contention that Denny's pr
4 a technicaiity In a law which was passed wit
: no Thought whatever that 1t would be made I
apply to such cases. They recognize. howevel
s All the force, there Is in the Denny argumen
for that side to cite thu law when In tho appoin
T ment Of McCauley a specific statute was fiji
Rrantly violated.
Section 1893 of the Revised Statutes of tn
a United states says:
"No person under go or over 20 years OF ae
shall DO appointed from civil life as u comml
stoned oficer OF the Marine Corps"
h McCawley Is 80 years old, and tho officers c
tho Marine Corps who oppose tho conbrmatio
o absolutely by that section Of the Revised Sta
n utes, The feeling created by this appointmeI
o is not confined to the Marine Corps. Many OH
- GERS of the navy have not hesitated to dcnount
y il as an outrage, and even army officers col
" service OF any sort He is the son of Col. O. {
= McCawley, who preceded Col. Haywood as Con
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