The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-29
WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
OFFICERS EXPECT TO HEAR FROM
THE ApJUTANT GENERAL.

They Would Like TO Know just How
All Officers Can lie Chosen on the
Same Day-Line Officers Elect Field
officers, Yet There VIII he No
Line Onlcers--Adjutant Generals
Office VIII Settle the Hnzlness
That Hangs About the Execution
of the Measure for the Expiration
of CONFERENCE.-The officers
Election May he Managed by JUS
tees of abe Peace md Free OIders.
No Information has yet come from the
office OF the Adjutant General Of the
state forces, relative to the elections that
are to be held Feb. I. on that day all
the commissions, line, field and staff, that
are held in the state, win expire, and the
same day 1t will be necessary for elections
to be held.
Savannah military men see difficulties
that they hardly know just how the Ad-
jutant General will manage to surmount
Field officers are elected by the line Off
GERS, and the inspectors of rifle practice.
If there are no line officers until the re-
turns Of the elections on Feb. l, have been
passed upon, it is rather difficult to I'M
derstand just how the field officers can be
chosen This is one of the things for
which a solution Is hoped in the informa-
ton that will doubtless soon be coming
from the Adjutant Generals office.
About the election of line officers there
should be no difficulty The captain,
first lieutenant and second lieutenant
of a company can all be elected the same
day. Ordinarily officers Of other com
mands are chosen to superintend an cleo
ton. The experimenting officers are des-
iguated by a field officer, and it is but
seldom that officers are not managers of
elections.
Under the law, however, there Is an
other recourse, and II will be to that the
companies will have to turn, In all proba-
bility, when the elections are held. A JUS
tice of the peace and two free holders
may superintend an election. If one JUS
tice cannot superintend more than one
election at the same time, il will be neces-
sary for the companies to adopt different
hours during the day for their elections,
as there would not otherwise be enough
justices to so around
The Georgia Hussars have always ad-
heTed to the plan of having a justice and
two freeholders to superintend their cleo
tons for commissioned officers. They have
commands that have not adopted the prac-
tice of having officers In charge.
Three years from Feb 1 there will be
more elections If all who are elected on
the day mentioned are not advanced in
rank In the meantime, as the law re-
Gently passed by the Legislature makes
the provision that commissions are to be
for but three years. 1t is probable, how
ever, that there will be very few who viii
remain in the same position for that
length of time.
Commissions viii be resigned by some
and issued to successors right along, as
mas always been the case. This will
mean that on Feb. there viii be a gen.
eral election of officers that VIII at no
time, under the law just passed. recur
Every now and then there will be a COM
mission expiring. however, and an cleo
ton will be ordered.
The opposition 90 the measure continues
strong, but the officers who dsapprove
will seek to make the best they can Of it,
They believe It win be hurtful 10 the
service, but there are contentious on both
sides, and II remains for time to prove
whether the bill is a good one.