The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-25
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AIS Duties a. Member 80 the ~
ecutive Hoard Of the central Cause
him 20 he Absent From the city
Great Bent-Thi- Induced Him
10 Request 90 nc placed tpon the
List of uettrcd onic~rs-tAcut Col.
rs. Willy wan he Elected 90 the
Positton-Ni~rting 81 the Line of
nccr~ 81 the Regiment WIN nc
IIeid NcHt Friday.
The utmost persuasive rowcrH ~ the
r5mmI.trs 10 cHeers o. the First lnfau-
t-y. arpe.u.e8 60 wait upon Cot. a. Il
1lvtor were inadequate. and ne could
not be Induced 90 w..hdruw the request
D. tad cent GO the ONCE ~ the adiutnut
general 10 Albania. 10 be- paced upon tha
ts' q re.rea onicers g. the state eer-
NI-c on che committee were Capt J.
J. Gleason o, the Irish Jasper Greens
cart g a. Gordon % the Ogle'aorp
Ieht lannt~v. Capt. James 81. Hoeers
a. Company a 81 the Guards. IAe1t. J.
,. IovsH % Company D. or the Guards
and Lieut.. Aloon %. Johnston o. Company
j. 81 the Guards
Col Lawton went into greater detail
With The on GERS in discussing the reasons
shat had induced him 20 make The request
20 be placed upon the lisf 90 retired oaa-
GERS. His election es member ~ me Ex-
ccutve Board 90 the Central Railroad
some time ago meant tfnt Do would have
20 he absent a great deal from the City.
He has found that ,hle absence makes n
iTDpossible for him 20 look after the due
ucs 81 thc caIaue'rr 1a DO feels they
should De looked after. and the officers ~
ths Commute were assured that % was
with tho utmost regret that he ftit btm-
self compelled 20 take the action
II soon became generally known among
the Officers ~ che regiment that The com
mittee had not been auereesfu. This
Vas nor surprising 90 the majority as
they knew fun WON that 81 had only been
after mature elaboration that Col Law
fon ha4 taken such "a coIrse They uu-
derstood that he was not the man 10 pre-
cipitafcly and uradvacdly form such q
plan and that The plan. once formed. De
would not De likely to be moved
The question of Col Inwtou's eHceea-
sor was discussed among some of The Of
ncers. Wherever they rot faeethrr so
fwos or fHrees they talked - tho escees-
Fion. ard an agreed Tint % % HI'd 81 90
Lieut.. Col = s. Wylv. Jr Col Willy
ana VOL qualified 20 600 tnc position The
only question is as % Dds acceptance az
81 81 feared Tint he Win con idcr that
~ business vii not admit or his Hrsun-
INK the duties OF tho ColOuelev When
the Lieutenant coionricy was rendered him
81 was only boy dluf of the rrefteet per-
suasion that he wns induced 90 accept.
A. Lieutenant colouel. il WAS explained -
him. ne would have. little 90 10 save
draw his pay" II is hoped hy the off
GERS that some equally potent argument
may be brought to bear to make him take
the coloneles.
A telegram was sent a. Atlanta after
Che committee met Col Lawtou. aurounc-
fng that no success had attended the e.
Tort 90 induce MIN Go reconsider his ac-
;ion. This telegram WAS followed 10y a
letter last night. and the delay that was
asked So the cons liberation of Col Law
tons request viii not be- had.
Next Friday night meeting % the line
officers 90 the First Infantry viii be held
at the Regimoutai Armory for thc couaid-
Grafton Of tire vacant majority The Off
GERS OF tho Third Battalion. an Of whom
belong a. the out-of-town companies 81
the rec,meus. have an hecn notified thar
they may make their nomination Of cane
didate for major OF the Third Battalion.
and 81 s thoushi they wiz have been
heard from hy the dav SCI for the meet
ing j. Sc believed that the out-of-town
offcefs VIII concur ir the opinion thar 10
viii be- advisable Tor them 90 elect a Sa-
Vannah officer 90 ON tho vacancy.