The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-12
NO TROUBLE ABOUT BILL.
GUARDS WILL M CHANGED TO
HEAVY ARTILLERY THIS WEEK.


senator Cam " ired That lie Antici-
pated Practically No Trouble From
Now On-BIn VIII go TO the House
with the Unanimously Favorable
Report of Committee ON uiiitasy
AnRirs-MiIitary Wen Wire In
dorsement Of the Mea-ure-Coi.
Obear's Opposition Fsxcite- Won
der-He Had Allowed Officers of
the Guards to Think lie Would Not
Oppose the BiIi.
The Morning News dispatches from At
lanta announce this morning that the
bill Transforming the Savannah Volunteer
Guards Battalion from iufantry 20 heavy
artillery viii probably be put upon It's
passage in the House q Representatives
to-day, with the favorable report Of the
House Committee on Military Affairs.
Officers Of the battalion received tele-
grams to the same effect last night. one
from Senator j Ferris Cam being IN sub
stance as follows:
Unanimous recommendation from Com
mittee on Military Affairs. Apprehend
practically no trouble from now on"
Previous kilograms from the members
% the Chatham delegation 50 the General
Assembly TO officers OF the Guards con-
Armed the report thar Col W. @. Ohear
Inspector general. had bitterly opposed .
favorable recommendation by the commit
tee ana had induced several Atlanta Off
GERS TO como before the committee and
do tine same thing. These kilograms dii
not say. upon what Col. Obcar based his
objections. nor in what manner he recon
ciied his present course with what be-
has had TO say or ,he subject "a the
very recent past.
The unanimous report which the com.
mittee viii present IN favor OF the bills
adoption. was doubtless aided hy tele-
grams sent yesterday by men prominent
in the military life Of Savannah. alb of
which strongly urged the wisdom ana de-
STABILITY OF It's passage
These telegram were 20 the general
effect that the passage o. che bin was
Of vital Importance TO the corps which
bad served Georgia faithfully fJT r!asiy
nine years. They discussed the interest
OF the state IN the bail. as o. would pio-
vide for better coass defense. They
called attention 10 the fact shat she
corps was now engaged iu an almost
heroic attempt 10 rise 90 its Oil prestige
and efficiency and save the armory prop
erty FOR itself and the state one Of them
concluded as follows: we beg House
20 pass this bill and thus enable this
ancient and honorable corps 10 enter upon
Its second century determined 20 make
Il more glorious than its first
Hon. Fleming G. duBgnon. who Is IN
Atlanta az present. was wired hy the Off
GERS Of tho Guards 10 take charge Of tho
matter before the committee ana of tho
campaign % secure the bills adoption hy
the House These various measures seem
70 have had a good effect on the commit
tee and there Is no doubt entertained hero
that the bin Will very soon possibly to-
day. become a law. II has already bsen
passed by the Senate and Gov Gambler
hiss said he would sign Il as soon as 10
reached him.
The course Col obear has pursued IN
this matter excites tho wondering admir-
alton. II not approba ton. OF the ofh .crs
OF the Guards who witness his meteorlc
change OF base with opeu-eyed amaze
ment
when Col Obear was candidate for
adiutant general. a short time ago" said
en- officer Of the battalion Yesterday. he
wrote a letter TO Maj. Thomas Screven
commanding the battalion. On which he
discussed this very subject He wrote
Mai scrcven that his attitude towards
the Guards had been entirely mlsuudef
stood and that he had never antagonizsd
them nor sought 10 antagonize them He
stated in this letter that he had no in
tcnfion Of making any fight against the
Guards or the measures which the corps
advocated. and that II the Legislature
passed che bin Transforming the battalion
into heavy artillery. q would be his pleas.
urc. as well as his duty. to DO an that
he could TO carry the law into effect
well, the officers 81 the Guards dld
not see n 20 give their support 90 Col.
Obear's aspirations. as We distinctly d.d
not think that he was the man for tine
place. when we were trying 10 secure tho
passage Of the bill now pending We did
not go 30 Col. Ohcar. but directly 10 the
Governor and adiutant general
Possibly. he feels aggrieved. At any
rate he has not kept 10 the position iu
this matter which. 20 saw the least OF it.
he allowed us TO think he occupied when
be wanted our influence Co advance his
aspirations.
we are not a. oil disturbed. said this
officer. some OF the kilograms We have
received from Atlanta say that Col Obear
Is strongly opposing the bin. but none
Of them say his opposition has been
strong. The unanimous favorable report
Of the committee encourages as 10 believe
that his opposition viii not count for
much before the House"