The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29

Great interest Is naturally taken fin the personnel of the court-martial which Is to hear the charges against lieutenant Colonel Kyle as well as in the officers who are personally involved. The olfi- ccrs composing the court have been long associated with the National Guard and are men of more than ordinary military experience. Two of them are lawyers and the other three are business men.
 Some trouble was experienced In secnrs Ing officers of the proper rank to detail' for service upon the Board. On account of the controversy being between the officers of that division of the service were ineligible. It WAS necessary to choose the COCit from among the officers of the rank of Lieutenant Colonel or higher grade as they are to hear charges aE .tinst an officer of that rank. The reg ulations provide that only in cases where. It Is absolutely essential for the good'ot' the service can an officer serve upon a court to try, the case of a defendant.FlIe. perior to his rank.
 IL is said that Governor Jelks did not desire that his staff officers should be .Gtailed upon the Board and with these officers excluded the commander-in-chief only had the Brigadier General and otfi- cers of the 1st and 2nd Infantry from which to choose. Brigadier General Clark upon his own application, was re- onel c. J, Hubbard of the 1st Infantry; was detailed as Judge Advocate. This left but three officers of equal grade with a Lieutenant Colonel. exclusive of the . Governors staff; and Major Edward Robinson of Mobile, who commands battalion of the 1st Infantry, was de- tailed for service upon the Court. Lieu tenant Colonel Kyle 1t is said. insisted upon full court of five officers. and in order to complete the co4lrt Governor Jelks. 1t is understood reluctantly ap- pointed Lieutenant Colonel Charles $. Mcdowell, Jr.. one of his stan ohlcers to make the fifth officer.
 Colonel Robert B. ,duMont of Mobile, who, by reason .of his seniority as an of- ficer, will be- the President of the court martial, is one Of the best known officers well known in the business and social life of the State. Colonel duMont com mands the 1st Infantry. the aheadquar- ters of which is in the Gulf City He was a Major in the 2nd Alabama Volt'n- teer Infantry during the Spanish-Amer- 'l celohsl R 3, duMont,
 Many years ago edloAels au M6rh as a mere slip of a boy was the prize drill man" of the old Mobile Rifle Company bama by winning prizes throughout the United States in the once popular mili- tary contests. To be the best drilled man in the best drilled company was no mean honor in those days. and the fame of Private dn Mont spread through out the country. '~s
 In later years he sera'e 'e ls Captain of the company with which he was SO long associated and by gradual promotion re- ceived the commission which he now .holds as commander of the 1st Infantry. He is regarded by officers of the Ma tlonal Guard as being one of the best informed men on military tactics, eVolu- tion and law in the State.
 Colonel du Mont has a large insurance and real estate business In Mobile and Is one of the foremost and most prog ressive young men of Alabama's quaint
 Colonel Eugene H. Graves.
 Colonel Eugene II. Graves of Eufaula, is the commanding officer of the End In- fantry of which Montgomery is the headquarters He is the junior Colonel of the Board Of COurt-martial and not withstanding he is said to be the young est man who ever held such high rank in the State Guard he Is regarded by his military associates as being one of the safest officers in the State military.
 Colonel Graves began hls military ca reer as a private in the Eufaula Rifles. He was commissioned q Lieutenant In that company and volunteered as l Lieutenant at the outbreak of the Span ish-American war. Soon after the com panv reached Mobile he was elected by the men to command the company and continued in this capacity until the End Alabama Volunteers. of which his com pany was a part. was mustered out Of service. tH-
 Upon the reorganization of the 2nd In7I fantry. Colonel Graves was elected al Major and commanded the second bat