The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-08
THESE LETTERS RAISED. ....s ls
 TEMPEST IN STATE TROOPS
HigdOn-Kyle Correspondence Printed in Full for the First Time--C -COurtmartial is Based on
 the Kyle Reply.

the 18th instant. upon my return from
 New York. If I had desired to render you an excuse for not attending the last encampment, hardly had -sufflcient time ter. to which this is an answer. was
 not greatly surprised at receiving this letter from you. because have been ex-
 yeu yeuas ao resign s'ns my ofiiee of Lieatenans @
 Colonel ever since you were declared elected. You, of all men. know the req son why, but as others who may read this letter to not know, I shall briefly state some few reasons. so that any one who reads may be informed.
 First, during the Spanish-American war. when you had the misfortune to
 United States Volunteer Infantry. and your incapacity for such position had been demonstrated beyond all doubt, a s%sn p Mcleod MesSr Sow dsa
 and myself. rspresenting forty-ave out of the fifty commissioned officers of the
 regiment. requested you to resign as
 courage and capacity to fll the place. That you harbored this against me as an unpardonable sin. soon found out. You
 we'll remember that when the regiment
 wards, you, in defiance of army regula-
 tions, attempted to place upon the dis
 charges of Majors Smith, Mcleod and myself. na, and Of Chaplain stssimm0ns; sana,n and officers. You were deterred from do- ing this only by the threat of arrest and courtmartial. In taking advantage of your official position by attempting to dishonor men, the latches of whose shoes you were unworthy to unloosen, you act- ed in a mean, despicable and cowardly
 manner. After that, knew you for what you really are-what, in common parlance Is called a scrub.
 Second, In your recent race for the Colonelcy of the regiment. have been informed by three gentlemen who now some of your friends, in order to obtain votes for you, promised that would re- sign if you were elected, and that my given to a certain Captain now in the regiment. By the same officers. l was informed that some of your friends Tor you, in order to get votes for you, used Majors Huey and Parkes, and that their places were also traded in the same astute manner. I feel sure that this trading was done with your knoWiedge and consent. You are now trying to car ry out this unholy bargain. and as l did not resign as you expected, you are at tempting to force my resignation. All letter is a pretense and fraud. gotten up by poor actor attempting to dece.vs some one.
 "Before you were declared elected Colonel of the Regiment (and with all your trading. 1t is matter of grave doubt whether you were legally electedl, well knowing that no honor or credit could be expected while serving under you, had publicly stated that would resign. Many of the commissioned of ficers of the regiment requested me not to do so I promised them would nots hence it Is that von have been permit ted once again to take advantage of your official position to insult me. That you enjoy it I have no doubt but fling back in vour teeth the insults you have offered. No brave man, no gentleman. would have acted IS you have done, ana to show you that I do not fear you Tn any way, [ .positively refuse to resign
 ''YotlrI threat to bring this matter De- fore the Governor does not alarm me. for I am willing to appear before him, a or anywhere else and tell them what I know about you. l presume that you will be very much ofrended aI the contents of this letter. l hope so-iI Is written for that purpose. l hope your rhinoceros hide has at last been pune tured.
 Tt will be several days yet before I am required to be absent from home. IT YOU are personally dissatisfied with tnis letter, I will state that any communica- ton will reach me here if sent within the next six days. . -
 "I have taken a copy of this letter, so that if it becomes necessary or proper 70 do so, n can have it published at any 'iilsy i1lsSyiyredI 70 Kyle"