The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-11
.HUSSARS' OFFICERS
CUNNINGHAM, GORDON AND con-
STANTINE WE'RE CHOSEN.
NO PROTEST WAS MADE.
THOUGH VETERAN AND COUNTRY
MEMBERS DID NOT VOTE.

Capt. c. A. l.. Cunningham, First
Lieutenant w. ". Gordon, Jr., and
Second Lieutenant II. p. COnstan-
tine Will Vow Be the Officers of
the Georgia Hussars-Capt. A. Minis
Did Not Allow the Use of His Name
for the Captaincy-SerGt. ]. silver
berg Retired From the Race in
Favor of Sergt. Constantine.
First Lieutenant c. A. L. Cunningham
of the Georgia Hussars was last night
elected to the captancy; Second Lieu
tenant W w. Gordon, Jr.. became first
lieutenant and First Sergeant R. P. Con-
stantine was made second lieutenant.
No protest of the election was made. It
was thought not improbable that there
would be one as several of the veteran
members construed the law differently
from the Adjutant General and thought
that they were entitled 10 vote. The Ad-
jutant General however held that only
the officers and enlisted men of the troop
were qualified to vote. and this shut out
the veteran and country members. who.
under the rules and regulations of the
Georgia Hussars, which antedate the mil
itary act, are given the franchise.
A protest may yet be made. but it is
thought improbable that the members
dissenting from the ruling of the Ad-
jutant General will take this step. 1t is
said that as matter of form, had it
been the programme to contest the cleo
ton, the proper action would have been
for some member of the country or vet
eran class TO have offered to vote. The
managers of the election would then have
been compelled to deny him the privi-
lge. and the ground for the protest would
have been strengthened.
Thirty-seven of the members of the
troop. thirty-fve enlisted men and two
officers, voted. The vote, when counted.
showed thirty for Capt. c. A L. Cunning
ham, thirty-fve for First Lieutenant w.
W. Gordon, Jr twenty-nine for First
Sergeant r. P Constantine, and eight for
Sergt. Isidore Silverberg.
Capt. A. Minis adjutant of the First
Cavalry. had been prominently mentioned
for the captaincy, and one or two other
names had been used in connection with
the vacancy. Capt. Minis was never in
any sense a candidate, however, and he
let it be understood as soon as he learned
that a campaign in his favor had been
started that he would not be a candidate,
requesting that no votes be cast for him.
Lieut.. Gordon had no opposition. Sergt.
Silverberg withdrew from the race when
he learned that Sergt Constantine, now
in New York would probably return TO
the city. Sergt. Silverberg allowed the
use of his name under the impression that
Sergt. Constantine would remain in New
York, where he has been for some weeks
as a representative of the Ocean Steam
ship Company.
The election was managed by Capt. ].
T. West of the Savannah Cadets, Capt.
C. II. Richardson, quartermaster of the
First Infantry, and Lieut.. James Butner
of the Oglethorpe Light Infantry. The
polls opened at S;15 and closed at 1015
o'clock.
Capt. Cunningham has been a member
of the HussaTs since 1886. though he was
connected with the command for several
years before. His rise has been through
all the grades. Lieut.. Gordon, too, has
risen through the intermediate steps, and
Lieut.. Constantine has long beeen re-
garded as one of the most efficient of the
non-commissioned officers of the troop