The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-11-15
ROOSEVELT REFUSES TO
COMMISSION CRAWFORD.
CHESTEK MAN. BROKEN ENGAGE
MENT BRINGS HIn >EVEKE JERK
The Brave Young 'sOidisr's onUuct Unbo.
coming GentlenAn gninst tho
Intetests or tho Service.
baltimore Sun I


Roosevelt has decided that a man
who Jllts girl is not eutitled to ap.
., polntm 9At III Clio ur.ny isiI tnat uch
q conduct may be properly termed con-
4 trary to the best interest of the SER
vice. He has therefore, refused to
appoint former Capt. William p.
Crawford, of Chester, S. c., a second
#lieutenant in the regular army and
thereby satisfies the girls friends,
who have made it II determined fight
against the man receiving commits
sion.
There is nothing against young
Crawford on file save the fact that
he refuses to marry the young wo-
man to whom he was engaged, and
there would have been no obst acle 10
ssshis appointment had not the young
woman permitted her relatives to
SProtest against his selection. The
& case has caused considerable stir at
the war department where it was
given serious attention by the Off
cials and finally sent to the White
n .9ilHEou House for the presidents action.
;.8 Crawford served during the war
with Spain as captain of Volunteers
&and had creditable record and was
Slated for appointment last summer
g9Sas second lieutennaut of Infantry
along with hundreds of other Young
&ot1ieers survins in the Philippines.
He became engaged to Miss Rebecca
8Douglas, of Camden S. q. The
wedding day was named, the cards
were issued and presents began to
sSbe received. 1t was said that Craw-
ssford, who was the publisher of a
81 S%Ssmall newspaper in his town tc d his
Safriends that unless he was appointed
&he could not marry. His influence
in Washington seemed to insure his
%selection and all plans were there
fore completed for the event. Sud.
denly Crawford changed his mind
aasd toldfthe mother Of the young
Woman that he would not marry her
daughter and it is charged that he
her no acceptable reason.
N Then it was that pressure was
brought On the authorities here to
,reyent his being commissioned on
the ground that mo true southern
gentleman" would discard a young
ady,and if he was guilty of such
onduct he WAS not entitled to asso.
sjwith officers Of tho army. The
politicians and other Influential peo
pie ofsSouth Carolina took the case
Sup and Brought it directly to the
q Presidents attention. A number of
the delegations visiting here in re-
gard to the federal patronage Sof the
State have also incidently informed
ePresident that they d,d not de-
eyoung Crawford appointed in
sarmy.
The case is believed by the war
department officials to be the first on
record where protest against the se-
lection of an applicant for commits
stoned rank has been based on these
grounds. Lately the wife of school
teacher 3ent to Manila asked that
the authorities prevent her husband
from leaving the country, but it was
held the case was not one calling
for official interference. The navy
department is frequently appealed
to by young women who potest
against the unfaithful conduct of
sailors jilting them, bnt the authori
tis adher to the we'll accepted theory
that a sailor man is entitled to have
sweet heart in every port and that
the government cannot undertake to
discipline jackies who fail to keep
their engagement promises.