The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-09
THIRD. REGIMENT OFFICERS
 TO BE ELECTED MAY "A

regiment, confirming the agreement. and stating that harmony and reorganization
 shf k. esrs sst sSS the of the regiment was as follows: Lieuten- ant Colopel to succeed Colonel Oyceola Kyle. Major F. P. Mcconnell of Taila- dssa: for Major io succeed Major T, q, John H. Bankhead. Jr.. of Jasper for Major of the Second Battalion to sue ceed Major W. J. Parkes, Captain J. L.. Daniels of Anniston: for Major of the Third Battalion to succeed Major H. H.
 Mcconnell. Captain R. E. Simpson of
 wP. Mcconn4 who is to he elected Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment; Is not to be confused with Major H. H. Mc- Conneii who was a field officer of the 3rd and firm supporter of Colonel Htg- don. The prospective Li-ntenant Coionei is from Tailadega and holds the rank ot
 Major on the stan of General Louis V' Clark.
 The harmony agreement was the result. 1t Is said, of correspondence between the line officers of the regiment rather than by formal meetings although certain of the prominent officers in the interests oi various companies. When the proposed ticket as published above was decided up- on it met with the favor of thirty of the line officers who are pledged, 1t IS saiu. to vote for 1t in the coming election.
 The way to harmony in the 3rd was not an easy one. At stormy meeting held in Birmingham several weeks ago the Kyle faction appeared to be the strongest and organized the meeting by Hisdon followers v6ited. The of ficer who remained in the meet, ing agreed ,upen r... ,or tiekst iasatenant ,sS Colonel and Major T; T. Auey for rann, no, productive of the longed for harmony ana finally Majors Parkes and Huey request- ed the withdrawal of their names rom any proposed ticket and announced tnat they were out of military.
 The harmony workers then set to work to arrange a ticket which should inciude the name of Captain Charles l.. Ledoetter of Birmingham for one Of the vacant Ma
 jorities. Captain Ledbetter was nrm i
 friend of Colonel Higdon and for this
 reason he was opposed to the Kyle men. The Birmingham companies. however.
 stood by him to the last ana IL IS sac 2 that the Birmingham officers never did sign the harmony agreement because his name was not on the slate for one of the Majorities. Major H. H. Mcconnell of Decatur was not put upon the ticKet TOT the same reason that operated against Captain Ledbetter. namely, that ne was On the harmony ticket the friends of Colonel Kyle have every place with the possible exception of one. Major McCon- nell of Talladega is said to have beeen neutral in the controversy between Col onel Higdon and Colonel Kyle with per sonai leaning toward the Bfrmingham man. Every other man on the ticket was friendly to Colonel Kyle but none of them were partisan. The line officers showed plainly their objections to accepting the names of any men who had been actively partisan on either side of the unfortun- ate controversy.
 It Is firmly believed in military circles that Colonel Higdon will be restored to the command of the 3rd Regiment. Cover
 nor Jelks has not announced that he will reinstate Colonel Higdon, nor has he said that he would not do SO. It Is point
 ed out by military men that the regi-
 ment cannot be partially reorganized. The regiment is to he entirely reorgan-
 ized and 1t means without doubt the res toration to duty of the commanding off, cer. It has been predicted that when the
 order promuigating the result of the
 election to be held on the 24th of May Is issued an order restoring Colonel Hig- don to his command will go with it.