The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-22
WILL DE FORTHCOMING FROM THE
SAVANNAH TEAM.
WILLIAMSON so DECLARES.
MEMBERS OF THE TEAM DISCUSS
HOPES CHARGES.

Unfair Treatment Accorded the
AtIantians Here i'm 19Oo-What MT
PhiIpOt Had to Say-Hussars In
diunant That Capt. Hope should
Have Dragged Them Into COntrO-
versy.
The reply of Capt. George M. Hope
of the Governors Horse Guard to Mai
w. w. Williamson, published in the
Morning News yesterday, caused SEN
sation. 1t was read with deep inter
est. and with even deeper interest. Sa-
vannahians and the people of the state
will await an answer from the Savan-
nah team.
Such an answer will be forthcoming,
and it is expected that it will eHec-
fuallv answer all the charges that are
made by Capt. Hope. For that mat
Ter, the allegations made by Capt.
Hope are not held to have any direct
bearing upon the real issue, which is
upon the recent trip of the Horse
Guard team to Sea Grit. The state
ments that he makes are regarded as
scarcely even Incidental.
Charges VIII BE Met.
Mai. w. w. Williamson, captain Of
The Georgia team defrauded and then
assailed at Sea Girt, said that an an
swer to Capt Hopes letter would be
made in due and proper time.
1.-THE answer will be full and COM
plete," said Maj. Williamson land
every charge that is made will be met
/ desire to confer with members OF
the team before the answer is pre-
pared, and until that time | do not
care to have anything to say"
Mai. Williamson had not received the
letter from Capt. Hope, not having
had an opportunity to go to the post
office during the day. 1t is in his mail,
probably, and will be read by him
when he reaches his office this morn
ing However, as the full text OF the
letter has already been published in
the Morning News, Maj. Williamson's
copy cannot bring him any additional
information. 1t is probable a confer
ence between prominent members or
the team will be held during the day.
and that at this the letter Will be
drafted
Col Jordan F. Brooks, vice captain
of the team, who was in actual COM
mand during the time of the unfortu-
nate occurrence at Sea Grit, observed
a similar reticence in the discussion
of the matter.
81 will say this" he said. mot a.
single charge made in the letter of
Mai. Williamson to Capt Hope has
been answered. and that the letter Of
the latter seems to me a palpable
evasion of the issue. Further than
this, l do not care to be quoted. Sa-
vannah's complete and indignant refu-
tation of the charges and insinuations
contained in Capt. Hopes letter will
be made at the proper time and
Through the proper channel" 49,
Capt. ]. c. Postell was a prominent
member of the Savannah team. He
was in attendance at Sea Grit in 1899,
as he was in former years, and his
knowledge of the rules and customs
observed there is thorough and com
plete. He was seen yesterday by a
representative of the Morning News, to
whom he talked freely of the allega-
tions made by Capt. Hope.
1.-The Savannahians were guilty of
no unsportsmanlike conduct" declared
Capt Postell. What they did was
nothing more than an examination, an
inspection of the skirmish run, and
that is permitted and expected. 1t is
the right and duty of every member
potent as possible to represent his state
and his organization. The range is
there, and he is not ordered to keer
off of it. AS matter of fact no
body does keep off the skirmish run
All the teams that visit Sea Grit make
a note of the distances that are likely
to obtain at the halts, and the Savan-
nahians did nothing more nor less
than their competitors.
nlaA
any secrecy, any dead-of-night inves.
tigation of the run, with dark lanterns
tape measure and what not. Nor did
1 ever hear that any of the Savan-
nahians requested the Horse Guard
team to fire into their targets at the
skirmish. AS a matter of fact, this
would not have been possible. The
rules forbid teams that has, appar.
emily, strong chance to win, or teams
from the same state. shooting at neigh.
boring sets of figures. Such a request
Therefore. would have been absurd, as
it could not have been acted upor
without imminent danger of discovery
by the range officer, who ran the team:
down the skirmish. When separated
by a distance of fifty feet or more
the officer could easily have detected
the cross fire. for, being in the rear
he could have observed that the rifle:
were not parallel in their aim.
No Unfair Treatment Here.
Capt. Hope is wrong about hi
teams alleged unfair and discourteou
treatment at Savannah in 1900. HI
misunderstands why fresh men wer,
entered in the carbine match for caval
ry troops against his own team, Will
mis- men were jaded and tired. H
should have recalled that three of tn
five in the regimental match, witt
rifles, were members of the staff of tn
First Regiment of Cavalry, and no
officers or enlisted men of the Georgii
Hussars, and, consequently, debarret
from entering the carbine match Whel
the time came for the carbine match, /
was a matter of necessity for the Hus
Sars to put three fresh men. member
OF their organization, in the match
letting them shoot with the two bona
5ide members VINO had participate
with the Horse Guard in the regimen
tai match.
1t is true that there was but a brie
interval between the conclusion Of tn
regimental match and the commence
ment of the carbine match. Capt Hop
consented 10 starting the carbln
match, however. for il was recognize
that it was necessary 10 hurry"
Capt w. w. Gordon. Jr., and othe
members Of the Georgia Hussars ar
indignant that their command shout
have been dragged into the Sea Gfr
controversy by Capt. Hope The
consider that this was entirely un
called for
fhfIpof's Explanation.
Mr. T q. Phiipot whom capt Hope
letter mentioned specifically ~ Rulit.
~ having paced or the distance 70
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