The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-12
Investigated and Returned
 a Report.
cIaimed That Statements Made ny The Advertiser Were Not Well Tsunded--A Further state-
 ment of the Matter. 4

4 .ovon,,tea of officers of the 3rd in- <artrv Alabama National Guard, raised fo investigate the disorderly conduct or men of that regiment yesterday made remarkable report in which a sweeping denial is made of statements published oy The Advertiser.
 The result of the committees investisa- ton Is so surprising to the citizens or Montgomery and so reflects upon the motives of The Advertiser that the com nittee is herawith given the benetit of the investigation made by <his paper
 Report offohicers.
 The report made bytthe committee is as follows:
 ssIn the issue of The Montgomery Adver- ftser published on July 10th there appear a an article entitled Soldiers of srd in' eantry Throw Camp into Disorder. This article contained so many inaccurate statements, so many statements absolute ay without Foundation. and so many mis- leading statements. the whole article In fact being misleading. that the under signed committee was appointed at an of- xscers' meeting of the 3rd regimenttof the Ala!baam National Guard to investigate fully the statements made in such article and to make a proper answer to the same.
 'The companies composing the srd ,n- xAnLfy ALTtNc4 AI Ak4NuR Si1AaAk 0A sttp afternoon of the SthfofJuly at 4:30 o'clock. No provisions had Mbeen made for sleep ing, other than thettents oeing in place. The men were not able to secure any sleeping accommodations that evening other than the ground, and on this ac' count the majority of the men compos' ing the regiment were forced either to stay awake during the first night or else to sleep upon the ground; on account o1 this fact and on account of t being ths 6rst night and as is taiways the case in any camp on the nrtst night, there was some disorder on this occasion.
 This disorder commenced, sotwe 9eurd upon investigation. at 2 o'clock a. m. h was commenced pyJ two civilians. who were arrested ard whose names were ascertained to be iCiaud Adams and John Epiers. being the Nsame parties who gave Hheir names to theAcourt martial upon the next day as T. ]. Hsndefaon and A. B. Johnson These nsen were arrested with soldiers for being engaged in gambling and were carried to- the guard house where they were confned. Upon being placed there, so our infeemafion Is, they atarted a disorder which extended to the soidiers who were confined with them and somewhat out into the camp. This disorder consisted. principally in loud talking and yelling and the hitting of tha tents with flaps.
 Were Boufd andtGaggnd.
 "As soon as the disorder became ee uronouuced as to cause disturbance in camp the officer of the guard promptly ordered assembly sounded and the dis order was by him squelched and terrni- mated by o'clock. lasting only Nan hour. Tn order to terminate the same he was forced, as q last resort. to 6indf tha citi- zens under arrest anA tp bind fand gag some of the soldiers.
 aIn regard to the camp being placed near the Sanitarium, this fact was not known to the officers q men inSthe camp until the next day. and since it has been known the behavior Of the mon has been exceptionally good for q military camp. The charge made fin the article publish ed, that the guard detail was helpless to quiet the soldiers and the officers were unwilling to use drastic measures is false.
 ''The charge made that numerous com plaints have been made on account of the eoldierss conduct is misleading. as there have only been two complaints made, the one by Dr. Watkins of the Sanitarium and the one by Mir. Wilder of Wadsworth for shooting on the incoming train. As tc 4he first complaint above referred to. as stated above, on the first night t wal not known that the camps were adjoinips Ganitarium. In regard to the second complaint, that Of Mr. Wilder, court pe inquiry has been appointed and is nov