The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-19
TEAM FOR SEA GRIT
uAS BEEN AUTHORIZED BY GOV
TERRELL.
SECURED 81 A. e. LAYTON.
HE HAS GUARANTEED FUND NEG
EssARY TO SEND THE TEAM.

Adiutant General Has Issued Order
Tnstructing Col. George t. Cam
IN pick Team to Represent GeOr-
aia in National Trophy Contests.
These to Take Place Sept. and o.
Team Will Consist of Twelve
Members and Two Alternates.
Uniformity Text Book Law to BE
Put in Eject TO-day-Win Involve
Expense of About 100000.
Atlanta, Aug. 1S.-Adjt. Gen. Robert
son issued an order to-day directing
Col. George T. Cam, inspector general
of rife practice, to select team to
represent Georgia at the coming ma
tionaI trophy contests at Sea Girt, N. j.
The order was issued after confer
ence with Gov Terrell, at which Col.
A. R. Lawton of Savannah was pres
ent. Col. Lawton was here to-day and
took the matter up with the Governor.
The result was the special order, direct
ing Col. Cam to select the team to
90 to Sea Girt for the contests on
Sept. and 9, the expense to be paid
out of Georgias allotment of funds
by the federal government under Sec
ton IA of the recent military act.
Gov. Terrell said he could not pay
the expenses of the team out of the
state military fund. and that the money
would have to come from the states
allotment from the general government.
He said he did not know how the
money was going to be secured from
that source.
Col Lawton promptly stated that he
would guarantee it, and that the Off
GERS would look out for the expense
of the team, waiting for reimburse
ments until the funds should be forth
coming from the government. On this
understanding the order was issued.
TAesteanr1W 4g consist of twelve men
and two alternates.
The State Board of Education, COM
posed Of the Governor, State School
Commissioner, Controller General, At
torney General and Secretary of State,
will hold a meeting tomorrow for
the purpose of setting in motion the
machinery of the uniformity text book
act.
The board will advertise for bids,
and will send notice accompanied by
a copy of the law to every book pub
fishing concern in the country. The
bids must be submitted within thirty
days with samples of the books Of
fered. The bids win not be opened
at once but the samples, will first be
submitted to a text book commission
to be appointed by the state board,
and each one of the five members of
this commission will submit an indi-
Vidual report on the books investigated.
The State Board will then open the
bids, and will decide about Nov. 1,
what books shall be used for period
of five years They will base their
conclusions both on the quality of the
book and the price bid. This law APP
plies only to the rural schools, or the
common schools outside of incorporat-
ed or chartered, school districts, nor
does it affect city school systems, never
theless, it is estimated the change will
involve an expense of about 100000,
and the purchase of something like g.
100000 books.
Gov Terrell to-day appointed six
teen delegates to attend the Sixth An
ing Congress to be held at Deadwood
and Lead, S. D. Among them were
Prof. S. w. McCallie, assistant state
geologist, and Charles Tiff, of Albany.
All of the other delegates are from
North Georgia counties