The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-11-09
BARRY RAISES ROW
Scores Georgia Troops in His
Official Report.
"CAMP, WAS A DISGRACE"
Criticism Rifles Anderson, obea''
Grayson and Others Who Declare
Georgians are Done Grave
Injustice.

"The Georgia regiment was not
up to the standard Of the others. Al
though it did no more marching or
work than other egiments of the brig
ado it failed to turn out to the re-
view. The sanitation of its camp was
disgraceful and showed marked mat
tention on the part of all concerned,
especially it's officers. 1t is a pTovls'
ional regiment-all the officers and
men were never together before and
never expected TO be again. 1t has
neither permanency, tradition nor MS
tory connected with it, and such or
carnations should never be sent to
the maneuvers."
This statement from the official re-
port to the war department of Gen
eral Thomas G. H. Barry, Of Atlanta,
commanding the Department OF the
Gulf, who commanded the brigade at
Thoroughfare, Va, in which the Sec
ond Provisional Georgia was assign
ed has TIRED up the Atlanta officers
and Col. Clifford Anderson, Col. W. q.
Obear and Major E. E. Pomeroy are
back at the general in no uncertain
terms.
The officers are not at all pleased
with the report of General Barry,
which was made to the war depart
ment, and Colonel Anderson has made
a warm reply to the statements OF the
general. in which he intimates pretty
strongly that General Barry got mad
because the Second Georgia did not
participate in the review. Inspector
General w. G. Obear of the Georgia
state troops, also takes issue with
General Barry, saying that the Geor-
gia soldiers are all right, General Bar
ry to the contrary, Notwithstanding.
Lieutenant Colonel w L. Grayson,
who commanded the Savannah troops
in the camp, goes so far as to say
that the conduct Of General Barry
was not above criticism, and that the
general was continually cursing in
camp with the slightest apparent
provocation.
Late dispatches from Savannah in
dicated that it was thought in mill
tary circles that Colonel Grayson, by
his criticism Of General Barry has laid
himself liable to court martial, az
General Barry was Colonel Graysons
superior officer at Manassas. Devel-
opment along this line will be watch
ed with interest.
General Barry's Report.
The report of General Barry was
printed in The Army and Navy Jour-
nal and in part read as follows:
"The work Of the volunteer troops
Of this brigade in these maneuvers
have exceeded all expectations. They
entered into the work and prosecuted
it with a willingness and spirit very
inspiring. They made forced marches
night and day, wading streams in
marching in attack without hesitation
and enduring all hardships and pri-
vations without complaint. 1t is to
be regretted that a few days couk1
not be devoted to preliminary instruc-
ton and that the maneuvers were
rushed to completion from beginning
to end without any time for rest,
making them very strenuous and ex-
acting. even for the thoroughly train
ed troops l cannot speak in too
high terms of the work of all the
troops in the brigade in the maneI-
vers proper and the cordial relations
that existed between the regulars and
national guard The third battalion,
Ninth United States infantry, corn
manded by Major Frank B. Jones.
we're models Of soldierly efficiency in
all respects and did much to comply
fully with all orders and instructions.
The Georgia regiments were well dis
ciplined, and made every endeavor to
comply fully with all orders and in
structions. The Georgia regiment was
not up to the standard of the others.
Then follows the above quotation.