The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-23
Refuses to Be Bounced.

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Adjutant General Bowman was for
malIy notified yesterday morning OF MS
removal from the state guard. and at
the same time Colonel tfeogheEdn re-
ceiVed letter signed by Governor Cut
Ter. cCmmander-in-chief. that he had
been appointed to perform the duties Of
adJutant general until further notice
Bowman refuses to be fired from the
office of adjUtant general and says that
he intends to remain IN the guard winch
pays his office rent. The meeting at
which this action was decided was held
"Wednesday morning at the Desert I'd
uOnal bank Besides Governor Cutler
Senator Reed SmOot and several others
were present
Every effort will be made on my part
to bring about harmony between the Of
Ter has seen fit 10 appoint me to the OIL
flee Of adiutant general, Colonel Geo
Shegan said yesterday 1.-THE guard IS
at present IN a critical condition and
practically in a state of diSOTgauiZatIOn.
ne continued. but I believe that in a
short time all the trouble will be set
tied l have not taken the appointment
permanently. but only to perform the
work of adjutant general until the right
man is found for the position / intend
to employ a competent young man with
military training to take charge Of the
minor details of the office and allow him
the salary attached to the position
What the Governor Says.
Governor Cutler said last night that
ne had not considered the appointment
of d bTigadieT general but would do so
as soon as other matters were straight
ened ont"
The appointment Of Colonel Google
gan to the office Of adjutaut general in
place of General Bowman Is only tenn
Dorary-' be said Just what steps VIII
be taken in the reorganization OF the
guard / an unpTepdred TO say tt j. q
question at the present Of bringing the
Officers Of the guard into harmony and
- ,,
on q solid basis The new quarters OF
the guard have not been selected so far
but we have two or three good offers
which viii be considered IN a day or
two.
The Officers Who Quit.
The members of the staff of Brisadier
General Sam c. Park whose designations
also went into effect were as follows
Lieutenant Colonel J. .. NystrOm. as
SlStant adiUtant general. Major T.. n
tenant Colonel Z. V. Smith. assistant in
SpectOr general: Lieutenant Colonel
Frank -Moyie. inspector of target DTaC-
tee Major J. F Grant and Major \ L.
Thomas. jT.. aides. Major James Ingebret-
sen. Judge advocate
Most of the men on the staff are old
members Of the guard and have several
years of good service to their credit It
Is understood that as soon as BTigadier
General Park handed II his resignation
they rendered their resignation from the
staff 1t is expected however. that some
Of them viii remain in the service Of
the guard
A number Of the line officers expressed
their opinion that the removal Of General
Bowman from the Gudrd would help con
SiGeTa bic in STRENGTHENING out matters
Although most of them regretted that the
resignation Of Brigadier General Park
had been accepted they believe f will
bring about peace in the present situa-
ton. II is understood that several other
officers intend 10 hand in their resigEa-
lions. but Governor Cutler said that none
had been received.
All Line Officers May Quit
On top of the resignation of Bricadier
General s - Park and the election of
AdiUtant General James N. Bowman
from office ana Of the notice given the
y. G. L TO vacate the armor-- by july J.
comes = climax Jn3t NAV result ir Tho
nothing less than proposal that all line
officers hand in their designations at
once
This means that All captains and first
and second liCvteD3ntS would surrender
office With this. Of course. the state
The line Officers are waveriDE between
what they consider their duty to them
selves and the real sentiment Of the ua-
tiOnaI guard. and what they consider
they owe to the State-tO do all in their
power to make the national guard an
efficient one. Between these two calls
they will decide 81 meeting to be held
some time this week
An officer gave I as his ODI1,J1 last
night that If the line officers stayed in
line il would be entirely because of their
devotion to the states interests and not
because of their personal likes or views
IN the matter.