The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-20
Announcement Was 9
 Surprise. SOLDIERS PARED BADLY Commissary Was Lacking
 During First Days. Communicated Men win Not Talk But Reginental Politics Has Bearing on wholesale Clearance of
 wesrers of Shoulder
SOLDIERS PARED BADLY

"The resignation of the majority of the members of the stan or the tne Ino @ eeived are hsSewifh fiji asespted ana l vacancy declared in the eptire staff"
 Such was the form of 2 general snd Sra
 rsaS 0n ra%n ssf0Ts ap hs Srsss cers and men of tho regiment as well Mh the erfss meant eSas o
 flee upon the stan of Colonel Graves, commanding the regiment. was va'
 What brought about the sudden ac- tion of the officers is not known with definition. It is a matter which con ticuiarly and the uniformly declined to discuss the resignations in any way. It is generally believed that the res. ts. wshoiesaie ,shnaitsnis nsasee Mas nesus of the com. Conduct of one or two of the regimen. eompaint 1nlsS Say' %s. made % is %senaily known among some of the regular ds;a;Is yislsoos If the complaints nothing definite is known. But for the resignation of the stan in a body attention would hard Iy have been drawn to those com'
 A line oncer said yesterday that that the complaints by no means e4ecteo onel Graves stan. He said that the
 officers of the stan called for criticism
 frfn is sni thersfore S%ssss, supposed that ths
 might be a complete reorga nizaticn of
 Braves ehs ssan misha sha have ef1s. free hand remedying any defects in the adminis-
 trative work of the regiment. This IS for the wholesale resignations as 1t IS
 known that with one or two possipie
 exceptions there has been no frictnon
 and members of his stan. On the con-
 trary it Is known that with these one
 ar two exceptions perfect hhar,mony ha,1nay the commanding oficer and his assis- tants. .
 Mij,sms0Pa Major sioR%s saoRssns suraeon: aa
 M romsr, isrro oua5fenmasaey eammissary captain If. o. Adams. Chaplain. Saptain J.
 Hunt TayloT IpsgsGt9r of sbeehan Risis fS- Friedman. Ordnance omcer: 1GaPtain B. s. Chapman. and Captain J. w. Ken drick, Assistant Surgeons. The men of the regiment who were were less reserved than the officers when , questioned said that the coluPiaas.. .. of feff the W week was directed to the feed; ing arrangements of the regiment alo i to circumstances which. they say. r'v made . soys soms of of asm camp e Gray. 1t was further } said by them that realizing these t de, .
 fects in this impGtrtsabns ant .Hp5isffativs depa5itmenti work of this particular department. In the pitching of the camp. 1,pI;,.,a. in its ts
 early hours g. taers to and in eSery ' to get things to moving without fric;,
 tion It was in these ss4 sariy tbat aay ythings @ ments ment ~'S of the End. l The defects were remedied in the first ; two days of camp and additional off . cers were detailed to assist in the mui. : titudinous details connected With tne ,,
 feeding of the regiment, ',nih Sineg ~n,Gn com, - time there have been no furthere com i plaints or criticisms. Al. -. It was intimated yesterday that h tht
 possibility that Col E. a ot;au Graves ,a mifh th. . Colonefcy of the regiment had pear . ing upon the situation out Of whicf
 grew the wholesale resignation Of the ~ staff officers. Graves May Re Opposed.
 It Is believed that the officers fel' ? that if criticism of the work Of mem . bers of Colonel Gravess stan was peine . used by his opponents as an argument a
 best solution of the issue was the re- |. sfgnation of the stan in body. It Il 8 said that the officers of the staff fell f that under no circumstances would they | consent to remain an issue in the cam u paign, because charges of incompetence 7 or carelessness had been made agains
 one or two phases of the work of thu . stan. ~ o.
 will expire in September, at which tint
 a slsston The ~ seec,on ss of the eolone is made by the line officers of the reg
 iment. that is. the lieutenamts and cap
 tain; of eaes Tes.srdap eompah byousht to light
 too. the additional development tha i. some of the line officers were endeav n t en to become a candidate. It is sait ! that Colonel Bricken has discouraged ] talk of his candidacy from the outset {. friend. Loner Our reiations have been close J; cordial and personal. Under n9 d cir T, . for the colonelcy in opposition to Col i. The officers of the companies who ar' t of the o 2nd. s iRpH t is said, have been work q ing to the end that sufficient vote T should be cast for Colonel Bricken |. e should vote for him anyhow and cleo = him in the face of his declaration tha
 he could not refuse an off1ce that cam
 in such a way.
 a This matter is not a new one. how 2. ever and while 1t developed at caml l. 1t was known to be working amont
 the officers before the regiment wen
 into camp At that time criticism
 the work of any staff officer had no
 been made. It Is said by some mem
 bers of the regiment that most of tn
 criticism of the management of som
 of the departments came from thos n who wanted a change In the head of tn
 regiment, TO leave a clear field for tn e regimental politics to work themselve a out the staff officers stepped down an n out.
 a The former officers of Colonel Graves l. staff who were in camp yesterday even e ing will remain until the work O
 breaking camp, packing the equipmen Q and tents Is done. They will help unti Is the regimental work of this particula l. camp Is completed.
 a The breaking up of Camp Gray bega l. yesterday morning. The first compan O to leave was Company c. of Selma
 which departed for its home station a s. o'clock yesterday morning. In tn n afternoon Company B, of Birmingham l. left for It's home station.
 l. Schedule.
 l. The schedule by which the othe ,- companies of the regiment will leav d today is as follows:
 r. Company F. Tuscaloosa. Captain Col
 Tier, leave 10:45 a. m. Mobile and Ohi
 arrive home 2:45 ?: m.