The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-23
WANT NEGROES
 MUSTERED OUT Opposed to Blacks in Mill- tary Service.
 OFFICERS SIGN PETITION
 Serious Charges Against Capital City Guards.
 White Soldiers Declare Band of Only Negro Company in state Played l o0A..ixA Tune-ofhex Charges Preferred.

The enlisted band of the Capital City Guards. the negro military, com- pany of Montgomery and the only ne. ne. State made the mistake of marching up Dexter Avenue Sunday night play ing. Hang Jeff Davis to Sour Ap- Is making to have the company mus tered out of the States service.
 A petition was circulated yesterday and largely signed by officers ana exs s officers of the Alabama National Guard asking that the company be mustered
 The members of the negro company claim that the band was playing The Battle Hymn of the Republic" the words to which were written by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. The National Guard officers. who are asking that the com Is and always has been a reproach to the South. They assert that original ly the air belonged with the words of THees that 1s they Reys are to idented Rets those words and with none other. They assert that Mrs. Howe heard the union soldiers singing the song on the march ing tune that had been so popular with the Federal soldiers. It is asserted further that the victorious Federals when the war had ended and in the ticular air hateful to the South for all times.
 Other Reasons Cited.
 The petition sets out other reason as to why the negro company should be mustered out of the National Guard but there is no doubt that the petition culated if the negro band had not marched up Dexter Avenue playing the air.
 The Capital City Guards returned Park Sunday night and 1t was on the homeward march to its armory that the tune was played.
 It is not charged that the members or that they have committed any overt act. but four different reasons of another nature are given in the peti- ton as to why the company should be mustered out of the service.
 nesFo o band nt played she hateful air on the tis1tsr Cradle feo"ti of the confederaey.
 It is said further In the petition that the Capital City Guards has no right to exist under the Iaw. Lne sne three infantry regiments. The peti- tion declares that the three infantry regiments are in existence and that separate and distinct company.
 1t is further alleged that the off, cers and ex-off1cers of the National men who are not qualified to hold com- missions, the additional assertion be- ing made that the officers of the negro company are not competent to hold a commission.
 Mcqueen Charged With Theft. The petitioners, as officers and ex- officers of the Alabama National Guard, so the petition declares, object to. the commissioning of man who has been convicted of q theft. The petition as- serts that at a certain term of the City Court of Montgomery S. A. Mo Queen the captain of the company, was indicted for grand larceny and pleaded guilty to the crime of larceny. it ia further declared that the Cover nor can satisfy himself on this point by a reference to the court records or
 The petition was put into circula-- ton yesterday afternoon and received quite a number of signers. It iaS7aid that a number of other petitions or the same nature will be gotten out and circulated. .-. ..