The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-12
NOISY RIVALS
TO BAN0UETERS
Continued from Page 1

CONTINUES lF0tH Z aye i'
tious officer he is not acting hastily,
but has taken counsel with regular
army officers as to the legality of the
procedure. Unless his views IN the
matter are changed. however. mis- res
ignation may be expected. as indicated
by his answer to the following ques-
tion:
Would you be surprised If the an
ncUncement Of your resignation should
be confirmed2"
NO" replied Captain Barton, 81
would not
In case Captain Barton goes 1t is
probable that his example and that of
his senior first lieutenant, Henry NJ.
Adams, would be followed by the Jul
niOr first lieutenant. Richard Kane. In
addition, the minute Captain Barton
makes a definite decision to resign he
will be asked to discharge seventeen
batterymen formerly stationed at Fort
Douglas. These men form the nucleus
of the battery. They are not residents
OF Salt Lake and have formally re-
quested Captain Barton to consider re-
quests for discharge in case he decides
to follow Colonel Geoghegan.
Does Not Fear court-MartiaI.
Captain Barton takes the view that
until he receives an order from a SUI
perior officer having the authority to
issue or transmit an order for the va
| eating Of the arnory he is not under
obligation to do so. He believes the
ioaning Of the armory for private per-
sons against general military law,
aside from the fact that it is contrary
to the resolutions passed by the armory
board last September. He believes his
first allegiance is due TO the people of
Titan, and that therefore a decision of
the arnory board to play ping pong
with the law is not bound to be
obeyed. Therefore he believes that in
case Governor Cutler does not issue an
order forbidding the battery to drill In
the armory tonight the battery would
De subject to no court-martial proceed
ings If it ignored the decision of two
! thlrds OF the executive armory board
Inc battery is not inclined, however
to bring matters 10 such an issue, but
! VIII probably give way to the ban
| queters and drill either in the base
ment or the street, unless the latter is
TOO muddy. A suggestion that adrill
| be held on the roof is not seriously
entertained, and it is pointed out that
\ this additional noise to the music of
! the brass band would cause discord in
the banquet hall.
| Captain Barton expressed the ut
most regret last night that any con-
troVersy of such personal nature
! should have arisen. He gave high
/ credit to Colonel Geoghegan, and re-
itself said:
Battery A is in the best of condi-
ton, and had begun to look forward
/ with pleasure to the inspection April
/ 10. Now, however, it hardly seems I
/ shal witness IL, Even if I should stay
/ with the guard, because of a desire to
40 nothing which might injure it, it
will be a hard proposition. I don't
/ know if l should be a loyal soldier to
the state should 1 decide to stay, even
though 1 consider that breach of
military and civil law had been com
mitted'
Captain Bassett's Views.
Captain Bassett of company H, who
is among the best known officers of
the national guard, and whose com
pany made an enviable record at
/ Camp Taft" admitted yesterday aft
ernoon that his present determination.
| In the event of there being no change
in the n. G, L. situation, is TO resign.
! captain Bassett was among the cooler
/ heads at yesterday afternoons in
formal meeting and openly opposed any
action which might be construed as
| disobedience to orders of the COM
mander-in-chief whether such orders
might appear just OF OlnefN1St, lie
said yesterday afternoon:
My position is simply this: I have
taken an oath of loyalty to the COM
mander-in-chief of the national guard
/ OF Utah. ] shall keep that OATH When
am satisfied that an injustice has
been done, 1 shall not break that oath,
but shall relieve myself of obligation
by resigning. Under the present cir
cumstances I believe my resignation
NWur4N ~
meeting of the Officers association
this matter was not brought up, and I
hope each individual will act on his
own initiative, according as he re-
CARDS the decision of the executive ar
mory board which resulted In Colonel
Geoghegan's resignation, proper or
improper
Captain Bassetts lieutenant, Frede-
rick Barnes was not present at yes
terday's meeting and was averse to
speaking for publication under the cir
cumstances. He admitted, however,
that it would be natural for lieuten-
ants to be guided by the action of
/ their captains. He said he had not
been advised as to Captain Bassett's
decision.
Friends Of both assert that without
question Captain Bassett's resignation
will be followed by that of Lieutenant
l bdfneS-
Captain Hassing Has Hopes.
Captain o. E. Hassing, regimental
adjutant, defined his position last
night by saying that while he thought
Colonel GeOghegan's loss to the n. G..
u. a great one, that the use of the
1 armory for other than military pur-
poses was against national guard re-
gulations, still he did not contemplate
resigning ION that account Captain
Hassing explained that he had hope
yet that things would come out all
right"
DO you mean the banquet may not
be held in the armory?" was asked
Yes, maybe. There's time for
things to straighten out"
Can they change their plans in
eighteen hours? Do you think it prob
able the banquet will not be held
there?"
Captain Sassing answered mo" to
the latter question. He continued