The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
FROST AIMED AT
 BY LAW OF I905
Continued from First Page.)
Over Ten Years Brigadier General.

Over Ten Years Brlgudier General.
 George Havens, from May, 1872, to 1897.
 It will be seen from the foregoing statement that no brigadier general served as long as General Frost. The next longest term Of service as brig adler general was that of General Stephen R. Smith, which was for six years and six months.
 A Ludicrous Possibility.
 As a matter of fact there is no need of brigadier-g general under the new system which aims at making the c. N. e. Q part of the regular army as far as possible If the national gov- ernment needed troops from the c. N. G., the request would not be made for a brigade but for a regiment. If the regiments of infantry and the artillery corps were turned over to the federal authorities for service the brigadier-geneal would be without a command, except his staff It would create a situation that would excite the disabilities of people having an ap- preciation of the udierous. The stage representation of the South American army, where the generals and colonels were numerous and the privates few, would be produced in Connecticut. It would be annoying to no one more than 10 the person filling the position of brigadier- gen. eral.
 Meeting of Brigade Staff.
 It is stated that Brigadier General Russell Frosts staff of officers held a meeting at Bridgeport Tuesday for the purpose, it is said, of discussing the recent reports of the special board on the reorganization of the state militia Practically the whole staff was pres ent at the meeting. It is learned that the officers made a thorough study of | the laws in question, and discovered 1 tbat not only the brigadier and his staff, but practically the whole state militia was legislated out of existence.
 If this condition should prove to be true it would mean that only those officers and men who have been en- listed since the passage of the laws in 1905 are entitled to hold their places. The brigadier-general will hold a con- ference with Governor Woodruff at Hartford Monday, and at that time the whole subject will be discussed and some conclusion will be arrived at
 General Cole Not Disturbed. The adiutant general fs not in tbe Feast disturbed over the interpretation of the law of 1905. as indicated by | the opinion above expressed If the particular statute is susceptible of that | interpretation and if it can be con. strued as wiping out the entire nation al guard of the state, the law give, the governor and adiutant-general am pie authority to prevent what woulC | be practically the paralyzing of thu | strong arm of the state and would place the executive in the position oi being unableto enforce the laws ol maintain the state government. Sectio1 l3,004 of the general statutes gives the governor and adjutant general ample power to remedy any defect that might be found in other statutes
 If possible, the whole matter will bt submitted to Attorney General Hol comb next Monday. It is expected tha. the attorney general will hold a hear ing on the matter before he gives aT lOpinion to the governor Senator Stile, Judson will appear before the attorne, general in behalf of General Frost ant the brigade officers, and Colonel LucieI Burpee will represent the commission on reorganization.