The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-21

TO HOLDUP
WARRANTS
Stokes Will Investigate Re-
cent Election of Major
in First.
ARTICLES AND WAR DOGS
Colonel Freeman and Captain
Mum i'm Little Conversations
at Armory Dinner Last tEven-
ing--Captain Camfield AS
sured Of Support.
ARTICLES AND WAR DOGS

Another bomb was hurled into the
local military camp today when news
from Trenton was received that Gov
ernor Stokes had decided not to issue
any warrant of commission to Major
elect Arthur Hamilton MacKie until he
had personally investigated the ugly
rumors and plain statements connected
with the election for major held last
Monday night in the First Regiment
armory.
That Captain Camheld, the man
whom Brigadier-G General Campbell de-
clared could not run for major, has
stanch friends, not alone in Newark,
but in Trenton as well, was manifested
when the news reached here that Gov
ernor Stokes had decided to take this
matter into his own hands.
The usual procedure for the Gov
ernor in his investigations of State
military affairs is to receive his formal
reports from the adjutant of the regi-
ment and act accordingly, but New
arkers who were around the State
House last night declared to an EVEN
ING STAR man today that the Gov
ernor would disregard all customs and
sift the First Regiment imbroglio to the
bottom.
fuII0GT, II was bcliQ AhoS eAiC OoAaA7
mander-in- chief, the Governor, had ex-
pressed his intentions of summoning
| every man before him whose name had
appeared either in support of or against
| Captain Camfield on last Monday night.
The officers who have openly supported
/ Captain Camfield declare, regardless OF
section /, paragraph 8, articles OF war,
that they stand ready to produce un-
deniable proof to sustain the charge
that Captain Camfield's name was not
permitted to go before the officers OF
the First Regiment as a candidate for
major, and that Colonel Freeman was
and is the primary obstacle, and that
his action was and is sanctioned by
Brigadier- General Campbell.
When the hearing takes place second
bomb may be thrown into the local mill
tary camp, when testimony, so II is
promised, will be produced that may make
the Newark taxpayers sit up and take
notice.
Captain Camfield has already been Of
fered legal assistance to fight his cause,
but RENE nbering that If he talks military
matters he is liable to be chased by the
dogs of war" the captain is mute. When
he discovered that he was accosted by an
EVENING STAR man today he politely
excused himself and went his way.
'.I am glad the EVENING STAR has
taken UP this Camfield matter" said an
other military man, land | want to say
that am an open friend of Captain CAM
field. I am going to see whether or not
the articles of war refer to times of peace,
and no man will make me bow in humble
submission to his whims."
Another officer when asked what he
thought of local military affairs shrugged
his shoulders. and after thinking while,
began
You are q newspaper man, of course,
and / need not ask If you were up at
the banquet in the armory last night.
know you fellows have been tabled, but
you didn't miss anything"
Then the former thought for n new idea
and IL came.
"By the way, you did miss something
While l was passing Colonel Freeman's
office in the State building I heard loud
voices, and from what l could learn the
debaters inside were Colonel Freeman and
Captain Mum, of Company G. You know
It was Mum who had the self-respecting
conviction that it was his duty to nomi-
rate Captain Garfield for the office of
major, and he did It despite the fact that
he knew he would be hauled over the mill
tary carpet by his superiors for doing So
well, / am not certain Wnat me con-
versazione was over last night but / am
ready to state now that Captain Mum
spoke right out from the shoulder and he
told the colonel few truths that went
home, and think hit the mark
''Do you think 1t would be safe for me
to see Captain Mum in the face of the
fact that the dogs of war are prowling
around?'
"Oh, confound the dogs of war" ejacu-
lated the officer, they are only stuffed
with excelsior and squeak when you pinch
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