The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-15

The announcement has been made from Washington that the appeal or Adintant-General Graves to nave tne Alabama National Guard participate Tn the maneuvers of sea coast defense this summer has borne good fruit, and It IS { expected that the request VIII pc j. granted and a part of our forces go to the next nearest fort, the storm having compelled the abandonment or Fort Morgan temporarily. The an nouncement comes in the dispatches from Mobile that part of the Alabama troops will so to Fort Baranchas. nea: Pensacola. There does not seem to be anything official about these announce ments, but it is highly probable that there Is something in them If we can get place for the artillery battalion and cavalry squadron at Fort Barran- chas in the sea coast defense problems. and the infantry to Jamestown, the boys will be happy. Negotiations are in progress looking to this end and there are hopes that they will be sat- isfactorily arranged. Adjutant-Gen eral Graves is very active just now to carry out the wishes of officers anu men in this regard, obtained from per sonal investigation and conversation at inspection, and if he fails, 1t will be no fault of his. Suitable arrangements have been made for the entertainment
 
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 Inspection ser l0O..
 The annual inspection of the Alaba- ma National Guard has been concluded. The inspection was begun by Major Ii. C. Sickel at Montgomery on February 2oth and concfuded by Lieutenant J. A. Degan at Alexander City on the 9th oi April Major Sickel only went as far as Union Springs when he was recall ed and sent on other duties to St. Louis his Battalian Adjutant teutenant Degan. taking his place, General Graves, the Tdjutant General, accom- panied the inspection officer for most of the time. but desiring to attend the meeting of the International Guard As sociation at Columbia and believing IT important that tlse State be represented In the meeting, he detailed Col E. IL Graves, Assistant Inspector General to continue the inspection !. hich he did from Florence to the end, The inspec- ton, as to encamp4yent could not De but satisfactory in almost every Tn stance the companies all being well equipped and having everything used by the regular army. As to personnel inc members may be small in many in stances but the character and vaule or the men is very much improved ana there was never better set Of soldiers in the Guard of this State than at pres ent; they are ready TOT any emergency and would be on duty at L.oments call. do not expect anything deroga- tory to our organization to result from the inspection.
 When the Commander-in-Ch Chief of the United States Army is asked as Presi' dent of the United States to approve the proposed constitution of the new state of Oklahoma he will ind therein the following stipulation: No officers soldier or marine of the Regular Army or Navy of the United States shall be entitled to vote at any election in this state: provided that this section shall not be construed to include members and officers of the state militia" This provision is a gross insult to the Army and Navy, and a wicked invasion of the rights of every retired soldier and sail or who may now or hereafter reside in the state of Oklahoma, says the Army and Navy Journal Ther. are within the limits of the new state many retir. ed officers and men of t-e Army who have large property interests and have done much to prepare the territory for the dignity of statehood, yet 1t is here deliberately proposed to disfranchise these citizens and subject them to the injustice of taxation without re~e- sentation. The adoption of the above quoted clause by the constitutional con- vention of Oklahoma has provoked widespread indignation. Judge Selwyn Douglas. veteran of the Civil War re- siding in Oklahoma City in a letter to member of the convention, says T know an old retired Army officer in town who bears upon his person hon orable wounds inflicted by the enemies Of the United States. By the action of your convention it is proposed to dis franchise him. for he Is still a United