The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-12
AFFAIRS OF TROOP
COL. J. G. HUBBARD TALKS OF
 SERVICE.
He Has Been Busy Checking Up The subsistence Accounts-Onicers May Sue for ssFogie'


 A man of smiles in Montgomery Friday was Lieutenant Colonel J. c. Hubbard of the 1st Alabama Infantry, who spent a few hours in the city en route to Troy, his home, for a breath ing spell after the strenuous labors he las performed for several weeks past while in command of the troops guarding miners and mining property in the coal strike di, trict. Colonel Hubbard has, many friends in Mont gomery who congratulated him heart fly on his excellent command Of the troops.
 This week has been spent by Colonel Hubbard in checking over the subsist- ence accounts of the soldiers. It is a tedious task and he said that le will return to Birmingh. m next Monday to continue this work.
 Asked if he had occas on to order a single courtmartial during the stay of the troops in the strike zone. Colonel Hubbard replied that he had not. He expressed himself as much gratifed over the discipline maintained and Is disposed to distribute tie credit for the good conduct among the soldiers equally and does not take all of 1t him. self.
 Colonel Hubbard said that the
 Brighton disturbance in which he sol-
 diers were reported as having taken an offensive part, was exaggerated. "As Is customary in such occur rences.' said Colonel Hubbard, "the | fl st reports were exaggerated. I think | that the men were suaLciently punish l ed. There were only four or five in- | volved. Two days spent in the county | jail at Birmingham, the reduction of | the n-commissioned officers in tho | group to ranks and the resignation of | the lieutenant, was the result of the conduct of the men.
 q went to Brighton and made a personal investigation of the affairs l | found that 1t was not as bad as was at | fr-t reported. True. there was some
 misbehavior but none of the citizens of | Brighton was injured or offended. I
 did not regard it as sufficient cause for I courtmartial."
 i Colonel Hubbard would not say that | the officers of the Alabama National | Guard would make an effort in the
 courts to collect ''fogie pay'' from the State. He is of the opinion. however.
 that the soldiers, have some color of
 ground for asking for the money. | It is stated on pretty reliable au- l thority in another direction that court
 proceedings of some character will he l instituted by high officers of the 1st
 Infantry to collect the "fogie pay" It may assume in few days the shape | of a mandamus to the State Auditor ar | the State examiner of Public Accounts | seking to compel him to approve the | accounts which have been made up l along this line.
 1 It will be recalled that Exeminer II. Y. Brooke, who was put in charge of | the auditing of soldiers accounts while on strike duty. refused the claims for | "fogie pay" He was upheld in his at- titude by the Attorney General. who
 rendered an informal opinion on thA | subject.
 ot the United States paid to regular enlisted men and officers under the rank of Brigadier General For contin''
 ued service. It is ten per cent. Of the | pay added to all men who have been ii the service of the United States for period of five years. At the end or
 every period of five years enlistment
 the regulars are paid an increase "f
 ten per cent. for the ehsuing five years. When the soldiers were getting thei' pay at Birmingham several of the ofn- | cers put in claim for like pay. It is l said that Lieutenant colonel Hubbard q
 was among the number who insisted l on the claims.
 [ The claims of the National Guards men were based on the section of the | Code which provides that during the active service of the State troops Tn the enforcement of the laws. the pr'- i yates and non n-commisstoned omcers 1 shall receive double the pay of the reg
 ular army privates and non-commis. | stoned officers, while the officers or | higher rank shall receive half the pay
 of regular army officers of the same
 rank.
 Since the regulars get the "fogie
 nay" without dispute every five years, | the Alabama men are asking why cannot they get the same reward Tor 1 continued service and enlistment, espe- 1 ciaIIy as the pay Is based on the reg l ular army system. It is said that the States re1usaL 'nis .il , | year ia the first in the history of the Alabama militia to pay the "fosie"
 money.