The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-05-08

Following is the official action in
THE case of Captain l. q. Welb0m,
4. s.. Army, OH college duty:
War Department,
Office of Inspector General,
Washington, April Z, 1908
Conclusions iii report OF am I'M
vestigation made on the Mississippi
Agricultural and Mechar zeal Col
lcgc by General f A. Darlington,
February 20 to 2G, 1905
Captain Welborn occupied two
relations with respect to the Missls-
suppl Agricultural and Mechanical
College. First, professor of milli-
tlry art and science second, com
mandant. In the first relation,
prior I'd the action of the board of
trustees ON January Is, 1908, no
complaint had been urged against
Captain Welborn. In the second
relation, Captain Welhorn stood as
d paid employee of the institution,
the pay being $500 per an
mum and a house on the campus
free of cost. AS an employe he was
commandment, and, under the direc-
ton of The president of the institu-
ton, charged with the discipline of
the student body. In the perform
ance Of his duty as cOmmandant he
owed the same sort and character
If loyalty and obedience to the
president of the institution as any
other employe. IN my opinion,
the regulations of the institution
were III force with respect to him a.
Commandant, except where he had
been informed by proper authority
they were no longer IN force. II
there had existed a doubt as to then
living force he should have settled
it by conference with proper au-
thority.
The expressed or implied criticism
Of constituted authority in the ad-
dress Of Captain Welborn to the
student body shortly after Thanks
giving day was improper, and
moreover, in violation of a college
regulation.
When informed by his assistant
commandment, d student and the
senior officer of the cadet battalion
that the senior class had formed {
vigilance committee for the purpose
If looking into the mess hall, Cap
tain Welborn erred and failed il
his duty as commandment in that b,
did not indicate, through the pro
per channels that such a proceed
ing on the part Of the class was un
military and in violation OF the
spirit at leasts of the regulations o
the college, and point out to thu
assistant commandment the propel
method Of bringing before the col
lage authorities whatever complain
they had to make of the condition
Of the mess hall.
Captain Welborn erred and fail
ca in his duty as commandment wher
he saw and read a set of resolutions
rejecting upon the management o
the mess hall, signed by students
composing a committee from the
first class, and did not instruct The
said committee that their course OF
proceeding was irregular, unmili
tary, in violation of the regulation:
and subversive Of the general prin.
Ciples Of discipline.
The letters Of the Sd and 4th 81
January TO the president and vice
president. respectively, are not in
the best form and indicate a lack oil
that poise 50 essential to an officer
detailed as professor of military art
and science at an educational insti-
tuition, and, while | do not consid-
err them dictatorial and necessarily
insubordinate, they indicate lack Of
judgment and good taste They
do reflect upon existing methods
and are controversial in character.
If Captain Welborn, as command
ant, differed in opinion as to the
general rules governing discipline in
the institution, he should have in
the best temper personally APP
preached the head of the institution
and patiently and honestly endeav-
ored to adjust differences. Failure
IN the effort should have prompted