Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-11
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MILITARY MATTERS.

Gen. Boyd Tells Some Things About
Expenditure of National Guard
Money.
All summer long everything was as
quiet as a mouse about the war de-
partment of the state at the state
house.
The old negro janitor between maps,
with his chair propped against one of
the granite columns, politely in
formed occasional visitors that none
of the officers were in" Sometimes
there was a strict military piece of
business to be attended to and the WIS.,
itor was shown by the janitor to the
office of Governor Ansel, for Governor
Ansel is the commander-in-chief or
the militia Of the state.
Out on the field Of battle the adJu-
tant general and assistant adjutant
general were faithfully instructing the
men Of the National Guard Of the
state in the arts of war-at least they
were supposed to be at work.
There Is some interesting history
about the Office of adjutant general,
and ]. C. Boyd was most willing to
talk yesterday for the first time since
the inquiry.
Col. John r. Lindsay, disbursing
officer for this state for the United
States government-coach.
William T. Brock, assistant adju-
tant general of the state Of South
Carolina-spotter.
J. G.. Boyd, adjutant general OF the
State Of South Carolina-visitor at
large.
These are the representatives OF
South Carolina that went to Camp
Perry with the South Carolina rifle
team last summer. These are the
representatives Of the state who went
to Camp Perry to assist in spending
the sum of $500 appropriated by the
United States government for the rifle
team. The showing of the team was
poor.
That William T. Brock, the assistant
adjutant general, and Col. John r.
Lindsay, disbursing officer, went to
Camp Perry a. officials of the rifle
team, without an order from the ad-
jutant general authorizing them to
attend, was the statement made yes
terday by j. c. Boyd, the adjutant
general. Gen. Boyd said that Col.
Lindsay and Col. Brock went to Camp
Perry and that he did not know that
they were going, and that the order
ordering them to attend the rifle prac-
tice was not issued until the return.
He also said that the order was pre-
pared by William T. Brock, his as
sistant, and that he knew nothing Of
1t. The order is on file in the office
of the adjutant general and was appa-
rently made up before the team left.
Adjutant General Boyd was asked
why he went to Camp Perry. He said
the proof was "over there somewhere
on my desk" This proof was not
shown, but the following order was
found in the order book Of the office:
1.-The adjutant general Of the State
of South Carolina will accompany the
South Carolina rifle team to Camp
Perry, Ohio, for the purpose of OBJ
serving the matches to be held at that
place for the year 1910"
1t would thus seem that General
Boyd has ordered General Boyd or
himself to attend the rifle practice.
General Boyd did not remember
how much money he received for the
trip, but he said:
"I went up there to get my money"
He said that he needed the money
and that he wished that 1t had been
$500 in place of another sum which
he did not state definitely.
The adjutant general then became
heated, and he said some very un-
pleasant things about Col. John R.
Lindsay, the disbursing officer. He
was very bitter in his remarks. This
led him to say that he did not know
Col. Lindsay was to attend the rifle
shoot.
"That order" said General Boyd,
pointing to an order book, was issued
by William T. Brock after he returned
from Camp Perry" This brought out
the information that Col. Lindsay was
not officially ordered to Camp Perry
before the practice. Gen. Boyd said
that he had been sick during the
summer and that he had implicitly
trusted William T. Brock, his assist
ant, and that the late order was due
to the work Of his assistant. This in
formation is brought out after the in
quiry and Gen. Boyd did not say why
he had said nothing months before.
1t was explained by the adjutant
general that other adjutant generals
went to the shoot. He declared for
publicity in the matter, although this
Is the first time he has made public
some items. He stressed the fact that
all he wanted was the money. He did
not give an official reason as to why
he should have gone on the Junket,
other than it had been his custom.
Spotter William T. Brock, accord
ing to a schedule in the office OF the
adjutant general as prepared by the
war department, and according to his
rank should have received $177.76 for
the trip Of sixteen days. AS to Col.
Lindsay's pay as coach, it was 1912
per day, according to the schedule OF
his rank. This did not include ex-
penses.
The Camp Perry rifle shoot was not
the only event that required the alb
sence of the state officials from the
office during the summer. AdJutant
General Boyd said that his assistant,
Col. Brock, was absent from the early
part of July until the first of Sep
tember Gen. Boyd was also absent.
There was an encampment OF two
Of the regiments at Chickamauga
Park during the summer, which con-
sumed about one month. The Third
and Second regiments were there.
Gen. Boyd said that Col. Brock and
Col. Lindsay went TO these encamp-
ments and the order was not issued
until after they returned. There was
also a trip down to Aiken for the
First Observation-Disclosures state
Wednesday.