Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-04
MILITARY DISBURSEMENT.

mas the Following, which Is of more
or less local interest:
No official light was shed by Lieut..
| Col. John r. Lindsay, who is the dis
bursing officer of the United States
for South Carolina, as to the pay re-
ceived by ]. c. Boyd. the adjutant
general, and William T. Brock. the
assistant adjutant general, while at
tending the encampments and rifle
shoots, in a communication which he
sent to the National Guard association
which held kind Of reorganization
meeting here on Wednesday. Incl
dentally before going into a discussion
of his official duties, Col. Lindsay said
| that he was pleased to say that in
reply to the letters sent out by me,
l have furnished Col. w. w. Moore
with 9S written requests from officers
that l be reappointed as United States
disbursing officer for South Carolina"
He says following this that he has
always been ready and willing for any
official act of account Of his to be
looked into and examined in all Of its
details.
He then launched into a discussion
of the stories recently published as to
the rifle team expense and the pay
Of the adjutant general and the as
sistant adjutant for attending rifle
shoots and encampmentS.
why have l not answered the ar
| ticles in the Columbia State?" This
question is asked in the communica-
ton of Col. Lindsay, and he makes
the following answer: First, because
decline to be drawn into a news
paper controversy, and, second, be-
cause my name was mentioned in
connection with two officers superior
in rank, and it would be out Of order
for me to assume to make reply for
them"
At the meeting of the National
Guard the question was asked If it
was not so that Gen. Boyd and Col.
Brock had received pay for attend
ing the rifle shoots and the encamp-
ments Of the state militia. J. c. Boyd
was present, and in the discussion the
admission was gained from him that
he had received some extra pay dur
ing the summer. The point caused
considerable discussion.
The communication Of Col. Lind
say reviews in full his official duties
as disbursing officer. The United
States disbursing officer for South
Carolina has nothing to do with state
funds at any time"
Touching on that rifle shooting
match at Camp Perry when the South
showing and spent over $4,000. Col.
Lindsay had the following comment
to make in his communications
Perhaps there exists an erroneous
impression as to the national rifle
match at Camp Perry, Ohio, as COM
pared to other encampments of the
National Guard. There is no differ
ence. 1t is an encampment under
orders just the same as the encamp-
ment of the Second and Third regi-
ments at Chickamauga Park, Ga, this
year and the First regiment at Aiken
or any encGmpment for rifle shooting
held in the state. The members TAX
ing part in this shoot from South Car
olina and from any other state con-
siSt of twelve men who shoot, three
!alternateS, a team captain, coach,
|Spotter and a range otticer-nineteen
in all. Every man named, be he one
of the twelve who shoot or not, Is
there under orders. / have gone to
Camp Perry as a member of the South
Carolina team for several years past
and l went under orders and with a
specific duty. Why the Columbia
State has seen fit to single me out
from among the other officers going
to Camp Perry and the various rifle
contests held in the state and not
shooting, l can't say, but on looking
over the reports made by Maj. Hyde
of the national rifle matches, which
appear in the adjutant generals an
nual reports. / find that he only men
tions the men who snoot on the range,
and as / say, perhaps from this, an
impression has arisen that only these
particular men were entitled to go.
With reference to publicity and
who should know the details of his
office. Col. Lindsay has the following
to say:
Now, gentlemen, can say to
YOU that | have attended no encamp-
ment except under orders TO do so:
that L have paid no money except on
approved vouchers; that L have
drawn no pay personally, except for
services actually performed and un-
der orders or in accordance with the
provisions of the state militia regula-
tons previously quoted that my Of
fetal acts and accounts are open to
your inspection. | believe in the
fullest publicity and am ready at all
times to answer all questions and
show any or all my records, pro-
vided the request for same comes
from the proper source. Your asso-
citation or any of it's members are en-
titled to this information" Col. Lind
say asked the National Guard asso-
citation in his letter to appoint COM
mittee to visit his office and go over
all the accounts and records.
Several days ago Adj. Gen. Boyd
was asked for an itemized statement
Of the expenses Of the South Carolina
team to the Camp Perry rifle match.
This was never obtained.