New-York tribune., 1911-07-18
.HEALEY DEFEATS NACLE +.
Elected Lieutenant Colonel OF the
Goth by One VOte.'
DISSENSI0N IN REGIMENT
Said That Members Are Divided
Into Two Factions-Charge
Delay in Balloting.

The 69th Regiment OF the national gIard
held an election last night and tlled inc
position Of lieutenant colonel which has
been vacant since a year ago I'm April
when Louis D. Conley was elected colonel.
There were two certain facts after tho
election last night. The first one was that
Percy Magic had been beaten: the second
one was that Captain John Healey had
been elected lieutenant colonel Beyond
those two facts The regiment had come
down all spraddled out.
On one hand was heard iubilation be
cause Charlie Murphy couldn't run tho
6ath Regiment" II should be- mentioned
that Percy Nagle. second lieutenant ana
battalion quartermaster and commissary ot
tho seth Regiment, is also Percival i.
Nagle. Tammany leader Of the 30th Assem-
bly, District
on tho other hand. il was heard that
Colonel Conley's man had won. Yet again
II was heard that Captain Itealey was not
Conlcy's man, hut had been chosen as an
independent candidate. and that ColoneI
Conleys man. Captain John j. Pheian'
regimenta adiutant. did not get Vote.
Colonel Conley said: II can't say whether
he is my man or not. but he was elected
and you can judge for yourselves nave
been through this thing twice before, ana
know how 10 run H."
Healey Elected by One Vote
CAPTAIN Healey was elected by n votes to
IL for Nagle. After the election Lieutenant
Nagle shook hands with Captain Healey
Nsgle then said: "Tf one of my men hah
not gone back on mo 7 would have heeh
elected He promised 10 vote for me ana
then voted for Healey. n Lieutenant Chit-
n,iette had shown up the vote would have
been a tic. We were telephonng around
for him all the evening and could not ma
him. Conley elected himself colonel over
me by Il 10 l3 year ago. He has elected
his man 10y Il to lS tonight.
There has been a great deal of feeling
in the seth over the election ~ lieutenant
colonel. and IT has been openly charged
that Colonel Conley was delaying the elec-
ton I'm order that he might add three more
officers 10 the regiment and make the eiec-
ton Of his man sure. The soreness goes
back to the time when Conley was electen
colonel, in April. 1910 At that time he was
lieutenant colonel. having oeen elected 70
that postlon in a contest with ". II. Ros-
crs. ir. Percy Naglo was second lieuten'
ant and opposed Conley FOR the command
Of the regiment The vote was "a 10 l"'
and Nagle's friends charged that Conley
cast the deciding vote for himself
Naglc has since preferred charges aVal"N-
ConIev for conduct unbecomng an Officer
i'm casting certain aspersionS on Magic ana
referring TO his politica activities. zap
tain Scanlon has also preferred charges
against Colonel Conley. and the regiment
has been divided into Conley and anti-Con-
lev or Conley and Nagle camps. Cohley
friends call them the camps Of the younger
and older elements, Conley being me l'a"er
NJ tho Younger element, and his purpose
baing II Il said to get rid of number
of the older officers I'm the regiment.
Nagle has been trying for some time 10
force the election Of lieutenant coiohe|
II being his belief that he would be chosen.
No, long ago he remarked that he IN
tended 10 stick until a Lieutenant coIonel
was elected. and no believed that he would
heat Ccnlcv But conley was not ready
fot tho election. The regiment was re-
cruitiug new company, which you'd mean
,hr6o moro officers 10 vote. Colonel con-
10y would have the appointment of the hrst
officers of the new company. on orders
from Albany TO hold the election for lieu
,.nant colonel he set the date for Au-
gust II.
Ordered to Hasten the Election.
The new company was mustered into no
service last week. II would take several
DAYS for the appointment of the nc" ofil-
cers who would naturally be friends OF
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