The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-08
WHY BUeLERs HORNS SICK
CALL UPSET THE NAVY



officer In command. Lieut.. Ludlow IS
letter therefore was submitted to Ma.
or Davis, the Commandant OF the
Marine Corps OF Guam, and he i'm.
dorsed IL as follows. Respectfully
forwarded to Major Gen. Command
ing L. S. NJ, c., Headquarters at
Washington, d. c., through the Com.
mandant of the T. S. Naval Station,
Island of Guam. Marianne. Approved,
Henry c. Davis" Gov Dorm was then
made the recipient of the letter with
Davis's Endorsement, and he in turn
Endorsed it, but added that he thought
Ludlow's statement that Ito his mind
the bugle calls were sounded was
! disingenuous and misleading This
was then forwarded to Gen Elliot
/ in Washington
| Gen. Elliott's reply came as a thun-
derbolt to Major Davis. 1t said: The
attitude of the commanding officers
of the Marine Corps as shown by the
attached correspondence cannot be
understood by this department, saw
oring as it does of characterization,
and is inexcusable."
/ Major Davis on the receipt of this
supposed he had a grievance which
came under Article 226 of the Naval
Regulations and reads: Superior Of
ficers of every grade are forbidden to
injure those under their command by
tyrannical or capricious conduct or
abusive language. Authority over
subordinates is to be exercised at all
times with firmness, but with justice
and Kindness"
Major Davis therefore sent the en-
tire correspondence to the Secretary
of the Navy with a letter in which he
wrote: Il respectfully request that
the long continued efforts to hurt my
record by appending thereto such cor
respondence as mentioned in the
above cited case be discontinued
To this Major Gen. Elliott, who is
now retired, testified at the court
martial that he was instructed by
the Secretary of the Navy to instigatf
the charges of INSTRUMENTATION, false
hood and impugning the motives O
a superior officer.
The first days court-martial wa!
held on Wednesday, Jan. 4, and was
not long under way before it was
made clear that the defense were go
ing to try and prove that Major Dav
is in his thirteen years of service haC
been oppressed by Gen. Elliott, whC
it was held was inspired by person
al prejudice. The three witnesses
examined on this day gave testimon!
directly bearing on the case in hanC
and at its conclusion careful weigh
ing Of the evidence showed a balance
} on the side of the accused.
1t was here that Major Davis wa
forced, through his attorney, Mr.. Re
gers, who is the only man connect
} ed with the court not in militar
dress, to demand the subpoening O
what he termed their most advers
Witness" Gen. Elliott.
On resumption or the trial on tn
next day Gen. Elliott was on han,
and was the only witness of the day
but a witness with a capital w. l
was through his testimony that tn
defense intended to show his ami
! mus toward Major Davis. He testi
, fed that on three different occas
ions he had found it necessary to OF
der Davis under arrest, and suspen
him twice. When he first ordere
u him under arrest, he then recon
mended court-martial, but the Sec
rotary of the ivavy, at that time, MI
l Moody, did not favor it,
} In reference to this Gen Elliot
testified and letters were introduce
which. showed that in 1903 while M;