The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-10-27

| General for greater power but perhaps
to a personal feeling inspired. It was
hinted. by a dispute between the two
battery commander.
There was an argument In an
armory. following some severe criti-
cism by the Adjutant General on the
floor Of the armory. 1t took place in
the presence OF officers. who regretted
the incident. but peace was never for
mally declared.
O'Ryan. according to his friends. was
advised early to look out for Verbeck
and Eckford De Kay, the Governors
ambition he In said to have thwarted In
some way.
Just how he did this was not revealed
yesterday. 1t was sufficient. however.
to bring Louis Cuvillier out as a strong
partisan for Adjt. Gen. Verbeck in later
moves.
The so-called salary grab" was the
first incident in the controversy now
waging.
Before Gen. Organ took command on
May Gov. Dix went tn Europe. leav-
Ing the Adjutant- General as his military
repre- sentative. When the young Gen
cral did go in he found himself con-
fronted with the task OF preparing for
the Connecticut manpuvres. which were
to begin August ~.
This would require a complete inspec-
ton Of all military bodies to be en-
ployed from New York. special training
for them. special preparation for them
In every departments labor which
would keep the General and his stan
busy practically day and night, Sundays
and weekdays until the time to take the
field>
Gen. Organs friends declare that in
asmuch as he was to be thus exclu-
sively employed for the three months
and a half 1t was right that he should
receive compensation. They suggested
early that he take this up with the
Governor and later they were Informed
| that it had been done and that the
Governor had acqulesced In a requisi-
ton for compensation.
Gov. Dix was In Europe when the
| Major-General sent his reQuisition 20
| the Adjutant General. 1t was promptly
| turned down, on the ground that the
| State allowed the Major General pay
I only when he was in the field. The
decision was accepted, but later the Ad-
| jutant General did make an allowance
| from August l on to the end OF the
| war game.
Gen. Organs friends asked yester-
! day why 1t was any more wrong Ia
| give the man three months compensa
| ton than to give him a half month.
! There Is no doubt OF strong tension
from that time. and soon afterward
F, came reports that fears were beine
entertained at Albany that ORyar
might be using the Guard to further
the political fortunes OF himself with
Charles +. Murphy. This was after the
Democratic State convention. Oficers
of the National Guard yesterday simply
pointed to the staff appointment OF thu
Ma jor- General as an answer.
Col. II. Foster Walton. Adjutant-Gen
cral on duty in New York, just placed
on the supernumerary list by the Gov
ernor, Is a graduate OF West Point. o
the army school at Leavenworth. ant
an honor man Of the stan college. HI
participated in the campaigns OF San
t.ago and the Philippines.
Cornelius Vanderbilt of the Inspec
tor Generals department. was 'an ap
pointee OF Gen. Roe. and Is not in th'
Guard for politics.
L!eutenant-Co' Eugene V. e. Luca
OF the Engineer Corps Is an hono
man OF West Point. was An Instructor
in engineering at the Point. graduate
OF the engineering school at Willett'
Point and did much engineering worl
for the Government.
Lieut.. Col. William w. Ladd. judge ad
vocate general has held that Office sino'
I.L Ia inn nd ia ron or<1o<
as one OF the foremost experts on military
Lieut.. Col. Henry s, Sternberger. chic
of the Subsistence department, held
similar position in the Twenty-seconC
regiment in the Spanish American wal
and was specially praised this year b,
Government observers.
Quartermaster's department is an ole
Seventh regiment and Squadron A mar
who has worked his way up to captain
He was likewise praised for his work il
Connecticut.
Franklin w. Ware of the jutant- Gen
erals department was major OF coas
artillery and is the author Of military
works, one OF which has been adopted
by the United States Government. TIL,
other members of the staf come from
Major General Roe's staff and are all mer
of experience and efficiency, Their re
! COTuS were heHt eiNipiy W lhe huJuluu
General at Albany and nothing more wa
heard of politics until Friday.
The first decisive move in the fight t.
slipersede General O'Ryan was the an
nouncement October in Albany that tn,
Governor had appointed Adjutant-Gen
eral Verbeck chief OF staff. At the tim'
it was denied that there was any polite
in it. but friends of the Adjutant Genera
were quoted as saying gleefully that
put "O'Ryan in his place"
1t was said really to be an effort to con
form to the organization OF the Unitet
States army. but why an adjutant-genera
and not a general from the line should b.
chosen was not set forth.
That move Of October I started tn
military pot to boiling. Men who hat
been in the Guard in responsible posi-
tions for fifteen years or more saw in il
they said, an attempt TO put the Stat
militia hack where it was prior to 1903
! when the Adjutant General was in su
preme command
He was always a political appointe
! and ne changed with the administration
The result OF this was that the New Yorl