Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-09

last summer, and he made good i'm
preston for he avoided all partisan
ship and bitterness. However, oth-
ers are bidding for, the Blease in
fiuence. Former United States Sena-
tor John L. McLaurin, at present the
state senator from Marlboro county,
is looked upon as a certain candidate
for governor and he Is said 10 De
feeling out the strength where he can
hope to command from the admins
trs, s,Ion leaders. He Is an old cam
paigner and one who Is capable OF
Sizing up political omens. His friends
think that this is the logical time Tor
him to come forward as candidate
and yindicale himself, he having been
driven from public life by Senator b.
r. Tillman, after he went into the
Commercial Democracy"
= Columbia Record, Tuesday: Gov
ernor Blease has refused to comply
with the recommendation OF Willie.m
w. Moore, adjutant general OF the
state, to muster out OF service tan
companies of the South Carolina
national guard, Of which the Rich
land Volunteer Rifle Co., Capt. A. f.
Legare, commanding, Is one. General
Moore said that the companies did not
make the required rs per cent Of their
officers and enlisted men at the various
inspections, and that such companies
are not in a good condition for service.
In his letter addressed to each or the
company commanders the chief ex-
ecutive used the following language.
1T would be q serious reflection or
you and your men to be mustered OUT
OF the service. The south's great cnieI
tain, General Robert E. Lee, SAID tnaI
duty is the sublimest word In the
English language, and 1t has often
been said by military geniuses that the
first duty of q soldier Is to obey orders.
This report Of the adjutant generai 10
to the effect that your company mas
not so done, and 1t would be serious
reflection upon you to muster you
out for this reason, for 1t would De
stigma placed upon you as sololers, 70
say that you have not performed your
duty as soldiers, and have not come up
10 the requirements" In his letter the
governor says that to muster ten
companies out Of service would pc q
hardship upon the three colonies or the
state, one of whom would have TO give
up the command of q regiment, and
several majors would be effected. He
does not think that innocent men
should suffer for the DETECTION from
duty of the men under them. Tne
chief executive further states In his re-
1uSal TO Comply with EShOie O. TtooS
request that the legislature does not
do enough for the volunteers or the
state; that, IL he had his way, we'll
equipped military company would De
mustered into service in every county
seat of the state to "be ready to go
forward at a moments warning to-
protect the property and lives OF our
citizens" The governor does not ap-
prove of the Dick law, and recites
where he fought 1t on the floor Of the
state senate. He says that he believes
that a fearful mistake was made in
placing the rigid restrictions upon our
volunteer boys, and believe now that
II would have been better II this bill
had been defeated" The conclusion
of the governors letter to the captains
Of the national guard Is as follows:
However, that Is past, and we must
now meet the conditions which now
exist, and I beg Of you to show to the
world that I was justified in declining
General Moore's recommendation, by
getting your men together, reading this
letter to them, doing all that Is neces-
sary to come up to the requirements.
And let us all get together and join
hands for stronger and better NIL
litia." General Moore recommended
the mastering out of service OF the
following companies Co. b, "a IN
fantry, Columbia; Co. G. I'd infantry,
Hartsyilie; Co. c, Sd infantry, Charles
ton; Co. E, Sd infantry, Barnwell;
Co. G, Sd infantry, Enoree; Co. II, Sd
infantry, Conway; Co. ], Sd infantry,
Bamberg; Co. K, Sd infantry, Walter
boro. He also reported that Co. B,
1st infantry, Liberty Hill, Is without
an armory for the safe keeping OF
company equipment