The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-07-30
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GEN. MOORE THE MARTINEZ.

The action of Gen. W. W.
Moore, Adjutant General, in
sending three of the militia COM
panies home from the Aiken en-
campment because they lacked
upon arrival a few men of the
number required by the regula-
tons, has brought upon that Of
fcer the censure and criticism Of
many. The News and Courier
of last Thursday editorially cen
sured General Moore, and said:
sit would seem that Adjutant
General Moore is determined to
make trouble for the South Car.
olina militia wherever possible. ,:
We agree with our Charleston
contemporary, General Moore
knows full well that the militia
of this State is in a precarious
condition, and that the least ex-
cuse, to deprive it of federal aid
will be taken advantage of,
therefore he should endeavor to
help rather than hinder by tech
nicalities the companies through
out the State. In the case Of the
Orangeburg company, he was
formed by the captain that it was
the first time in nineteen years
that his company failed to go IN
to encampment with less than
forty eight men, but on account
of the busy season some of the
men could not start with the
company but had promis e d
to join it early in the en-
campment, this explanat tt o n
had no weight with General
Moore, and the Orangeburg com
pany had to strike tent and 60
back home without receiving
any money for it's transporta.
ton: Under the circumstances
the Adjutant General could have
exercised some discretion and
given to Captain Clafy and his
men a little chance to get to
gether, but no, he preferred the
role Of a martinez. Whether
there is any politics in his con-
duct we do mot know, but we do
know that ne and the Comman-
der-in-C Chief are not as cordial
towards each other as State Of
fcers should be, and these clash
es are not calculated to bring
them together very fast.
1t is to be regretted that the
militia should be made to suffer
because of the stubborness of a
man who seems determined
to make trouble for it 10 vent
his feelings upon a superior Of
fcer, if that is what is promot-
ing him. The News and Cour.
ier's comment IS so timely that
we reproduce it here as supple
mentary to our own.
ADJUTANT GENERAL MOORE
BLUNDERS.
It would seem that .Adiutant
General Moore is determined to
make trouble for the South Car
olina militia wherever possible.
We do not for a moment doubt
that in ordering three of the
companies of the Third Regi-
ment home from Aiken because
they did not have the required
number of men Mr.. Moore
thought he was doing only what
his duty required him to do. His
Judgment, however, seems to
have been very bad, certainly in
the case of the Orangeburg com.
pany.
This company left Orangeburg,
according to the statement of
Captain Claffy, with 80 enlisted
men and three officers. It lacked
only FIVE enlisted men of having
the full complement necessary
for compliance with the military
law. The others declared that
they could not leave home with
the company because their crops
were in such condition as abso-
luteiy to demand their attention.
A number of them promised to
join the COMPANY at Aiken early
in the encampment. Captain
Claffy states, moreover, tha
'this is the first time in our
nineteen years of service to the
State that this company has fail
ed to turn out less than 49 men
at every encampment or man
oeuvers. -
Upon such statement of facts
the action of the Adjutant Gen.
eral in ordering the Orangeburg
company home, or, what amount
ed to the same thing, in refusing
to furnish the men with subsis-
tence if they remained, would
have been unduly harsh at any
time and in any circumstances.
To have taken such a course at
moment when the military sit
uation in South Carolina is SO
delicate, when almost within the
week the National Guard has
been saved from difficulty from a
threatened disorganization which
he by his tactlessness and want
Of discretion has done much to
precipitate, was glaringly inju-
dicious.
However praiseworthy m a Y
ha1-o boan tho 4 A1intapt Gaoor