The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-30
HOW|7zERS BACK
SALE FOR OFFICE
Praise His Work as Adjutant-
General in Formal Set of
Resolutions.
ASK HIS REINFORCEMENT
Field Artillery Won Over Com
pletely From Former Hos
tility Toward Officer.

Hearty mmenda ton OF Adjutant-
| General w. w. Sales administration OF
Virginia militia matters during the last
four years and an earnest petition for
his reappointment to office by the next
Governor. are contained in a set of
resolutions passed last night by the
Howitzers Battery, in business session
in the armory. Sales conduct of the
Office which he occupies receives un-
stinted praise in the resolutions. and
he is declared ''one of the best Adiu-
tant-Generals Virginia has ever had
In urging his reappointment for an
other term OF four years. the Howit-
zers say that General Sale merits con-
tinuance in office by his past record of
efficiency.
This action on the part OF the How
itzers' Battery is particularly uncx-
pected. when it is remembered that tho
appointment of William Wilson Sale
as Adjutant- General by Governor
Mann four years ago was received with
dissatisfaction by the field artillery
branch of the militia service Under
the administration of General Sale the
hostile sentiment toward him has un-
derEone complete change and he has
won the warm friendship of the How
itzer Battery of field artillery at least.
Workman We'll Liked.
The Endorsement OF General Sale ia
doubly remarkable when II is CON
sldered that his opponent, Major II. NJ.
workman. was formerly an active and
popular member of the Howitzers and
is now major of the battalion of field
artillery to which the Howitzcrs be-
long
our action was taken not because
we do not admire Major WORKMAN Z"
said Captain w. NJ. Myers last night.
but because we believe In the merit
ty,
hciency such as General Sale has
shown should be rewarded. Major
WORKMAN is personally held in high
esteem by myself and the members OF
this battery, but we attempted to
leave personality out of consideration
when this question was raised
would not support my own broth
or II ne tried for the appointment as
AdJutant-General against General
sale, Concluded Captain Myers
The resolution follows:
Whereas the term of our present
Adjutant-General of Virginia will ex-
pre- with that of the Governor and
hereas we note from the press of
the city that he will have opposition
TO his reappointment and as we feel
thht during his term OF office he has
done much TO eliminate a feeling which
has existed for many years against
the Field Artillery arm of the service.
anu mas pE MS impartial discharge OF
duty and attention to this important
arm of the service done much to i'm
prove the condition OF the Field Ar
tiilery OF Virginia in particular and
the Virginia Volunteers in general and
Whereas. we feel that he has made
this Commonwealth one OF the best
AdJutant- Generals Virginia has ever
had and that the discharge OF the
duties of the Office since he assumed
them merits our commentator and
indorsation. and
Whereas we feel It a duty incum-
bent upon us, in business meeting as
Scmblcd, TO let General sale and his
friends know in what esteem nc is
held by this organization and how we
deeply appreciate his efforts in be-
half of the Field Artillery of Virginia;
now, therefore, be 1t.
Resolved, That we most earnestly
and favorably commend to our next
Governor of the Commonwealth of Vir-
ginia General William Wilson Sale. the
present Adjutant- General for reap-
pointment We believe that his record
merits our actions and that is the wish
OF the rank and file Of the Virginia
Volunteers"