New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02
ADJT. GEN. HAMILTON
GUSTS 5 REPUBLICANS
Governor SuIzer, AvoWed Anti.
Spokesman, Signed Measure
Making Move Possible.
ENUMERATION FOR 0'RYAN
Investigators Give Major Gen.
eral Clean Bill-sdeal
Officer and Gentle.
man"

Albany. Feb. 1.-Governor Sulzer
says he is no spokesman. yet one Of the
first bills he signed resulted to-day IL.
the summary removal without cause or
charges OF five Republicans from places
in the adjutant generals office. The
new law allows the adjutant general to
remove or appoint the assistants under
him and TO select them. If he chooses.
from civil life. The old law provided
that the assistants must be selected
from the national guard and could not
be removed except on charges,
The order Of removal was made by
Adjutant General Henry Dewitt Ham
ilton. who ever since the bill was signed
has been busy in arranging list of
Republicans for Official decapitaion.
II affects eleven persons in all. rcmov-
ing besides the five Republicans three
women clerks in the Albany Office and
three clerks in the national guard ar
sonal in New York. The FIVE Repub-
licans are:
Troy. assistant adjutsnt general with
.. salary Of $500, who has been con
nected with the national guard for
thirty-six years.
Colonel Allan l.. Reagan. OF Albany,
assistant adjutant general. $1,000
year. who has been III the national
guard for fifteen years.
Frank Smith. Of Rensselaer, clerk,
81 200 year.
Edward Louvet. clerk. sl,IUC a year
Allan Bogardus. chief clerk in the
arsenal in New York City.
These were all notified that their ser
vices would not be needed after Feb
ruary -. There arc sixty employees
under the adjutant general in Al
bany and New York. and Il is expected
that other removals will De announced
within the next few weeks.
When the bill giving the adjutant
general the arbitrary power Of APP
pointment or removal was debated III
the Assembly ii was stated by Demo
cratic members that Republicans had
"a monopoly OH the positions in the ad-
jutant generals Office. Harold j. HIM
man. the Republican leader denied
this. saying that of the 1--WE assistant
adjutant generals who would be affect
Cd by the bill two were Democrats , two
Republicans and the fifth had no poll
tics 1t is noticed that the Hamilton
order carefully avoids interfering with
the two Democrats and the political
nondescript The Democrats are Colo
nels Walton and Maggie. who are To-
Gated in New York. and the latter is
high in the councils Of Tammany Hal.
The man Of no politics is Colonel How
ard. Of the local Office, but he is said
10 have leanings toward the Demo
Gratis.
Governor Suffers investigating com
mittee to-day in its report 10 the Chief
Executive not only exonerated Major
General O'Ryan Of the charges pre-
fcrred against him By eX-AGjutan'
General Verbeck, but stepped. out OF
its way 10 give him a certificate Of OK
celleDcy as an Iueal oIhCcI anu Se"-
tleman." The charges accused General
O'Ryan Of using state money for GER
tain national guard duties and draw
ing money from the funds of the Isl
Battery Of field artillery Of New York
Of which he was commander, for thc
same purpose. The report in effect
stated that the funds of the battery
were not state funds and that the or
ganlzation could 90 what il pleased
with them