The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-07-04
GOVERNOR BLEASE TO
The WAR DEPARTMENT
SAYS SUGGESTION MADE IS ALL
HE ASKED.
Demands Showing For Companies, Is
Atlas Stood Firm In His
Position.
Special to The Herald and News.

al OF the Secretary VI HoA' III N9'SA
to the companies which Governor
Blease has refused to muster out, is
all the governor has been asking, and
is entirely satisfactory to him, is the
effect of a letter which Governor
Blease has written the secretary OF
war following the correspondence and
conferences in Washington by General
Jones and Col. Cogswell in the mill
tary m:x-up.
The letter of the governor speaks
for itself. The governor has stood
firm in the matter of giving the So
called deficient companies an oppor-
tuni,v to stand the test, and the Sec
re,arv of war has agreed to this. The
companies which it was proposed to
muster out are mainly in what is
known as the "black belt of South
Carolina, where the militia is mostly
needed. In addition to this, the gov
ernor has felt that it was only fair to
give these companies a showing.
As will be shown by the correspon-
dence, General Jones and Col. Cogs-
we'll went to Washington, where con-
ferences were held. Their trip to
Washington followed the resolutions
adopted by General Jones and the
three colonels strongly endorsing the
course of the governor. These resolu-
tons, which are referred to in the
governors letter as exhibit A" have
already been published in full in the
last issue of The Herald and News.
The two other exhibits referred to in
the letter of the governor are publish
ed along with the letter below.
The letter of Governor Blease fol-
lows:
Columbia, July 2, 1913.
Hon. L. N. Garrison, the Secretary
of War, Washington, D. c. Sir: On
June %, certain military officers of
South Carolina, including the briga-
der general and three colonies COM
manding, respectively, the three reg
inents of the national guard of South
Carolina, met and forwarded to me
a communication, copy of which is
attached to this letter and marked
Exhibit A."
I thereupon wrote letter to each of
the members from South Carolina in
the National house of representatives,
COPY of which letter is herewith at
tachsd and marked Exhibit b.
1 also wrote letter to Gen. Willie
Jones and Colonel julius E. Cogswell,
copy of which is attached to this let
ter and marked Exhibit c."
Today I am in receipt of the follow
ing letter fromA Gensral Jones aud
Colonel Cogswell:
Washington, D. c., June 80, 1913.
Governor Cole. L. Blease, Colum-
bia, S. C. Dear Governor: We beg
leave to report to you that we had
conference with our congressional del
egation and with them called upon the
secretary of war and we are much
pleased to enclose you herewith the
agreement by the secretary of war.
He says he cannot act unless he has
an official communication from you as
commander-in-chief, as the ordering
of the encampment is entirely in your
hands and he cannot recognize the re-
quest of any one else.
eve were most kindly treated by
our delegation, as we'll as by the Sec
retary of war and General Mills. They
seemed only too anxious to do all we
asked them to do. We are very much
pleased with the result and congrat-
ulate you upon the manner in which
the matter has turned out.
'The secretary of war simply ex-
poets you to make an official request
to carry out what he has agreed to
do, as he could not recognize request
from delegation or from US.
eve will return home in day or
two.
again congratulating you upon the
result of today's work, we are,
"Your friends,
''Wilie Jones,
Julius E. Cogswell." ;"
I presume, therefore, from their let
fer, and from your communication to
the representatives from this State,
that you arr willing to the following,