The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-06-13
WIRES SECRETARY GARRI-
SON AND DIVISION OF THE
EAST FOR PLEDGE
NOT DECIDED YET
Governor Slease Declines To
Muster Out Soldiers Recon-
mended By Adj. Gen.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Columbia. June 12-GOv. Blease this
afternoon dispatched telegram to
the department of the east. United
States army. asking If their telegram
OF June 10th to the adjutant general
here meant that the troops Of South
Carolina could hold an encamp-
mcnt In this state or go to Augusta,
Ca. with tho ninth division, just as
they preferred. Til" governor also
asked the departmeI.. of the east to
promise him that IL the troops went to
Augusta that they would not be sent
to service in Mexico without being
returned to this state to mobilize. and
give them the opportunity of excr-
cising thier right of volunteering.
a copy OF the telegram was wired
to Secretary OF War Garrison at Wash
ington.
Asked why he wanted the promise
Of the federal authorities not to use
tho militia for service In Mexico or
send them direct there from the en-
campment at Augusta, II uch they
wished. without first al ing the
troops omobilze Gov.
BIease said he &c care
OF any emergency against
the possible continge.. ,e South
Carolina troops being sci ect from
Augusta to -ervice on the Mexican
frontier without their full knowledge
and consent.
IF the boys want to. go to Mexico
want them to go" said the governor,
declaring that all he wanted was full
protection for the troops to exercise
their privilege OF going and, not to
be rusheds off without giving them,
{ The ,oppoFtunity snee 6lunte eFing; soTs
making. the decisi on 1ifi itrannlel ed. and,
4 without computation. Tie. said that
Once the. troops were beyond the bord-
ers OF. thik statsghis jurisdiction over
them ceased and If the, war depart
ment took a notion to send them to
patrol the border, direct from Augusta
they could be cent without consulting
the desires oil the enlisted men,.
The commander-in-chief emphasized
his declaration that he was not put
ting any obstacle in the way of the
militia of this state being used for
service in Mexico If the boys wanted
to go. Al he wanted is, as he ex-
planned In his telegram to the de-
partmont OF the east. III they encamp
In Augusta Will you promise me that
IL they arc to be placed in service
in Mexico, that you will first allow
them to return to their own state and
mobilize therein, and that you will not
order them direct from the Augusta
camp to duty in Mexico or elsewhere
without first allowing them to return
to their own state and to exercise
their right Of volunteering?"
Whether the South Carolina militia
will hold an encampment within the
borders Of their own state or take
part In the joint encampment Of tho
ninth division at Augusta, Ga depends
on the information from the depart
ment. OF the east and the decision of
the governor.
Adjutant General Moore has recon-
mended to Governor BIease, the COM
mapder-in-chief. the mastering out of
four companies Of the National Guard
OF this state. as the result Of them
failing to come up to the requirements,
the adjhtant general having just COM
pleted his inspection. Cav. Blease
says he will not muster out any com.
panies while the war talk continues
between this country and Mexico.
The companies recommended by the
ad3utant general to be mustered out
are: Company B, First Infantry. Lib
ertyl Hill: Company K, Third Infantry,
WalterbOro; Second Company Coast
Artillery. Lancaster; Fourth Division
Naval Militia, Georgetown.
Congressman: "a f. Lever this morn
ing filed his pledege for recollection
from the seventh district.
Governor BIease this. morning
granted a'full, pardon to John c.; Elli-
son, the prominent Anderson county
farmer, who was convicted at man
slaughter I'm 1912 ,and sentenced to
seven yeats saa Vim h was paroied last L
The goveIat6,if, 'pard pned James Sud-
ddth Of Gresnyille !, convicted OF muir
der with rseom1ne dalton to mercy
In 1901 and sshtenge led TO life imprisonA
ilent in the psnit y sSntiary.
There ID i Difference.
Dr.. -. d. Cront calls attention to
the fact that 'she Is no. being sued for
nm equitable iiyision OF lands" The
suit, he says, does not contemplate
the division OF lands, hut is; brovgb.
by Miss Laura Hardy to set aside, Il