The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-04-21


been treated courtesly. en-
close you copy of that let er To this
letter l have never received any reply
from you saying whether you ihtend-
ed TO treat me with the proper courte-
| sy or not.
| You further sta.e that unless you
were further consulted about this mat
ter, you did not propose to have troops
brought into your State Again, Mr..
Secretary, you misquote the record
and are incorrect. What my letter of
April 9Th said was: Before the State
| troops Of Suoth Carolina attend any
| such maneuvers, | assure you that l
will be consulted, or there will be no
troops in this State referring direct
ly, as the letter plainly shows, to the
troops of South Carolina only, and as
you should knew, because l would
nave no jurisdiction whatever over
any other troops. This statement
plainly means, and can only be con-
strued 10 mean, that if any State
troops in South Carolina attend that
encampment without my coasent
would muster them out of the SER
vice. Again, must presume that you
have been misinformed as to what was
in the original record.
The next information 1 received
was a telegram under date of April
18th, signed Richard S. Whaley, as
follows:
Washington, D. c., April 1914.
''Hon. Cole. L. Blease, Governor of
South Carolina, Columbia, S. C.
will selection of Isle CT Palms as
site for Southeastern encampment be
satisfactory to you and meet with
your approval? Will appreciate
prompt reply.
(Slgned) Richard S. Whaley."
In reply to that, I wired you on
April 14th, as follows:
"As commandments of the mil
itary forces of this State, l desire and
urge the holding of the encampment
IN South Carolina, and will do all in
my power to make the same successful
and pleasant"
The next communication I received
was from yourself, dated April 18th,
as follows:
Am | correct in assuming that by
your telegram of April 18th you in
tend to completely revoke so much of
your letter Of April 9th as deals with
the matter of the joint encampmer&
in South Carolina?'
In reply to that, l wired you on the
same date, as follows:
Il received from one of our con-
sressmen yesterday the following tel
egram:
Will selection of Isle of Palms as
site for Southeastern encampment be
satisfactory to you and meet with
your approval?'"
In response to that wire and certain
conversations over long dis .ance
phone with parties in Charleston, 1
wired you from Rock Hill, as follows:
"As commander-in-chief of the mil
itary forces OF this State, l desire and
urge the holding OF the encampment
ia South Carolina, and will do all in
my power to make the same success
ful and pleasant.
my letter of April 9Th stands, and
l am still of the opinion that your de-
partment Should consult me direct,
and not through others.
(Signed) Cole L. Bealse,'
Governor.
l received no reply from you 10 that
message, you still not disclaiming lnat
you did not intend to be discourteous
to the governor Of this State.
The next communication 1 received
was from the mayor of Charleston,
fcopy Of which is as follows;
Charles on, S. c., April 18th, 1914
Hon Cole L. Blease, Governor, Co.
lumbia, S. c.
1T occurs to me that if you viii
wire me as mayor that you as COVER
nor have no objections to the encamp-
ment within tAe limits Of SouJa Caro-
lima, and if you care to do so you can
even so as far as TO say that you
would be glad if it would be neId&ere,
l think could then, as mayor of
Char,eSt1n, wire the secretary OF war
tha: I have been so advised by you.