The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-12
OFFICIALS START MOVEMENT TO
PREVENT DISCRIMINATION
eInbers Of Congress Asked Use Delay Re-
quest For Return Of Supplies Loaned the Troops-Wash
3@gSf ingon Officials Believe Governor Manning WIN
q, Immediately Reinstate the Soldiers.
kiBy Associated r.raa..,

W
COLUMBIA, s. G., Jan. 1.-Gover-
nor Bile e today disbanded the South
Carolina organized militia. Thirty
one com panies. comprising approxi-
mately ITO thousand officers and men,
are a6ekted. Disagreement between
the goye NOR and militia and war de-.
9 partmenl officials on the organization
and ECU Npment of the troops was
given asA the reason for the action.
Is Milit:aE officers tonight began a
I movemenE to prevent complete disor-
ganizatieh. Telegrams were sent TO
south Cs4rolina members of congress
at Washangton requesting that they
use their tinhneEce to have the war de-
partmen4 delay asking the return Of
1900 600 worth OF supplies loaned the
4 atrroops.g 80 saEstfis
GoysEnlars please WIN retire january.
z 10 and Goyerncr Manning, his Success
ssDor. will be-aBked to reinstate the SOL
diers. While ar. Manning has not yet
stssss Wsszt iaisttts55s hS VIII saIs, IL
! was considered certain by militia OH
GERS that he would rescind the action
OF Go1ernor Bleass.
Ad5htant General Moore expects to
leave for Washington tomorrow to
! confer with war department officials
ON the situation.
Governor Blease explained in his
order disbanding the troops that the
existence or differences between the
gecretafy Of war and the secretary of
s.te navy and Adjutant General Moore,
OF South Carolina, on one side, and
himself en- the other. prompted him
TO taite this step. These differences,
he said, resulted In serious breaches
Of discipline In the militia corps. !.
The present governor Of the State
Of South Carolina is OF the opinion
that 1t would belunfair and unjust ON
his part 70 turn over to his successor
in Office tho militia Of South Caroline
In It's present condition" the ord 4r
read. g '.5tss 80, X
The controversy between isoyernor
Blease ana Adiatant Genefzf Moore
was said TO be the RESULT nz the Eoyer-
nors refusal to sign certain orders
and official papers presented to- him
by the adjutafft general. 4 A
The secretarz OF war and the secre-
tary OF the spavy became parties to,
this cp1trovsN according to officfaf
statements when the matter OF ac-
counting for about 100000 worth OF
federal property these federal depart
unents claimed had been lost and de-
stroyea by the militia organizations
was held up. An accounting OF this
property was begun about a year ago
and recently wls completed. and the
hnfshed reports are said to-day to he
ready for the signature OF Governor
Blease g
The sItuation became further com.
plicated last summer when the cover
nor REFUSED 20 permit the militia
troops TO pAftfcipate IN the annual afi..
-arnprnent ordered by the cher az flpe.
y,.iyfsion OF militia aifaifs. Ti,is ncl,on. I,
according to fataAsents from the i,S.s
iufanE geferaise Dfllee. restltAd IN en-
prcprfati by ceiiss q s,y,yr,,s. .,,s.s
about 3S6.s 800 TOP afntans snce si1d
equipment o9 the south Casolffia mix.
itia being held III by tie war DEPART,
,icluesd In the three regiments ffl
infantry ans auxiliary :corpa affs6tSi
~ shss order are zoo mon, wholF, Sflss
eslgernor had refused I'd muster cut
~ seryfcD siis0n orders sscniysfi about
eiglit nl0nfha ago efeEn che cEses or
me division Of United States raiiitia
hifeil1.
le militia was eofnrnandsG By AtI.
'llssnk Genera Moore oE Barnweii.
sose etlseiai pEsition IS not assectsd
- ftsly y'!lkt4 ~ l,fssFz OF l5s9HHos EuW-
attqs es cctinie -inkehiAf ak p
p3llelo. tssnss| psIla xpsiss ,0f Coz
lsii9hiF " dier general IL TIE
Ho,itk ;S1,'ri 81 III douafters
~ fac ~, E5 isnent were nc
] Il I; 81 recoIle sSssshens at
nfa All, slSs bird 0t Char.
koasf re corps