The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-09-27
Letter From
Brownsville.

Editor POST
BrowusviIIe. Texas. Sept. 90
l9i6--Erom toe letters have
been getting from uumsrnus
persons as home, it seerus that
5hey 10 nos understand shs
question about discharges. +
would, therefore, b.. <iaf IL yor,
would publish tbs tier
In the first place some Of
them see n TO think that nave
power 90 grant or refuse 3 dis
3chavEe- This Is a mistake
I captain Ia the National Guard
Is yecy small pctat6e The
[ application for q discharge Is
nrst presented TO him. Hs en-
dorseS "a '-apprcyeG' Of 81 sap
/ proved + and thaa passes is on
90 The Gcl0uel OF the ReEinlsnt
ne lt<s"lse, approves or
d's1pproTes aud forw ards
80 the Brigade Commauisr. aud
ne TO Higher ups" In case
az q private it does not 20 be-
you'd General FQnssou. Com
mander OF Eua Southern Dr. part
Weni: but 10 case Of an dsticer
z or a9a commissioned officer. IL
goes On through 20 the War
Dep tmens al Washington.
and requires two weeks az more
lo 20 aud come Ihe High
UPS may or may nos follow
n= endorsements below. Some
times taeg 'disapproye' where
/ Fna captain or the colonel or
lsth have approved" and
vice verses.
Asain ii IS practically usa-
less for any uan who Joined
after me baI,T l{une lS5h TO
APPLY fgr discharge. These
men all Joined for the ener.
zencyM They tif ihjs wtih
tt=ir YES open. The autdari-
ties li-lle and oig, take the
T pas.siou th25 they rAnuQs ax-
( pecd q release uusII the eunar-
<encg l. over When shis
~is, BE-. no one here knows: IL
any wise one 10 there knows.
fhsse are some here Who wilI
4 pay him their next yeAcs wa as
for shs Information These are
chiefly married men and would
oe's. Il msF be- true thl5
love MAKES the world 20
arolni II; but IL u certainly
true that is plays the devil
WIFE Z military organization
w 18Th reference 10 Students. (
am sFill getting moss Urgent
appeals from parents and
tfiends. They seem TO have
+ OyerLp0sed tie part THAI the
order concerning students was
rescIudet several weeks d 20. Es
Is, therefore, wholly useless TO
apply Tor their discharge o.
turlough.
| have said all started out
TO say but it my light ho.ds our
Will add . few paragraphs
which may BE- of interest.
We arrived a; Richmond
with l10 men and 5 officers
Thirty m=n wer= disqualified =
on physical examination Nine
men transferred at kichmGud
to other companies ft5 help
MAKE W their minimum u
sixty -hyel ard iivs more have
oeeu transferred here Sig
have been discharged on &C
count OF "depenisns families r.
I SO We now have only II aulist-
81 men and three Officers
Among 5hose disqualified
were our Firss-Seryean5 and
I 9uarEerMaster Sergeant, George
Tay Ior and Joe Potter. Amo2
those discharged here we're ".
E. Peck appointed First Ser
( gaaut IN Taylor's place and
harl Stoehr appointed in Pot
ser's place-ail IS fine fcg their
fIobs as any company ever
ooasted of.
( These ''disqualiGcalious'
transfers" and ''discuarrss -
nave ueceasisated constant
change and have kept Us in :
surnloI!-tde training of ms7 10
/ Ill new positions has added 20
the LABOR Of all and gFeaats
impaired our efficiency. New
arthei=ss Ne are still in the
ricg, and If We 20 10 the CITY os
Mexico, Company II will nos
& bs the last rs. crat tha-a IT,.