The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-01

TAKE OATHFOR
FEDERAL DUTY
ALL SIGNED BUT ONE AND HE
WILL ARRIVE TODAY-OFFl-
GERS PLACING THEM IN SER
VICE MAY LOSE COMMISSION.

San Antonio, Texas, May 31.--I
have saved everybody in my company
now, but it looks as though can't
save myself"
With this remark Capt. G., f. Ander.
son of the former Lott company led
to the mastering office today twenty.
seven men from his town who, in the
early days of Camp Wilson, refused
to be mustered into United States
service and went home. The men
came in from Lott this morning, ac-
companied by Captain Anderson. A
few were uniformed, but most of them
wore citizens clothes. They marched
up to the mastering office at the camp,
carrying their suit cases, and after
the necessary preliminaries took the
oath required of militia entering fed.
eral service.
The mastering in of these twenty
seven men from Lott now places ev.
cry man who was in that original
company in the United States service
with one exception, and Captain An.
derson says that man has wired he
will be here tomorrow. There are,
however, twenty-three members of the
Lott company now at home. These
twenty-three signed the roll all right,
In the first days of the camp, but when
the Lott company was broken up be.
cause SO many would not sign, the
twenty-three were told they could go
home and await orders, since their
company had been disorganized and
they did not want to go ~ other com
panies. What disposition will be made
of them is not known. The twenty.
seven who were mustered today will
be sent to various companies now on
the border, probably
Officers May Lose Commissions.
The officers of the Lott company
may lose their commissions, through
no fault of their own, of course, and
that is the meaning of Captain An
derson's remark that has been quoted
When the Lott company was broker
up men from the Port Arthur ant
other large companies were trans
formed to form a company to take the
place of Lott, consequently, although
Captain Anderson has now succeeded
in getting all his men back and hav
ing them mustered in the company he
once commanded is now differed by
others and is made up of men from
various towns.
Altogether thirty men were muster
ed in today several individuals com
ing in from points in the state, in ad
dtion to the party from Lott. Tele
grams were received, saying still 9th
ers will be here tomorrow the las
day before the court-martial.
Capt James NJ. Love, Jr.. U. S. A.
in charge of the mastering, considers
it possible that the rolls may be en-
tirely clear by Thursday morning
However, in view of the mass of cler
iCal work connected with checking
up the rolls of all the companies in
the brigade it is impossible to predict
this without qualifications, or to say
exactly how many are now not mus
tered in. At any event, it seems alb
solutely safe to say that the court
martial will find only a very few men
to be tried for failure or refusal TO be
mustered
Would Set Precedent.
1t is understood that the officials
are anxious to have the Texas cases
if there are any, disposed of prompt
ly so a precedent may be established
and clearer understanding be reach
ed regarding the construction of the
present federal statutes covering tn,
militia
While the percentage of Tefas mill
tiamen who refused to muster is yer!
small and has grown much smaller il
the last few days, it is said by of
ficers that even if there is only on
man out of the entire brigade who i
| liable to court-martial, that maj
| should be tried