The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-02-01

was being quartered in barracks built
to hold only third of the number
NOV out there, adding;
I'm order to get a few measly dol
lars the boys had, the Commercial club
of Boise tried to get them here and
-"
/ Ross w. Bates leaped angrily to his
Meet, saying, 81 object to the state
ments in the name of the Boise Com
1mercial club and other commercial
clubs of the state and demand that
| the remarks be stricken from the rec
ords."
Commercial Club Places Responsible
ty on the Governor
| The statement made on the floor of
that the Commercial club is RESPONSE
BILE for the deaths of the soldiers and
that the club wanted to bring the reg
iment here to get the few measly
dollars" the boys had, is holly refuted
by responsible club members
Before the matter was finally set
titled beyond the possibility of change
b Commercial club committee, con-
sisting of Jess B. HaWley, president;
II. j. McGirr, Colonel M. w. Wood
and w. d. Fisher called on the gov
ernor and urged him to wire to Gen.
eral Bell to have the regiment sent
Ito Salt Lake.
"To be sure the club had taken the
lead in the movement to have the reg
iment brought to Boise" said Mr.. Nc
LGrr Monday afternoon when discuss
ing Moodys statements, 1--WE wanted
them here so that we could give them
IA rousing reception and welcome them
back to Idaho and we figured that
many of the men could get home to
Nneighboring towns for Christmas. We
had no thought of making money out
of their stay
when the matter. was well under
way Mr.. Hawley Colonel Wood Mr.
Fisher and | went to the barracks and
made an examination of the quarters
We decided that there was not room
enough and that if Boise had a spell
of cold weather during their stay they
would be anything but comfortable
and could not possibly maintain san
itary quarters.
\ Went to the Governor
"AccOrdingly, the four of us called
on the governor, and told him oul
conclusions. We said We had worked
diligently to have the regimen
brought here, but had decided that thu
project was not feasible, that thu
Health of the men might suffer AM
that we wanted to back down from
our stand.
"The governor got angry at once.
never back down. he exclaimed vehe
mently. When l start a thing l pu
it through, and I'm going to bring tn
regiment to Boise
eve were unable to shake him II
4his decision, though we pointed on
that we had made a careful survey o
. the quarters and that Colonel Wood
! who. had known many years of arm
. experience, agreed that the quarter
: would be inadequate.
"The governor said that there woul
be ample room to take care of tn
men in good shape. In view of thes
3 facts Mr.. Moody's charges in the leg
: ,islature can not be ignored. The clu
q wanted to have the regiment sent
t Salt Lake when we found that the
o would not be comfortable here, bl
d the governor would not hear of an
tchange of plans. ut was due to h
s insistence that the regiment final
/, came to Boise concluded Mr.. Nj
g Girr. .
g Major Martin Approved.
= After the committees conferen
: with the governor Major Martin 3
" rived in Boise and told members
= the Commercial club that the barracl
o could be made comfortable. All
asked in the way of assistance W;
= that Boise people be urged to allo
e carpenters or plumbers whom thu
d had employed to take a few days
= and work at the barracks. This c.
ID operation was willingly promised.
l. Jess Hawley, president of the Cor
nercial club, made the followii
Is statement Monday night:
le IF former Adjutant General Moo
l. was correctly quoted, he has ma
s Nsome statements which greatly Wroi
ne the commercial clubs Of Lewistc
o. Occur dAlene and other cities of Id
he no, including Boise. 1t is, Of cour
absolutely incorrect to attribute to t
Boise club either desire or design
h. dictate to the military or civil a
rs ,thorities what should be done w
ut the Idaho guard.
n What the Club Has Done.
be "The club has done it's best to pre-
~. Ierlv welcome and entertain the be
Ie- as we'll as to give them comforts q
am conveniences. For instance, the ell
ed trio lighting of the grounds was az
am at the clubs expense, the Natatori
he opened free of charge many tim
ks and men in uniform given free pa
Use age on street cars.
eve have asked outside organi
ing tjons in every town and city to let
lee ,execute any commissions they mi