The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-02-01

brought here, but had decided that the
project was not feasible, that the
health of the men might suffer and
that we wanted to back down from
our stand.
The governor got angry at
once. I never back down., he ex-
claimed vehemently. When /
start thing put it through.
and I'm going to bring the regi-
ment to Boise
we were unable to shake him in
this decision, though we pointed out
that we had made careful survey of
the quarters and that Colonel Wood,
who had known many years of army
experience, agreed that the quarters
would be Inadequate.
"The governor said that there would
be ample room to take care of the
men in good shape. In view of these
facts Mr.. Moody's charges INF the leg
islature cannot be ignored. The club
wanted to have the regiment sent to
Salt Lake when we found that they
would not be comfortable here. but
the governor would not hear of any
change of plans 1t was due to his in
sistence that the regiment finally came
to Boise concluded Mr. McGirr.
Jess Hawley, president of the Com
mercial club, made the following
Statement Monday night:
If former Adjutant General Moody
was correctly quoted, he has made
some statements which greatly wrong
the commercial clubs of Lewiston,
Occur dAlene and other cities of Ida
no, including Boise, 1t is, of course.
absolutely incorrect to attribute to the
Boise club either desire or design to
dictate to the military or civil author
tiles what should be done with the
Idaho guard.
What the Club Has Done.
The club has done its best to prop
erly welcome and entertain the bows
as well as to give them comforts and
'c8nveniences. For instance the cleo
trio lighting of the grounds was done
at the clubs expense, the Natatorium
opened free of charge many times,
and men in uniform given free pass
age on street cars.
1--WE have asked outside organiza-
tions in every town and city to let us
execute any commissions they might
have for the comfort or convenience of
their home company. In fact Boise,
through its Commercial club, has tried
the best 1t knew how to make the
Idaho boys feel welcome here, and
proud of their capital city
Il do not care to use strong Ian
guage at this time about Mr.. Moody
or his alleged unfortunate and III ma
tured remarks, but when / have fully
learned what he did say / shall GER
tainly go as far as is necessary to
protect the good name of Boise and
its Commercial club"
As evidence of the fact that the club
did not insist that the regiment come
to Boise after it had been ascertained
that the quarters would be made
quate, but let the men at the border
know what conditions to expect the
following telegram, sent December TO-
is made public:
Wire Sent to Border.
Lieutenant John NJ. Regan, Second
Idaho, Nogales, Ariz.: We have been
busy for several days trying to get the
rehabilitation point changed to
Boise. We put matter up to General
Bell, who in turn put it up to Cover
nor Alexander, claiming quarters here
Inadequate and boys apt to suffer un-
necessary hardships during two weeks
of the demObilizatiOn. Governor will
ing to do everything in his power, as
well as all Boise people, but on going
over barracks we find indoor accom-
modations will be extremely crowded !;