Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-21
PRES. VIII SON WILL 60 BEFORE CONGRESS
.0KLAH0MANS ARE
MAD CLEAN THRU
INDIGNANT AND lNCENSED OVER Ar
TiCLE ATTACKING LIEU Gel.
JAYNE-DECLlRE 1T UNJUST.
Especial IT, The Hcrald.l

NAN BENIIO, Tex, Feb. ZI.-Melnbcr~
of the First Oklahoma infantry were sur
prised to read, on the day of their de-
parture for home, an article in the
Brownsville Sentinel, uniustly attacking
Lieutenant Colonel II. ILL., Jayne OF the First
oklahoma. and voiced their di~plcasurc i'll
no uncertain terms, declaring that had the
article appeared fortyeight hours earlier
they would have called upon the paper 10
discuss the matter with the pcr~on re~pon-
sibc for the statements made. There WA,
even talk among the men of "tar ami
feathers' and other uncomfortable
threats.
Dnc man, a member of the regiment. who
took the trouble to investigate the incident
said that hc had found there was not an
atom ot truth to The charge made IL the
paper OF "inciiicicncy'' or ''incompctency.'
The orders III the order at their issuance.
and signed ~ Colonel II. 4. Bullard, COM
handing The Twcnty-SNth United States
infantry, read:
Lieutenant Colonel Elta III. Jayne. First
Oklahoma infantry, " here relieved of
command 81 this regiment and viii report
to the undersigned for duty"
On the following day the second order
was issued, reading
"iieutenaut Colonel Eta II. Jayne, First
Oklahoma infantry, - relieved from duty
ut headquarters and returned to tui duty
with hi~ regiment
The first order was issued February lo,
tine second February lg.
One soldier whose name in not per
mittcd Az ~ quoted, said:
II have verified the fact that Lieutenant
Colonel Jayne WAS mot relieved oi COM
maud ot has regiment srrrr. Ts=,S-rie Il w dUi ii
with brigade headquarters on account ot
'incIIcl,ncy. Lieutenant Colonel .la ayue
ha- commanded the regiment on nrnv nr-
ca-ion~ and several times commanded
troops NJ the regular army. has served ou
many military boards and details and NY
have never heard ot this charge before.
There was considerable Indignation mani
Tested by ullIrcr~ and men ot the regiment
over thc article and many requests for
permission to 80 to Brownsville To iix the
writer of the article. But Colonel Hotf-
man refused al permission.
"Licuieuant Colonel Jayne has not au
enemy in the regiment and the storm ~
Idi-arproval which the article met with.
coming a- 70 dd just few hours before
Y tile re- mcnt'~ departure for home. was
considerable, and many were the threats ol
u tar and feather, and even more severe
punishment
\ ~ p. McCaIib. formerly NJ The regiment,
said:
v III note with surprise the article in the
Sentinel this morning stating that l.ieuten-
amt Colonel y. II. Jayne had been removed
I from command III thc First oklahoma In-
lantry. The paper has been grossly miss
Y informed. Colonel Jayne has been assign
Fed " duties by thc commanding officer WI
II the First Provisional brigade. Colonel Bul-
lard. because n man with long military
experience and NJ the very best training
VA, needed. Colonel Jayne has shown
himself to he well trained soldier. /
have been associated with him in military
work f3r AK years. and whenever q man
with the very best military training was
needed Colonel JAYNE was called for.
'Thc officers and men of the First ok
lahoma Infantry feel very badly about tho
article ~ Il appeared ~ the Sentinel. They
feel almost like they had been attacked
Colonel Jayne has won every mans heart.
There y uo more popular man III the OK
Y lahnma National Gunrd"