Arizona republican., 1917-07-29

'e resignation was preciPitdeeo oy ee regarding strike situations which re- 'ditous."
 After long contemplating change Tn the office of adjutant general or Arizona, Governor Campbell yesterday sought to bring it about by addressing the following letter to Adjutant General Charles w. Harris:
 July 2S, 1917.
 "Sir: Your resignation, as adJutant general of Arizona, effective August first, nineteen seventeen, is hereby re- quested.
 You will turn over all state property under your Jurisdiction to Captain Oscar F. Temple, who will be instruct ed to receipt for the same.
 Sincerely,
 THOMAS E. CAMPBELL,
 Governor of Arizona. "Col. Charles w. Harris,
 "Adiutant General of Arizona,
 "Statehouse,
 Phoenix"
 Colonel Harris was not at his office and could not be located at his home, but later Private Secretary Malcolm Frazier thought of the Ford hotel, where IIlDSl Ol lIlOSt OlllCldlS NHOiii llIt governor has so far dispossessed were found awaiting execution. He tele- phoned to the Ford and was put into communication with the adjutant gen. eral.
 q want to break it easy to you Charlie" said MT. Frazier, but you're fired" He then informed him of the contents of the letter which had been - Colonel Harris was, q will not re- sign"
 The governor telegraphed the chief of militia affairs. Washington, D. C. informing him of the action he had taken.
 The only statement made by the governor relative to the request for the rasignation of the adjutant general was:
 After August 6, the national guard will be in the federal service and there will be no duties for an adjutant gen eral to perform: in the event that Ari- zona should be called upon to raise an other regiment of state troops I should want another adjutant general"
 The letter of the governor is said to have been immediately precipitated by certain reports made by Colonel Harris regarding the strike situation at var ious points in the state and these re- ports have been characterized as ''seditious." Colonel Harris has recent ly returned from a visit to several ot the national guard units now stationed in the state and from a brief vacation on the coast.
 It is understood that Colonel Harris will rely in his effort to oppose re- moval from office, on an amendment to the military code adopted by the last legislature, prescribing such qualified tions that there is no one else in the state eligible to the office. Colone Harris is said to have prepared the amendment Among the qualification. [ is one of continuous service in tht guard for five years. Other qualified ttons, like this, are possessed only by Colonel Harris. who has been at tn. 1 head of the national guard since the i admission of Arizona to statehood. At the time of the enactment of thi. amendment a bill introduced by a Vir. ginia congressman providing for { rfriend was recalled. The bill created an office and prescribed the qualified l tions. Among them was one that tn, appointee should have served a certain number of years in the Philippines il certain capacity; he should have hac other certain experiences and hay, done other certain things Thus tn, ! congressman hedged the office abou with qualifications which only one mar on earth possessed and that was hi Virginia friend.
 ] It Is understood also that it is tn, opinion of Colonel Harris that unde the federalized militia law he may h, removed only by the federal govern ment. The governor is said not to h, sure of his power under this amend ment to find a man in Arizona will the qualifications necessary to the of { flee but he has no doubt of his powe to remove from office any appointed 1 though he may not be able to fill th, vacancy thus created. ] Captain Temple, who is named in in letter of the governor to be custodian l Of the papers of the office and th property of the state now under tb custody of Colonel Harris, has bee1 connected with the office of adiutan general for several years. He ros rom the ranks in the regular army il service in Cuba and the Philippines He was later retired and came to Ari zona. His later service in the regula army was in the quartermaster's de partment At the outbreak of wa with Germany he sought a commission Tn the service again but failed of in rigid physical examination.
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