Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-03
EXECUTIVE WILL
COMMAND 9TH !.
GUARDRECIMENT
Appointment Is Made by Edgar Howard Acting Governor
During Nevilles Absence on Official Business at
Washington; Confirms The Bees Story; , .
Formal Announcement 't~ -

. Governor Keith Neville has accept
ed the colonelcy Of the new Seventh
Nebraska regiment and will 60 to
the front.
He will resign as governor of Ne
braska as soon as the Seventh is
mustered into service. but until that
time he will continue to serve as
chief executive of the state.
Officers of the Seventh have been
urging the governor to accept the
leadership OF the regiment and as this
gave him an opportunity to carry
out his desire to enlist in the ma
tons service he decided to accept,
HOWARD'S APPOINTMENT.
The governors appointment as
colonel of the Seventh was made by
Lieutenant Governor Howard, while
he was acting as governor, at the
time Governor Neville, was in WASH
ington on official business.
Lieutenant Governor Edgar Howard
will now become governor of Nebras-
ka, through the regular order of sue
cession. - t"..t.
II shudder to think of becoming
governor of Nebraska" is the way
the lieutenant governor expressed
himself some months ago, when The
Bee called attention repeatedly to the
possibility that the governor would
resign to enter the army.
IL am tired of this job Of being gov
ernor anyway is what Governor
Neville said several times to his close
friends. u would rather be in the
army" So 81 49,. v.1. las
During the organization Of the
Dandy Sixth Governor Neville. pom
dered long over accepting the colonel
cy of that regiment, which, ii was
well understood, he could have, had.
- Six Years at Military School.
Governor Neville, who is So years
l-oid and the youngest governor in the
United States, has had six years
schooling at St. Johns military school
at Annapolis, having graduated there
from in 1905. While at the school he
was recognized as a captain in the
school regiment. Hesis known as one
OF the best rifle and shotgun shoot
ers In Nebraska and has won num-
Der of trophies at state shooting
tournaments. Nv"
Governor in Omaha.
Governor Neville arrived in Omaha
Tuesday afternoon to inspect his new
command He visited at the Ak SAT-
Ben carnival and upon his arrival at
the gates OF Omaha's festival grounds
he was greeted by a colonel's salute
OF ten guns by members of the Lucky
Seventh" recruiting. squad stationed
there. 3#5 E#f it6 t.sf
Local officers OF the Lucky
Seventh" will endeayor to have the
governor colonel take command Of
the troops in the daylight parade
Thursday afternoon.
Just how long 1t will be before the
Seventh is mustered into service is
not known, but as the regiment is
rapidly 3eing recruited to war
strength, it is thought likely the time
Is not far ahead. &g "a
GOVERNORS STATEMENT.
Governor Neville made this state
ment:
Responding to wishes, expressed
by letter, of a majority of the total
number of officers of the Seventh
regiment that ! accept the colonelcy,
Governor Howard, during my absence
from the state. issued me a commits
sion as such.
T. II believe that the government
should in this emergency realize 100
per cent on the expenditures of past
years for the training of men at mill
tary colleges and similar institutions
maintained wholly or in part by the
government as well as at the various
schools, and since the written request