The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-01

! Please make this statement for
me I'm that connection: Not a
mcmIcr Of tho state council of
defense, a. constituted by Cover
nor Stuart. and which retired
when hc laid Town tho cares of
Office, received a cent of expenses
travel or hotel btIIs-durtng
their incunbcncy. In addition.
Colonel w. NJ. HunIey. of tho Nir-
ginia Military institute. acted as
secretary without salary tn the
stale. He received only his ac-
tual expenses for the G
months while he was here in tho
discharge of his duties. His sal
AIRY was continued by tho Virginia
Military institute. That such an
impression has gained currency Is
an injustice to the members OF
that council and Is far from the
actual facts. Tho records Will
speak for themselves.
This attack on the members Of the
old council Of defense. with the ex-
ception of the following from the al
ways convenient friends Of +he gov
ernor.' and which The Nirginian
again characterizes as ian impudent
falsehood nv lndireetjon. constitute all
that has appeared in justification OF
the rrescp; deplorabIe and unfortu-
nate situation, since reference was
first made thereto by The Virgtnian
On March 80:
u has bern charged thai the
50 900 appropriated for the use
nf fhn sxnstnrif L. 4x.s~
carry out the work it has under
taken. Friends of the governor
contend hat this Is not true. and
thai the future will show that
Virginia has provided uNore0 ado
qnatciy for It's council than has
any other state of the Union.
Tho wonen's branch OF the old
state council Of defense resigned at
tho Time the council resolved to place
rs resignation in the hands Of the
governor. Time has gone on, and
stui no appointments have beer made
ny the governor 50 that this important
work performed by patriotic women
could be continued. Several days ago
me following appeared in the Rich
mond Times Dispatch.
Within the next few davs Govorno.
DAVIS Is expected to name the mem
hers OF the women's branch of he
Nirginla council Of defense Foliouy
ing the retirement from the Office q,
ehlei executive of Governor Stuart tho
lfE1nla council of defense resigned
dS q matter of course. A new council
mas been appointed ny the governor
ne new won1en's branch OF the coun4
elt mas not yet been named. The old
branch made ~rrangements ia afS.
Uahd 10 give the governor a free hand
Governor Davis said this afternoon
that. due In the great pressure nj
business which came to him from the
legislature and which was urgent. he
had not had time tn consider fhe an.
pointment NJ the wnmen'S arYiIts ~
TO the council. but that the DELAY war
not in any sense to be taken a. an
affront to the memhers or as an indi-
cation that he WAS i~nappreciative
of the patriotic services the women
had rendered or tbs spirit which
prompted them to offer their conttn.
ned services, 1t Is regarded as not al
together improbable that many mem
hcrE OF the Women's branch Of the
council will be reappointed.
Whom the council of defersae Sc
iected by Governor Stuart sent it's
resignation 10 the chief 81,
as 70 allow the incoming governor to
anne his own men. the women's di-
vision held a similar meeting and
passed appropriate resolutions. The
women's branch, had been doing CON
siderable work. having beer furnished
an ONCE and being allowed expenses
II now has neither an Office nor an
appropriation. and SO rs not able to
give the assistance it's members de
sire.
The governor has not vet found
the time. apparently. TO attend to this
important work. He has, however.
found ample time to comply with the
request of a former Republican presi-
dent to appoint a List OF twenty-five
Virginia citizens to attend a meeting
of the League to Enforce Peace, to
be held in Philadelphia. The COVER
nor seems to have no difficulty in
complying with the requests of a for
mer Republican president, but he still
denies the gen ~pleadings Of Presi-
dent Wilson's secretary Of war in re
iation 10 the council Of defense.
r0o F%lrEinian has quoted freely
from the record. The Virginian hopes
70 do exAct justice TO Governor Davis.
The situ>don. as II Is understood BY
The F~irs1nian, is as follows If in
the statement thereof any error OF
tact or Of statement made, The vir-
flniar will be only too glad to pub
iish any correction the governor
wishes to have made. The record
mas been brought down to the inaug71-
ration cf the governor. We have
shown whore former Governor stuart
in recommending adequate provision
for the IN OF defense CITED the
TACT that the different states had an.
proprtatea up to three million dollars
Tor this work. that the average in