The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-01-08

Some of the chief Of these are: The
food registration campaign in co-opera-
ton with the women; listing and filing
State warehouses; relieving Soldiers of
National Guard from duty at railway
bridges; having free demurrage reduced
from II to IS hours; organization of
Four Minute Men, and furnishing slides
to moving picture theaters; assistance
to recruiting officers, especially for the
| training camp; Investigation OF subject
of military training in State high
schools; aid and cooperation III anti
| tuberculosis work among rejected draft
men; aid and support of the work Of
the Woman 8 Council Of Defense; aid
! and support in forming negro auxiliary
defense councils; investigation of al
legged waste at South Carolina military
| camps; important work in the produc-
! tion and conservation of foodstuf1s; loan
| of the councils statewide organization
| for the recent Hoover food campaign
and the publicity Of the last liberty loan,
! wherein South Carolina's quota was
heavily subscribed. All this has
| been accomplished very economically.
The general assembly will be request
ed to make full provision for the increas-
! ingly important war work Of the coun-
Gil. An act has been drawn up and ap-
proved by the council, fixing It's s.atus
and requesting an appropriation Of $5O,-
. 600. if so much be needed. a fuller &C
count of the organization and activities
of the State council will be furnished
! in official a DDrT
TO it from that body.
State Troops.
AS corollary to the State council Oh
| defense, provision should be made IN a
substantial way for the equipment and
maintenance of State troops. This mat
! ter having been brought to theattenuon
of the department of war by myself and
other governors, who realized the need
of a military organization to take the
place of the federaliZed National Guard
units, permission was granted, based OH
a ruling from the judge advocate gen
eral, to organize troops, winch can De
called into service by State and federal
authorities but which can not be drafted
and sent abroad as in the case OF the
National Guard. The department OF
war urged the formation OF such troops.
For the last two months the work OF
organization has been going forward,
and today l an in position 10 say 1haI
a regiment of State troops stands ready
to answer such calls and some OF the
i companies have already been mus
tered IN.
These troops will be furnished with
rifles by the Federal government, Du1
the government s attention must be dl-
rected first. to the equipment and nam
tenance of the army and navy. 1t IS
imperative, therefore that Won PROVIDE
for the equipment and support OF such
troops. The military code of South Car
olina should be amended so as to make
REGULATIONS governing these State troops
and otherwise to conform to the national
defense act. Such troops will be subject
to duty at the call of the governor as
comma nder-in chief of the State s
troops.
! Let US hope there will be no cause
for me or my successors to use troops
but should occasion arise when such
forces are needed the hands OF your
State executive and the administrative
forces would be hopelessly tied without
such troops to assist in the suppression
of lawlessness, rebellion and INVASION.
Soldiers and Sailors Civil Rights.
Our National Guard, which rendered
such signal service on the Mexican Dor
der and which is now in the service OF
the United States both at home and
abroad, our quota in the national army
now being trained, and our volunteers
in the navy and other branches OF the
military service, should have their civil
rights protected. therefore recommend
that law be passed similar to the one
considered by our national congress TO
the end that the families of those now
or hereafter in the military service may
not be Disseminated against.
In this connection desire to call your
attention also to the need OF making am.
pie provision for obtaining the vote OF
the South Carolinians in the service.
Labor.
The worth of our State will be meas
| ured this year by our man-po"er ana
bv our willingness to set aside certain
| provisions, which though necessary IN
times of peace are awkward barriers to
! progress and cooperation in times OF
war. This would seem to be paradox,
| but the contradiction is apparent rather
than real, and is most clearly shown IN
! the legislation regarding. labor which 1
now recommend.
During the months preceding your an
| nual gathering and eliminating particu-
| larly in the recent action of the govern
ment in assuming control of the vast
transportation facilities of this country,
, no problem has received more. constant
study than the handling of labor in Its
connection with the prosecution Of war:
| The doctrines of Cuisines as Usual
and "Pleasure as Usual' have proven
false; in their stead we must learn and
! follow this precept: Fash one must DO
his or her task so that there may be no
one guilty of vagrancy; the pleasures OF
l many must be sacrificed for the good OF
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