Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-28

can take out of it. II he fears that
mere Will be no investigation by the
National congress, l can assure him
to the satisfaction of himself and
ms party, that there will be unlim-
iSeo investigations that will show
mem up in a mighty bad fashion in
my Judgment, before the National
congress Will get through with their
IInvesugauons. He undertakes to say
that this is~no place for a resolu
lon of this kind. that we are sworn
10 uphold the Constitution of the
state OF Pennsylvania. If we are
not upholding the Constitution of
! the state of Pennsylvania by up
holding the most gallant National
Guard that any State in the Union
ever produced, then 1 fail to under
stand my duty as a Senator of Penn
syiyahla' l am willing and ready at
an times 10 raise my voice in de-
sehse OF the National Guard of this
they rendered to this State and the
Nation and the world in their
Iwenty-ei Division by downing
the Germans in the World War. and
while l can see that this resolution
VIII go over for a day under the
rules to the Military Committee, /
am or the opinion that when it
comes out If the Senator from
Ferry is of the same mind, that he
VIII be the only vote in opposition
TO the passage of the resolution to
90 Justice to our National Guards
men OF the State of PENNSYLVANIA.
The PRESIDENT. The resolution
Is referred to the Committee on
Military Affairs.
The following is the text of the
resolution:
Whereas certain officers who
nave had long and honorable mill
tary careers in the service of the
national guard of Pennsylvania and
have served with distinction on the
american border in the United
States service, and
whereas, many of these officers
during their service in the National
Guard, had been trained at numer-
Gus schools and encampments. and
having become part of the Twenty
eighth division during the ten
months of its training at Camp Han
COCK, were further trained in their
duties and many of them gradu-
ated from machine gun, infantry
and artillery schools, Camp Han
cock, Fort Sill and other places, and
whereas, these officers perform
ed their duties with proficiency and
displayed both zeal and valor on the
various battlefields of France, and
Whereas, many of these officers
were relieved from their commands
about the time that 1t became evil
dent that a cessation of hostilities
was about to take place, and regu-
lar army officers who had not taken
part in the actual service during
hostilities were assigned to take
their places, and
Whereas, many of these nation
al guard officers were relieved from
their commands without cause, and
in an unjust and arbitrary manner,
and
Whereas, in some cases the rea-
sons given for such removals were
totally unfounded and unsupported
by evidence, and the officers relieved
were totally unfounded and unsup-
ported by evidence, and the officers
relieved were not accorded the op-
portunity of contradicting the state
ments, or to vindicate themselves
or to have such impartial considera-
ton as is required by the principles
of justice, and
Whereas, the exercise OF the ar
bitrary power of commanding OFF,
GERS who were of the regular army,
were invariably directed against the
former national guardsmen to such
an extent that there appears to have
been a definite plan and design to
discredit the national guard,
Therefore. be it resolved, IL the
House of Representatives concur,
that the United States congress be
requested to make such investiga-
ton of the whole subject as shall
seem necessary and proper, and if
it shall appear that the. said Off
GERS have been treated unfairly that
proper recognition and vindication
be given them, and that suitable rep
rimand or other punishment be Civ
en- those guilty of such unjust treat
ment, and that proper and ade-
quate laws be enacted to prevent
the recurrence of such injustice in
the future"