The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-03-06
Idaho the sum of s24s.3p mileage.
Moody and Nose Were Some Globe
Trotters.

Irotters.
The records Of the adjutant gener.
ais office and of the 18th session o.
the legislature thus show that between
December l, 1918, and the converting
lof the 18th session of the Legislature
in January, 1919, the adjutant genera
occupied two positions, namely rep
Preventative from Bonner county and
ladjutant general Of the state of Idaho
lConceding that there We're five COM
panies of irregularly organized militia
| of the state of Idaho during portion
of the years 1917 and 1918 and that
there were two regularly and legally
cmpowered officers of the National
Guard, Major J. b. Burns and ex-Ad-
/ jutant General Moody, both of which
! last named officers having their Off
cial place of business at Boise, yet we
find that ex-Adjutant General Moody
and Ex-Governor Moses Alexander
claim that the equivalent of 1927
miles of travel was necessary in the
carrying on Of the various duties per-
tanning to the militia of the state OF
Idaho consisting, as we have stated,
regularly Of two officers and irregu-
larly of five companies, during por-
ton of the years 1917 and 1918. Ger
tainly this was an exhibition Of virile
activity which, while doubtless a sub
iect of admiring wonder when dis
played by a globe trotter, Is devoid OF
much of it's attractiveness when view
ed and considered from the standpoint
Of the poor and overburdened taXpay-
err and an already too greatly harrass-
ed legislature in attempting to carry
on the necessary activities of the state
and at the same time meet with the
demands of an eXasperated constitu-
ency at home clamOring for redue-
ton in the overhead expenses of the
state government. This marvellous
exhibition of patriotic perambulatory
activity is given deeper hue by the
contention of the eX-adiutant general.
1t is contended in explanation of this
charge that after the government
took over the railroads the passes of
the various state officials were taken
from them and that 1t was found very
expensive to travel on the railroads
over the state, yet the ex-adjutant
general and Ex-Governor Moses Alex
ander both admitted, their admission
n h,, hto tnc it11r "
of Captain Frank A. Mccall, that all
travelling expenses connected with the
carrying out of the draft have been
betrayed by the federal govern
ment.
elames Wooden -Headedness Of War
Department.
"As a sample of unnecessary and
unlawful extravaganza and eXpendi-
ture of the states money for railroad
trips, we cite the trips of the eX-ad-
jltant general to Charlotte, n. c.,
Washington, d, c., and other points,
Pesides obtaining railroad and Pull
man transportation at the expense of
the state, through the transportation
requests heretofore described Mr.,
Moody put in a bill covering his ex-
renses on this trip amounting to
$115.60 for meals, hotel and entertain
ment. This trip was not in any way
connected with the organized militia
of the state of Idaho and this claim
and the claims covering the railroad
and Pullm2n transportation were not
legal or proper claims against the mi
lltia fund.
Mr. Moody was not able to give
any satisfactory explanation as to
why these expenses We're incurred, ex-