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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1912)
THE STJITDAY OREGONIAtf. PORTLAND, AUGUST 4. 1913. jnr Mt I PROPOSE TO FIGHT tharge of Unfairness Made by Men Affected in Order for Disbandment. I EARING IS ASKED FOR extensive Statement of Case Made by Those in Command When the Trouble Occurred, Including General's Conversation. Ch&rsrlnK that the general staff of he Oregon National Guard has not act d fairly in ordering the disbandment f the Second Battalion because of re- usal of the officers to carry out the rders of BrlKadier-General Maus at e maneuver campaign In 'Washing- n. tbe officers of the. battalion are oinar to center their Influence on overnor West in an effort to pre ent him from signing the disoana- ent order. This procedure was de ded upon yesterday when the se nsed officers got together and. after nglng to appeear before the Gov- rnor when he returns irom iaano, ssued a public statement. In this it is asserted that me. gen eral staff did not give the officers hearing, although they had requested that tor or all of them be called be fore the staff before any decision in the case was reached. They declare their unwillingness to dispense with the court of Inquiry which has been reouested. and sav that they will be able to produce information which will vindicate their actions. Gedrral Finger Annnrea Jnstlce. Adlutant - General Finzer, of the Guard, announced yesterday afternoon that there is no desire on the pan 01 tbe general staff or any other body or person interested in the troubles to do away with the court of inquiry if the officers want it. "We want to be fair." said General Finzer. "As to the statement issued by the officers I will make no answer further than to say that there was no request by them for hearing before the general staff. In- ' asmuch as the men were not given dis horsirsble discharges it was not thought necessary to call upon the of ficers to explain their side of the con troversy. Upon the proposition that there was a refusal to obey orders there seems to be no dispute. The gen eral staff is comprised of military men who took action which they con sidered fair to the men of the Second Battalion and to the Guard as a whole. "If the officers demand a hearing thev will certainly have a chance to explain in as much detail, as they de sire. There is no desire to keep them from it. There is a possible worse out. co mo to such a hearing than has been ordered by the general staff in the dis bandment of the battalion without dis honorable discharges." Officers Make Statement. There is some talk of the officers filing charges with the War Depart ment against General Maus for abusive language alleged to have been direct ed at the officers when they were still in charge of their commands, as iu what will be done along this line none of the officers are willing to say. but. Inasmuch as such a complaint wouid have no effect on the local situation, It is not considered probable that any action will be taken. The statement of the officers is as Xollows: - "The action of the general staff in voting unanimously to disband the Second Battalion came as a great sur prise to us, inasmuch as we were ex pecting at least to get a hearing such US we had asked for. We have requested the appointment of a court of inquiry to consider the two sides of the case, and we do not believe the action of the staff was justified. We consider that it was hasty and lacked the ele ment of fairness because the only evi dence considered was that given by persons who were prejudiced or who based their opinions on what they had beard. Disobedience Is Denied. "In the first place we did not dis obey the orders of the superior offi cers, because after we had received the orders we marched from Gate to Oakville. as we had been ordered to do. As to the charge of our refusing to obey orders we maintain that we do not know of having disobeyed any or ders coming from those in authority. There is question now whether the or der to proceed on the four-mile march with our blanket rolls wus ever issued. When we had discarded our rolls and arranged for thir being hauled to Oakville we marched in regular order. After we had been on the road about SO minutes General Maus rode up to us and Inquired as. to the condition of ' the men. He was not at all displeased with anything that had transpired and apparently was satisfied that we had obeyed his orders. He was very pleas ant in everything he said. "It was later that he appeared in a rage and abused the officers and men unmercifully. Apparently some one had told him things about our actions that were not true and he based his action on these pieces of hearsay evi dence. We believe that there was ab solutely no reason for disbanding the Second Battalion. The men who are placed in disgrace by this action did nothing whatever to warrant such ac tion. They did not refuse to carry out any orders nor did they fail to carry out any command from their su periors. Why they should be mustered out In disgrace is more than we can understand. "We want a fair deal in this propo sition and that is why we requested a court of inquiry. Instead of giving us a fair chance to tell our side of the case the general staff behind closed doors listened to hearsay and preju diced evidence and took action, that, if carried out. will bring disgrace to all the members of the Second Battalion who were at the camp. The men in the ranks had nothing more to do with any trouble thers than the men who remained in Portland. Command Ik Questioned. "It is the opinion of the officers who are under- arrest that General Maus never Issued the command for the men to carry their blanket rolls back to Oakville. In any event we had no authority for giving him credit for the command. The men were very tired. They had marched a long distance that day and during much of the day's movement had been on advance guard duty, and proceeded at 'double time. The men were in no condition to march back four miles with their heavy rolls and we believe that General Maus would have appreciated that fact if he had known the circumstances. The fact that he said nothing about it when the battalion caught up to him on the way back shows this clearly. The offi cers paid for the hauling of the blanket rolls back to camp out of their own pockets, although General Maus had offered the services of Army teami: to do the work. General Maus stated be fore the officers and men that the Colonel of the regiment had a perfect right to have the packs hauled with out asking permission of the brigads commander. . "What we ask for in this case is justice. We do not believe justice has been riven us in the disbandment or der which has been issued after such a flimsy and unusual consideration of the circumstances as has been given bv the general staff. We will do all we can to prevent the orders from going into effect." The officers who are protesting against the action of the staff are Maior R. O. Scott. Caotains Harry E- Williams and Walter L. Tooze, and Lieutenants Richard Deich and Harry C. Brumbaugh. GOLD HILL GETS ROUTE Foots Creek District to Have Rural Service of 25 Miles GOLD HILL. Or., Aug. 3. That the Foots Creek district, will have a rural free delivery service, and that very shortly, is assured by the receipt of El'fiEUE BOY COMPLKTES STATISTICAL WORK FOR GOVERXOB WEST'S COMMISSION. III it ' 7 . t ;;v Ben H. Williams. UNIVERSITY O F OREGON, Eugene, Aug. S. (Special.) Ben H. Williams, of Eugene, who received a Master's degree at the University of Oregon In June, has just completed the gathering of statistics in Olympia, Wash., for ' the use of the commission ap pointed by Governor West to frame a bill upon Employers' Liability and Workmen's Com pensation for the next Legisla ture. Mr. Williams majored in the Department of Economics of the university and wrote his Mas ter's thesis upon the subject, "The Employers' Liability and Workmen's Compensation." In the meeting of the Governor's Commission in the Spring, Prof. Young submitted a draft of the thesis to them. 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Beginning at the Gold Hill postoffice. the route mapped out by the depart ment for the carrier is as follows: Thence northwest to Rogue River post office. 8 miles; crossing Rogue River and southeasterly to Bolt, 3 miles; south to Junction. 1 mile; southeast to Draper, 2H miles; northerly and return to Junction 3 miles; retrace to Bolt. 1 mile; easterly and return to Gold Hill postoffice, 6 miles. It was largely through the eftorts of Postmaster Hammersly, of Gold Hill, that the route was secured for this place. He made a personal canvass of every family on the route, securing the signature of every possible patron. Lofty Peak Is Scaled. NEW YORK. Aug. 3. The conquest of Mount Sir Hanford, the highest peak of the Selklrks. by Howard Paimer, secretary of the American Alpine Club, s announced in a message sent by sir. Palmer to the American Geographical Society. Portland to Spokane Trip Also Aug mented' by Elaborate Observation Coaches of Late Design. Roadbed Improved. 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Then there was a lull for a few weeks when the travel was not as brisk as regularly. This condition is attributed directly to the Elks' National convention, which caused Portland people to stay at home. The week following the convention a lot of visitors flocked to the beaches, but it was not until a week ago that the UBual Summer visitors began to seek their wonted pleasures by the sea. Travel in the last 10 days has been unusually heavy. It is probable that August will be the heaviest month In the history of Oregon beaches. The North Bank road is preparing now to accomodate this brisk movement Roadbed la Improved. In addition to the improvement of its equipment it is spending large sums in ballasting and Improving its road bed. In the last year a large force of men has been relaying tracks be tween Portland and Astoria. It is the aim to attain both speed and maximum comfort. With the constant development of Seaside. Gearhart, and the other re sorts on Clatsop Beach, improvement of service between Portland and those points must naturally follow perhaps go a little in advance. As Portland is destined to become a metropolis so are the beaches near by destined to srrow In size and Dopularity. New cot tages and new hotels are being built everv vear. Eventually, it is probable, the road between Portland and the beaches will be doubled tracked. Hefore that is done it may be converted from a steam into an electric road with trains run ning hourly. Australian Aviator Killed. BYFLEET, SURREY. England, Aug. 3. An Australian aviator, Charles Lind sav Campbell, was killed Instantly tor day by a fall with his aeroplane, while makinz- a - flight from Brooklands to the Byfleet aerodrome. PRINCIPALS ASD TEACHERS EX AMINED AT EUGEXE. Sessions While at University of Oregon, Confined to College Courses, Show Increase. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Aug. 3. (Special.)- The examinations marking the close of the University of Oregon Summer school this week-end have subjected the principals, school supervisors and teachers who are in attendance to much the same ordeal that their students undergo in the Winter. In getting a taste of their own medicine the teachers are not exhibiting the same alarm signals that are generally seen at examination time when the Winter students are getting theirs. Every Summer school student has a definite purpose in mind in at tending the courses offered, and seems to escape the worries of examination time. There were 160 pedagogues and near- pedagogues enrolled in the session of the Summer school which closed toaay. This represents a growth of 25 over the pumber enrolled last Summer. As the University of ' Oregon Summer school is in a transitory stage, having dropped all but college courses since the last session, its actual growth is greater than the figures would war rant. In accordance with his long con tinued policy. President Campbell when he learned of the plans for the Sum mer session at the Monmouth Normal School, had It advertised In the uni versity catalogue that all desiring normal school courses should go to the Monmouth Normal School, as the uni versity henceforth would teach but col lege courses in Its Summer session. The Chautauqua feature of the Uni versity of Oregon Summer school was successful. The daily lectures at 11 o'clock in the morning drew a great many Who were not regular students in the Summer school. With a plot of ground In a grove lying between the Mill Race and the Willamette River, provided with tents, running water and electric lights, it is ex pected that a great number of teachers and principals, next Summer, will bring their families with them for a visit through the session of Summer school and give them the benefit of the lec ture courses. 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