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Show MAJOR'S RESIGNATION MAY ii BE ACCEPTED Point, of Federal Law Involved Which President Must Determine. WASHINGTON, March 2. peculiar situation has arisen In the nrmy as to tho case of MaJ Cnsslus Gillette, United States englneor, who Is now superintendent superin-tendent of tho Philadelphia filtration plant. According to Ihe press dispatches, MaJ. Gillette, who has for somo months past been nqtlng In tho rapacity of an expert ex-pert assisting in straightening out tho affairs of the nitration office, yesterday accopted the office as superintendent of tho nitration bureau. lTp to that moment thero was no question ques-tion about his status, as ho was simply an army officer, employed by tho city ot Philadelphia under detail from the War department. May Havo Fired Himself. But when ho accepted office yesterday and took the oath ns a civil officer, he raised the point as to whether or not ho had brought himself within tho provisions pro-visions of section 1222, revised statutes, which In substnnco cancols tho commission commis-sion of nn nrmy ofllccr on the nctlVe list who nccepts a civil office. Today the officer's resignation was ro-celved ro-celved nt the War department. Tho questions, ques-tions, whether an officer can resign nn offico which ho has ceased to hold, or vhethcr such a resignation can bo accepted, ac-cepted, is to ho determined by tho President, Presi-dent, for ho nlono Is empowered to accept ac-cept a resignation of this kind. Secretary Taft will take It up with him tomorrow. |