Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-09-12 | Page 5 | Court of Inquiry Gives out Letter

GIVES OUT LETTER Oesire Is Expressed to Make Colorado National Guard Efficient. DENVER) Oolo., Sept. 11. The baxt , letMr from the military const ot in ' ,niraied In n investigation of ve against certain I olorado N ial''arJ officers to tie committee ( officers and former officers of the j which preferred tie charges ui rhkh the court asked the committee to use the appearance of certain wit-lMSes wit-lMSes before the oourt, was made public 'anient bv FhiUp S. Van Oiae, chairman , ,he committee and former militia Lain- The reply to the letter, which i .Mid to have been mailed soon after ' Jdot of the letter from the court was vSrWen out, but according to Liou-mant Liou-mant Colonel Bonghton presiding ot-r ot-r of the court. Vt had not been reared re-ared early tonight. Tk rerJy to the request of the court ses a willingness to ' ' do all in fTpower to secure for Colorado an and efficient national guard, in bar Sir with the war department and of-!!r;fj of-!!r;fj hv competent men.' It adds f. m ihe testimony and data upon ikirh the charge of the committee are Sd has been gathered for tie infer-nation infer-nation of Governor Carlson and has en submitted to him. The committee. howeveT. questions its ieht to "cause witnesses to attend the ourt of inanity," as directed by tie ourt. and adds: "You claim this power why not excise ex-cise it!" v The replv reiterate previous charges t inccmpetencv against Lieutenant Word E J. Boiighton. presiding officer t the court, and after discussing maters mat-ers in connection with the court's m-nirv m-nirv avs: "Ce objected particularly to one E. ' Bonghton being president of the ourt as we had made grave charges i min'st him and because he was one of 5e very imnjediate cogs in a most in-fjcient in-fjcient and incompetent group of of- ' icers."