Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-06-26 | Page 3 | Await Decision of Atty. General

AWAIT DECISION OF ATTY. GENERAI Washington, June 26 Secretan i Garrison today awaited a decision bj kttornej General Gregory as to wheth t er an army officer has an "Inallenabl. - right" to resign his commission it time ot peace. The opinion was askec . for bv the secretary as the result o r the many offers to expert ordnance of i fleers of the army by private manutac 3 turers of war munitions of larger sal larles than paid by the government High government officials and army officers generally are awaiting the determination de-termination of the issue by tne attorney attor-ney general. On his decision will depend de-pend whether ordnance experts w ill be permitted to enter private employment. employ-ment. The problem thus presented to the war department is admittedly a serious seri-ous one Already six resignations have been submitted, two being held up pending the decision of the attor nej general The other four were accepted ac-cepted before the gravity of the situation situa-tion was realized. An effort will be made to prevent resignations If a way can be found to do so. although legal officers are sakl to be doubtful on this point. Officials consider it unpatriotic for officers to quit the service lor more money. oo