Washington City, D. c.. Jan. 2l. ls47.

Extract of letter to the Editor of the "Tarboro'


Press" dated
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Press" dated


Fort JOHNSTON, JAN 20, l947.


"It is a source of great dissatisfaction and dis
appointment to all here (both officers and men)
that Captain Wilson, the heroic veteran, did not
receive an appointment in the staff He was the
first man to give an impulse to the volunteer move
men,, and may Re truly styled the Father Of the
Regiment l learn that neither Of the Cover
nor's appointees are uolunteers. This is a burn.
ing shame, and an act of gross injustice to the
men.


"Gov. Smith of Virginia, an ultra democrat,
has appointed both the Colonel and Lieutenant
Colonel from the ranks Of the whig party.


sit is such petty partizan meanness as this
(Gov Graham's course) which has always kept
North, Carolina at the fag lFage1 end in every
thInO"