The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1891-03-21
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Budget of News.

The trouble in the Wimodaughsis ove1
the admission Of Colored woman into
it's classes, had hardly subsidized, wher
Brig. Gen. Albert Ordway, Commander
of the District Guard, SHE'D his caster in.
to the ring to.make more trouble. He
deliberately planned and attempted to
execute move whereby the two battal.
ions of Colored soldiers would be wiped
out of the district militia, or, as has been
expressed by Colored soldier, ''he not
only hit the bulls eye, but knocked all
the black off the board" This is the
way he attempted to do it: The last con
gress appropriated $4,000 for rents of ar
mories, light, fuel and janitoring. This
amount was So 500 less than was neces-
sary 10 maintain the 200 men of the
District Guard. There are 900 whites
and 800 Colored. To br ing the force with
in the limits Of the appropriation, Gen.
Ordway concluded to disband the Color
ed battalions, pursuant to which he issu-
ed an order to Majors Revells and Fleet
wood to order the men of their respect
i've commands to turn in all military
property belonging to the government
and to muster out the enrolled men.
Thus the burden of the deficiency was
made to fall on the Colored troops, leav-
ing 800 men to enjoy the benefit of a
$l2,700 appropriation. To show the in
justice of the discrimination, it is only
necessary to mention that whites and
blacks are almost unanimous in con-
demn'ng the action. The record of the
Colored troops is good. They are admit
ted by military critics to be the best dis
ciplined and drilled companies of the
guard and in foot movement and numer-
ical representation in parade they stand
up head. Besides this, they take more
interest in their organizations and are
older than the white organizations Gen.
Ordway issued this order to muster out
when the President was away duck
shooting and Secy. Proctor was at Chick
amouga. The Colored citizens of the
district called an indignation meeting
last Friday night and committee was
appointed to call on the President and
see what could be done. The delegation
was composed as follows: J. H. Smith,
W. S. Thomas census office clerk; Hon.
John r. Lynch, E. M. Hewlett, J. H.
Smyth, Hon. B. X. Bruce. D. W. Jones,
K. H. Terrell, chief of division in the
sixth AUDITORS office; R. W. Tompkins,
of the second auditors Office; Louis H.
Douglass. M. M. Holland, division chief
in the sixth auditors office; j. F. Cook,
w. E. Matthews, &. N. Arnold, J. M.
Townsend, H. E. Baker, G. R. Douglass
and Prof. J. w. Cook. The result of the
conference with the President, was that
Gen. Ordway's order was countermand-
ed and an agreement was affected wher-
by the two battalions are to be consolid-
ated and thus remain in the district
guard; this may necessitate the dispen-
sing with a few companies of the white
militia which would be the proper thing
Gen. Ordway is accused of having lit
in" for the Colored soldiers and also that
he got rid of the Colored soldiers ut
Richmond in a very summary manner.
To say,the least his action is not such a
one as will endear him to ,Colored citi-
zens of the district or to cause monu-
ment to be erected to his memory
President Harrison's prompt action on
the premises has added other encomi-
ums to the many which have been justly
heaped upon him by the Colored people
of this country. w." H.
Standardized PETER Of Kansas deliv.
cred an address to the county alliance
at Annapolis recently. He was followed
by Prof. Thos. N. Conrad special agent
of the census bureau who made the fol-
lowing remark: "My father was slave
holder and 80 was I. fought four
years to keep my slaves.
In the way OF revolution
1 wouldn't vote to send another man to
Congress unless he would promise to in
troduce a bill to pay the Maryland
planters for their Negroes Such re-
mark coming from government official
should surely be enough to warrant his
dismissal. Any man who can conscien-
tiously say such thing after twenty-five
years have elapsed and it has been
settled that the Negro was not chattle
and no one could hold property in hui
man beings, it betrays the fact that such
a man is a rebel and has never repented.
Mr.. r. Henri Strange, the tragedian,
will make his second appearance before
a Washington audience on the eve OF
April 9Th, at the 10Th street Baptist
Church.
.%& C. A. JOHNSON.