Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1903-08-21
WHITE SAILORS OBJECT.


The negro, as part OF the enlisted force
of the United States Navy, is to be elimi. |
mated. Hereafter it is TO be the policy OF |
the recruiting agencies Of the navy to dis |
courage the enlistment Of black men for
service on American war vessels. A sys
tenn of elimination is to be inaugurated, and
while il is to be put into operation gradually
1t will eventually weed out every negro serv-
ing before the mast, and the enlisted force of
the navy will be composed exclusively OF
white men.
Officers of the navy are not willing now
to discuss the subject, for fear of raising pro-
tests and criticism, but ii is believed the idea
of a white navy is to be realized, notwith-
standing any criticism that may be made
AT present there are about $4,000 enlisted
men in the navy. 1t is estimated that about
500 of these men are black. 1t is probable
that only few enlistments of negroes will
be made during the next three or four years,
and as soon as the terms of those now serv.
ing expire they will be allowed to go. Thus
the number leaving the service will be
greater than those entering it, and in time
all the negroes will disappear.
1t is alleged that the white men In the
navy are dissatisfied over the present prac
tice Of enlisting negroes freely, and are con-
stantly in a state Of discomfort by reason OF
unavoidable association with the blacks on
shipboard. A striking illustration of the
feeling of the white sailors against the
blacks was furnished few days ago, when
at Northern port the white men Of an
American naval vessel committed series of
assaults on negroes serving on the same
craft. Both parties were on shore leave,
and the whites, coming in contact with the
blacks, beat and hammered them until the
negroes were obliged to seek refuge on board
the ship where they were under the protec.
ton OF the commissioned officers.
The white enlisted men object especially
TO being obliged to mess with the negroes on
board ship. They also object to other forms
of the service which compel them to regard
the negroes as their equals in every respect.
From time to time there have been grumb-
lings and evidences of discomfort, and off,
GERS OF the service have come TO the conclu.
sion that II would be in the interest OF good
order and discipline on board ship and on
shore to organize white navy and allow
the blacks to disappear from the service.
PRESSURE AGAINST MORGAN.
The Kansas City Star says; The time to
use the brickbats that are flying thick and
fast about the head of ]. Pierpont Morgan
was when he started in to form the combi-
nations that are now shaking on their sandy
foundations. 1t was apparent-or ought to
have been apparent-to all upright and
thoughtful business men that the wind and
water in the Morgan schemes would ulti-
mately lead to collapse. But the public
in general paid no heed to the intrinsic
dishonesty and fallacy of the undertak.
ings evolved by the chief of all OF the
Wall street captains for the enrichment OF
their promoters at the expense of credulous
investors. As long as the arch adventurer
in the American world Of finance was sue
cessful he was lauded as prodigy of sagac.
ity and exploited as a hero equal to the task
of wholly revolutionizing certain important
branches of business activity. Note the
change now in the popular tone Things
are not going smoothly with Mr.. Morgan.
He has been buffeted sorely by the storms
10 Wall street, and his erstwhile champions
and admirers have turned TO denounce him.
Circumstances have made plain what reason
and judgment should have discerned from |
the first. Morgan has been found out, and |
for that there is no forgiveness and none of
the gentle charity which certain people are
always ready TO exercise for crooked deal.
ing as long it can be made to win and can
be projected against the crime of failure.