The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-10-26
NO MIXING ALLOWED.
White Soldier Who Married Hegress.
Dismissed Ercm Amy.

White Soldier Who Married Negress.
Dismissed Frcm Amy.
APPEALS TO TEE PREsI1 ENT.
Gen. Fred. Grant Recommended
the Mans Discharge for the s.
Good Of the Military
Service.
A dispatch from Washington to The
State says President Roosevelt liz face
to face with the negro problem In one
OF it's ugliest phases. Private John
Smith Of the United States army !
hospital corps, stationed at Fcrt
Motto, n. j., has married a negress. 2
His commanding officer, Surgeon
Shallenberger, has recommended his
dismissal. The commanding officer I
Of the post refused to endorse this
recommendation. It was approved;
however, by the surgeon general.
Smiths plea is that il the constitu-
tional commander in chief thinks a ]
negro good enough to eat with he
should not objectsto a private in the.
army marrying negress. Smith isa
white. The war department. Is en-
deavoring to sidetreck the case till !:
after elections. ~.
a dispatch from Washington says:
the surgeon general of the army has
concurred in tie recon- .neSdatlon OF
Gea. Grant that John T. Smith, a .
member Of the United States army,
hospital corps. stationed at Fort
Mott, n. j., who is said to have mar
ried negress, be discharged from
the army, for the coed OF the SER
vice. - Ss;s.sssS ss;;ssfiss
This recommendation has been ior-
warded to the Secretary OF War fol: :his8
action. Smith wrote to the War De-
partment inquiring II there was any
reason why he should not be permitted
to marry negro woman, setting &
forth that her character was good ,
and that he icould es ablishsa q coed 3:
character for himself by his record. s s1
A special to The Baltimore Sun =
from Salem, N. j., tells Of the case as y
follows: Soldiers at Fors MOTIF ara !
awaiting with interest to see what sae-
tion President Roosevelt will take I'M
connection with the marriage OF John
T. Smith, a member of the hospital
crops, attached to the Forty second q
Company, coast artillery, and Sarah 81
Wolfert, a Southern Maryland ne-s
gress. .sssl:
Smiths discharge was called for by:
Hospital Surgeon Sparrenberger, as g
soon as he learned that the wedding s.
had taken place, but Smith refused {:
to sever his connection With his CON-
pany. At the time that he was rep-s
rimanded by his superior Smith Is 3
said to have declared that according
30 the 14th amendment to the Con-
stitution all persons are free and
equal. 80
IT President Roosevelt sat at a y
table with q negro, y Smith isteported
to have said. 1T Is my right to wed D
the girl Of my choice, regardless OF !.
creed or color" .:sES :s$s:ss
Smiths refusal to resign and his de-
claration that he would not do soun-
I'll his case had been passed upon BY y
the highest authorities was. the cause s
OF several conferences among the OIL.
GERS Of Fort Mott. Being unable to a
decide the case for themse Ives, 1T was s.
decided that the matte; should DO b
submitted to President s 9oseyelts
AS soon as Post Surge on Sparfen-j
berg was satisfied tnat Smith was I;
married to the negress he communi.S
Gated with Gen. Fred. D. Grant, CONS
mander Of the department. of the east. q
In this letter the post surgeon object
ed to having ATTACHED to bis corpsza 8
man with a negro Gife. he said there
was much indignation smong the ar
tillerymer ever the affair, and wound
up by requesting that Smith be dis
charged. 80 w
In the meantime Smith wrote to
Secretary Moody for his decision.
About the same time, 80 the report is S
here, Gen. Grant referred the post
surgeons communication to the Sec &
retary Of War. Now the whole matt;
ter has been referred to the President
for adjudication. s:9s .3ss
The Presidents finding is feVerish-
ly awaited at Fort Mott.
Back Of the wedding Is a story dat.
ing from the Spanish-American war.
Smith then was a member ct the Six:
teenth Indiana, stationed IN Cuba and !
was stricken with yellow fever. He y
was ordered to Camp Wyckoh, New
York. For two months he hoysred e
between life and death and the me- q
gress, a member of the Volunteer BED
Cross Society, nursed him faithfully.
A short courtship followed and Smith
was ordered to Fort Mott, about eight
miles from the city. ~; ..ss
Letters followed and Smiths form.
er nurse came tc Salem or September !:
20, where tney we're married. Oaly
rev OF SmIGn'S SOLDIER frlendS 2tsend-s
ed the wedding, and the matter was
kept very quiet. :.
Merchants With Parker.
Democrats are surprised at the Par
ker and Davis sentiment manifested
among the business men OF New York
in the past few days. There has been
nothing like it in the history Of the
party, unless it was in the campaign
Of 1892, when Cleveland and Steven
son received the bulk of tie support
OF the business men. Some Of the
business mems Parker organizations, s.
which have been effected in the past
three days, are the Coffee exchange
and the Downtown Merchants Par
ker and Davis Club and the Printers