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armed With deadly weaponB sworn to
uphold the laws Of the United States,
and under every obligation Of oath
and honor not merely from criminslly
but with the sturdiest rigorj to hunt
down orini 1ally; and the crime they
committed or connlyed at was muf
der. .5sgg ;.
Thsy perverted the power put into
their hands to sustain the Law into
the most deadly violation Of the law.
TIE noneommissioned officers arc pn
merily responsible for the discipline
and good conduct of the u1en; they
ara appointed to their positions for
tbs very purpose Of preserving this
discipline and good eonduob, and OF
detecting and sssuring the punish.
menb Of every enlisted man who does
what In wrong. They fill, with refer
auce to the discipline, q part that the
commissioned officers are Of course un.
able to fill. although the ultimate re-
sponsibility for the discipline can
never be shifted from the shoulders OF
the lattor. Under any ordinary cir;
cunnstances the first duty Of the non
commissioned officers, as Of the COM
misfioned officers, Is to train the pri-
vate in the ranks go that he may be
an efficient fighting man against o
foreign foo. But there is an even
higher duty, 80 obvious that 1t 10 not
under ordinary circumstances neceS'
sary 30 much as TO sllude to itrthe
duty of training the soldier 40 that
hs shall be o protection and not g
menace to his peaceful fellow. cibtzens,
and above all to the women and chill
dren Of the nation. Unless this duty
is we'll performed, the army becomes
q mere dangerous 'uob; and II conduct
such az that of tho murdererS In
question Ia not, where possible, pun
ished, and, where this iB not possible.
unleEs tho chance Of Its repetition iH
guarded against In tho most thor.
ougb. going fashion, it would DO bet
ter that the entire army should DO
lisbsndad. It Is vital for the army
to be INFUSED with the spirit which
will make every man In 1t, and above
ell, the officers and noncommiEsioned
fieare, feel it Q matter OF highest
obligation to discover and punish,
and not to nhiold, tho criminal In uni
form.
Yet some Of the noncommiaaioned
officers and many Of the men OF the
thres companies in question have
banded together In conspiracy TO
protect the assagSlnB and Iould'be
assaasins who have disgraoed their
uniform by the conduct above relate
Many of these commissioned OH
cars and men musB have known, and
Eli Of them may have known, circum'
stances which would have led to the
conviction of those engaged In the
murderous assault. They have stolid'
ly and as one man broken their oathl
Of enlistment and refused to help dis.
cover the criminals.
By my direction every effort Waa
made to persuade those innocent OF
murder among them to separate
themselves from the guilty by help.
ing bring the criminals to Justice
They wo' warned that If they did
not take advantage Of the cffer they
would al DO discharged from the sar
vice and forbidden egain to enter the
employ Of the government. They re-.
fused to profit by the " ug. &C.
cordingly had them discharged. Il
any organization Of TROOPS In tho ser
vice, white or black, 10 guilty OF sim1
lar conduct in the future I shall fol.
loW precisely the Eame course. Under
40 circumstances will I consent to
keep In the ssrVioe bodies Of men
9hom the clrcunsta cessShow to be 0
MANAGE to the country. Incidentally
I may add that the soldiers Of longest
service and highest position who suf
eered because Of tho order, 90 TaT nom
being those who deserve most sym.
pathy, deserve least. for they are tho
man upon whom we Geould be able c..
pecially 10 rely TO provonb nutiny and
murder.
People have spoken aS If this dis.
charge from tho sarviea was Q Dunish.
ment. I deny ornphatically thai such
iB the case, bacaueo la5 punishmeD6 1t
is utterly Inadequate. The punish
mond -ueab for nutinoaTg and murder.
sr8 such o. those guilty. OF tho
Brownsville essault is death; and Q
punishnent only less severe ought to
be uaetad out to thosa who have aided
an6 sbatted mutiny and murder and
treason by refusing to help In their
deteotion. would 0hat it were pos.
sIble for mo to have punished the
guilty men. I regret most keonly
chat I have not been able to do 90.
Be 1t remembered always that these
men were oil in the service Of the