Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-20
transcript Of Testimony and Doc.
uments in Case Sent to Sen
ate by the President.
SEVERE ON NEGRO TROOPS.
N Feeling Between Soldiers and
Citizens Existed But Attack
Was Wanton.
,,eu We're Aggrcssors From Start TO
fredericksburg Not Punish
ment--No Color Prejudice.


,on Dec lapresident
Wasnn's.o' ~.
Roosevelt To-Day coHip'eu Win 'he 'e-
ausst of the senate IN transmitting 70
M, body a transcript OF testimony and
onnsotsd xvith the Jisoharga
uoeuii'e''S .'.,.-., $500, i, ~.
of q patsaiion ~ hes'o .'oop' u '"o
Tventy-iifth infantry, Inc message
.as decidedly severe In Its criticism
- ,,a,a agIagaa IN he concernsa
Oh tne 20. !, ,,..,',.
in smoothing up we 'o"n VI oro"hs-
vile, Tex. us reading Was listened 10
inIenely.
fHEoiDINi mHo'1AoH'
To the senate
ln response 10 senate resolution OF
Dec. Q, addressed to me, anu 10 the Two
senate resolutions aootessed 70 nam, Tue
secretary OF war mas, py my direction,
submitted 10 ne report when nefe-
with senu 10 the senate, tosetner witn
several documents, lheiuuinS d ietter Oh
Gen. Neliieton ana ineihofahda as TO
pracedents Tor Inc summary dischaige
or mastering Out ol regiments or Culii-
panies, some or All OF me members OF
when had been guiiIy OF misconduct.
| ordered the uiseharse VI hearly az
the members OF companies b, ana ID
In the exercise or my constitutional
power ana IN pursuance Oh What, ailer
full consideration, found to be my
constitutional duty as coinmander-ln-
chez OF The United states army. am
glad to avail myself of the opportunity
aforded by these resolutions TO lay be-
fore Congress the following facts AS 10
Inc murderous conuuct OF certain men,
hers OF the companies in question and
ms 10 the conspiracy by which many OF
The other members OF these companies
saved the criminals from Justice TO the
disgrace of the United states uniform.
prpnpTs an CASE
eaA your attenuoh 10 the accom-
panylns reports ol MAJ. Augustus L.
bioehsoni, Vi Lieut. Soi' ERNEST a Gar
nhgtoh' lhe Inspector general OF the
united states army OF tnelr investiga-
uon INTO tne conuuct Oh the troops In
question: An effort mas been made TO
dlscredlt me fairness Oh the inyestiga-
uoh INTO the conouct or these coofed
troops by pointing out that Gen. Gar
nhgtoh Is u soutnerner. Precisely the
same action would nave been taken
had the troops peen wnite-lndeed. the
discharge would probably have been
maze " more summary fasnion, Gen.
ma, Lent, Col. Loverine il a naive
of New Hamnshire. Mai Elockson js n
naive of Ohio IA n hapnens The di.-
closure az the euilt of The troons was
made in the report of the officer who
comes from ohio, and the efforts of the
officer who comes from South Carolina
he ,nnonenf men OF tbe commands
In question, IL nnv sucb there were nv
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able us adequately to punish the guilty.
but wish II distinctly understood
.,at me taet Vi me pirthplace OF elher
olioe, - one Which ! apsolute,y refuse
w. uuhsiuer. Ine s'anulns OK proles-
s,o'a ~. no,io, al'u y. iosaiy 20 uie nag
s,iu wy sc. nieo 10 w sane III al, "
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$3.50. =, a az Gnu 'esent WIN ple
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,ira faith g., ,lnsa rSt =.
hannanad ,ha. thev were 81, n,aaa nv ~
mon co,ning from some nnn sto,s
whetber in Tho south or Tho nor,h ,n.,
east mr. ,ba west az I now do whsn ' 90
Il hannens thev wera noada H. asi,ars
horn IN differani statss ~
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"HAI EiH" Illnesses oA"'
MAI BlocKsom report Is most care
ful. Is based upon the testimony OF
. scores Of eyewitnesses--testimony
whlcn CONNECTED only IN non-essentials
and whlch established the essential
iaets beyond chance OF successful con-
Wadiciton. Not only has no successful
EFFORT been made TO traverse his ind
hgs In any essential particular, but,
as matter OF fact, every trustworthy
report from outsiders amply corrobo-
rates them, py far the best OF these
gutsiue reports peihg that OF Gen. A.
secretary of war, which | herewith
append; Gen. Nettleton being an ex-
Union soldier, consistent friend OF the
colored man throughout his life, life