The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-07
Presid dents Letter.

published with our sanction as giving
! the reasons for the action.
~. Theodore Roosevelt.
Recommended by Darlington.
Following is the concluding portion
Of General Garlington's report, which
embodies the recommendation that, by
| direction Of the president, will be car
ried into effect Immediately by the war
department.:
ing, without honor, every man in Com
panies B, G and D Of the TWenty-ffth
Infantry, serving at Fort Brown, Tex,
on the night Of Aug. ID, 1906, and for
ever debarring them from re-enlisting
in the army or navy Of the United
States, as well as from employment in
any civil capacity underline govern
ment. In making this Recommendation,
recognize the fact thate:a number Of
men who have no direct knowledge as
to the identity Of the men*of the Twen-
shots on the night of the 18th of Aug
ust, 1906, will incur this extreme pen
atty. +, =,
1T has bene established by careful
investigation, beyond reasonable doubt,
| that the firing into the houses of the
citizens Of Brownsville while the inhab-
| ltants thereof were pursuing their
peaceful vocations or sleeping, and by
which one citizen was killed and the
chief of police so seriously wounded
that he lost an arm, was done by enlist
ed men of the Twenty fifth infantry,
belonging to the battalion stationed at
Fort Brown. ''s%: a.. g.
i 4 ~: - Truth Is Withheld.
After, due opportunity and notice,
the enlisted men of the Twentv-Gfth
infantry have failed to tell all that it is
reasonable TO-, believe they know CON
corning the. shooting. If they had done
go; It they had been willing to relate
all the Observation-Disclosures pre-
liminary to the trouble-it is extremely
probable that clew sufficiently defn-
4 tie to lead to results would have been
disclosed. They appeared to stand to-
gether in determination to resist the
detection of the guilty; therefore thew
| should stand together when the penalty
falls. r. sz,ssGs~ 8
| "' A forceful lesson should be given
| to the army at large, and especially to
| the commissioned officers, that their
duty does not cease upon the drill
ground with the calling Of the company
rolls, making check inspections, and
! that their responsibilities of office &C.
company them everywhere and at all
times; that it is their duty to become
thoroly acquainted with the Individual
members Of their respective units; to
know their characteristics; to be able
at all times to gage their temper, in
order to discover the beginning of dis
| content or mutinous intention, and to
anticipate any organized act of dis
order; that they must notify theeir Off
GERS at once OF any such conditions.
49, ".,'Moreover, the ;. people of the
| United States, wherever they live, must
feel assured that the men wearing the
uniforms Of the army are their protect
ors and not midnight assassins or riot
GUS disturbers Of the peace Of the com
| mun1ty IN which they may be stationed.
Case Of Colonel Pitcher.
e FOn Get, 5, 1906, squadron rof the
Ninth cavalry, an organization Of col.
| ored troops, reported at Fort Sheridan,
| near Chicago, ILL.,, under orders from
the war department assigning them to
! duty there. Soon after this assignment
there appeared in the public press the
following account Of statement al
legged to have been made with regard
to the matter by Colonel; William T..
Pitcher, Twenty-seventh infantry. Z
The negro troops would never
have been CHARTERED at Fort Sheridan.
without a protest ifsI was to remain in:
command here" said Colonel Pitcher.
l9I never liked them, and the. farther
away from me they are kept the better
| it pleases me. For theSlife Of mel can
not see why the United: States should,
try to make soldiers out Of them. Ger
tainly there are enough fine white,
young men in this big country to make
soldiers of without recruiting from such
a source.'