Richmond planet., 1906-09-01

Fort Worth Tex, Aug. %
Clarence Ousley. editor OF the Fort
Worth Record. has written an open
letter TO President Roosevelt on the
projected abandonment OF Fort
Brown. He concludes:
while not so designed, its effect
is TO put hellish lust in the minds of
the millions of colored brutes who
are no more comparable to the in
telligent Negro you have met. than
the best of the race to-day is COM
parable TO the savages OF Africa.
Those Negroes of whom ] speak
and whom YOU do not know. con-
stitute the vast majority OF the Q.
coo, ,O00 living in our back yards.
and they are absolutely incapable
OF reason. Social equality, TO their
minds, means the unspeakable
crime. For every aspiring and de-
cent Negro who sees the door Of
hope which YOU vainly imagine You
are holding open 20 the race. ten
brace of a white virgin. ttft on
our rations, drive our men out Of.
the house of their fathers as an a.
tenement for slavery, but don't make
our wives and daughters the vic
tins of a false philosophy and al
partisan regime.
''You have proved your greatness
in many achievements. and I like
TO think YOU are honest. But you
are not infallible, and you cannot
perform miracles"
ORDERS WILL BE CARRIED OUT.
Oyster Bay, Aug. 23.-Brig. Gen.
J. Franklin Bell, Chief of stan Of
the army, was in consultation with
| President Roosevelt at Sycamore
Hill to-day. Gen. Bell was accom-
panied by Capt. Hutchinson, a mem
Der of his stan. Gen. Bell said he
came here at the suggestion of Gen
! AinswOrth. military secretary, in
order that the War Department
might know exactly the Presidents
| ideas and desires regarding the diff
fculty at Brownsville, Tex, between
United States colored troops and
the residents of that place. Gen.
Bell said the colored troops at
Brownsville had been removed to
| Fort Reno and replaced by a COM
| pany of white soldiers.
On leaving. Gen. Bell said that
the army post at Brown sville would
| be temporarily abandoned, as soon
as orders 10 that effect issued yes
terday by the War Department.
| could be carried out. The compa-
ny OF white troops now stationed
| there will remain only - long as is
necessary TO guard government pro-
perty. This property will be re-
moved on abandonment Of the post
A Negro race problem, which is
causing grave concern, has arisen in
the army.
The recent trouble at Browns
Vile, Tex, in which the State re-
quested the War Department to
order the colored regiment away.
is said to have been expected for
some time, and will tend to bring
the deep-seated trouble to a crisis.
Wherever the colored troOps are
| stationed, whether in the North or
South, many requests have repeat
edly come TO the Secretary Of War
from those in authority or Of high
influence that the coiored soldiers
be replaced with white"
This has happened. 1t was assert
ed by high official OF the War De
partnent yesterday, not only in
Texas and other Southern States.
but in Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska
and other Northern States.
CClored troops had to be with
| drawn from Manila and replaced
with white regiments. The only
place in the Philippines that they
are tolerated Is in Mindanao. Even
the Fillipinos object to having col
ored soldiers quartered near them.
A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
"It is a serious problem" said
a prominent officer yesterday, "and
| one which the department has been
| struggling with for some time. The
coiored troops make the best sort
OF soldiers. No one has ever denied
that. No especial reasons are CIV
I en- for asking for their removal. Ii
is simply the old race hatred crop
ping out again In its old form, and.
strange to say, II is as noticeable.
IL not more so. IA the North than in
the South.
I'VE are in a quandary to know
what TO do with these colored troops