The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-19
HIS CRITICISM
CAME TOO SOON
SCORES U. S. OFFICIALS
And EewaiIs Attitude Of Army Men
Toward tiimALack of Love
for tine Rriton and Jap
is Blamed.

Washington, Nov IS Can't Carr
Raichmann Of the infantry in writing
letter declaring that he was not
4 appointed a member Of the general
STAFF OF the army because Of foreigl
F.. birth, committed an indiscreriol
which unqnestionabIy viii prevent
him from getting the coveted assign
mont
\ It appears thaf, whenever changes
are made in The general staff a
4 board Of five aanelal officers is ap-
/ pointed and sworn to select officer
4 best fitted % perform the complex
duties of ihe organization Capt.
Reichmann', name has been consid-
Tered, and undoubtedly he would have
4 been ay fgued eventually to the gen
/ cal staff The letter he is reported
I ta have written will initiate against
/ him.
The question Of birth does not en-
( ter into the calculations of he select
ing board. Il is altogether a matter
of relative efficiency.
A movement already has been
started to bring the attention of
President Roosevelt TO Capt Reich.
mauu's case.
Cant. Reichmann's letter is
strong protest. A friend through
whom Indirectly it became public
Said the captain never intended it
should reach the newspapers bnt his
fieads thought differently ahou it.
Distrusted. Cries for Death.
I'm III letter Cant. Reiehmaun says
Il almost wish could have died
without knowing that l am not trust
ed by my superIars. IN nearly twenty,
five year service have done my
duty without lookine to right or left,
yet / am n9t trusted
II do not want any scandal The
last thing | want to do is to involve
the general staff in a scandal, for
even though it refuse me admission,
my duty as an officer imnels and com
pels me to assist it's work insofar a.
lies wi hin my province and my
power.
"Nv heart is broken. | shall always +
feel that ana under suspicion. that /
/ cannot even 20 to visit my old 7
mother without atousing suspicion of .
mv disloyalty in the minds of the ,
general STAFF.
He goes on 10 say that dscOrds
which have afis n between the :
United States and Germany and
~ogr friends the English evidently
have aided in his exclusion from the
staff
watch fob prrseptad m him bv
hi college fraternity in Germany. ne
saws craaied suspiclon.
81 was rr S. examined on that
varcb foh and ON INV college fra.
toruirv inv mors tba, one Officer ON
the general staff and none of them
seemed pafticnlariv nleasad The
,anta-r.s latfor continues
-porbans If is AGAINST mo that
ann NOT an ApqIomaniac Years before
.bs verezuelan incident had come
n Iool, on croat Rritain as our arch
,nany- notion ar1nfr4d from
..rav or history confirmed by fhe
,ourse nursued bv Great Britain i'm
, f,ic.
"rn a similar wag am not a Jar
maniac formed my opinion where
tr 13usnesa character is NOT uphsIl
Is the height of moral uergection or
yber- IFS obiiqult.es are held in the ,
,a l.rrogud
eff tho raoo1a insist on NOT letting
me- Doc ar American no matter how .
.rr5 want fa be- one. il becomes {
mror ant for me- ta know whether q
he Government also insists on look.
la uuau me d a German in- cad OF
Nm American
"Ia the course of q few years. If u
We Go pass the examination will %