Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-24
Wants Him Captured.

BALTIMORE, December a. Col. Charles
f. Macklin. brother of Capt. Edgar A.
Macklin, the officer Of the 18th United
States Infantry (colored) who was shot by
| negro Friday at Fort Reno. Okla. said
last evening he considered the capture of
army.
"Of course I want to see him captured
because ne shot my brother" Col. Macklin
said. But consider it highly important
to the army as well that the negro be
overtaken and punished. Maj. Penrose,
commanding at Fort Reno, says he is sure
the negro Is not a member of the present
command.
"A campaign hat lettered '25 D. the
mark left by the cross guns, was left be-
hind. The assalant of Capt Macklin may
have been one Of the members of the bat
talon that was discharged because of the
Brownsville disorder In view of the agita-
ton now going on about the 18th infantry
think every effort should be made to ap-
ture him."
Col. Mackiin received yesterday a tele-
gram from his brother and one from the
post surgeon, Capt. Benjamin Edgar Capt
Macklin's telegram reads.
The concerted action was mutiny, be-
cause its purpose was to do violence to the
people who were entitled to their protec-
ton, and resentment toward the COM
munity or any Of the people of Brownsville
for wrongs done or affronts offered to-
ward the negro soldiers, if such provocation
existed, could possibly justify such mu-
tiny. The offense was against the mill
tary laws of the government, and the COM
mander-in-chief- of the army was bound to
adopt any measures that would preserve
the discipline of the army.
What measures were necessary to pre-
vent repetition of the mutiny must de-
pend on the cause of the outbreak and the
motive that melted the crime. The act OF
the commander-in-chief in dsmSsing from
the service in dishonor the soldiers en-
rcd in tIn PROV Ia ffnir ohSo-
lutely nece ssary to preserve the integrity
of the army, as well as proper military dis
clpline.
Negroes Started Race War.
1.-The motive of the mutinous outbreak Of
the negro soldiers at Brownsville was I'M
questionably race aversion. The immediate
cause of the dastardly violence may have
been some offense. real or fancied. given
by white people in Brownsville to negro
soldiers. I have seen no authentic state-
ment that such offeases had been given to
those negro soldiers and do not believe they
had, in fact occurred. But whether or not
would not have been resented by mutinous
concert and violence if the town of
Brownsville had been inhabited by negroes
entirely.
Condition much improved. If no COM
plications set in will be able for duty about
February 10. No traces of assassin yet
though probably on trail. Miraculous es-
cape" -
The telegram of Capt Edgar is as fol-
lows:
Your brother. in my opinion. is out of
danger. Both bullets removed and wounds
look very good There was one of the head
not penetrating the brain, which fractured
one side of the lower jaw. The other one
was Of the chest wall, without entering the
chest"
Col Macklin said he thought If reward
were offered by the War Department If
would prove an incentive toward capturing
the man. He said If he knew the situation
better he would offer one himself.
Capt. Macklin is well known here in Bal
timore. He is the son of Brig. Gen. James
Macklin (retiredD and was born in Fort Tot
ten, N. d. In 1883 he enlisted in Battery
A, 9th Artillery, and served nearly six
years. In that time he became acting regi-
mental sergeant major and served under
Gen. Graham in the Sacramento strikes. In
July 1898, at the outbreak of the Spanish
American war he was commissioned second
lieutenant in the 18th United States Infan-
try, joining the regiment at San Juan. In
1899 he was promoted to be first lieutenant
and served with the 18th in Leyte and
Samar, in the Philippines.
In 1904 he was made captain and assigned
to the 25th. His brother, Col. Macklin,
commands the 4th Regiment, Maryland Ma
tional Guard He is president Of the Bal
timore Brick Company and was formerly
second lieutenant in the Marine Corps.