Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-20

seuuent loss of records and CONFUSION
II is not possible to say what nnaliy
became Of this case. :,
When Gen. Lee was In command OF
the army OF northern virginia. as VIII
appear from the inclosed ciippine
from the Charlotte Observer. he IS
sued an order In October. 1854, dis
banding a certain battalion for cow
ardly conduct stating at the time MS
regret that there We're some onicers
and men belonging To the organlza-
ton who, although not deserving H.
were obliged to SHIRE in the common
disgrace because the good OF the SER
vice demanded II.
INDIVIDUAL CASES.
In addition to the discharges Of or
Plantations, which are Of course lnfre-
Quent there are continual cases of the
discharge Of individual enlisted men
without honor and without trial by
court-martial. The official record
shows that during the fiscal year end
ing June 80, last, such discharges
were issued by the war department
without trial by court-martial IN the
cases OF 352 enlisted men OF the regu-
lar army, SO OF them being on account
OF having become disqualified for SER
vice through own misconduct" More
over, In addition to the discharges
without honor ordered by the war
department, there were a considerable
number Of discharges without honor
issued by subordinate military au-
thorities under paragraph las Of the
army regulations where the service
has not been honest and faithful that
is, where the service does not war;
rant re-enistment."
THE RACE QUESTION
so much for the military side of the
case. But ! wish TO say something
additional, from the standpoint OF tho
race question. In my message at the
opening OF the Congress / discussed
the matter Of lynching. In II gave
utterance to the adherence which all
decent citizens should feel for the
deeds Of the men lin almost all cases
white men) who take part in lynch
ings, and at the same time I con-
demned, as all decent men OF any
color should condemn. the action OF
those colored men who actively or
passivcly shield the colored criminal
from the law. In the case OF these
companies we had to deal with men
who, In the first place, were guilty OF
what was practically the worst pos
sible form of lynching-for a lynchinl.
Is in Its essence lawiess and murder
GUS vengeance taken by an armed
mob for real or fancied wrongs-.and
who IN the second place covered up
the crime OF lynching by standing with
vicious soil larity TO protect the
criminals.
EVIL COUNSEL.
II is OF the utmost Importance to all
our people that we shall deal with
each man on his merits as man, and
not deal with him merely as a menu
Der OF a given race, that we shall
judge each man by his conduct and
no this color This Is important for
the white man. and II Is far more Inn
portant for the colored man. More
evil and sinister counsel never was
given to any people than that given
to colored men by those advisers.
whether black or white, who by
apology and conformation. encourage
conduct such as that OF the three COM
panies In question. II the colored men
elect TO stand by criminals of their
own race because they are Of their
own race, they assuredly lay up for
themselves the most dreadful day of
reckoning. Every farsighted friend OF
the colored race In Its efforts to strive
onward and upward. should teach first,
as the most important lesson, alike TO
the white man and the black, the
duty Of treating the Individual man
strictly on his worth rs he shows II.
Any conduct By colorSd people which