The San Francisco call., 1906-11-07
REPORT FLAYs TROOPS.


Following is the concluding portion
of General Carlington's report, which
embodies the recommendations that
will be carried into effect Immediately
by the War Department:
'It is recommended that orders be is
sued as soon as practicable diScharging g
without honor every man in Companies
B. c and d Of the Twenty-fifth Infantry
serving at Fort Brown on the night of
August 13, 1906, and forever debarring &
them from re-enlisting In the army or
navy of the United States, as we'll as
from employment in any civil capacity
under the Government. In making this
recommendation I recognize the fact
that number of men who have no di-
rect knowledge as to the identity of
the men who actually fired the shots
on the night of the 18th OF August, 1906.
will incur this extreme penalty.
TT has been established by careful
investigation beyond reasonable doubt
that the firing into the houses of the
citizens of Brownvil1e while thei nhab-
itantS 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 en-
listed men OF the Twenty Infan-
try belonging to the battalions sta
toned at Fort Brown After due op-
pOTlQully anu nOllC0 luo enlisted men
OF the Twenty-fifth Infantry have
failed to tell all that 1t is reasonable
to believe they knew concerning the
shooting. If they had done so; If they
had been willing to relate all the cir
cumstances, instances preliminary to
the trouble, 1t is extremely probable
that a clew sufficiently definite would
have been disclosed. They appeared to
stand together IN a determination to
resist the detection of the guilty,
therefore they should stand their
ground when the penalty falls. A
forceful lesson should be given to the
army at large, and especially to the
commissioned officers. that their duty
does not cease upon their drill ground,
with the calling of company rolls,
making inspections and other duties of
formal character, but that their re-
sponsibilities accompany them every
where and at all times; that II IS their
duty to become thoroughly acquainted
with the individual members of their
respective units; to know their charac-
teristics; to be able at all times to
gauge their temper In order to discover
the beginning of discomfort or mutin-
Gus intentions; and to anticipate any
organized act of disorders, they must
notify their officers at once of any such
conditions. Moreover, the people of
the United States, wherever they live.
| must 1ScA dSSuIcu tudI tue men wear
ing the uniform of the army are their
protectors and not midnight asassins
or riotous disturbers OF the peace of
the community in which they may be
stationed.
CoLONEL's WILD TALK.
"On October 5, 1905, squadron of
the Ninth Cavalry, an Organization OF
colored troops, reported at Fort Sheri-
dan, near Chicago, under orders from
the War Department assigning them
to duty there. Soon after this assign
ment there appeared in the public
press the following account of a state
ment alleged to have been made with
regard to the matter by Colonel VIII
liam !. Pitcher, Twenty-seventh In
T tfantry:
1.-The negro troops would never
have been quartered at Fort Sheridan
without a protest If I was to remain
In command here said Colonel Pitcher.
I never liked them and the farther
away from me they are kept the bet
4 ter IL pleases me. For the life of me
cannot see why the United States
/ should try to make soldiers of them.