The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-10

! The courts decided that the findings and sentences in such instances were Illegal, and those sentenced had the right to claim redress. This has led to the desire to have the condition changed so as to remove the restriction from the proceedings of the courts sit- ting at a time when volunteers are in service. It will probably be impos- sible to do this. since there is an en- during sentiment in Congress against the trial of volunteers by regulars. There is the fear that something will happen to the volunteer. and there is no hope that only a slight modification of the existing situation will ever be effected. As for the rest of the arti- cles of war. it Is proposed to have them generally overhaufed and brought up to date. The draft of such a general amendment was made at the time the General Staff was organized. Col E.. H. Crowder. now the acting Judge Ad- vocate General of the army. was the author of the proposed amendments. but it has been considered that the time has not yet arrived for attempting the change. which will require action by Congress. The Presidents interest in the subject will probably serve to have the draft submitted to Congress in December"
 The Negro Troops.
 Every reader will remember the re- cent trouble with the oolored troops in Texas, and all will agree that the regular army would be much better off without any negro troops at all It IS hard to see what use they could be rut to. except in a war with some for eign foe; tHey would not be available at all in any domestic trouble as the whites would be incensed by the pres- ence of negroes in any sort of disturb ance, either North or South, as it is a fact that the Northern people are worse in that respect than are the people of the South. Ali the States have cut out the negroes from the National Gnari, and 1t is not likely that they will ever have any more of them. Every one knows that the negro troops in the Alabama National Guard were not ob- Jectionable of themselves, for they were most obedient and strictly obeycd all orders, and yet they were useless and unnecessary and 1t Is a fact that they could not have been used Tor any purpose whatever and should never have been taken in.
 The Army and Navy Journal copies a paragraph from Southern paper and replies to it; all of which will be read with interest and shows the army sem timent thereon:
 Speaking of the recent transfer of cclored troops from Fort Brown, Tex, The Savannah Press asks: 'Wry not send these troops to the Massachusetts army posts? The people of the Bay State have always been loud in their protests against discrimination against the negro and have generally been ready to rally to his defense. It would seem that of all places the negro regi- ments would be feast objectionable there. There is ample room for them there Whether the people of Maasa- cfusetts would welcome the colored troops We shall not undertake to say, but the fact that there are no infantry or cavalry posts in the old Bay State makes the scheme imprao.icable. We are entirely confident, however, that tf
 >ose troops were stationed in that
 te and got into trouble with civil.
 the people would refrain from
 constructions and threats of violence,
 i'd trust the orderly processes of law and justice to punish the wrong g-doers Certainly they would hardly condemn an entire battalion because of the mis- conduct of few unruly members"