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NO SOLDIERS ABSENT.

According to facts ELECTED by the
investigation of the committee. the
riot took place unier the walls of
the garrison. and when the bullets
OF the street fusilade made Fort
Brown dangerous. a general alarm
called the troops to roll call AMI to
arms. arousing officers and men out
OF their sleep. The roll call showed
that all the men in the three COM
panies were present and properly
accounted for; the gun racks were
intact.
The townsmen made the accusa-
tion that Negro soldiers started the
riot, killed one man, a bartender.
and wounded a police officer, and
they shrilly demanded that the SOL
diers be arrested and be turned over
to them. Investigation shows that
no soldiers were absent improperly:
that the name. time. and place Of
burial OF the alleged dead man can
not be ascertained, and the wound
ed officer is still too modest to re-
veal himself
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RIGID INVESTIGATION.
TROOPS NOT GUILTY.. |
Many Of the Veterans Testify.
AFFIDAVITS 10 BE FILED WITH PRESID

met within a month, il could find
no case against the men, since there
was no evidence whatever, and the
cases we're dismissed.
Whether it be before the Presi-
dent or a Congressional committee.
the Constitutional League is resolv-
ed 20 appear with counsel ana evi-
dence 20 secure reversal OF the
Presidents decision.
The league viii show the Presi-
dent:
I. That no soldier was connected
with the Brownsville riot, aSd that
no evidence exists TO show such con
neCtion
.. That the report Of Gen. Car
lington and his recommendation. as
we'll as his conduct of the investi-
cation. ought TO be made the sub
jcct Of court of inquiry or court
martial
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PRICE. FIVE CENTS
If Teddy Gets a whack.

If Teddy gets another whack.
IN the blue thererl be no black.
That's the question that's been
uoatiug all around.
Because he's got the kinky nair.
Teddy taking him for bearl
And cut the Yankee Doodle Ne
gro down.
Teddy fails TO open his mouth.
And tell why he sent him South.
To the town Of Brownsville down In
Texas.
Simply just 90 get "a chance
To take his gun. cap. coat and pants
And leave him standing bare. n
total wreck.
BY J. p. FRANCE.
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Mr.. 'Bin' Cogbm Here.

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BEFORE HE HE RID FROM PRES
IDENT.

Yesterday morning early. before
10 o'clock, an official statement was
given out reviewing briefly the ac-
tion of the Secretary and his reasons
therefor, and announcing that after
he had learned that "the President
had fully and eXhaustiv -ly considered
the argument against the order of
the persons who now applied for
re-hearing.' he, the Secretary, had
on Tuesday directed that the pro-
ceedings for discharge be continued
without delay.
Yesterday morning some time af-
ter the foregoing announcement was
issued, another official statement
was made public that a telegram
had been received from the Presi-
dent at Il o'clock, after the prev
ious statement was given out, in
which the President declines to
suspend the discharge unless there
are new facts of such Importance as
to warrant cabling him"
This seems to be the chronology
or events as officially set forth at
the War Department
There is regret in some quarters
that, after having undertaken to
correct what many evi5ently think
was an act OF Injustice to members
of the Twenty-ffth Infantry, who
were not present at the time OF the
trouble. Secretary Taft did not stand
pat until directed by the President
to withdraw his order of suspension
Some OF the sting Of the affair. now
ever, has been removed by Secretary
Taft's statement that the members
OF the three companies who were
on furlough at the time of the
Brownsville affair. AMI three mem
bers who are TO be tried by court
martial will not be mustered out.
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AGENTS PRovoCATEURs.

The committee declares that IL
looks as II Brownsville had resorted
to agents provocateurs TO effect the
removal OF the Negroes. and was
successful. Brownsville insistei
that the Negroes should be punish
ed. The names of twelve men were
selected by Mcdonald. OF the RAN
gers. on some plan evolved by him.
They were arrested and placed In
the guard house to await the action
of the grand jury. The grand jury
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$4,000 Endow ment Paid.

Richmond, Va. Nov %, '06
This is to certify that I have re-
eived from John Mitchell. Jr.,
Grand Worthy Counsellor OF the
Grand Court of Virginia, I. o. Of
Calanthe. ($IOO.0O) One Hundred
Dollars in p ayment Of the death
claim OF Mary Walton who was a
member of Josephine Court, No. 225
of Richmond, Va.
Signed-A. ID. Price,
Assignee.
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Miss Cora Montague is In the
city, the guest OF her sister. Mrs. !.
V. Hawkins. 612 n. LIST Street.
She will remain until next Monday.
The ordination OF Rev. M. H.
Payne will take place at the 5th st.
Baptist Church on Wednesday, Dec
18th, 1906 at $3.50 p. NJ DR.. w.
F. Graham will deliver the ordinR-
ton service. The public is invited &.
An Old Saint Gone 90 Her Reward.
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ACCUSES TEXANS.

3. That the whole affair ap-
pears 20 be miserable outgrowth
OF the race hatred and mob violence
Of the people Of Brownsville.
4. That I'm discharging and dis.
honoring these three companies Of
soldiers, the President has made a
mistake. which every principle Of
honor and justice requires should
be remedied.
The league is still prosecuting it's
inquiries, and will examine the 25
men discharged this morning and
take their aftidavits. Not a single
case OF drunkenness or disorder mas
occurred among the hundred mon
so far discharged. The police OFF,
cials OF El Reno speak highly Of the
sobriety and balance OF the men.
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RICHMOND. VIRGINIA. SATURDAY, DE EMBER 1906

soldiers were pointed out. All the
soldiers avoided questions and even
refused TO discuss the events al
Brownsville which were known TO
have enraged the Negroes before
the riot
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-12-01

Tuesday. the New York afternoon
papers contained telegram from
the President to Gilchrist Stewart,
Of that city representing the Con-
stitution League, in which the Pres
ident said he would revoke toe or
der under no circumstances" nor
"fOr one moment consider suspend
ing IL on a simple allegation that
there are new facts. until these
facts are laid before me-"
Tuesday afternoon a conference was
held at the War Department be-
tween the Secretary and mis- chief
assistants. and Mr.. Loeb, Secretary
TO the President At it's conclusion
Secretary Taft was the only one
present who talked, and he only
made the statement: "I can't dis
cuss the case until tomorrow"
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order of discharge especially I'm
view OF the fact that the Secretary
then learned that the President had
fully and eNhaustiyely considered
the argument against the order OF
the persons who now applied for q
re-hearing Accordingly the Secre-
tary directed yesterday TUESDAY,
that the proceedings for DISCHARGE
be continued without delay"
COURSE AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
Il was authoritatively stated that
the matter of the dismissal of the
troops has not been brought 10 the
attention OF the President by tae
White House officials since ne left
Washington more than ten davs
ago. None OF the protests which
have been filed aginst the carrying
out OF the action as been received
at the White House. but have gone
10 the War Depa tmcnt
The investigates Of che conduct
OF the troops OF Companies B. c..
and ID. as reported upon by Mai.
Blocksom. inspector generals de-
partment; Lieut. Col. Lowering. 4th
Infantry, acting Inspector general.
and Brig. Gen. Darlington. INSPECTOR
general of the army was made pub
lie az the War Department yesterday
in volume entitled "The ARRAY at
Brownsville. Tex
The reports disclose that as early
as October &, the President hal de
termined to dismiss without honor
all of the men of the three compan-
les in the event of their failure to
reveal the facts concerning the
Brownsville riot This decision is
revealed in n letter of instruction
which Acting Secretary Oliver of the
War Department. sent to Inspector
General Darlington. directing him
To make an investigation. In this
letter Acting Secretary Oliver saws.
The President authorizes You to
make known 90 those concerned the
orders given by him IN this case
namely, II the guilty parties cannot
be discovered. the President an
proves the recommendation that the
whole three companies implicated
in this atrocious outrage should be
dismissed and the men forever barr
dismissed and the men forever de-
barred from re-enlisting in the army
or navy OF the United States"
This recommendation was origin
ally made not by Inspector Gen. Gar
lington, who mas been charged 0v
the Presidents critics as having been
Influenced by his race prejudices.
because he is a Southern man. but
by Maj. Blocksom. who made the
first investigation. The recommen-
dation, however. was subsequently
occurred in by Gen. Darlington
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CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY LIKE
LY.

No one doubts that a Congress
sional Investigation will be the final
outcome OF "the affair at Browns
Vile" There are too many men,
bers OF Congress with considerable
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-12-01
SHIELDING PENRosE.

The official reports are said by
military men familiar with this case
10 Indicate a disposition TO shield
Mai. PenrOse, I'm command OF these
troops at Brownsville. Some peo-
PIE characterize this portion OF the
report as a "whitewash." TIE ofi-
GERS in command at Brownsville
have been criticised for not immed-
lately mastering their men and To-
eating the absentees and the guns
that could not be accounted for
On this point the report Of the In
spector General says:
Tine commanding officer and his
associates, when the alarm was
sounded and they heard tae firing.
assumed that it came from the city
OF Brownsville; and that the guns
We're in the hands of the civilians:
in other words that the garrison was
being fred into from the outside by
civilians. II does not appear To
have occurred to any Of them tdat
certain enlisted men Of the Twenty
fifth Infantry hal possession OF
their arms. and were committing
the crime of firing into the houses
and upon the citizens of Browns
vile, until the Mayor Of the city
came 10 the garrison and informed
the commanding officer, Mai. Pen
rose. that one man had been killed
and another wounded by his sol.
diers."
Secretary Taft said yesterday that
nothing will he done in the way of
further investigat tion of the con
duct of the officers.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-12-01
CAUSES THAT LED TO RIOT.

In reciting the causes which led
TO the riot at Brownsville. Mai.
Blocksom says that the soldiers
heard they were not going 10 Camp
Mabrey, because Texas troops had
threatened TO use ball cartridges in
the maneuvres. The people did not
desire colored troops there. and the
soldiers OF the Twenty-fifth were
not allowed to drink with the white
people at the principal bars in the
town.
He also recites the incident of
two white women being insulted on
the street by colored soldiers and
the indignity by a colored soldier
who seized a Mrs. Evans by the hair
and threw her violently to the
ground. This incident. occurring on
August 18th. inflamed and infuria-
ted the citizens.
The cancelling of passes and the
sending out Of patrols which follow
ed. Mai. Blocksom says. probably in
creased the resentment of the SOL
6iers against the people of Browns
Vile. Continuing Mai. Blocksom
described the raid on the town in
detail.
In conclusion. he says that many
Of the old soldiers of the battalion
who had nothing to do with the
raid must know something tangible
as to the identity OF the criminals.
and that IL they do not disclose their
knowledge they should be made to
suffer with others more guilty, as
far as the law Will permit.
In his summary of the reports
made by the other officers and of
his own effort to discover the guilty
soldiers. Brig. Gen. Darlington de-
clares that every means of getting
evidence concerning the shooting
was exhausted. All the men OF the
three companies were talked WITH
Individually on iifferent occasions
he says. and the dire consequences
OF their failure to give up the guilty
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-12-01
LATEST FROM THE president

The official statement issued yes.
terdav based upon the message from
the President was as follows:
a telegram was received from
the President at Il o'clock to-day
after the previous statement was
given out at the War Department. in
which he declines to suspend the
discharge unless there are new facts
of such importance AS to warrant
cabling him. He states that the ac-
tion was taken after due delibera-
tion AMI that the only matter to
which he can pay heed is the pre-
sentation of facts showing the on
cial reports to be in whole or in
part untrue. or clearly exculpating
some individual. If any such facts
later appear he can act as he deems
advisable. but thus far nothing has
been introduced TO warrant the sus-
pension Of the order. and he directs
that IL be executed"
The previous statement referred
TO was this explanatory announce
ment OF the Secretary:
'In the matter of the order dis
charging the enlisetd men OF three
companies OF the Twentv-ffth In
fantry issued by the President, ap-
plication was presented to the Sec
retary of War by a number OF per
sons of standing asking for a re-
hearing by the President on the
ground on which the action was
taken. The Secretary telegraphed
the President of the application and
DELAYED the proceedings OF the dis
charge until the President coulj
Indicate his wishes The Secretary
was meantime called out OF town.
No answer was received from the
President. The Secretary. on his
return. did not feel justified In fur
ther delaying the execution OF the
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Negro constituency 90 withstand the
demand that will go out for an In
yestigaUlOn, to hesitate. no matter
what the attitude of the department
or the administration may be. There
is not n member OF these three COM
panies, who can show his probable
innocence Of wrong doing. but viii
have a champion on the floor who
viii introduce and fight for the pas
sage Of bills correcting the military
record OF these men. The legality
OF the dismissal Of an entire battal.
ion OF men, without court martial
or other proceedings, hut solely on
the order OF the President, is sure
to be attacked I'm Congress and 10 is
not certain that the champion Of
these dishonOrably DISCHARGED troops
Will all be found from the Northern
States.
The records Of these DISCHARGED
colored soldiers as 10 terms of SER
vice and rewards Tor gallantry are:
More than twenty-four years.
More than twenty years. ].
More than fifteen years. s.
More than ten years, 16.
More than five years. 81.
Less than five years. "a.
Medal of honor men. q.
Certificates of merit. l3.
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Fort Reno. Okla. Nov 24-The
committee sent here by the Consti-
tutional League 20 investigate the
expulsion of three companies of the
Twenty-ffth Infantry from the army
states that it has been carefully and
patiently examining tho individual
Negro soldiers, and has secured a
mass OF material which will serve
as the evidence which ought TO con-
vince the President that mis- action
has worked an injustice 20 these
men as cruel as unjustihaole. The
Presidents order was said To be
based upon the report OF Inspector
General Garlington's inquiry, and
that inquiry. the committee says.
was a farce which elected, not a
scintillaof evidence 20 connect the
troops with the Brownsville riot.
DARLINGTON \ soUTHERNER.
Gen. Darlington is "a south Caro-
linian. thoy declare. and his train
ing at West Point and his experien-
ccs as n soldier have evidently not
eradicated his preiudiccs against
the Negro. He examined only a
few OF the men, OF the three COM
panies. perhaps thirty OF them: he
secured no evidence 20 confirm the
accusations against the soldiers, and
he has not elected n single fact, 50
the committee contends, upon which
10 warrant the punishment recon-
mcnied TO the President and incor-
porated In the order now being en-
forced. The men of Company b
are expelled-it is silly TO call the
process discharge without honor;
twenty-five men OF Company c were
sent adrift to-day, and the remain
der will be discharged In similar
halt
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REGARD INCIDENT AS CLOSET

The matter OF the discharge OF
the three companies OF the Twenty
fifth Infantry Is regarded at the
War Department as a closed Incl
dent. No bulletins or statements
we're Issued yesterday. and the sub
Sierra County advocate., 1906-06-22

buildings will be 12x20 feet in di.
sioons. Anew warehouse and Office
is now in course of construction.
Inanother column we publish an
article from the albuquerque Citizen
telling of the proposed building of
an electric railway from OsceoIa to
Hillsboro. Col. Frank G. Caldwell,
who came here last January, has
been working constantly on the
proposition since his arrival here
and has all along maintained that
the road would be built. If Senator
Warner Miller, president of the
Sierra Consolidated Gold Mining
company, has interested himself in
the matter, which be undoubtedly
has, there is every reason to believe
that the project will 60 through.
Col. Caldwell is thoroughly conver-
SAINT with the mining interests of
this section of Sierra county.
having mined here twenty-five years
ago. Col. Caldwell informs us that
Col. W. s. Hopewell has also taken
an interest in the matter and is
giving his support in the matter.
An electric road connecting Hllls-
boro with the Lake Valley bran ch
Of the A., 7. IL 8. F. road would
mean great things for this section
Of the country, and it is tobe hoped
that the project will be successful-
~ landed. Col. Caldwell is now at
W heeling, W. Va.
Sierra County advocate., 1906-06-22

About midnight, Tuesday, Thos.
J. Flynn, died on cot in the Jail
yard. The cause Of his death was
four ounces OF laudanum which he
swallowed evidently with suicidal
intent. About nine o'clock Tues
day morning Flynn walked into the
drug store and purchased four
ounces OF laudanum, passed out OF
/ he store and drank the drug while
standing on thu sidewalk of the
drug store. After taking the drug
he walked down street and finally
sat down in front OF the Silver Leaf
saloon and fell into deep sleep
By the time DR.. Given arrived he
had passed beyond human aid.
About five O'Clock in the evening
he rallied and was rational at times
until just before he died. Flynn,
it is said, was desperately in love
with Kingston young lady who,
the night before, had refused to
marry him, be declared he would
commitsujcide. Flynn was an ex-
soldier and drew a pension OF $24.
per month. On his person were
two honorable discharges. He had
seen service IN the PHILIPPINES and
was discharged on account OF
lung trouble which he contracted
while in the service. He was about
thirty years of age and a native, Of
Kentucky. He was buried at the
county's expense in the cemetery
Wednesday afternoon. The de.
ceased made has headquarters at
Kingston.
Sierra County advocate., 1906-06-22
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Sierra County advocate., 1906-06-22

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A woolerowers' association will
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Haaerman will call q convention
to meet at Albuquerque on Sep
tsmber 18th, 1906.
Sierra County advocate., 1906-06-22
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