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

| ana above all 10 the women ana chii.
| dren OF the nation. Unless this duty
Is well performed, the army becomes
| mere dangerous mob; and II conduct
such as that OF the murderers In ques-
ton Is not. where possible. punished,
and, where this II not possible, unless
| the chance OF, its repetition is guarded
| against In the most thoroughgoing fash
Ion. Il would be better that the eStire
army should be disbanded. 1t Is vital
for the army to be imbued with the
| spirit which will make every man In
! II, and above 1t. the officers and nom
commissioned officers. feel II matter
| OF highest obligation TO discover and
| punish, and not to shield, the criminal
| In uniform.
| CONSPIRACY TO PROTECT.
Yet some OF the commissioned Of
fcers and many Of the men Of the three
companies In question have banded to-
| gether In a conspiracy to protect the
assassins and would-be assassins who
have disgraced their uniform by the
! conduct above related, Many of these
| commissioned officers and men
must have known, and all OF them may
| have known, circumstances which would
| have led to the conviction OF those en-
| gagged IN the murderous assault They
have stolidly and as one man broken
their oaths OF enlistment and refused
to help discover the criminals,
| INNOCENT WE'RE WARNED.
| by my direction every effort was
mace 10 persuade those innocent OF
lnuraer aihons 'heni 10 separate theul-
SELVES from tle guilty. py heIpins orli's
the criminals 10 justice ihey VERY
"arheu lndt II tney ala not TAKE az
vantage Oh the oner tney "ouiu all pe
aischarseu from ,he service aiiu iorpiu-
ueii asdin 10 enter tne emp'oy oa tne
| government, Ihey refused 10 pront py
tne warming 4 accordingly hau thein
uischarseu, AZ any orsahizaVon 81
| troops III the service, white OF black
~ suuty " siInliar conuuct IN tue tu-
lure snaii loiio" preciseiy tne same
eoutse' onuei ~ V,ieuiiis,ahveS Wiz
eo'lssit " heep u, tiie sery'ce pouics ~
,leil WHOM we eHcuihs,ances snow "
pv hnehaee 70 tne cou.try. tIcuen.
| any may aud tnat me soidiers OF
lohsest service anu hlshest pvsltioll
| wno suiiereu because VI ing oroei 81
| lal lioii pcihs tloss Wno uese.so most
synipathy, uererve l,ast, lor ,ney arg
.ne Vely me-, upon wnoin We slouio 20
npie especially 10 reiy W prevcnt Hu-
~ ,,e, ~u 49,, ,s,
! 49, 49,
lily nv spoheh as y 'nis uIs-
aisV t'o',' wy sei iVu mos q puiiisn'
,heis, us,as s'npia'isany sla. suen 10
'no Ise, oseausV 40 puhishnioht 70
lively hiaueauate me PUNISHMENT
me- io' inu.i'ep,S ahu 'iu,ueis suei
US ulose buiity vi the br9WnsVilie as
suull Is ueath, anu punishment ohiy
| Iess severe ousht 10 DC heteu out 10
those VINO nave aided ana abetteu mu-
| tny ana murder ahd treason by retus-
| ing 10 help III tfeir detection. would
u,a' !. W." ~, pVssiue ior iie " nave
| keenly that have moi been able 10 do
| so
| Re n remembered aIways thar tbos.
| mon uere ali IN the service ~ tho INIT
| Cd s,atas nnder oontr,o,s y, aniist,,ant
which by their terms ana hv stat,to
| were tesninahls nv nv direotion nc
| conn,a naar.tuschiee n, the aru,v 7,
,va. nv cIea,. dm,v 70 ,ern,insha thoss
rnn,ran,s nban az ,,,hl,o ,,,taros, a.
mandad 4, ana /, u.n,,,, ha,,s h,,a, q
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nar, no, ~ w tarr p ~ n a. ny
| n,hish ~. 4 a.,t,,a' r., ,ha sar,,,ao - ~
| rrni,'a 60 "a, 80 ,,,,,nas,rs aS
,.,n,ao.a.s '0'' Vi anu
No COLoR LINE DRAWN.
| Any assertion that these men were
| dealt with harshly because they were
| colored men is utterly without founda-
| ton. officers or enlisted men, white
| men or ooored men, who were 10 nd
guilty of such conduct. would have been
| treated in precisely the same way; for
| there can be nothing pSore important
| than for the United States army, In all
| its membership, to understand that its
arms cannot be turned with IMMUNITY
| against the peace and order Of the
| civil community
PLENTY OF pRErEDENTs
me- 49, 49,, ,
the action talten I cau vnnr attentio'
to the memoranda herewith submitted
from the military secretary's office of
the war department. and memoran-
dun from the military secretary en-
closing a piece by ex-Corporal Hesse
now chief of division IN the military
secretary's office. together with a letter
from Dist. Ally. James Wilkinson OF
New Orleans The district attorneys
letter recites several cases In which
white United States soldiers. being ar
rested for crime, were tried, and every
soldier and emrtoye OF the regiment or
in the fort at which the soldier was
stationed, volunteered all they knew,
both before and at the trial, so as to Sc
cure justice.
In one case the soldier was acquitted.
In another case the soldier was con-
victed OF murder, the conviction result
ing from the fact that every soldier
from the commanding officer to the
humblest private, united in securing
all the evidence in their power about
the crime. In other case, for less Of
Tense, soldiers were convicted purely
because their comrades In arms, In u
spirit of fine loyalty to the honor of the
serslce, d. ONE toiu me Whoie story
y, .ile ,rouples anu oeciIneu 10 identify
themselves Win 'ne criminals
CIVIL WAR PRECEDENTS.
During the Civil war numerous nre-
cedents for the action taken by me oc-
Cured IN the shape OF the summary
discharge Of regiments or companies