The Washington herald., 1907-03-15

Committee on Military Affairs, which is
Investigating the Brownsville ARRAY
whether or not. in his opinion, the bullets
taken from houses in the town after the
raid were fired from Springfield rifles.
Chairman Warren yesterday received a
letter from Secretary Taft in response to
one which he had sent the Secretary Of
War, in which H. states that he has
directed the ordnance officer who made
the microscopic examination Of the bull
lets and shells at the Springfield Arsenal
10 appear before the committee and make
a statement He Will bring with him
his report and the shells and cartridges
which he examined There are thirty
three of these shells and six ball cart
ridges, which were obtained as result
OF the investigation made by Mr. Purdy
and Mai BiOcksom.
Object TO COIored Troops.
Further testimony was adduced before
the committee yesterday as 10 the general
character Of the people Of Brownsville
and their attitude and feeling toward the
colored troops. SeTgt. Nelson Huron, Of
the Twenty-sixth Infantry. was the first
witness II was the general talk in Texas.
ha said that the people did not want
coiored troops, and that they would take
steps to get rid of them. He narrated
conversation which he had with Police
man Fernandez.
Fernandez said the people would mot
stand for the Niger as they had no
use for them SO saying. according to the
witness, the policeman tapped his revolver
and continued. Il want 10 kill a couple
OF them myself" Huron said members
of his company. which was white, had
had frequent trouble with the police. He
had heard that cartridges could be sold
at the rate Of 30 cents for twenty 10 the
pTOprietOrs Of WelleT's saloon in Browns
vile.
Call Corporal Dad"
Corporal Otis c. West, of the Twenty
sixth Infantry. assigned 10 duty as a
teamster. stated that on the day the
Twenty-sixth Infantry moved out he had
observed on the back porcbes Of the bar
racks several discarded uniforms and a
number of bandolers. lie told OF an In
cident when he was returning 10 the
garrison after having been 10 fhe rail-
road station, and meeting d small Mexi-
can boy coming out Of the reservation.
his hat.
I said. continued the witness. Kid.
what are you going to do with those
CarlTidges2 lie laughed and replied. oh.
Daddy tall the children in Brownsville
called me Daddy. he said-'Daddy, I'm
going to take EN- down town and sell EN-
to XIII niggers with.
There was laugh In the committee
room at the statement, and Gen. Foster
asked with much seriousness. Did any
OF these children have a right 10 call you
Daddy?"
The witness apparently did not see the
joke. and FASTENED 10 say that they
didn't. but that he was generally known
among them as Daddy.
Senator Foraker Tells story.
aims gave Senator Foraker an oppor-
tuni;y 60 tell a story which he asked
should not go in the record a Mormon,
he said. once met a lad in the street, and
accosted him by saying: Roy, who is
your father2
Folks say you are. sir replied the
lad
Well let me see your shoes" and
then. after an inspection Of the child's
footwear. Wen, I guess you are; you've
got on the kind Of shoes I buy all my
children.
West said that he never had any
trouble in Brownsville. but that the gen
eTal character OF the country for TWO
hundred miles I'D and down the Rio
Grande on both sides of the river. was
bad. There were fugiuves from justice.
d@serters. smuEglers. and al sorts Of
bad men. Elsewhere i'm Texas he had
found the best people IN the world.
Senator Culberson, who attended The
hearing yesterday. has written a letter
10 Chairman Warren contradictlng the
statement made by Capt. Kilburn be-
fore the committee as to the failure t.
try a man who had committed a murder.
The Senator said ne would make a fur
ther statement regarding Capt. Kiiburn's
attack upon the character Of the people
of Brownsville