Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-14
!, Message to Congress Defends
y Ms Action in DlschargIne
The Negro Troops.
INST PRESERVE DISCIPLINE.
u,,ds Evidence Proves Beyond a
r,o,,bt That Some Of Men Dis
missed Committed 0utrages.
.,.... ms ridiculous the Charge
U.s. -, some of People of brownsville
shot up Their own Town

.n,on Jan. l4.-President
Veal, today sent to the senate a
W. W., message regarding the Browns
sp in. ,noiaant which gives the addition
~, Ds,dsnoe collected by Asst. Atty Gen.
D parav and Maj. Blocksom. VINO were
~, "a Texas by the president to IN
,ss,lsnte the affair. The president sub
lifted with his message various OK
sihl,s including maps. bandoleer'
49, emnty shells, seven ball cart
,,sses picked up in the streets a few
ana after the shooting; three steel
,.otss bullets and some scraps OF inc
s,sIugs Of other bullets picked out OF
,he houses into which they had been
fred =.
The president says the evidence is
,ostiye that the outrages Of Aug IL
r.ra committed by some Of the colored
,,oans that have been dismissed ana
,bs, some or an Of the members of the
,hrss conpanies Of the Twenty-htth
,nfsntrv had knowledge of the deed ana
baS shielded the guilty ones. The negro
,roony are referred 10 By the president
IN Ne message az midnight assassins.
ana he declare that very few II any or
,he soldiers dismissed without honor
conld have been ignorant OF what oc-
Cured. That part OF the order which
bars the soldiers from all civil en-
ployment under the government is re-
roled Inv the president. This clause the
| president says was lacking in validity.
4 The disparaged troops, however. VIII ne
/ forever barred from re-enlisting In the
army or navy, and as TO this the presi-
dent says that there is no doubt OF
nv constitutional legal power
secy. Taft's report gives the sworn
testimony OF witnesses, and is trans
mitted with the message.
Mr.. Roosevelt IN his message defends
| his action iD dischdrging the negro
,roops saying II would be absolutely
impossible to preserve army discipline
by pursuing and other course To
Justify his action he submits reports
4 from Mai Blocksom and Asst. Atty
Gen. Purdy. giving the results of the
exhaustive investigation they conduct
ID at Brownsville on the presidents or
der. The president with his message
submits maps with diagrams and phot-
osraphs designed TO aid the senate in
reaching an intelligent; understanding
VI the situation, also empty shells and
bullets from Springfield rifles.
The crimes committed at Brownsville
on the night of Aug. 10, according to
lie investigation. the president says:
la)-Murder Of Frank Natur
lb)-An assault on Lieut.. of Police
D0mnguez.
lsl--Assault on Mr.. and Mrs. Hale
DIN and son.
al-Shooting into houses containing
tomen and children.
NY evidence" says the message,
proves beyond the possibility OF a
epapt mat some individuals among the
wofed troops ! have dismissed COM
ha'ed these outrages and that others
aa knowledge OF the deed and shield
mhe guilty from the law"
DlsanssEs SILLY CHARGE.
The president dismisses as ridiculous
" charge that the Brownsville citi-
hhs committed the outrage with a
wv o. throwing odium on the negroes
az obtaining their dismissal That
w criminals were soldiers was shown
lhe laei that reputable whites saw
WI uniforms, heard their voices, rec
glte as negroes; the fact that
Wmgheld rifles We're used, no weap-
NJ o. mat kind being in the hands of
o civilians, and an examination OF
Ne smells and cartridges showing that
w could not have been fred from
Ms-Jorgensen or Winchester rifles
s, me fndlng of this ammunition in H.
KY says the message, "establIshes
y quit Of the soldiers ana would no
inclusive n the soldiers were neither
r.ld or seen by Brewnsville residents
'sy uie night In question"
me evidence Of II reputable Wit
.eses IS submitted. These saw Tho NJ
rIttsd ., N various features and sub
Cher ' ,' Sworn statements. Twenty-Five
ihe anal. 'eses saw minor phases of
'ordIngly. N' statements ae-
LIENS COMMITTED OUTRAGE.
a. IRON ITso al this the president gathers
diers cn,, ,natlon that 90 negroe SOL
sons M ,hl the outrage, and that
iown fron NV shots were fired into the
vas dons Va iOrt. The shooting
Yolley H. midnight. After the first
town s All soldiers advanced upon the
results lug INTO residences with the
tlery in ,hn.iohed Few OF the SOL
been Ign ,no Tort therefore could have
from hi. 81 the affair. Indeed
pfobshls additional evidence n &c
dsrnisssa 'lat but few OF the soldiers
he attsel ''"'u have missed seeing
i,su.e o ., :. gone carefully over each
nlsed i"W and fact that has been
elect OF N, "in now satisfied that mo
Men from a !, n usr was not 10 bar these
he govern vi elVll employment unde,.
lhe order ,i ~ and that portion OF
he resi- 30 hereby revoked. A. 10
lndldduhis we order dismissino ma
Question a. wilnout honor there IN M
oldet was ., 70 my legal power 1,ho
Tie con i.hln my discretion. unaa,
b tyokeAH M and laws, and oonrot
Other eys eve or reversed excent no a,
wa lmpsrs,,,le ORDER Such ootinn
70 ny swnrn unless l proved false
men can sri luty If any az ,hase
lakt what sn,, nc Is clear OF guilt I viii
drcumsta n eesi9n Is warranted. hnt w
pul mon es ! have related eertai NJ
0eaiiAg hlmssS, man the burden Of
ffttAfstt -
signed.
AlopoRE ROOSEVELT
To a. THE MESSAGE.
MAJ" t t,s sssn,ate-In my message - a.,
~ honor ing OF the dlsmissnl ~ .ie
y The three certain named n,a mi.n-
.lh fiAantry' yinpanies of the Ts,npDsis
,'ncers upon gave the reports 30
,~see, fhsss" which the dislnissaI me me
..e'goidance u,s,, reports were ma was
, ,ssss for II ", na, The custom In 1 an ~
.'Hny AVE preserve discipline in ~, m
b'srse that X ,Pursulng preciselv NE
sMss.ssl.nuch, howe,uls case was purs,,sdis
~''''sa Was raIssd AZ " the senate the
''''ed as to the sufiicie e,,s