Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-16
SERGEANT MINGO SAN
DERS SAYS WHITE
TEXANS
FIRED ON FORT BROWN.
CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE.
they treated the soldiers badly.
MADE NO AGREEMENT.

Reeves said, in reply to a question
by Senator Foraker. that he never
had entered into an agreement with
any one not to tell all he knew con
corning the ARRAY. He said that af
ter the saloons refused to serve the
Negro soldiers. he had heard it said
that il would be better to boycott
the saloons than to break them up
Senator Warner examined the wit
ness SHARPLY after this remark, and
Reeves said that he mad not heard
any one suggest the breaking up"
of the saloons.
Former Corp. Albert II. Rolan 1,
OF COmapny ID, after expressing the
opinion that all the discharged men
had turned in their full supply OF
ammunition. previous TO their dis
charge, told of his employment as
an agent by a committee for the de
Tense Of the Negroes. but said that
his efforts had been directed toward
raising OF money and not the collec
tion of evidence.
Roland spoke of the defense com
mittee as the committee OF 1907"
but said he did not know that it re
presented the Constitution League.
He testified that after his company
was formed. Capt. Lyons counted
them and said: "All my men are
here.
on cross examination, Senator
Warner developed that three, four
or five men had guns which would
not pass inspection without the use
OF the rod and ras when inspection
was had on the morning OF August
14th. The witness was instructed
20 get the credentials under which
he claimed 20 be working for the ben
eft OF the Negroes.
Washington Post. Feb. 9th, 1901
Walker McCurdy. formerly quar-
termaster sergeant of Company b.
of the battalion of Negro soldiers
discharged for the alleged shooting
up" of Brownsville. Tex, who had
charge OF the issuance of ammuni
ton, and former Sergt. Jackson, OF
the same company who had charge
of the quarters and the keys TO the
gun racks on the night OF the ARRAY
were witnesses yesterday before the
Senate Committee on Military Al
fairs.
Both men gave clear accounts OF
their duties an that night. and the
sharpest kind OF cross examination
failed TO trap them in any way. Bot
Senators Warner and Foster, who
conducted the cross examination, re
marked that they believed the wit
nesses 10 be honest men and frank
on the stand.
After McCurdy told his story Sen
ator Hemenway asked: "Have You
told all you know regarding the ar
fray. Are you trying to conceal
anything?"
HAD TOLD ALL HE KNEW.
McCurdy insisted that he had told
all he knew and that he desired
that the whole truth should be
known. He said that ne had served
more than sixteen years In Company
b. in Cuba, the Philippines. and the
United States, and that he had fire
Quently been under fire.
Then you are not satisfied with
the character OF discharge you re
celved?" asked Mr.. Hemenway.
mo, sir, am not" replied Nc
Curdy, II had done nothing to be
punished for. have never been
punished before"
On further examination il devel
oped that McCurdy in his entire ser
vice, never had been in the guard
house or disciplined in any way.
During the examination OF the
witness as to the power Of penetra
tion of the service ammunition used
in the Springfield rifles, Senator For
aker said: cit would shoot clear
a house, would IL not2"
The witness replied affirmatively.
The question, coming from Sena
tor Foraker created some little sur
prise, as that is what the War De
partment officials have claimed was
army bullets were snot
clear through a house. The witness
was not cross examined concerning
the remark.
KEPT KEYS TO GUN RACKS.
At the opening OF the afternoon
herring the examination of George
Jackson sergeant of Company 2,
was concluded. He had been on
the stand the entire morning under
concerning the manner
In which ne had kept the gun racks
for which he had keys. on the night
OF the shooting. On cross examina
ton he admitted he had heard that
ammunition had been
lOund 10 nave Deen used Ia ire SIccL
Ing, but said that the story surprised
him very much, and II any was used
he could not understand how 1t
could have been secured without de
lection.
He described the locks and KEYS.
each rack having two locks. The
locks were all different. and there
was only one key to each. Jackson
insisted that he counted the guns
before he took charge for the day
and night OF August Is, and said
that all of his company's guns were
safely denosited and locked. His
story of the incidents OF that night
was similar TO the stories told by
previous witnesses.
Jackson was one of the men ar
rested on August %. and he told OF
his confinement in the guardhouee
until two days later. when the bit
talion was sent to Fort Reno. He
said ne did not know who was re
Iponafblo for the charges fled n