The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-07
BROWNSVILLE ACTION JUST
No REPORTS THE FINlL BOARD
OF INQUIRI.

Ts~R ana mat tho O0ieers 90 the
aSlh Infantry were Negligent ~
4 Duty BeEsre and After the Event.
I WAsBISGIoS. April S.-The dismissal
OF three companies OF the Twenty tifih
! Infantry by ex-President Roosevelt for
participation in the shooting up OF
! Brownsville. Tex. on the nigh, 81 August
1914. 1919. was sustained to-day by
I the report % the court Of inquiry which
investigated the ARRAY The court 10
3 unanimously OF the opinion that the
evidence sustained the charges.
B The officers % the regiment. the mem
I hers OF the court say. had been negligent
in not performing their duties properly
immediately prior To the ARRAY and IN
not ordering an inspection at the regi-
rneni after the raid ON the town instead
81 at tlayli yhf. several hours later. IL An
immediate inspection had been held.
! the msInlers Of the court say several
Of the culpriis would have been discovered.
/ In addition. Il the officers had performed
their duty properly before the raid the
ARRAY could not have occurred. in the
opinion 81 the CONT.
The report. which was submitted to-
day 10 Secretary OG War Dickinson.
recommends that fourteen Of the dis
charged solliers lie allowed TO reenlist
The men of three companies, b. L and ID.
were dlf enlarged without honor for tie
Ginning 10 give information.
The appointment Of the court Of inquiry
was ~ a. rdance with an act OF Congress
which wNs passed after a long fight 10y
sx-Senaior Joseph II. Foraker 81 Ohio,
who defer ded the negro soldiers The
act PROVIDED that a military court should
ne gppoini@d by the Secretary II War
10 investigate the circumstances % the
ARRAY with = view to determining whether
Anv oT the dismissed soldiers should he
allowed To Tsenlst II they were able To
prove that they did not anticipate an
The attack upon the town. The court
consisted of five retired officers, I4@uten-
ant General y y NJ Young. president:
Major Gen. Joseph y sanger Brig Gen.
Butler - Price. Brig Gen. John NJ.
Wilson and Brg Gen. Theodore Sohwan.
The report presents these findings
FT-i. that the soldiers Of the Twenty
hfth Infantry aid On the night Of August
1914 ipos shoot into houses ~ the town 81
BTownsvils. Tex occupied nv men. women
and children. killing Frank Maths. a citizen
Of said town seriously WOundinR the lou /
tenant Of pollCe. N. \ Dominique. causing
him he loss Of an arm. and killing the horse
under him.
The court i unanimous in it, opinion
that the evidence suS'ain- the charges
Se~cnd, A. to the di-ciplinarv aspect Of
their Ca~@. tn' luding tho performance of !
duty by the Officers aud enliste ed men ~ Re |
Twenty hfh Infantry. Earri~oned IN Fort |
Brosn. IexAs. ON the night Of August i8-ia |
lesd measured by the standard in the /
army. the court j. 81 the opinion that n the /
Officers. non-commi To- toned Officers and pri- !
Yates had performed their respective duties |
on the evening Of August N. IsOs. fnimedi-
sIelv prior 10 the shooting sfray With AP-
pre-, mt Ion of the Oblisat ions and re-pon-i-
bilifie- dsvolyinR mon them hv tho serious
situation confronting them the shooting
ARRAY could not have occurred
Also II immediately after the shooting
v hen the men had baeu charged nth tho .
,rlnIe careful lnsu@. iiou of every man IN
BE- garrison. inrludng hl- arms. equip
u'sn' snd SnWunil ton. had be~n made A.
vas attempted a. daylight several hours
sf'srNurd -orns 81 the Sutty men would
have been discovered.
Section 2 q she report gave a is, IL
enlisted men who were recommended
for reenlistm@Rt They werp Jones A
Col'rano. Edward J.. Daniels and Edward
MATfield - Company " Lewis : HaEer.
OXFORD Adair. Henry " Arvin Calvin
Smith and John Smith ~ Company 4.
and Robert Williams Winter Washing
ton EhRs Can' John 4 JArkS"n. samuel
D.. scott and William Nan lI"uE - Com
RAW y
ti-p. Ss,fwan si,d not concur m th-
second cpnChIrlun ~ the court charging
IN" officers Il the regiment With negleC'
II duty Gems ! ounR and Sanger did
not concur N the third couCII-ipU which
recommended the rs~ni-trusu' - -four
teen q the discharged SOLDIERS
The court II inquiry has cen IN session
for -avera! months in this city S..V-ra'
Thousand ages 81 testimony were aiken
ant m" ~ on ysag'S ~ testimony b"fpr"
fh" senate Military tumuitts- winch
sl-n Investigated ~" ARRAY. were also taken
mo '0nsIdera'rpn. Tap t'har's- X
How land Twenty first Infantry. vas
recorder ~ tho court ~ inqUr-
This Nill end case which has l.-an \
subject ~ BtTovsrsy ~ ~" uaS ~
another for almost four wears