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ROOSE VELT BRANDS NEGRO SOLDIERS
WHO STARTED BROWNSVILLE, TEX., RIOT$
Continued from Page On#.
In these difficulties there was
blame attached to both aides;
but thin Is a wholly unimportant
matter for our present purpose, as
nothing that occurred offered In any
shape or way an excuse or Justifica
tion for the ntroclous conduct of the
troop# when. In lawless and murder-
oua spirit, and under cover of tho night,
they made their attack upon the cltl-
"Thi# attack was made near midnight
on Ai.fust IS. The following facts us
to this attack nre made clear by Ma
jor Blocksom's Investigation and have
not been, and. in my Judgment, cannot
be, iuccessfully controverted. Prom 9
to 1G or 20 of the colored soldiers took
part In the attack. They leaped over
th# wall# front the barracks and hur
ried through the town. They shot at
whomever they saw moving, and the/
■hot Into houses where they saw llghtf.
In eome of these houses there were
women and chlldron, ns the would-be
murderer# must have known. In one
house In which there were two women
and five children sonic ten shots went
through at a height of nbout 4 1-2 feet
above the floor, one put ting odt the lamp
upon the table. The lieutenant of po
lice of the town heard the tiling und
rode townrd It. He met the raiders,
who, as he stated, were about fifteen
colored eoldlere. They Instantly start
ed firing upon him. He turned und
rode off, and they continued firing upon
him until they hnd killed his horse.
They shot hint In the right arm (It was
afterward amputated above the elbow).
"A number of shots wore also tired
at two other pollcomen. The raiders
fired aoveral times Into a hotel, some of
the ehots being alined at a guest sit
ting by a window. They shot Into u
saloon, killing the bartender and
wounding another man. At the same
time other‘raiders fired Into another
house In which women and children
were sleeping, two of the shots going
through the mosquito bar over the bed
In which the mistress of the house and
her two children were lying. Several
other houses were struck hy bullets. It
was at night, and the streets of the
town are poorly lighted, so that none
of the Individual raiders was recogniz
ed; but the evidence of many witnesses
of all classes was conclusive to the ef
fect that the raiders were negro sol
diers. The shattered bullets, shells uttd
clip# of government titles, which were
found on the ground, are merely cor
roborative. Ho are the bullet lades in
the houses; some of which It appears
must, from the direction, have been
fired from the fort Just at the moment
when the soldiers left It. Not a bullet
hole appears In any of the structures
of the fort.
'•The townspeople were completely
surprised by the unprovoked anil mur
derous savagery of the attack. Tho
soldiers were the aggressor* from start
to finish. They nu t with no substan
tial resistance, and one and all who
took part In that mid stand as delib
erate murderers, who did murder one
man, who tried to murder others, and
who tried to murder women and chil
dren. The act was one of horrible
Atrocity, und so far as I am aware, un
paralleled for infamy in the annals of
the United Htutes army.
"The white officers of the companies
were completely taken by surprise, and
at first evidently believed that the fir
ing meant that the townspeople were
Attacking the soldiers. It was not until
2 or 3 o’clock In the morning that any
of them became aware of the truth I
have directed a careful investigation
Into the conduct of the officers, to «»*»•
If any of them were blameworthy, and 1
have approved tin* recommendation *>f
the war department that two ^ be
brought before a courtmartlal.
Officers Must Have Known.
*’As to the ii**a romintsslor.'Ml officers nn<l
enlisted uien, U»etv call l*e n<* doubt what
.ever that many were necessarily privy, aft
er. If not l*efore, th** sttark, to th** conduct
of those w&o took actual part In this uiur
tferous riot.
“General Nettleton, In his letters, states
that next door to where he Is writing In
Brownsville Is n small cottage when
"The effort to confute this testimony so
fnr has consisted In the nsiMTtlou or Ini
plication that the townspeople shot
•thcr In order to ills*' ri'ult the soldiers—nn
nhsiirdlty too gross to need discussion, and
unsupported hy n shred of evidence. Then*
Is no questimi its to the murder and the
attempted murders: there Is no question
une of the soldiers were guilty there-
U no question that many of their
privy to the deed have combined
flint
of; the
eoinrndi
t» shelter the crlinliiiils from Justice. These
ecmritdes of the murderers, by their own
nctlon, have rendered It necessary either to
leave nil the men. Including the murderers,
In the army or turn them nil nut;, und mi
tier
lrcuiiistnii*'CN there was no niter-
for the usefulness of tho nriny
he nt nn end were wo to permit sticii
n outrage to he committed with Impunity.
nut IV
vldeniHj proves
In short.
slvely that n number of tlis soldiers eu
gaged In n deliberate and concerted attack,
us cold-blooded ns It wns cowardly; the
purpose being to terrorise the community,
and to kill or Injure men, women and
the
1 this at nil hour of the night
when concerted or effective resistance or
defense was out of the qucNtlnii, und when
of the criminals
the bouse was riddled by I'nit**
ballets, fired l»y t'ldted States troops, fr<»
United State* Kprlngrtoli! rifle*, at *•!*«
range, with the purpose of killing *
•urb circumstances was astonishing.
(loniiy Idcntlflcnth „ -
In the tidied States uniform was well
nluli Impomiido. Mo niurli for the original
crime. A blacker never stained the annals
of our army. It has been supplemented hy
another, only less black, III tin? slmne of n
successful conspiracy or silence for the pur
pose of shielding those who took part In
the original conspiracy of uiurdor.
Army Becomes « Mob.
“The non-commlsaloned officer* arc
primarily responsible for the discipline
and good conduct of the men. Under
any ordinary circumstances tho first
duty of the non-commissioned officers,
ns of commissioned officers, Is to train
the private In tho ranks so that he may
ho nn efficient fighting man against u
foreign foe. IJut there Is an even high
er duty, the duty of training the soldier
so that ho jliall ho u protection and
not n menace to his peaceful fellow -
citizens, and above all. to the women
und children of the nation. Unlese this
duty Is well performed, the army be
come# u mere dangerous mob; and If
conduct such as that of tho murderers
in question Is not, where possible, pun
ished, and, where this la not possible,
unless the chance of Its repetition Is
guarded against in the most thorough
going fashion. It would be better that
the entire army should be disbanded.
"Hy my direction every effort was
made to persuade those Innocent of
murder umong them to separate them
selves from the guilty by helping bring
the criminals to Juatlce. They were
warned that If they did not take ad
vantage of the offer they would all lie
discharged from the service and forbid
den again to enter the employment of
the government. They refused to profit
by the warning. I accordingly had
them discharged. If nny organisation
of troop* in the service, white or black.
Is guilty of similar conduct In the fu
ture I shall follow precisely the same
course.
Don't Deserve Sympathy.
"The soldiers of longest service and
highest position who suffered because
of the order, eo far from being those
who deserve most sympathy, deeerv
least, for they are the very men upon
w hom we should be able especially to
repel, to prevent mutiny and murder.
•People have spoken as If this dls
churge from the service was a punish
ment. I deny emphatically that such Is
the case, because a# punishment it Is
utterly Inadequate. The punishment for
mutineers und murderers such as those
guilty of the Drownsvllle assault Is
death; and a punishment only less se
vere ought to he meted out to those
who have aided and abetted mutiny
help in their detection. I would That
It were jKJsslble for me to have pun
ished the guilty men. I regret most
keenly that 1 have not been able to do
so. Any assertion that these men were
dealt with harshly because they were
colored men is utterly without founda
tion.
Plenty of Precedents.
*Th.*re are plenty of precedents for
the action taken. During the civil war
numerous precedents for the action ta
ken hy me occurred In the shape of
the summary discharge of regiments or
companies because of misconduct on
the part of some or all of their mem
bers. Three companies of the Fifth
Missouri Cavolb and one company of
ca every
25c
the Fourth Missouri Cavalry were mus
tered out of the service or the United
States without trial by court-martial
by reason of mutinous conduct und dis
affection of the majority of the mem
bers of these companies (an almost ex
act parallel to my action).
"When (ienernl Lee was In command
of the Army of Northern Virginia, as
will appear from the enclosed clipping
from The Charlotte Observer, ho Is
sued nn order In October, 1864, dis
banding a certain battalion for cow
ardly conduct, stating at the time his
regret that there were some officers
and men belonging to the organization
who, although not deserving It, were
obliged to share in the common dis
grace because the good of the service
demanded It. In nddltlon to the dis
charges of organisations, which nre of
course Infrequent, there nre continual
cases of the discharge of Individual
enlisted men without honor and with
out trial by court-martial.
The Negro Problem 8ide.
"So much for tho military side
the case. But I wish to say something
additional from the standpoint of the
race question. In my message at the
opening of congress I discussed the
matter of lynching. In U 1 gave utter
ance to the abhorrence which all de
cent citizens should feel for the deeds
of the men (In almost* nil cases white
men) who take part In lynchlngs, and
nt the same time 1 condemned,
decent men of any color should con
demn, the nctlon of those colored men
who actively or passively shield the
colored criminal from law.
"In tho case of these companies
had to deal with men who in the first
place were guilty of what was practi
cally the worst possible form of lynch
ing—for lynching Is in its essence law
less und murderous vengeunce taken
by nn urined mob for real or fancied
wrongs—and who, in the second place,
covered up the c rime of lynching by
standing with vicious solidarity to pro
tect the? criminals.
"More evil und sinister count'd never
wns given to nny people than that
given to the colored men hy those ad
visers, whether black or white
hy upology and condonation, encour
age conduct such ns that of tho thro
companies in question. If the colored
men elect to stand hy criminals of their
own race because they are of then-
own race, they assuredly lay up for
themaelves the most dreadful day
reckoning.
He Challenges Support.
"Throughout my term of service In
the presidency I have ucted on the
principle advocated. In the North, os
In the South, I have appointed colored
men of high character to office, utterly
disregarding the protests of thoso who
would have kept them out of o
cause they were colored men.
ns was In my power I have sought to
secure for the colored people all their
rights under the law. I have dune nil
I could to secure them equal school
training when young, equal opportun
ity to earn their livelihood and achieve
their happiness when old. I hav
striven to break up peonage; I have
upheld the hands of those who, like
Judge Jones and Judge Hpeer, have*
warred against this peonage, because
I would hold myself unlit to he presi
dent If I did not feel the same revolt at
wrong done a colored man us I feel .it
wrong done a white man,
"I have condemned in unstinted
terms the crime of lynching perpetrat
ed by white men, and I should take In
stant advantage of any opportunity
whereby I could bring to justice a mob
of lynchers. In precisely the same
spirit I have now ucted with reverence
to these colored men who have been
guilty of a black and dastardly crime.
In one policy, as In the other, I do not
claim as a favor, but I challenge as a
right, the support of every citizen of
this country, whatever his color, pro
vided only he hus In him the spirit of
genuine and far-sighted patriotism."
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