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Show "tLL i;0T-DELRY DISCHARGE ORDER !ero Troops Are Dii missed in Spite of Petition Peti-tion in Their Favor; President Positive. "WASHINGTON,-Nov. 2L The War department issued the following statement state-ment today concerning the. negro troops Ordered dismissed at Fort Beno: "In the matter of , the order dis- charging the enlisted men of three companies com-panies of the Twenty -fifth infantry is- Bued by the President, a plan was presented pre-sented to the Secretary of War by a number of persons of standing asking for a rehearing by the President on the ground on which the action was taken. The Secretary telegraphed the Presi-, Presi-, dent of the application and delayed the ' proceedings of the discharge until the President could . indicate his wishes. TTe Secretary was meantime called out r tjwn. No answer wss received .-; -a the president. The Secretary on &is retulrn did not feel justified in further fur-ther delaying the plan of the order of . discharge, especially in view of the ' fact that the Secretary then learned that the President had fully and ex-' ex-' hasstively considered the argument against the order-of the persons who now applied for a rehearing. Accord-ingly, Accord-ingly, the Secretary directed yesterday (Tuesday) that the proceedings for dis-charze dis-charze be continued without delay." |