Show 4 1 w wI I THE DISCHARGE OF NEGRO SOLDIERS v I or In the tho ot of this war 11 a N JJ tIt since days ot or tIe the thee I I It i ha haa s thero t h bin e cn lIuCh auh tt IL t storm I rat f 1111 that d I by the tho action or of the tho president In n ns his authority as 41 In III I or of tha army urmy and I f t t honor hOllor very 1111 II II td lit of nun rs n 11 L c and n D ot at th 4 Mth fur Cor Nano time nt III Icon 1011 03 H henry Dur Durtt tt It III hr tho Chicago tee f ord Wh Why Ile did not go fut fur d r and order r every 1 crr cr before a I hi Oll not clel by h those thoRe s w t the tho rr the Pt p la RII As n ft P t tt ul J a col t n t l fler of t In of oC flit volunteer cavalry should have thin a 1 on Ih ot of lu lust l August u number lit or cul relt attached to the threw u r companies H luH d at roll 1 night d 11 to shoot shOal up UI the tho t town o I 11 Tillit TI vh appears to haw been that cerium refused to 10 toy y th them liquor ut at the tho samu burl Lar over lir drinks wore Me purveyed to aryl In III the 1 to 10 rough hou house the loan In carry arr t I ne out their theft they hutla t 1 1 nil I Ulu On bullet entered the wh dov of oC a 11 house nut I an t s pant Mother seriously Injure the thief hl f of pollee the townspeople r frightened the officers r of lie Iho past appeared to tn have lost con uon control trot ot of their and the post on Oln oni i mandel w it ne unable to apprehend those oho willi ho In III It 1 In an I I lIce of oC maxims of oC discipline to no plea of could lit ho It n a lack or of rare on en the part pul or of officers 1111 of whom were colored lint and trim Inal Inattention Oil on Uw the part of k rr till ell of III whom were and andera era 10 while Ui a a a aThe The or of this peat to fo ly punish till the result i Id ed 11 in the he matter being brought to the tho I i ur of till thu the do lulling of af Colonel Colon 1 tou or of the tho ln III specter generals department to eti r 1 Rite willi on 1111 executive ot Ol lieI der he to 10 Fort and hut but wea unable to disco discoN f i c Pr N till the actual Thu men lien or of the tho to 10 t n their Finally the In Int t a lieu t the hI discharge without honor or of every t r Ill enlisted 1 1 man of the three companies with lIh tits further that UIl city unit I nfl 1111 of oC them ho forever barred from i i holding In III the service or of the relied chill hr military ltd re rc fused enlistment in III the tho army or naV navy this of course affected m who might apply fur fIJI In III so 11 or h bra entitled to 10 for Ions lonn cud It must his understood that nil all of oC time tho I tit of the Iho companies were not IlOt guilty ull rule rho majority ur of them Ill III hayracks III at thu time of time the trouble Remo o of th them rn on ser service vice Ice n II thousand away from the sane het all 1111 suffered the tho penalty It Is hI this of oC this Ihl mica micay y Linn utterly repugnant to the tho civil or law which hUll hue caused Clu td Ih the f f on the tho part of a large proportion of the colored of oC l anal tb 10 their support bar bari i Count omo mho tho Influence of oC many nil i a Insisting that flue tho the tho colored soldiers tic unfair and that the Innocent should not 4 Lt bP made to with the guilty and that It the Individual and not mho Iho corn coin tatt 7 puny should bo bl considered the cult when such punishment Is meted out Tits signed rho Iho under dla the Iho tutu men or of tho rho three comps compsy y ales On 11 the tho nIght of Nov O 6 Because e of at M the storm or of protests which came to tofile file war lIr StY y raft filet sus r ii ti the operation lp or of the order until jJ t JQ ito could c Uld with the Iho dons dOnt who then oil hla icily II to 10 Pan Sn Q rune IUM Tim Tho reply rell of the commander In Ini i r lIlet required r the Ibe secretary to J lc th the order and the 1110 imm wore ivore dl I charged TJI The presidents wore t clear cleM Time Tho main had har stood together and 1 ed necessary to 10 the thc of criminals struck I rat lit time tho tr being of military 1 lull Justice In III the service un or mutated tell man must mUt I tt if IC at nil ill Jt if he h remains silent lie II that IhM thu tho result mean hi his severe punishment rho theory or of the tho o considers the tho entire I army first the thu nat fie 1 Is Color lies hUll I t dune to do f Ith It H tl white while troops ty Olle the tho Haute Iune thing tho they would have hav suffered the tho sonic penult penalty Till The J Of o the tho lIt Is II by no new bit b II Jt t II the Brat tune tIme that so whole i lies IHU been I Issued lucre call he be no hr 11 the Ihl array JIll Its t II 1111 must bu 11 rigid It 11 lit forte is III i to J Ii bu The nr firs duty i tf f the Iho 1 soldier Is III obedience nrc ull entire ht i hero Ik III luu 1111 pct upon as 1111 s m I 81 soot II 1 II with the t e ap I fear to 10 think hunk l L In ua aA much i I hll d to uns truthfully the thc cities l ot of II a superior as 1111 I la the un ur tier oath Mth In court In either care 1110 must bring limo tho I and the systems wilt will fall p 1 t as it 11 t bl the b r It It bout GeIl lien lied died had the tho been heen end em lent t unit properly alert It would nut lint have nod This Is shown Jn III u a by ly eo Col who says Ihal a lust sergeant r to 10 Idol 11 nod rill for v that hn his could gel no although h lie had heen h 11 2 26 In III 1 time such lIuch II a 3 I he be mUt IIla us Il n and Hilli Phu s of thu tho cad casts upon l the tho white officers In command the Tho thenon non mire lIlU the back haek bone or of the fighting force lUll the tho te cc creation te rests t up z Oil on the company mid and regimental rom Under all 1111 tilt lilt u court to bl be the tho 4 tiring thinA most moat needful III him the v l That the 1110 unity Itself curs the result of nf the order I Is h by t J tut III ht Ih fit Arlor and navy tIr 4 ut of Nov Ii In him whIch It says I Tho Jhu action lit of I Ills h president In III loing us Il Jt with tits the negro of the fY n 4 worM savors too loo of orl ori IS d Pit into to met 1 I Ith the cordial or Of Ither cIvilian or the tams There rheto would loom to In been nn reason or not lint lea hir In the tho thoIn 1 n In tn h I hi f whit In Ih the Ordinary nUree t the h damu rout COlli y und and the tho department nt tt If this boil lUll I been hloI don th tim government ife Icy would hove huf d the tho mistake It tine hns e Iq made In n i nt upon Cite 1 goes he be J the of oC I Vi lilt commander i t In hi elder chief It II Iii hi unfortunate that llen upon loo lr t l l netel fO promptly should th fact CUc that the Ihl power loIr ot of the IIII to debar dhur lh tin dl JOll saddlers ot of the tho corn enL d 1 Jt es q nat c tn 1 b l his hiM term of and bl be hero tJI Oen at t tho r to the prel d dent to declare that ties ItI discharged t Ol 1 shall forever barred froll rota It III till Icily IIII 1111 under I the a a ats A ts It a of oC fart the the Iho I is 18 not III ns as would woul l nl lit that glance en enlisted listed men lit nC t the h juice tree II Ilia may br J restored 11 as i 1 e Ira 1 Pa usury 1 f In III till the of oC t the hI er erIn In As 11 the heed of the army h hIna he Ina may all action r It II tO tn do to O aril there is math lug II to tIll his BUCCI from 1111 that he ha has haM done lit at hn bast t no fur Is IR this particular care I Is concerned rn l It t I 1 tut that or known or i who ito AI are ahlo to 10 h th the fact that they keen 1111 of t tile the affair will he br forever barred front service a 0 the In h bore Jr ds good 1 a reputation ns M Mun un any In the lImn army In tADS when it II reported for duty ot et mauga under command of oC ita It thou commander Col Andy nd punt now n general It can time mast In the First corps The Th were tro giants tn In slut lure anti the wax WIl rI rig III The colonel loved tho rho men arid thc they ro cc turned mho Iho hy l adoring th colonel And 1111 there hero ens than buck Ja k of It nil ell for COl th Ih moot Mil had a 11 n record d 11 III n the Iho It was WBK too ton tills battalion Ti 11 peters could blow the Io Lein cud uati uR J along the lh linn line whether Ih del w WillI u II 1 the t he a ix 1 nf t bt drown el 1 thc Sound Bound a ot at the h human uman a voice O I Joor titan knew knEll th this torch mid oar could rend and write and not 1101 one would miss a If Instructed to put lut It a bullet into him him himat nt at lul Col Andy 1111 camo flom cant to 1111 I u private un and had fought III at Ito HI r hi hill eagles h by hull hard amid meritorious ser service vice and was UK proud of oC I the ho that Miles SItt a ti P tr l anti and OU hail 01 n Incident witch whIch at tho th time I the tho mold tells tIIt lC f mho tho personnel of oC the tho men ut the dd 1111 Tive mils Deputy Hg tr R 1 inter J p who tl ti Chattanooga from Crom Virginia titter th the close or of the Civil Wilt wan through the tho union 11 depot whoa a big hock s belled hire him with Jim Turning and the tho speaker r Mr h called out as h he grasped the negros hand h hy hello hollo o 1 have you OU since the old aid days wh when n wo we were un on the Ihl out plan tu in t lion lifter n tow tew 11 told that It pas tl his hili Intention to give n a the w rrt I k and he hc wanted tl the to get ll for Idle a lot of cart cort cartridges ridges for tor u use o JS as souvenir for his hIlS guests The ratan hesitated a a lIt anti atul litre said Id lUte like to in tio de II ft Jim and I 1 will if IC I 1 can get gel sonic of the while boys to Ivo me Nm a ammunition tnt hut t I R get et uiS 0 n for fOl you Yb u In ht the You son O with us III every ca Cl counts a 11 man sn the tho colonel alii cud out on the Ihl w we had to 10 luck hadt t tray tho IRI l 1 ray I bad Indians tot COI the ones we rc u used ell or of till the asked fur tt I glass ot of beer rat It a lUll bra lu In the thu same amo ito to was WillI nu refused hy white bartender w tul film ha n II cowerd 0 1 Id amid 1111 sold Phui ho tight The black mall reached OWl flyer thin UIO bar h r grubbed the an loon keeper lift d hint hIm the nom and hint him Ilk Ilko like o a child dropped hire him to th the floor with wt Ill th the You mt me JU just l poor 1001 I hash mind t dont to do with You a To 1111 his hOIl known tho infantry III Its ts clays On Ihl l he plains th ho followed its t fortunes when ul And Burt rodo at its head tumid lUll knew It for II a command wh whose i wa was the po peer r or of that of nn any regiment pluck or white lit In the tho army the comes as n a tho me mealII are alII or of poorer quail or the lack the esprit du corps which crl cd In iii the tho days of 1111 Burt Durt Is n a Ilu stion which will bl be asked by H acquainted with the tho luthe lu III the Ihl tl days when there wart 1111 blemish h upon its tK record That ThaI It should tip pear san to 11 discharge without ut honor three entire companies b bo boIs oC II u Is III a to to b by those thos who wish w It well but hul It cult not bo be forgotten that the tho of at tM country hl h t t It t right 1 I s ht to 10 t v t Pct protection front Croll the tho wearers of tile the uniform of th lid arm army and II a roach ot of the pence b by a 0 Is III Isby hy by II could not he bl 1 upon u 11 with Justice Ploy be ba fairly up U neasel U IJ Till soldiers of the tho In who lit In lh 1111 Ing ur II lit tl thos who know of C the tho affair and kept silent are In tho oC tho In In this tee instance ex lends further illicit Lieu to 0 the tho brings rv ed e d punishment to tn A In iII arms aims win ere inns Thero lit i a I R heroic In ht their sile nce jt t is 19 th thu mOlo Of C n a murderer or murderers i mil lit the tho expense o of the lito and andi honor nt theIr i it tho el elI the i or till urmy de deI I mended that unusual H ho bo I In lers rat of the Y of r thin tho offense e It is b not at nil all 1 a racial tIU deli n It Willi would III he be thin t auntie bud luul time tho thomen men boon been white Ls Less drastic net Ion mean time tho demoralization of the tho army |