Deseret Evening News | 1908-08-08 | Page 9 | Judge Taft in No Way Responsible

JUDGE TAfT IN NO NOWAY WAY RESPONSIBLE For Issuance of Order Dismissing I Battalion of Negro Infantry STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT CIl ii Sn Sll ys SI Secil a ry of If ti r Ills n as II iiI I I ii on I e Oyster N y ug l dent Ilont III a t statement hitte tonight e It clear that Ihal Ito Iho responsibIlity his lot Cor Iho th Issuance of the IlS dis g he t o of ii sal 1101 ill els for a I ri ic i pa ti on In I ii lie Texas rioting anti th the to It tu o of that Ihal order NOT nr I Aug Ul JUlho I Tuft is IH In no way fur for thu Iho order the Iho battalIon of thu III Infantry la II 1 timid and III cluing so HO he obeyed the Iho order o of the Is the of nl henry C Co retIred WhIt hISS just JURt returned front from Ohio If the tue Brownsville affair Iii l goIng to 10 bo be In iii tI hen Corbin any credit or 01 In that matter cannot be laid to th I r ft Ct As 1 a matter or Of hid Mr 11 ns not lIot ho tit lit that time lie left on Oct 27 7 1 for 01 an ol oC lie we anti and a as nt until Nov 17 Upon hi hIS the tit order olor suspend log Ing tho battalIon of brought to hi his attention That ThaI the reconsider the tho mutter Mi Ir the tho order lie Ho cabled to 10 the who ius lien lit In tile iest IndIes anti four COlli days aCtor Mr lr return to the thu capital Ito ho from the tho president 1 tt rig that the Iho order be executed As n a loYal ut of the president dent clent ho he did his 1111 us as II a fita ato of any views or his Ith lIh these known no man whIte or black eun place Illuce any In the Oil on Mr 11 Tall Taft