Lot of 2. Typed article, 3pp, on letterhead of "E. St. John Oertel / Publicity" with New York address. Title "Prophesying a Revolution," in which it is asserted the the Panama "revolution" was predicted by an article in the New York World on June 14, 1903, nearly five months before the "revolution" actually happened. It quotes part of the World article: "President Roosevelt is determined to have the Panama Canal route. He has no intention of beginning Negotiations for the Nicaragua route." The article then essentially blames Roosevelt for "arranging" the secession of Panama from Colombia. The Brownsville Raid of 1906 was an alleged attack by the African American troops of Companies B, C, and D of the 25th US Infantry stationed at Fort Brown. These companies arrived at Brownsville from recent overseas duty, only to confront discrimination and some physical abuse. Of course, the rumors spread that black soldiers had attacked white women, and the small community erupted. The following night, a curfew was enacted, but shooting started at midnight. Several townspeople claimed to observe soldiers running through the streets, but no one even tried to identify the presumed perpetrators. Both civilian and military authorities presumed the soldiers were guilty. Because the men denied any knowledge of the incident, they were deemed uncooperative. Theodore Roosevelt was given a (biased) report, and summarily dismissed the entire group of men from Fort Brown - 167 of them. This shocked the black community since TR had served with "Buffalo Soldiers" in the Spanish-American War, and had appointed several African Americans to offices. This seems to be one of the reasons so much attention was paid to Taft's record, since he was TR's Vice President at this time. In 1970, John D. Weaver's documentation of the affair, arguing the men were innocent and discharged without due process resulted in a re-examination of the evidence and Richard Nixon pardoned the men, although by then, only two were surviving. Typed copy of Special Orders No. 266, 3pp. dismissing the men from service is included, and giving a list of the men. Condition: First with some toning where the paper was in contact with another sheet. Second has a few toned page edges, but is overall good.
Lot of 2. Typed article, 3pp, on letterhead of "E. St. John Oertel / Publicity" with New York address. Title "Prophesying a Revolution," in which it is asserted the the Panama "revolution" was predicted by an article in the New York World on June 14, 1903, nearly five months before the "revolution" actually happened. It quotes part of the World article: "President Roosevelt is determined to have the Panama Canal route. He has no intention of beginning Negotiations for the Nicaragua route." The article then essentially blames Roosevelt for "arranging" the secession of Panama from Colombia. The Brownsville Raid of 1906 was an alleged attack by the African American troops of Companies B, C, and D of the 25th US Infantry stationed at Fort Brown. These companies arrived at Brownsville from recent overseas duty, only to confront discrimination and some physical abuse. Of course, the rumors spread that black soldiers had attacked white women, and the small community erupted. The following night, a curfew was enacted, but shooting started at midnight. Several townspeople claimed to observe soldiers running through the streets, but no one even tried to identify the presumed perpetrators. Both civilian and military authorities presumed the soldiers were guilty. Because the men denied any knowledge of the incident, they were deemed uncooperative. Theodore Roosevelt was given a (biased) report, and summarily dismissed the entire group of men from Fort Brown - 167 of them. This shocked the black community since TR had served with "Buffalo Soldiers" in the Spanish-American War, and had appointed several African Americans to offices. This seems to be one of the reasons so much attention was paid to Taft's record, since he was TR's Vice President at this time. In 1970, John D. Weaver's documentation of the affair, arguing the men were innocent and discharged without due process resulted in a re-examination of the evidence and Richard Nixon pardoned the men, although by then, only two were surviving. Typed copy of Special Orders No. 266, 3pp. dismissing the men from service is included, and giving a list of the men. Condition: First with some toning where the paper was in contact with another sheet. Second has a few toned page edges, but is overall good.
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