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President Defends Brownsville Riot Punishment
The president releases a senatorial reply detailing the discharge of nearly all members of the Twenty-fifth Infantry Companies B C and D for misconduct during the Brownsville riot of August 13. He cites Major Blocksom and others’ reports, rejects birthplace bias, and affirms equal standards for all army personnel.
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Washington
Senate
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Brownsville
Tex
Blocksom
Citizens’ Committee
Nettleton
United States Army
Congress
United States
Augustus P. Ocksom
Léonard A. Lovering
Ernest A. Garlington
Garlington
South Carolina
Lovering
New Hampshire
Blacksom
Ohio
Blecksom
A. B. Nettleton
Sec
Illin
Treasury
Harrison
Fort Brown