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, I -Qitilt;*k Action K\ peeled\ (SprHitl flt;* fkl A* MM )HOrSTON, Texas, Aug 24. Quick trial for the orgy of blood is swiftly ap-r proaching for the negro soldiers of thegi( Twenty-fourth Infantry who shot up j Houston last ,l.ght. .Major General George Pell. Jr. cotnrnander of Camp«W }iatgan, will arrive tomorrow morningmto appoint thirteen members of a court martial before whom the negro soldiers will he tried. Brigadier Generals Foster and Hill, of Illinois, will go into conference with him. Major* t ’ ipp rfiehl, of the Judge Advocate’s department, was ordered to drop his work at Chicago and proceed to Houa-itoji at once. He will take a leading part in the prosecution at Camp Lo** t g»n.A mast, meeting of citizens of Hous ton this afternoon protested againstithf removal of the colored troopers until after the court martial, The ti. n hunt for thirty negro soldiers* -till at large, by 500 special deputies* and Illinois and Texas guardsmen, is‘ | still on. JLatest reports show that 17 persons o d* (i and 21 wounded from ttie last ‘ I ulght’s ri »s, Three companies of '•oast artillery regulars from Fort lt;’rolt;*Ue?t, reinforced by 1,000 Illinois i d Texas guardsmen, arrived here i today.% .— ----—:o:— --
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Yuma Sun
Yuma, Arizona, US
Sat, Aug 25, 1917
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