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Bloom to Be Examined.Tb© aftermath of the charges and count©rcharges which have followed the publication Of tho recommendation of Col Oarmrd, that Bloom be denied a commission In the army because of his b«*lng a Jaw, om* y^rtft^Tday, when th^ Secretary of War directed that Bloom ne allowed to take an examination for his commission In September The order of th© Secretary of War, made at the instance of the President, directly overrules the note of Col. Garrard. Bloom, who is a private in Battery F, of tne Third artillery, and who is now stationed on the Mexican frontier, will take the examination, and fully expects to become an officer, according to the btatement of his fatherSimon Wolf laat night denied anyknowledge as to how the papers In the c£»© wer© obtained by Mrs Bloom, or as to bow she knew that CoJ. Garrard hud adversely indorsed the papers He declared that he knew nothing of the case until Mrs Bloom came to him, bearing the papers, and asked htm to take the matter up with the officials of the War Department and with the President. He never inquired how she happened to have the papers, he said. Mr Wolf, however, ©aid he drti not believe the papers hud b©©n stolen.Incident Is Censured.As to the statemen of Col Garrard that ho had considered the papers prlvllged. and that he had written his note merely in tb© Hn© of official duty as required by tthe rules of the War Department, Mr Wolf expressed surprise that such Important papers should be privillged, and should not be open to the public He declared that the whole incident smattered more of an attempt of a man to get into a fashionable club* than of the worthy and amhitous struggle of a young American citizen to obtain a commission In the Uhlted States army9o far as I am concerned the case Is closed, and was closed when I wrote to the President asking that he Investigate the matter,” said Mr. Wolf last night. r'I have no desire to enter Into any controversy. because with me, this is ot apersonal matter I do not know the ©loom family, but I took up the case because I saw tlmt an injustice had been done to an American citizen of the Jewish faith. 1 did not act as an individual, but as tho representative of the Inde-pedent Order of B’nai B ratth, and other Jewish societiesRainses to Divulge Name.*‘I have abBolutelj no feeling against ,Col. Garrard except that of pity I certainly have no *ntmolt;dt\ towards him X cared nothing for the name of the man who ftttemtped to do an Injustice, but worked in ere! because the principle of tixa affair was wrong. Col GariarJ Is an officer of the United States army and Is paid by .the government, and, therefore has L right to allow his personal prejudices T d feelings enter into his official dutli t*Joseph / I Bloom, the Fort Mer post tailor, test f night absolutely refused to di»flofle the name of the armj officer who he declared was responsible for the getting of lhe papers In his son s case He had no desire to stir up anj more trouble In the War Department, he said, and under no circumstances would mention the officer’s name. He even refused to say whether or not the officer l« a Hebrew But he was emphatic In his denial of the charge that the paws had been obtained surreptitiously from the tiles, as claimed by Coy GarrardDenial of Any Dishonesty.“I can onlv sa\ that there was absolutely nothing dishonest In the way the |ap©rg were obtained, and that they were not stolen/* he continued 'If any papers were taken from Col Garrard or the files, I know nothing about It. and am sure that none connected with m\ famiU in any waj had an.\thing to do with it I S©e no reason nh\ the pap^r*. should N stolen, a.n thi \ i l I Ik r»hhii*n.d in a rci feCtly honest w ijpaper bear tag a cop of th©,Jn-
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Sun, Jun 11, 1911
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