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Demonstration Work in Cooperation with Southern Farmers

Description: Report discussing the efforts of the Farmers' Cooperative Demonstration Work, which consists of "(1) the demonstration of improved methods of agriculture in the weevil-infected districts [...] and (2) the extension of the same principles to other Southern States beyond the range of weevil infestation." (p. 6) Congress created the organization in 1904 to assist with relief efforts.
Date: 1908
Creator: Knapp, Seaman Ashahel, 1833-1911
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Cowpeas

Description: "The cowpea is the most valuable legume for the Southern States and its use would be much more extensive were it not for the relatively high price of the seed, most of which is still picked by hand. Particular attention is therefore given to the matter of harvesting seed by machinery now in very successful use in several communities. These methods are so far perfected that the cowpea seed crop should receive much greater attention in favorable localities." -- p. 5. This bulletin also discusses … more
Date: 1908
Creator: Nielsen, H. T. (Harold T.)
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The Brownsville Affray. Report of the Inspector-General of the Army; Order of the President Discharging Enlisted Men of Companies B, C, and D, Twenty-fifth Infantry; Messages of the President to the Senate; and Majority and Minority Reports of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs

Description: Report of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs detailing the information gathered by the committee in its investigations of the Brownsville Affray. It includes the report submitted by the Inspector-General of the Army, messages and orders from the president, a list of men discharged from the Twenty-fifth Infantry, and the majority and minority reports of the committee. It also includes proposed legislation by the committee to authorize the reenlistment of soldiers who were discharged by ord… more
Date: March 11, 1908
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs
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Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, pursuant to a Senate resolution of April 6, 1908, the names of the enlisted men of the Twenty-fifth Infantry discharged without honor on account of the Brownsville, Tex., shooting affray, who have applied for reenlistment under the order of the Secretary of War, and the statements submitted by them

Description: Compiled documentation about the Brownsville (Tex.) Affair including names of enlisted men discharged on account of the Brownsville Affray, in addition to their statements and applications for reenlistment.
Date: 1908
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs
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Loan of Tents to National Convention of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, At Dallas, Tex., Report

Description: Report of the Committee on Military Affairs detailing the opinions and recommendations of the Committee on the proposed House joint resolution 155 authorizing the Secretary of War to loan certain tents for use at the national convention of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks to be held at Dallas, Texas. It includes endorsements from the Department of War on the proposed legislation.
Date: 1908~
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs
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The Brownsville Affray. Report

Description: Report of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs detailing the information gathered by the committee in its investigations of the Brownsville Affray. It includes the majority opinions of members of the committee on the evidence gathered and presents the enactment of a bill for the relief of members of the Twenty-fifth Regiment of United States Infantry.
Date: March 11, 1908
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs.
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The Brownsville Affray. Views

Description: Report of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs detailing the information and testimony gathered by the committee in its investigations of the Brownsville Affray. It includes the views of Joseph B. Foraker and Morgan G. Bulkeley on the testimony in support of the conclusions reached by the committee.
Date: March 11, 1908
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs.
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The Brownsville Affray. Views of a Minority

Description: Report of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs detailing the information gathered by the committee in its investigations of the Brownsville Affray. It includes the minority opinions of members of the committee on the evidence gathered supporting the enactment of legislation to restore the rights of the soldiers of the Twenty-Fifth U.S. Infantry Regiment.
Date: March 11, 1908
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs.
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Hearings before the Committee on Military Affairs, United States Senate, concerning the affray at Brownsville, Tex., on the night of August 13 and 14, 1906. Volume 1.

Description: Compiled documentation about the Brownsville (Tex.) Affair including testimony gathered by the Committee on Military Affairs from soldiers of the Twenty-fifth Infantry Regiment on the events of the Brownsville Affray.
Date: 1908
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs.
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Hearings before the Committee on Military Affairs, United States Senate, concerning the Affray at Brownsville, Tex., on the night of August 13 and 14, 1906. Volume 2.

Description: Compiled documentation about the Brownsville (Tex.) Affair including testimony gathered by the Committee on Military Affairs from soldiers of the Twenty-fifth Infantry Regiment on the events of the Brownsville Affray.
Date: 1908
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs.
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Hearings before the Committee on Military Affairs, United States Senate, concerning the Affray at Brownsville, Tex., on the night of August 13 and 14, 1906. Volume 3.

Description: Compiled documentation about the Brownsville (Tex.) Affair including testimony gathered by the Committee on Military Affairs from witnesses and experts on the events of the Brownsville Affray.
Date: 1908
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs.
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Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War, together with several documents, including a letter of General Nettleton, and memoranda as to precedents for the summary discharge or mustering out of regiments or companies

Description: Compiled documentation about the Brownsville (Tex.) Affair including a report from the Secretary of War, together with several documents, including a letter of General Nettleton, and memoranda as to precedents for the summary discharge or mustering out of regiments or companies.
Date: 1908
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs.
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Proceedings of a General Court-Martial Convened at Headquarters, Department of Texas, San Antonio, Tex., April 15, 1907 in the case of Capt. Edgar A. Macklin, Twenty-fifth United States Infantry.

Description: Compiled documentation about the Brownsville (Tex.) Affair including the transcript of the proceedings of the court-martial of Captain Edgar A. Macklin.
Date: 1908
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs.
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Proceedings of a General Court-Martial Convened at Headquarters Department of Texas, San Antonio, Tex., Feb. 4, 1907, in the Case of Maj. Charles W. Penrose, Twenty-fifth U.S. Infantry

Description: Compiled documentation about the Brownsville (Tex.) Affair including the transcript of the proceedings of the court-martial of Major General Charles W. Penrose.
Date: 1908
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs.
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