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On the recordDecember 13, 1908
It establishes clearly the fact that the colored soldiers did the shooting; but upon this point further record was unnecessary, as the fact that the colored soldiers did the shooting has already been established beyond all possibility of doubt.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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