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31256Could he hope for success?
16750Colored troops are brave men when led by white officers.(?)
16750Do you think I''ll make a soldier?
16750(?)
16750And what was Spain outside of Europe?
16750Are Negro Soldiers Immune?
16750Are we destined to see the African element of America''s population blend with the Euro- American element and be lost in a common people?
16750As we approached Verni Jarabo( Altares?
16750But what has become of Miles''brigade?
16750Could he hope for success?
16750How have these able war journalists told the story of Las Guasimas?
16750How was Spain overthrown?
16750I was much amused at one of the men who innocently asked,"Where are we to get axes to burst these strong boxes?"
16750If he did such things in early youth, what might he not have done with the full force and bent of his matured intellect?
16750If the Negro can thus master the revolver, the carbine and the rifle, why may he not master the field piece or siege gun?
16750In response to his query,"What''s up, Sergeant?"
16750It is not: Will I make a soldier?
16750Look over the territory settled and conquered by her, and what do we see?
16750On one part of this route I heard men asking,"What regiment is this?"
16750Or is there to arise a war of races in which the blacks are to be exterminated?
16750Or were they conservaters of the peace?
16750Second, had he the courage necessary to take part in the struggle and help save the Union?
16750Shall we ever hear the like again on earth?
16750Some one asked,"What are the W.W.W.''s?"
16750Was there an Ambush?
16750Were these policemen rioters?
16750What was this new era?
16750When Ahasuerus asked:"What honor and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this?"
16750When near the firing line some one called,"Whose rations?"
16750Where was the Twenty- fifth Infantry at this time?
16750Who knows?
16750but: Do you think I will make a soldier?
20587Would it be possible,the new defense chief asked his manpower assistant,"to introduce into these units a reasonable number of negro personnel?
20587[ 6- 36] Here then was the dilemma: Was not the Army a social institution as well as a fighting organization? 20587 At one of the Fahy Committee hearings, for instance, an exasperated Charles Fahy asked Omar Bradley,General, are you running an Army or a dance?
20587But how were these changes being accepted among the rank and file?
20587But what about the black serviceman himself?
20587But who knew what soldiers''attitudes were?
20587Can it be that the whole policy of segregation, especially in large units like the 92nd and 93rd Division, ADVERSELY AFFECTS MORALE AND EFFICIENCY?
20587Could traditional organizational and social patterns in the military services be changed during a war without disrupting combat readiness?
20587Did businesses not have the right to choose their customers?
20587Did local authorities not have the right to enforce the law in their communities?
20587Have they used Negro manpower efficiently?...
20587He could point out that black soldiers must be included in the new program, but how was he to fit them in?
20587He has written several studies for military publications including"Armed Forces Integration-- Forced or Free?"
20587How could it, the Army asked, endanger the morale and efficiency of its fighting forces by integrating these( p.   356) men?
20587How could the Army claim that it was operating efficiently when a shortage existed and potentially capable persons were being ignored?
20587How did the serviceman view his condition, how did he convey his desire for redress, and what was his reaction to social change?
20587How did they train and use their black troops?
20587How then could it refuse to conform with the local statutes and customs of some northern states without appearing inconsistent?
20587How would modifications of policy come-- through external pressure or internal reform?
20587How, one critic asked, could the services set up standards against which a commander''s performance might be fairly judged?
20587How, then, could the conflicting advice be channeled into construction of an acceptable postwar racial policy?
20587If not, he asked,"what do you recommend be done about it?
20587If you have employed Negro platoons in the same company with white platoons, what is your opinion of the practicability of this arrangement?"
20587In fact, would black units ever get overseas?
20587Reversing the coin, what could the Army do with the highly qualified black soldier?
20587Should the Navy, he wanted to know, withdraw these Negroes?
20587There had been some race prejudice among servicemen, but, the veteran asked,"What has caused this anti- Negro talk among those who stayed at home?
20587Throughout the war the whites were segregated from the Negroes( why not say it this way for a change?)
20587Was segregation, a practice in conflict with the democratic aims of the country, also a wasteful use of manpower?
20587What do you say?"
20587What irritations, frictions, and disorders arising from racial conflicts had hampered their operations?
20587What were their( p.   132) recommendations on how best to use black troops after the war?
20587Which would you shut, those bases that do n''t have race problems or those that do?"
20587Why not try to determine, for example, how far public opinion and pressure would permit the Army to go in developing policies for black troops?
20587Why not, he suggested, make some scientific inquiries?
20587Why not, he suggested, settle for the old black, white, yellow, red, and brown designations?
20587Why should the Army, these traditionalists might ask, abandon its black units, some with histories stretching back almost a century?
20587Why then should the old patterns be modified; why exchange comfort for possible chaos?
20587Will any of those left be allowed to fight?
20587Would the Army train and use Negroes in units together with whites?
20587Would the Army use Negroes in combat units?
20587Yet the pollsters found much less opposition to integration when they put their questions on a personal basis--"How do_ you_ feel about...?"
16598''Comment, monsieur?'' 16598 ''Did n''t your leg hurt you, Bill?''
16598''How about that, Hamilton, old boy?'' 16598 ''How''s it going, Colonel?''
16598''Looka here, boy'', he inquired good- naturedly,''what can you all tell me about this here wah?'' 16598 ''Some chow, hey Buddy?''
16598''What''s the matter men''he asked,''You scared?'' 16598 Doan you see the black clouds ris''n ober yondah Like as tho we''s gwan ter hab a storm?
16598Hello, boys, what are you doing over there? 16598 I wonder-- is the time not NOW-- right now, to commence an attack upon this intrenched scandal-- this dirty, HUMILIATING AMERICANISM?
16598Why then fight the Germans? 16598 ''How soon you coming home, son?'' 16598 ''Well, what''s happened to them?'' 16598 ***** DOES-- The rose in bud respond to the wooing breath of the mornings of June? 16598 -The Publishers-***** HAVE I-- A word to say? 16598 A violator? 16598 A word to say; the growth of which you have marked from its first instalment to its last? 16598 Astriker"?
16598After such testimony who can doubt the Christianlike behavior and soldierly qualities of the black man?
16598An ingrate?
16598And how about the law?
16598And of this fine book?
16598And what do you think?
16598And with it he conquered what?
16598Are lynchings and the most horrible crimes connected therewith a lawful proceeding in a democratic country?
16598Broadened by the spirit of the golden rule, Will you not grant these children of Hagar An even break?
16598But why has not history been more just; at least, more explicit?
16598Cromwell manufactured his own army-- out of what?
16598Did they wish to fight?
16598Do you know the dud shell''s grunt?
16598Do you want the Boches to pick it up, fire it back here and blow us all to smithereens?"
16598Fighting the Germans?
16598Guarded the doorsill Of a million southern homes?
16598Has anything more heroic and unselfish than that ever been recorded?
16598Has not the time arrived To discriminate between Those who lower Those who raise him?
16598Have they ever done you any harm?
16598Have you heard the crump- crump whistle?
16598Have you seen a hillside blazing forth Like a furnace room in hell?
16598Have you seen the landscape lighted up At midnight by a shell?
16598Have you stayed all night in a ruined town With a rafter for a bed?
16598Have you watched long lines of trenches dug By doughboys with a spade?
16598Homeless?
16598How could he have, coming from a nation whose motto is LIBERTY, FRATERNITY, EQUALITY?
16598How shall we describe their chronology or write their log?
16598If you have erred, Will you refuse to know it?
16598In his special case-- if so, why?
16598In the casting up what appears?
16598Is God DEAD?"
16598Is manhood a myth, Womanhood a toy, Integrity unbelievable, Honor a chimera?
16598Is such a postponement to our advantage?
16598Is the day not here, O judges, When the Other Fellow May be measured in fairness, Just fairness?
16598Is this the time, brothers and editors of the contemporary press?
16598Is this the time, readers of The Defender?
16598Lest you forget, May he not lisp his?
16598Nay, rather, He is saving her-- Which of us would have the heart to cancel this page of our national history?
16598Nevertheless, regardless of past business relations now at an end, have you not an opinion directly of the finished work?
16598Next, who will defend him while there against the"Unwritten Law"of the white students not to allow him to matriculate?
16598Not in arrogance, Not in resentment, But that truth May stand foursquare?
16598Only for the benefit of the Wall street robbers and to protect the millions they have loaned the English, French and Italians?
16598Penniless when freedom came?
16598THE BEST HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN NEGRO IN THE GREAT WORLD WAR, THAT AS YET HAS BEEN WRITTEN OR WILL BE FOR YEARS TO COME?
16598That was enough; what more was to be said?
16598The"white man''s burden"has been told the world, But what of the other fellow''s-- The"lion''s whelp"?
16598This man manufactured his army out of what?
16598Thus bred, His impulses twisted At the starting point By brutality and sensuous savagery, Should he be crucified?
16598Treacherous?
16598Unlettered?
16598Well and good; but who is to send him?
16598What followed?
16598What of you, his judges and his patrons?
16598What will our country do for us?
16598What will our country do?
16598Which of us does not exult in the brightness of the glory of this shattered nation?
16598Which performed the greater service?
16598Who were their officers?
16598Why not have the four colored regiments officered by colored men from the Colonel down to the second lieutenants?
16598Why not try it?
16598Why-- White Officers over Negro Soldiers?
16598Why?
16598With horses stamping underneath In the morning when they are fed?
16598YOU MUTTER--"Are these indignities to CONTINUE?
16598Yet out of this mixed, and, as you say, despicable mass, he forged a thunderbolt, and hurled it at what?
6764''Say, sir?'' 6764 ''What shall I say?''
6764Am he a buckra[ white man]?
6764Captain----,said Montgomery, courteously,"would you allow me to send a remarkably fine turkey for your use on board ship?"
6764Come along, come along, And let us go home, O, glory, hallelujah? 6764 Daddy,"said the inquisitive youth,"do n''t you know mas''r tell us Yankee hab tail?
6764Den I go up to de white man, berry humble, and say, would he please gib ole man a mouthful for eat? 6764 Den I say,''Good Lord, Mas''r, am dey?''"
6764How many soldiers are there on the bluff?
6764How you do, aunty?
6764How you find yourself dis mor- nin'', Tittawisa( Sister Louisa)?
6764Huddy( how d''ye), Budder Benjamin?
6764I hab lef my wife in de land o''bondage; my little ones dey say eb''ry night, Whar is my fader? 6764 In de mornin'', In de mornin'', Chil''en?
6764Is it not Sunday?
6764Know what dat mean?
6764Lieutenant----,said Major Corwin,"may I ask your acceptance of a pair of ducks for your mess?"
6764O, must I be like de foolish mans? 6764 What care I how black I be?
6764What make ole Satan for follow me so? 6764 Who am dat?"
6764Who has the countersign?
6764Woffor Mr. Chapman made a preacher for?
6764& c. And I ax her, How you do, my darter?
6764& c. And I ax her, How you do, my mudder?
6764& c. And I ax him, How you do, my sonny?
6764& c."Do you tink she will be able For to take us all home?
6764)_ And she''s,& c. And how you know dey''s angels?
6764)_ And she''s,& c. Good Lord, Shall I be one?
6764)_''Fore we done sufferin''here?
6764And I remember that, on being asked by our Major, in that semi- Ethiopian dialect into which we sometimes slid,"How much wife you got, Jim?"
6764Are you going to let me and the children be killed, John?"
6764At best, might not a man in the water lose all his power of direction, and so move in an endless circle until he sank exhausted?
6764Besides, the pass itself permits her to bring necessary baggage, and is not a baby six months old necessary baggage?"
6764Besides, they would be in sight of the enemy, and who knew but there might, by the blessing of Providence, be a raid or a skirmish?
6764But how provide for the multitude?
6764But is the Government itself an irresponsible recruiting officer?
6764But what business had rushes there, or I among them?
6764Can not even the fact of their being in arms for the nation, liable to die any day in its defence, secure them ordinary justice?
6764Did n''t I keer for see''em blaze?
6764Do n''t you hear de trumpet sound?
6764Do n''t you hear de trumpet sound?
6764Do n''t you hear de trumpet sound?
6764Do n''t you hear de trumpet sound?
6764Do n''t you hear de trumpet sound?"
6764Do n''t you love God?
6764Do n''t you love God?
6764Do n''t you love God?
6764Do n''t you love God?
6764Does it not naturally suggest the most cruel suspicions in regard to us?
6764Florida Again?
6764For instance, a voice just now called, near my tent,--"Cato, whar''s Plato?"
6764How can I ever describe the charm and picturesqueness of that summer life?
6764I said, pointing to his lame arm,"Did you think that was more than you bargained for, my man?"
6764In de mornin'', In de mornin'', Chil''en?
6764In view of what they saw, did they still wish we had been there?
6764In what respect were the colored troops a source of disappointment?
6764Is it customary, I ask you, to help to tenderloin with one''s fingers?
6764Is there to be no limit, no end to the injustice we heap upon this unfortunate people?
6764Is this a school for self- sacrificing patriotism?
6764Jesus set poor shiners free, Way down in de valley, Who will rise and go with me?
6764M----''s prediction was fulfilled:"Will not---- be in bliss?
6764My brudder, how long, My brudder, how long, My brudder, how long,''Fore we done sufferin''here?
6764Napoleon ought to have won at Waterloo by all reasonable calculations; but who cares?
6764O, have you got your ticket?
6764O, is your bundle ready?
6764O, wo n''t you go wid me?
6764O, wo n''t you go wid me?
6764Of course my pride was up; for was I to defer to an untutored African on a point of pronunciation?
6764One of them was heard to mutter, indignantly,"Why de Cunnel order_ Cease firing_, when de Secesh blazin''away at de rate ob ten dollar a day?"
6764Sammy, what you''s doin'', chile?"
6764That having been the case, why should not the Government equally repudiate General Saxton''s promises or mine?
6764The single question which I asked of some of the plantation superintendents, on the voyage, was,"Do these people appreciate_ justice_?"
6764Too ole for come?
6764Was the economy of saving six dollars per man worth to the Treasury the ignominy of the repudiation?
6764Way down in de valley, Who will rise and go with me?
6764What ever are we to do for spoons and forks and plates?
6764What for use?
6764What was the use of insurrection, where everything was against them?
6764What were those black dots which everywhere appeared?
6764When some of them saw me they seemed a little dismayed, and came and said, beseechingly,--"Gunnel, Sah, you hab no objection to we playin'', Sah?"
6764Where is that faith of the Government now?
6764Who''s go dar?"
6764You tink you''s brave enough; how you tink, if you stan''clar in de open field,--here you, and dar de Secesh?
6764are we free?"
6764early in de mornin''; And I ax her, How you do, my darter?
6764what is the fun of fiction beside thee?
31339''Question.--How did you sleep before you received those blankets? 31339 Another witness testifies:"''Question.--Were you hungry all the time?
31339From this time forward until the close of the war, in so far as the Western army was concerned, we heard no more of the question,''Will they fight?'' 31339 Have you not mistaken the cause?
31339It is clear that the public good requires slavery to be abolished; but in what manner is it to be done? 31339 March 10th.--The president has the reins now, and Congress will be more obedient; but can they leave the city?
31339Now, why were the colored troops left unsupported? 31339 The blacks had been useful soldiers for the northern army, why should they not be made to fight for their masters?"
31339The soldiers of the Army of the Potomac did this very thing last summer in front of Arlington Heights; are the negroes any better than they? 31339 V. What is the difference, considering the above points between colored troops recruited from the free States and those from the slave States?
31339V.''What is the difference, considering the above points, between colored troops recruited from the free States and those from the slave States?'' 31339 V.''What is the difference, considering the above points, between colored troops recruited from the free States and those from the slave States?''
31339Were the rebels all dead? 31339 You know me now, do n''t you?
31339''Did you see any men shot after the place was taken?
31339''Under which king, Benzonian?''"
31339''What company did you fight with?
31339''What for?''
31339''What have you?''
31339And what shall we say of the halls of learning in which were gathered his eager pupils?
31339And where are our arms?
31339And_ Second_, How can the State be assisted by the general government in effecting the change?
31339Are you sure he was there when this was going on?
31339Are you sure they were wounded men, and not dead, when they were put in there?
31339As they started away the old man turned to me, and with tears in his eyes, said,"Will you take them all?
31339But can this be so?
31339But were not all guilty?
31339But what, my countrymen, withheld the ready arm of vengeance from executing instant justice on the vile assassins?
31339But, Sir, whose fault is this?
31339By whom were they shot?
31339Can an army keep the field, and be active and efficient, on the same fare that kills prisoners of war at a frightful percentage?
31339Can it be hoped that the colored man will be better able to protect himself from the infinite ingenuity of fraud than the white?
31339Captain Romeyn, who witnessed the incident, and who was greatly amused by the fellow''s trepidation, asked him if he was frightened?
31339Col. Streight''s command was so pleased with the gallantry of our men that many of its members on being asked,''What regiment?''
31339Did he try to stop the shooting?
31339Did not American soldiers fight at Bunker Hill with negroes in the ranks, one of whom shot down Major Pitcairn as he mounted the works?
31339Did not American soldiers fight at Fort Griswold with black men?
31339Did not American soldiers fight at Red Bank with a black regiment from your own State, sir?
31339Did the men who were shot after they had surrendered have arms in their hands?
31339Did they bury any alive?
31339Did they kill them before they burned them?
31339Did they not fight with black men in almost every battle- field of the Revolution?
31339Did they say anything while they were shooting?
31339Did you know Forrest?
31339Did you not see symptoms of the same things upon the plantations here upon our arrival, although, under much less favorable circumstances for revolt?
31339Did you notice how they were nailed?
31339Did you see any buildings burned?
31339Did you see any buried alive?
31339Did you see any buried there?
31339Did you see any buried?
31339Did you see any other officers that you knew?
31339Did you see any person shot besides yourself?
31339Did you see any rebel officers about there when this was going on?
31339Did you see any rebel officers about while this shooting was going on?
31339Did you see any shot the next morning?
31339Did you see anybody else shot?
31339Did you see them burn?
31339Did you see them kill any white men?
31339Did you see those on the hill shot by the officers?
31339Do you expect us to give our sanction and our approval to these things?
31339Do you know of their burning any buildings?
31339Do you know they were in there when the house was burned?
31339Do you know they were in there?
31339Do you know whether any of our men were in the buildings when they were burned?
31339Do you say the man was holding the officer''s horse, and when the officer came and took his horse he shot the man down?
31339Does not this state of things arise from the very fact of war itself?
31339Driven away by their master, with threats of violence if they return, and with no decided welcome or reception from us, what is to be their lot?
31339Forrest, turning in his saddle, very coolly replied:''We''ll whip these in our front and then turn around, and wo nt we be in their rear?
31339Had they been massacred?
31339Had they fled from the pitiless storm which our batteries had poured down upon them for so many hours?
31339Have they ever refused to do military duty when called upon?
31339Have you been a slave?
31339He was saluted with,''Well, Johnny, how goes it?''
31339Here I am, an old man; I can not work; my crops are ungathered; my negroes have all enlisted or run away, and what am I to do?"
31339How did they bury them-- white and black together?
31339How did they bury them?
31339How do you know they made their movement while the flag of truce was in?
31339How long have you been in the service?
31339How long since you lived with him?
31339How many did you see in that condition?
31339How many do you suppose you saw shot after they surrendered?
31339How many negroes do you suppose were killed after the surrender?
31339How many times were you shot?
31339How many?
31339I took charge of them, and assuming a stern look and manner, enquired,''Where are you going?''
31339If that be the case, may not some of them be useful in loading, swabbing, and firing the musket?"
31339In view of what they saw, did they still wish we had been there?
31339Is it the arrival of a negro regiment, or is it the arrival of United States troops, carrying by the act of congress freedom to this servile race?
31339Is it to be secured by that wretched resource of a set of profligate politicians, called''reconstruction?''
31339Is there anything unconstitutional in that?
31339It is haughtily asked, Who will stand in the ranks shoulder to shoulder with a negro?
31339It rests with their bones in the charnel house; who shall exhume it?"
31339Of course the Government knew nothing of this.(?)
31339On one occasion an officer was ordered by Gen. Birney to take station at a town(?)
31339P. MILES, RICHMOND, VA."Has the bill for the execution of abolition prisoners, after January next, been passed?
31339The flags are where, do they kiss the morning light, Do they wave in the battle''s gale, are their stars bright, Illumining the path of the brave?
31339The order must be obeyed; it was repeated; away went the Phalanx division, loudly cheering, but to what purpose did they advance?
31339The perplexing question was,''Will they stand their christening under such a hail storm as will come from those bristling Port Hudson heights?''
31339The rebels would reply,''G-- d d-- n you, why did n''t you surrender before?''
31339The secesh would be prying around there, and would come to a nigger and say,''You ai n''t dead are you?''
31339Their history is not written; it lies upon the soil watered with their blood; who shall gather it?
31339This gallant soldier,(?)
31339Those were white men?
31339To what company and regiment do you belong?
31339To what company did you belong?
31339Under what officers did you serve?
31339Upon reflection, can you doubt that the same state of things would have arisen without the presence of a colored regiment?
31339Was the door fastened up?
31339Was the economy of saving six dollars per man worth to the Treasury the ignominy of the repudiation?
31339Was there any one else there who saw that?
31339We have to hold territory in inclement and sickly places; where are the Democrats to do this?
31339Were any of them alive?
31339Were they all captured?
31339Were you a slave or a free man?
31339Were you a slave?
31339Were you a soldier at Fort Pillow?
31339Were you at Fort Pillow at the time of the fight there?
31339Were you in the fight at Fort Pillow?
31339Were you in the fight at Fort Pillow?
31339Were you in the fight at Fort Pillow?
31339Were you not too tender of the lives of those who came to fix a yoke on your necks?
31339What a moment of intense anxiety?
31339What could it mean?
31339What could resist that charge?
31339What did he say?
31339What did it avail to hurl a few thousand troops against those impregnable works?
31339What did you do before you went into the fight?
31339What happened to you afterwards?
31339What officers were they?
31339What shall be done?''
31339What was to be done?
31339What white officers did you know in our army?
31339What, then, had the Phalanx to expect of those to whom they had borne the relation of_ slave_?
31339When did you see that?
31339When was it that you saw them?
31339When were you shot?
31339When were you wounded?
31339Where are you from?
31339Where could experienced officers be found for such an organization?
31339Where did you enlist?
31339Where did you enlist?
31339Where did you live?
31339Where is that faith of the Government now?
31339Where was their leader Sheridan?
31339Where were they?
31339Where were you raised?
31339Where were you raised?
31339Where were you raised?
31339Where?
31339Who could answer?
31339Who endured more cheerfully the hardships of the camp, or faced with greater courage the perils of the fight?
31339Who knows but he was the last soldier who fell belonging to the Army of Northern Virginia?"
31339Who rallied with more alacrity in response to the summons of danger?
31339Who set the house on fire?
31339Who shot you?
31339Who was your master?
31339Why should not the negro contribute whatever is in his power for the cause in which he is as deeply interested as other men?
31339Why were the officers informed by General Dwight that there were clear grounds beyond Sandy Creek?
31339Why were they sent on such hopeless missions?
31339Will you state what happened to you there?
31339Will your honors grant the liberty, and give me the command of the party?
31339With this spirit infused in the confederate army, what else than barbarity could be expected?
31339Would it not be well to take up this suggestion and make it known to the freedmen?
31339Yet, who more than they deserve the thanks of the country, and the gratitude of succeeding generations?
31339You did not see them?
31339You have said the location is unhealthy for the soldier; it is not to the negro; is it not best that these unemployed Africans should do this labor?
31339command niggers?''
31339do you not feel the goads and stings of conscious guilt pierce through your savage bosoms?
31339e._, when enthusiasm and direct personal interest is necessary to attain the end, would whites or blacks answer best?
31339e._, when enthusiasm and direct personal interest is necessary to attain the end, would whites or blacks answer best?''
31339take a fort with a skirmish line?''
31339whoever heard of artillery charging?''