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THE 
 
 Negro Pictorial Review 
 
 of the Great 
 World War 
 
 A Visual Narrative of the Negro's Glorious 
 part in the world's greatest war. 
 
 B Y 
 
 M. V. LYNK, M. S., M. D., LL. B. 
 
 President of U„,vers„y of West Tennessee, Author of ,he -Afro-Amer.can School Speak 
 and Gems of Luerature" and -The Black Troopers or Dar.ng Deeds of Negro Sold.e 
 
 in the Spanish-American War." 
 
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Dedication. 
 
 To tlu' (ivor 400.000 Afro-Americans who en- 
 listed in the U. S. Army; to the 130,000 Afro- 
 Americans who did <hity overseas; to the over 
 1000 000 sokliers of African descent, otlier than 
 Americans, from Africa and the Isk^s of the seas; 
 all of whom endured in silence, pain and losses 
 indescrihal.le. and never faltere.l in th.nr devo 
 tion to their God, to their countries and to hu- 
 manitv that the "w.irhl mi.^■ht he made a decent 
 place to live in"^tliis volume is dedicated. Their 
 deeds are immortal and they earned tlie eternal 
 U-ratitude of humanity.— The Author. 
 
Foreword. 
 
 author disclaims any iiiteiitidii to write i 
 '•liistorv" of tlu- recent world war. 
 
 •■'nH.'X.'uro Pictorial Keview" is presented to 
 tlie readini;- public for the purj.ose of more irrll} 
 .-■ivin-- the'aims, aspirations and accomplishments 
 of the X.-'i-o activities in the war just closed, i oi 
 i„d,.rd one of the most rmuirkable leatuers dur- 
 
 lie 
 
 lie 
 
 in-- the war was the loyalty and zeal nl my peoi 
 
 Tiie (icrmans lie.ii-an their propaganda by oltei- 
 \u<> till' Negro evirvthing imaginable, nutwith- 
 staiuling. if'"it were I'uissible to .instify disloyalty. 
 i)ut it iMi't. the Negro might have been more easi v 
 •,„riucin-cd bv the treacherous Hun prupagandj. 
 than anv otlu'r .Vmerl.'an, Imt I"". ^^ '-^^i''^; "^ 
 nev..r has been disloyal, and never will, lie knowj 
 fliat he is part and parcel of tlie greatest country 
 •,„ the world; and fnr that country he stands as 
 finn as lli.' Rock of (iibraltar, and wi I not sell 
 his birthright for a mess of pottage. A\ h. n aske., 
 to volunteer he ov..r-filled tli.' units set apart 
 for him Wlieii drafted he went with a ciieer- 
 fulness that ama/ed all observers. W hen aske.! 
 to subs.-ribe for Llb.uty Bon.ls and Thntt 
 Stamps he often oversuliscrilied Ins .|Uota. VVher 
 commanded to go "over tlie top" in France lu- 
 almost invariably distinguished himselt. Is th_er(- 
 anv w.m.ler that he craves a i^ublicatiou givni? 
 him just credit for services that he so willingly 
 rendered liis country? 
 
 This is my apology. ^^ ^^ ^^^^^ 
 
 ]\Iemi.hls. Tenn., Feb. 1, 1919. 
 
10 THE NEGRO PICTORIAL REVIEW 
 
 Why the World Went to War. 
 
 The causes of tlii' great world war uiay be ili- Exciting Causes, 
 
 vided into two g-eiieral groups: 1. Predisposing Uii .June 28, ] 914, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, 
 
 causes. 2. Exciting causes. . . • . heir-ai)parent to the throne of Austria, was killed 
 
 Predisposing Causes. by an assassin's bullet, While sojourning in Bosnia. 
 
 Probably the most potent predisposing causes Tiie assassin was supposedly of Slavic sjonpatliies, 
 
 of what was fii'st the FiUro[)ean war wen^ the un- a Servian. Now Russia had never forgiven Aus- 
 
 holy ambitions and acute jealousies that existed tria for seizing Bosnia and Herzegovina and mak- 
 
 among the Furopean nations. Each desired that iiig these Slavic people subjects of the Austrian 
 
 the other should gain no vantage or additional crown. Acutely jealous as these nations were of 
 
 jirestige whatever. To prevent this each of the eacli t)ther, this was the signal for general mili- 
 
 great powers, either voluntarily or by initiation, tary aggressions. 
 
 assumed guardianship over the weaker nations; ()u ,)uly 23, 1914, Austria sent an ultimatum to 
 
 especially over those next of kin. The Balkan Servia demanding, in very humilitating terms, the 
 
 States seemed to be tlie most complicating factor, punishment of the assassin. Servia having only 
 
 Russia assumed guardianship of the nations hav- twenty-four hours to answer, accepted, but re- 
 
 ing a preponderance of {Slavic blood. Roumania, served the right to act as an independent state, 
 
 with its Latin consanguinities, was close to July 24 Russia asked Austria for delay. Imme- 
 
 France and Italy. Bulgaria, Greece and Balkan diately Russia, re])resenting the Slavonic people, 
 
 Turkey were debatable regions. The Slavic Ter- and Germany, representing the Teutonic group, 
 
 ror lias long thought to be a menace to Teutonic began mobilizing their armies. England, France 
 
 aspirations. Germany, through the Kaiser, felt it and other neutrals tried to get them to halt and 
 
 was its mission to dominate Europe and eventual- calmly discuss difficulties, .but (rermany, claiming 
 
 ly the world. Because of national jealousies and that Russia was mobilizing her forces, broke her 
 
 racial hatred, Europe became, and was, an armed treaty obligations and began the invasion of 
 
 camp. 'I'he nations (tarried the theory of military France by violating the neutrality of Belgium. 
 
 I)reparedness to tiie limit. This was true of Ger- Thus, like the rai)id changes of a kaleidoscope, 
 
 many in a larger .sense than of any other European Europe went mad over night — went to bed at 
 
 nation. Sitting on a powder keg, so to speak, it peace and awoke next morning to find themselves 
 
 only rei|uiicd a tin.\ spark to cause an explosion. flying at each others' throats. 
 
President Woodrow Wilson. 
 
 His fine grasp of questions affecting human ri^'ht.* 
 has made him the leading statesman 
 in the world. 
 
Why America Went to Wax. 
 
 'J'lic noveriiiiiont of the rnitod States tried to 
 lie absolutely neutral aiul fair to all helli.u'erents, 
 lint the criines eoniinittcd by (iei-iuany on tlic lii.n'ii 
 seas were uiihearalile. These atrocities were com- 
 iiiit1(Ml by (iennauy in her ruthless su])inarine war- 
 fai'e, which I'esulti (1 in the siiddn,;;- of tlie Cunard 
 rJnei- Lnsitania, bound frein New Yurk to Liver- 
 IKKil. with l,!).")!) iK'rsons aboard, many of wIhdh 
 were American citizens. Amei'ica's diynity was 
 outraged, 'rhcrcferc mi April .'!, liH", President 
 AVilsdu addressed a special session of the Ameri- 
 can ('on,i;ress, in which lie asked Congress to de- 
 clare that a state of war exist Ix'tween (iermany 
 and America. This Congress did, A]iril (!, 11117. 
 America fought to "make the world a decent i)lace 
 to li\e in," and won. 
 
 Why the Negi'o Fought. 
 
 At the begininng of America's eidry into the 
 war, an erroneous impression became current that 
 this was a "white man's war." The fact is, it was 
 a war for all the peojde, by all the people. The 
 .■\merican Negro has always been 100 per cent 
 American. Therefore his ardent patriotism caused 
 liim to fight. Long before the selective draft was 
 instituted. Negroes literally l)ombarded the re- 
 cruiting stations with requests and entreaties that 
 thev be allowed to eidist. Many ]ie()i)lc did not 
 understand the ardent entliusiasm of such jiatri- 
 otism. 
 
 For Wliat Did He Fight? 
 That's the milk in the cocoanut. I can not bet- 
 
 tei- answer this (luestiou than by quoting the elo- 
 (|uent Roscoe Couklin Simmons: 
 
 "The Frcuch fought for Alsace-ljorraine, and 
 got it. The English fought for democracy and got 
 that. The Italians fought to rid their golden bor- 
 ders of the tread of barl)arism, and l)ack to the 
 iiionntains the Austrians were driven. 
 
 Tile Belgians fought for the grave of Leopokl, 
 and having got it, tliey are wch/(mie to it. The 
 .\merican white man fought I'or gloi'y, and glory 
 Is Ids beyond e\-e]'y figure 1 liax'e named. 
 
 .\iid the Negro — for what did he figld! 
 
 Standing alone like a man in No ]\Ian's Land, 
 under oi-dei's fi'iim the Amei-ii-an white man, the 
 Negro fought to make a Alan's Name aiul a place 
 to stand in Eveiy Man's Land — the Lnited States 
 of America. 
 
 I'rotecting tlie women of France from tlie invad- 
 ing foe, by command of the government of his na- 
 tive land, the Negi'o fought for jirotection for his 
 own women in Dixie. 
 
 The American Negro fouglit for a kind woirl 
 from tlie American wliite man whom he luis never 
 failed, and to whom he is the only friend not 
 bought with gold. 
 
 TT(dding liis gnu without a tremor and aiming 
 it witliout a fault, the Negro fought t<i hold the 
 American ballot without a sigh and mark it with- 
 out a single fear. .\uy hand good enough to pull 
 a ti'igger in defense of tlie American balhd is good 
 enough to |iiit a cross mark on that ballot and have 
 it counted." 
 

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The Negro's War Record. 
 
 1. The first martvr of the Kcvohitiniiarv War, • - i • . i i • ^i • -i h.t 
 
 existed prior to ami duiini;- this war, the JNegTO, in 
 
 was Crispus Attueks, a Nes'ro, who fell on Boston ,, , • i. • j.i i • i 
 
 ' " an iinusnally lari;e measure, maintains the kmd- 
 
 Commons, March 5, 1770. He led a iiartv of white r * i *• .• < i i i j i.- 
 
 iiest relations ot mutual help and co-operation 
 
 and colored persons aarainst some British invaders. .,, ., r- «i \-i n ■ i • 
 
 ' " with the Southern white man. Our sincere desire 
 
 2. 3,000 Nt^groes saw service during the Revo- is that this relation may steadily improve and 
 
 lutionary War. 775 of whom were under (Jeneral l>roaden. 
 
 Washiiiiit oil's personal command on Auii'ust 24. - t ., ., ■ i » • ^i -,/^., 
 
 '■). In the Spaiiisii-Amenean war, the 10th 
 
 1778. It was the Black Legion of San Domingo, ,, i , i i> wi .-,i < e ^ / i j\ 
 
 ( avalry (eojnred) and the 2.)th Infantry (colored) 
 
 consistiim' of StH) blacks and mulattoes, who on , . i . i n-n i t->i /~i mi 
 
 won honor at San Juan fliU and tA L aney. the 
 
 October !», 177!). saved the American and French ^,,| i , . i i i i> ^r i n i i 
 
 stli under ( ol. John l\. .Marshall, also won honor 
 
 armies from annihilation at the sein'e of Sa\-aniiah. . ,, , 
 
 in L uba. 
 
 o. In the war of 1S12 — .")()() Xei;roes dis- ,■ t ii . ii ■* i ii i- n i 
 
 (i. In till' great world wai' it can truthtully he 
 
 tinguished themselves at the battle of \ew ■ i ,> \- . ,■ i < .i i ^^^ t- ^ 
 
 said the Aeui-o troops tnuiiiit the battle tor demo- 
 Orleans, to whom (ieneral Jackson said : ,, ,,uwww, \- , 1 ■ 
 
 craey. ( »\-er 400.1111(1 Srixv" troo)is served m (nir 
 
 "I exiiected much of vou for 1 was not uuin- . . , , , 1*1^1 .mn 
 
 ' • armies at liomi- and aiiroad. About 1.200 were 
 
 formed of those (lualities which enable \"ou to resist • . , ,.,.• rp, ,,., 1 ia- • • , 
 
 ' • commissioned olticers. llie iL'iid Division (over 
 
 the invadiiiii' foe. 1 knew that vmi could endure 1,. mwi 1 i- v .v 1 1,. v ....^^^ f..^,,, 
 
 ^ ■ lb,0(JO soldiers) was otlieered hy Aegroes trom 
 
 linngei' and thirst and all the liardships of war. Ar.,;,,. i ,.■,, 
 
 1 knew that you loved the land of your nativity Secretary of War. Xewtmi D. Baker, in speak- 
 
 and conid defend all that was .lear to you; but ;,,^, ,,^. j,;^ ,,.,|, ,„ ,,„. ^^..„. .^„„,, •„, p,..„,,.,,. ,.,i,i: 
 
 you have surpassed my lu.iies." ••During the week< which I spent with our 
 
 4. Over Isii.OOP X(.o-i-() soldiers served in the trooiisin Kraiiee. 1 had aiuindant occasion to meet 
 
 late ••unpieasantness" bi'tweeii tin' States. After and inspret and talk with the men of a cousider- 
 
 tiie war le>s hatred remained in the Xeijro's ai)le iiunibei- of nur colored organizations on the 
 
 breast than e\'er existed between pel'Siins liLliltillU" A\esteni trciUt. 
 
 on opposite >ides. ami for a principal, than has '"l slmuhl iie-tiate to pick out one feature more 
 
 ever been the case, we believe, since the llian another which impressed me most strikinuly 
 
 world beii'aii. Xot withstaiidinu- conditions that in the Anierieaii l-lxp-ditioiiary F.u-ce. but eer- 
 
tainly the spirit pci-v.-idiiiu: the r;iiii<s of our coIohmI 
 soldii'i's tlicrc, is not least .imoiii;' tiii' inspiriiii^ 
 reeolleetioiis wliieli 1 liave of my visit to the Aiueri. 
 can l']x]n'(litioiiary I'^ori-i'. The sanitary eoiuli- 
 tion of the camps st'emed to l»e noticeably excel- 
 lent ; tiie men with whom I talked toh! me that their 
 food was plentiful and palatalile ; and their officers 
 told me that tiieii' work was a credit to their oriian- 
 izations. 
 
 "T have come back with an increased ])rid" in 
 these niiits." 
 (Signed) "NKWTOX D. BAKER, Sec. of War" 
 
 The "Southern Workman" under date of Sept. 
 1!>]8. said: 
 
 One regiment of Negroes in the American 
 
 Army (number deleted by censor) has had its 
 
 i)a])tism of lire on the fighting fields of France, and 
 
 acquitted itself so well that the P^rench commander 
 
 of the sectoi' has cited the Avliole regiment as 
 
 worthy of i"i>cei\'ing the war cross. 
 
 7. The French African Colonies sent over 
 TOO.OOO soldiers and 300,000 workers to the battle 
 front iluring the great Avorld war just ceased. 
 Inchuling other ]iersons of African descent more 
 than L'.ODO.OOO Negro soldiers had, when the 
 armistice was signed, offered their lives in the 
 cause of freetlom and justice for all peo]ile. 
 
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TWO HEROES. 
 
 (Jcncrai .lolui .1. I'crsliiim, ( 'nin;iii(lcr-iii-(_'irK't' >cnti\ ciiit\ ;i1 some ilistam-r I'rdiu one anotlier, 
 
 of till' Anici-icaii Mxprilit itiiiai y l-'orccs, iiuulc the \vri-c altarkcil hy a (ici'iiiaii raiding' party ( sti- 
 
 followiiii;- (iri'icial report: iiiated al Iwciity iiirii. wlm advanced in two 
 
 ,, , ,.,,,.. lirnnps. altai'lx'iiiL;- at nnee frnm t1aid< and rear. 
 
 " I leadipiarters Aiiierieaii I'.xpeijit imiary 
 
 l''iM-ee<. Max 1!t, IIMS. "Until men funiilit lii-a\i'l\- in liand-todiand eu- 
 
 "Sectinii B — Hepiirt> in hand slmw a nntalile in- ciiunters. one i-esiirl iiii;- to tlie nse of a liolo l<nit'e 
 
 stance of bravery and de\iition >ini\vn liy two .-ol- aftei- his rifle jamnii d ami further fiiihtini;- witli 
 
 fliers of an Anieriean eoinn-d ri u'iment operatinn' havonet and Imtt l>i>eanie impossihle. 'I'liere is 
 
 in a i-'reneh -ei-toi\ l'>efoi-e "da> lii;lit on Ma.v lo. exidei that at h^a-t one. and prcdialily a second, 
 
 I'te, llenr\ .lohn-on and I'te. Ifoherts. while on <leinian was ~c\erel\ mil. .\ tinrd is known to 
 
have ln'i'ii >ho[. \'i'i-(liin and prcvciitini;- the cai-ryiiiii' out of a well- 
 
 •• Attention is tliawii to the t'ai-t that tlic two col- (Ipvciopcd plan to as-ail one of the most import 
 
 •oicd scntiii's were first attacked and continued ant jxiints of resistaiu'c on the American front. 
 
 fii-litinti- aftei- receiviui;- wnunds and despite tlie 'piip jirivates have lieen awarded the t'roix de 
 
 use of gi-eiuides l)y a. superioi- force." (luerre liy the Frencli (iciierai of tlie Division un- 
 
 Privates Henry .loliusou (hd't) and Xeedham <lf''" ^^'i'"" t''<' ""i' ^<''-ved. and delinson received 
 
 iiohorts (ri-ht). in.'nd...rs of ( nh.nel Haywood's the much-coveted -ohl luilin of the French Array 
 
 ohl 1.-)th K'e-iment, .New V.uk Xaticuud (iuards. < 'onunan.h.r as well. Johnson h)st liis le- on the 
 
 (now ti:e .-Kliithl. who have heen dec.u-aled hy the ''''**'•' *'''''' ''^ '"''■ance. tie has been in th military 
 
 Fr.MK-h fur routing tw.-nty-four (ienuans w.'st of service of the V. S. for -^4 years and wears eight 
 
 medals for distinguished service. 
 
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Champion Riviter of the World. 
 
 Tht> fourth from the left staiidiiiij: of this prronp 
 of Nei^ro riveters is C'hark's Kiiiglit, wlio was 
 awarded the international i»rize for rivetine: by 
 l>ord Northclitfe. 
 
 Charles Knight drove 4,S7r) three-quarter inch 
 rivets in a nine-hour day. The previous highest 
 record \vas 4,41_' nia<le liy a workman in a Scottish 
 shipyard. Tliis is tlie way the Negri) demonstrat- 
 ed his patriotism at liome wliilc his brothers in 
 l)lack in the army showed it in France. Mr. 
 Knight is a resi)ectabh' and industrious citizen of 
 Baltimore, a native of \'irginia. Knight has been 
 iwarded $227 for setting the world's record. He 
 •eceived $102 for his day's work, a bonus of $50 
 'or bringing the record back to America and 
 ;wenty-five pounds sterling offered by Donald Mc- 
 
 Leod, a London shipl)uilder, through the London 
 Daily Mail. Chairman Hurley of the Shipping 
 Board has cabled Lord Northcliffe a new challenge 
 for British workmen and wrote Knight as follows: 
 "Your world's record feat of driving -t,875 rivets, 
 on May 16, has set for American shipbuilders the 
 fast })ace that is so necessary for earning on the 
 war successfully. It is the American way to ex- 
 cel when the occasion demands, and you and your 
 associates, in u])holding so splendidly this tra- 
 dition, inspire emulation throughout the ship- 
 building industry." 
 
 Our j)eople should remember that labor is the 
 basis of all Wealth. The man who excels as a 
 shipbuilder is entitled to as much honor as the 
 man who commands an armv. 
 
OF THE GREAT WORLD WAR ' ' 19 
 
 Negro Soldiers Enlisted in the 
 
 Regular Army. 
 
 It is ol' interest to know tiiat a i)art of I'liele Just hefoic the aetual (leclai'ation of liostiJities 
 
 Sam's [lennaiK nt figlitinj^' force is uiaile uji of lietwieii Aiiiei'ira and Spain, tlie New Yni-k Tri- 
 
 sonie of the best Ne.ii'ro soldiers in the world. lame, anioni<- otlier tliinys, hail the followin,!;- t(». 
 
 Foui' Negro reginients eoiistitnte the (piota of say: 
 IrotJjis in the reiiuhir Tnited States Army. Tliey "'Since ]S(L' the nation has had amph' oppor 
 ai'e the nth and lOth Cavalry, and the J4th and tnnitx' to test the value of tlie (•(doi-e-d Arnei-iean 
 I'oth Infantry. as a sohiier in a \ai-iet>- of ways — on the battle- 
 Most of the eommissiom d officers of thest' reg- lieid, in the jirotiacted siei;c, in Indian warfan\ 
 iments are white. The regiments wei'e reci-uited ■"■'' '" 1''*' trying m'I\ ice nf preserving oidcr and 
 in the "(iOs, am] are composed of some of the best piotccting life and properly in th,. tim,. of tin- 
 disciplined troojis of the rnited States .Vrmy. great strike of ]s;:4. Dnring tlie closing pei'iod 
 In the (,'ity of New Oi'leans, in ISiid, L',i!(i(i ex- of the wai' lu woti for him-elf a place in the miti- 
 slaves were reci-uited for service. None bnt the ('"> world which he li;i.> been able to hold ever 
 largest and blackest Negroes were accepted. From since, i-'oiii'teen colored soldiers received medals 
 them were fornu'd the J4th ami I'oth Iid'antry, and f<"' heioic condnct dnring the short period that 
 tlu" !»th and lOth Cavalry. All fonr are fanums lhe> .-er\i d in the Ci\il War; since then se\-en 
 figliting regiments, yet the two cavalry coimnanils ha\-e won congressional medals for (jistingnislied 
 have earned the prondest distinction. Whi'e the gallantry in ai'tion against Imlians and robbers, 
 record of the IMli Cavalry, in its thiily-two yeai's iinl two lunc recei\(d certificates of merit in 
 of serx'ice in the Indian wars, in the military his- token of recognition of acts of special tiioiigh jess 
 lorv of the boi'der. stands without a |)eer, and is cnnspicuous brascry. 
 
 without excejition the nn)st famous fighting regi- Physically, the colored soldi<M- is the eipiai of 
 
 ment in the I'nited Stales service. the best, alllhe talk to the cont rai'v nofwithsfnnd- 
 
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 iiiiX. Tlu' avcragv liciglit of the native wliitc rc- 
 crnit is()7.7() inclH's, hut in wcigiit the coldrcd man 
 has (Iccidcdiy tlic advantage. 01' tlic recniits re- 
 ceived hetween tiie ages oi' -"> and l^D years, th(.' 
 average weight of tln^ native whites was 14().2r) 
 iKiunils; the foreign horn whites, 147. Ki jiounds, 
 
 till (olitnil triiopa. Situ ii diiiflis (nnoiifi whilis wire due 
 din (11 1/ lo I his f(nisi'. 
 
 This is (I slifihl imprDVcnu itf upon Ihr ricord of 1895, 
 trhiih showid .'!().] 1 as for flu annii. u-ith 152. Ifi inid 6.47 
 fur Ihi whiti and colurrd ri spcctivcly, and a lury cun- 
 sidi nihil iitiprovi m< ill on the record of lln pn ci diiuf 
 diiadi , icliirh ijiris 41.04 as llii aviriuji (iiiniial rah for 
 
 whih' tliat of the colored men was 14!».4l' pounds. //,, „,•/;(//— 4. 112 for Ihi rolo-nd and 45. U7 for tin. white 
 In mere avoirdupois the colored soldiers lead the troops." 
 arni\ , and in physical endurance they have proved 
 
 themselves as tough as the toughest." 
 
 This ]iaper is also authority for tlu' folhiwing 
 
 exti'act from the surgeon's report on tlu' subject 
 
 of alcoholism among the Negro troo])s: 
 
 ''The admission rate for ahohejlism vas 29.()(> for tin 
 
 army as a whole — :n.20 amony the white and 5.70 amoiiy 
 
 It further says: 
 
 "Till colon d soldiers ac<itiire the drill and riodily 
 take II fair di yni of pride in it and an ijooil shots. The 
 colored ni/imeiits hare done as will with thi in ic rifle as 
 any, the 'l^dh reyiineni tiadiiuj the department in which 
 it is liicated. Thai colorid soldiers do not lack courage 
 has been proven ayiiin and again. Gen. Merrill especially 
 eharaeti ri:i d thi in as 'brave in battle.' " 
 
OF THE GBEAT WORLD WAR -' >, 21 
 
 THE NEGRO SOLDIER AT SAN JUAN HILL 
 
 A Trihulc liy W. t'. Powell (wliitf) 
 
 Hark! •>'( r llic drowsy tnxipi'r's dream 
 Tliere <M.iiies a martial metal's sei-eani. 
 
 That .-tartles one and all! 
 It is tile word to wake, to die! 
 To hear the foemaii's fierce defi! 
 To t'liii,^ the column's hattle-cry! 
 
 'I'hc --lioots and saddles" call. 
 
 Till' shiminerin.s;- steel, the ,!J,h'W of mom, 
 The i-all\-call of l)attle horn. 
 I'rociaim a da.v of courai;e. horn 
 
 For hotter or for all. 
 Ahove the liictlired tenta.H'e white, 
 Ahove the weapons -litterim;- hrii;ht. 
 Til,. ,la\ (io<i I'asts a ,i;-olden lii;ht 
 
 Across San .Inan Hill. 
 
 •■p'orward, forward!" comes the cry, 
 A^ stalwart columns, amhiin.i;' hy, 
 Stride over th.' -raves that waiting lie 
 
 Indm; in Mother Kartli! 
 '|'h,,i,- ^ual, the flau of fierce Castile 
 Ahove her sei-ried ranks ol' steel, 
 |n^en>ale to tin' cannmr< peal 
 
 'I'hat gives the hattie hirth. 
 
 As hrawn a> hlack— a fearh'ss foe, 
 
 (;ra\e. -liiii and graml. they ,uiwani go. 
 
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 To ('i)iii|ii('r or to (lie! 
 The I'liK' of i-ii;lit ; the iiiarcli of uiig'ht; 
 A dusky host I'roin dai'k'cr iiiu'lit, 
 K('s|)()nsi\'(' lo tlio tiioniiny li,i;'lit, 
 
 To work the martial will ! 
 .\ii(l o'i'r the ti'i'iii'li and trciiihliiii;- oartli, 
 Tht' morn lliat i^'ivcs tin' battle l)irtli 
 
 Is oil San .liiaii Hill. 
 
 Hark! sounds a.yaiii the bugle-call — 
 
 Ijct I'ing tlic ril'lc o\cr all. 
 
 To sliriok above the l)attlc pall. 
 
 The war god's jubilct'! 
 '^riicir's were bondman, low ami long; 
 Tlicii'"s onci' weak against the strong; 
 Their 's to strik-e and stay the wrong, 
 
 That strangers might be t'l'ee! 
 
 .\iid on, and on, for weal or woe. 
 The tawn\ faces grimmei" grow. 
 That bade no mercy to a foe 
 
 That pities but to kill. 
 ■■('lose u))!" •■('lose up!" is heaid, and said. 
 And >el t hi rain of steel ami lead 
 •Still l<'a\es a lix'id tr;iil of red 
 
 I'pon San .Inan I lill ! 
 
 •■('hargel" ■■('hargel" The Inigle ]ieals again; 
 'Tis iifi oi- death fol' Roose\-elt's men! — 
 
 The Mausei-> m;ik-e reply ! 
 .\\-e! speeclih ss are tliose >W;ll11iy sons, 
 S.a\e for the claniDi- ol' the gnn> — 
 
OF TEE GREAT WORLD WAR 
 
 Their only battle cry! 
 'I'hc lowly stain upon each face, 
 Tile tannt ^lill fresh of prouder race. 
 I'.ul speeds the step that spriii-'s apace, 
 
 To succor or to die! 
 
 With i-ifles hot — to waist-liand nude; 
 The hrawn Ix'side the pampered dude; 
 The ••owhoy kiuK— "lie -rave— and rude— 
 
 'I'o shelter him who falls! 
 On,, hreasl— and bare— how 'er begot; 
 The low. the high— one common lot; 
 The worhl's distinction all forg(.t 
 
 When Freeilom's Imgle calls. 
 
 No fallering step, no fitful start; 
 
 X,,nc s.M.king less llian all his part; 
 
 One wat<'liword springing from each heart. 
 
 Vi't on, and onward still! 
 ■I'll., sullen sound of ii-amp and 1r(.a<l; 
 Abe l.incoln's flag still ov rhead; 
 Tl„.y follow. 'd whi.r.. the angvis led 
 
 Th.. wa\. up San .luan Hill! 
 
 An.! whcr.. the lif.'^tream <'bbs and flows, 
 And plains lhc Ir.ack ..f Irenchant bh>ws 
 
 'i'ii-il niel no meaner ste. 1. 
 Thi. bale.l hreatli th.. haltlc >,.|1— 
 Th.. turf, in slippery ..rimson, lell 
 \Vh(.re ('a-lile"s proudest ..ohu-s fell 
 
 With wounds that n..\er heah dl 
 
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THE NKCUO PICTORIAL REVIEW 
 
 AVlicrc cxcry trciojx'i' found a wi-catli 
 or n'lnry I'tir his salxT slicatli; 
 
 And earned the laurels well; 
 With feet to field and face to foe, 
 Jn liiii s of liattle l>ing low, 
 
 Tlie sable soldiers fell! 
 
 And where the hhu'k and brawny 1)reast 
 (lave up its all — life's richest, best, 
 To find the tomb's eternal rest 
 A (Ireaui of Frei dtnn still ! 
 
 A .!4ronn<iless creed was swept awa>', 
 
 With brand of •'cowai'd" — a time-worn say. 
 
 And he bla/.eil tiie patli a better way 
 
 !'p tile side of San .Inan Hill! 
 f'oi' black or white, on the scroll of fame, 
 'I'he bh.!;d of the hero dii s the samo; 
 
 And e\-er will, e\'er will! 
 
 Sleep, trooper, sleep; thy sable IwoW, 
 .\miil t he livini;' laurel now, 
 
 is wound in wreaths of fame! 
 Xo]- 111 ed the n!-a\'en :j,ranite stone, 
 To tell of iiai'lands all thine own. 
 
 To hold a soldier's name ! 
 
 Note. — "The Koni;li Riders," a New Vtu'k ca\'- 
 alry rei;inieii1 of whites, |iopiilarly so called be- 
 cause it was composed of atidetes an<l I'owboys, 
 v.a-^ witii the di\'ision in wliii'h the IMli was ser\'- 
 iiiL;-. This reLiimeiit wa- cunsiden d the crack 
 
OF THE GREAT WORLD WAR " • 25 
 
 wliltc voluntctT ri'^-'niicnt, and was in cliarge oi' 
 lacnt.-( 'i>l. TIlctHlol'c li()(isc\'clt. These new IV- 
 ci-uits, not liein.i;- used to ,i;'uei'illa warfare, wore 
 amltuscaded liy a liandful of Spanish sharp slioo4^ 
 ers, and wenhl iia\c been exterminated liad it 
 not lieen for the tiniel\' ari'ival ami i]niek wnrk oi' 
 the !lth and KHh Cavalries. 
 
 This incident, to.i;-ether wifli the eliarye of the 
 colored soldiers np San Juan Hill, during- tlu! 
 Spanish. \merii'an War, inspired Mr. Powell to 
 write the poem and dedicate it to the Ne,i;i'o sol- 
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 THE XECnO PJCTOIUAL lUJVIEW 
 
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 THREE CHAMPIONS - 
 
 i Prize Winners in ihe Knjjineers Corps. 
 Under H^avy Shell Fire, 1 hey Laid ihe 1 rack Up lo the 
 First L ine Trenches. 
 
 A Group of Colored Soldiers being inspected 
 before going into action in Alsace. 
 
OF THE GUEAT WOULD MM/' 
 
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 Headquarters "Solvent Branch" Red Cress 
 Headquarters, Memphis, Tennesspee. 
 They Made many thousands of articles 
 for our boys in France. 
 
?^o 'J HE XFnno pictorial review 
 
 The Record of the 92nd. Division. 
 
 Rnlpli W. 'rvlt'i'. nil jiccrcditcd rciu'esciitativc of 1 riilijc, ami in liis (Icsperation the ITun is attonipt- 
 
 tiic ('oiniiiittcc on Piihlic Iiit'oniiatioii, in a spt't-ial iiii;- to destfoy the Seilic Bridg'e, after liaviiii,' 
 
 coninmirK'atirn, wi'ote: [looiled Seilie, proviiii;- coiiehisively that he regards 
 
 "The cohjvcjd pcniiU' hack in America will fed (he 1 lack troops that conijtose the !»2nd DivisicMi 
 
 proud of the l^l'nd Division, which has aliout (iOK ;:s one he cannot successfully withstand. West of 
 
 eohircil line officers, and whose I'ank and tile is the Seilic I'iver excellent results have followed the 
 
 coinjiosed exclu-^ivcly of colored soldiers. Here is <'nergetic offensive action of tliis doughty wing 
 
 the fec( i-d of the l)2nd as a ciinihatant regiment ii]) if the Allied Aiiuy the (lenuans losing heavily 
 
 lo Xovcndu'i- S, I'.MS: , ;,, kill,.,! ;nid wounded and juisoners. In nearly 
 
 •'When tile Marl ach sectoi- was taken over liy eveiy in^tance, these raids ma(h' hy ti-oopei's of the 
 
 the Ullnd Division of IMac k Devils, a< the (iernunis Division have keen nmde nndi r the comnuind of 
 
 cidh'il them, "Xo .Man'< kj'iid" was owned fy llie ( ohjrc il line offii-ers. 
 
 (JeMuans, and lieii' they were aggressively on tlic Tliis record made liy Ihe-c coh)red soldiers nuist, 
 
 offensive. They, the Cermaiis. Iieiil r.elie Farm, ,,r n cessity.arense the gi'eat-st enthusiasm hack 
 
 r>ois De Tete D'Or. Hois De Freliaut, N'oivrol ■ in "The State-'" and nu'rit the plaudits of the race 
 
 f'arn>, \'io\'rote Weed, ilois Do Chciuinot. and f,;;- the gallant lighting nuichine. So wondei ful 
 
 Mouleii l!rook. The con-tantl\' ajj'gressive action l:;!\c lien th" aclii: venu'uts of the K'Jud that tlie 
 
 of |i;'.lrol,-. da\' and night, from the K'Jiid has re- Division ( 'on iiuinder was impelleil to send out a 
 
 -ulted in many casualties to the (lei'nuins and the 1 ulh tin of congratu.hition, to 1 e read before each 
 
 ca|i1ui'e of nian\' prisoners. unit of the d)i\'isiou. This proud record mu>t 
 
 I'i:! ■'' (if the places a'u)ve nanu'd has f-eeu raid 'I, forex'er si t at I'e-t the (|uestion of colored seldiei-s 
 
 ;:s la.. ;1 e i^pley, innl patrol- fniu the Divi-ioi following ai'd lighting und<'i- their own officers, 
 
 have ]:en"trat d I'.iM ill real ly to the east and west ;ind it niu-t lorexcr estahlisli the efficiency of 
 
 line tliniugh I'a.gny. The (leriiians ha\<' driven culoi-ed officers who lia\'e done splemlidly umier 
 
 north 1 e\(ind fri'haut and X'oirote to Cheminot the most ti'ving circumstances." 
 
OF THE GREAT WOULD U'Al! 
 
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 [r2n,l DniSIOX HE ALLY 
 (All Colored.) 
 
 CAPTURED METZ FORTRESS 
 By Sgt. Milton Lee Smith 
 
 METZ SECTOR, France.— The ;»2n(l Division 
 was lioldin.!?. at tlie time of the ,t;-reatest battles, 
 the hardest and most imiiortant ])laees on the 
 western fronts from the Arn'onne Forests to the 
 Metz Sector. The (lernian prisoners were .i^Teatly 
 <nstonished when they were taken back of our lines 
 and saw tliat tlic American lioys were the ones 
 wild were lioldinu' them. 
 
 There have been times when certain liattalions 
 have been ordered ovt^r the top and succeeded in 
 
 taking' thcii- <ibjectlvc without a barra.u'e. some- 
 thini;- wliich no other units did or would think' of 
 doiui;-. Oui' various artilleries have made good. 
 The ;Uilth, o.jOth and T.olst were on the Metz 
 sector, liacking up the Infantry and machine gun 
 boys, when the armistice was signed. The 92nd 
 was out and over the top making a great drive 
 on Metz, when we got word to cease firing for two 
 hours so the German armistice delegation could 
 eross the lines. 
 
 Our Colored boys had a whole German division 
 on the run, including the great Prussian Guards, 
 and on the last day, Monday. November 11, were 
 onlv eight miles from Metz and driving like the 
 ilevil. 
 
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 THE NEGRO PICTORIAL REVIEW 
 
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 THE NECxBO PICTORIAL BEVIEW 
 
 A French Woman's Tribute to 
 the 92nd. Division. 
 
 The following article appeared in a iiewspaifjer 
 in a town in France where the Ninety-second Divi- 
 sion was temporarily (piartered. The author was 
 
 a French woman. The tianslation is by Lieuten- 
 ant Chai'h's A. Sliaw: 
 
 A peaceful town, far from the front. A beau- 
 tiful June day, full of the perfume of roses. Re- 
 splendent summer freely bursting- into bloom, in- 
 different to human iihiints, frets and agitations. 
 
 Scene in the town: a boy of 10 years, head like 
 nil ui'chin of the year one, nms through the streets 
 
 crying, "Tlie Americans are coming to B ; 
 
 tlie inhabitants are invited to greet them." 
 
 "The Amei-icans!" For months they had been 
 discussed, they had been exjiected and there was 
 great curiosity; groups of people go down to the 
 ]uil)lic s(piare of the town wiiere they see ujion 
 the white street the first ranks of the Allied sol- 
 diers. 
 
 But, what a sin])rise — they are BLACK sol- 
 diers! Black sohliers? Great astonishment, a lit- 
 tl(> Tear. The rural pDjiulation, not well-informed, 
 knows tlie Negro of Africa, but that from Amer- 
 ica—the (U)untry of the classical type, character- 
 
 ized by the cold, smooth white face-^that from 
 America could come this dark group, none could 
 believe his own eyes. 
 
 They dispute among themselves, they are a lit- 
 tle irritated; some of the women become afraid. 
 One of tlieni confides to me that she feels the first 
 symi)toms of an attack of indigestion. Smiling, 
 I reassure the lady with the all too emotional 
 stomach: 
 
 "Quiet yourself. They do not cat human flesh. 
 Two or three days from now you will be perfectly 
 used to them." 
 
 I said two or three days, but from that very 
 evening the ice is broken. Native and foreigner 
 smile at each other and try to understand each. 
 other. Tlie next day we see the little children in 
 the arms of the huge Negroes, confidently press- 
 ing their rosy cheeks to the cheeks of ebony, with 
 their mothers looking on in approbation. 
 
 A deep sjTnpathy is created for these men, 
 which yesterday was not even sunnised. Very 
 (piickly it is seen that they have nothing of the 
 savage in them, but that, on the other hand, one 
 more faultless in his beai» 
 
OF TEE GREAT WORLD WAR 35 
 
 iiii;-, ;in<l in his mamicrs iiioi-c iirt';il)Ic or more deli- tlic inemoi-y of the exile his distant country, 
 
 eate than these Children of the Sun, whose niices- In the hmes ahniii' the fh)\ver>- hed.ycs inoi-e 
 
 tors dreamed under the wonderful niu-hts, alon<i' than one hhnide head is seen mdvin.y- I hiiu.i^litfnliy 
 
 the murmuring streams. heside a rnrl> liead, wliile the settin.ii' sun makes 
 
 Wi> admire tiieir foinis handsome, vigorous and Mi'e the neighhdring liill>. and gi ntl\ tlie song 
 
 atldetic; theii- intelligent and loyal faei s, with nf night is awakened. 
 
 theii- large, gleaming eyes, at 1iine> dn^amy and And tlien, these soldiers, wlui had lii'i-duie 
 
 \\]\]\ a hit of sadness in them. fiiemls, deuait. Hue excning sa<l ailieux are e.x- 
 
 l-'ar remoxed is the time when their inaus|iiciuus changed. .\dien\ .' iluw we wisli tliey ma\ lie 
 
 iid'luenci' was felt u)Km the digestive organs nf tlie only "an revoirs" (unlil we meet again)! I'rom- 
 
 ]ad\'. Now one is honored to havt' them at his i>es to c(iri-es)>iind. tn return when furhmghs are 
 
 tal)le. He spends Inturs in hmg talks with tliem, granted. Jlei'e and there tear,- fall, and when the 
 
 with a great sujiply of dictionaries and manuals next day tln' inavy trucks i-ojl n\'l' in the chilly 
 
 of conx'ei-sation. The white mothers weep to see nuirning, cai'rying awa> to the front our e.xotic. 
 
 the jHihtographs of the lilack mothei's and dis- guests, a \'erital>le satlness seizes us! 
 
 jilay the portraits of tin ir soldier sons. The fi- Soldier J*'riends, our hearts, our wishes go witlr 
 
 ances of our poilus liecome interested in the you. May the Indicts ol the eiu'my spare you. 
 
 fiance.s acros,s the sea — in their dress, in tlieir May destiny lie merciful to you. .\nd if any of 
 
 head-dress, and iu everything wliicli makes wom- you should lU'X'ei' see your native home again, may 
 
 an resemble woman, in every eliiue. the soil of Fram e give you sweet re]K)se. 
 
 Late at night the workers of the fields forget Soldiers, who arrived among us one clear June 
 
 tlieii' fatigiie as tln-y heai' arise througii the ]ieace- da>, redolent with tie scent of roses, y<ni will 
 
 ful night the melanchol\- voices which call up to always li\-e in (uii' heai'ts! — The Crisis. 
 
.SG 
 
 THE NEGRO PICTORIAL REVIEW 
 
 Hon. Emmet J. Scott, 
 
 Assistant to the Secretary of War. 
 
 Returning Soldiers and Reconstruction, 
 
 .Mr. Scott's i)u>iti()ii on tlu' ri'turniii.ii- Neyro sol- 
 dipi-s and tlie ininiediatc problems of reconstruc- 
 tion are set forth in a special sent to the Indiana- 
 j)<)lis Ledger, which follows: 
 
 Tuskegee Ala Feh. 4.— DuriuK the second and 
 liiial day of the annual Tuskegee Negro conference 
 last week, prohlenis connected with tlie demobili- 
 zation of the Negro soldiers were discussed, the 
 piincipal addrss being made by Kmniett J. Scott, 
 secretary of the Tiiskegee Institute who has been 
 serving since the outbreak of the war as sjiecial 
 a-sislant to tlie secretary of war. 
 
 Mr. Scott pointed out that tliei-e were nearly 
 4(10,110(1 Xegroes in the sei'vice and pi-odnccd testi- 
 mony to counteract the active (ierman propaganda 
 that the Xegroes wei'e lukewarm in their suj)port 
 
 of the flag and were not good soldiers. 
 
 "The fear that now seems to prevail in the 
 South over the Negroes homecoming is, in my 
 opinion, equally without foundation." Mr. Scott 
 said, "this is the Negroe's natural home and here 
 the nuisses of the race will continue to reside, it 
 is to be hoped, for nrany years in peace and jirofit- 
 able industry. Thousand.^ of them volunteered for 
 military and naval service regardless of the se- 
 lective seiwice law, and they will return no less 
 anxious to perform their full duties as citizens and 
 to live in peace only the full ])rotection of the law. 
 
 No Wretch From Which To Shrink. 
 
 "The retui'uing colored soldiers will not be the 
 foul wretch from which to flee in terror, or a 
 l)lague from whicli to flee in fear, as some seem to 
 
OF TEK GREAT WOULD WAR 
 
 think, lie will n.tnni both physimlly nud .n<.n- made n.Mvssary l,y tl„. war. niulhav,. ,l,.,n,)n>1r:.ted 
 
 tally benelitt.Ml hy iva-nn .,f his military trainii.i; th.- fact that thr thunuhtful mind, the cnns.Tvativo 
 
 and oxpcri.-ncc and naturally, h.' will return t., voir., and pen. the industrious han.l, the patn-.tir 
 
 the Southland and other s.-etions with a hnmder dollar, as well as tl... (.nV..tive -un and l.ayonet can 
 
 vision and api.ro.-iation of Anioriean .-itizenship all he utilized as vitally i.up.)rtaid lartors in the 
 
 as well as with new iileas of what lilierty and winnin.i;- of a s;reat war. 
 
 frpf^dnm (not lieeiwe) reallv nu-an. He has clearly , ^ „^ ■> n. ^ 
 
 treeaoni inoi lu t n i ; Lynching Should Be Stamped Out. 
 
 shown his eai^'er willini;ness to discharuc the du- 
 ties and responsihilities of American citizenship -The X..^ro soldier's ..onduct overseas has won 
 and it is devoutelv hoi-ed that fainninded An.er- for hin. the connneudation an.l .gratitude of the 
 ieans in all parts of the country will .ahuly and .reate^t ^evernnn.nt^ on the la .■ of the earth, and. 
 j„.tlv recognize the fact that he i. therefor... en- as hon.eward he turns his la... his res.lve tor 
 titled to all of the rights and privileges which the hotter citizenslnp is evn nuu-e finnlv t,xed. lie 
 laws of our countrv offer to all other classes of our will not, 1 an. sure, seek to ,ieopard,ze or nupa,r 
 
 , . the lionin- and, fame his rai • has won m tins war 
 
 connnon citiz( nsliip. , i r » 
 
 ,. X . ■ 1 I ;r (!,,■,.■,' l,\ -iiiv tliou'dith'ss or uiunaidv word or deiMl. t )n 
 
 •'It would lie most unlortuiiate. ind(.ed d thiei,- n> .in\ inou,_ 
 
 en.dcoml,t,ons,n the South, which have keen re th, utrary he will he anxious to renew ami 
 
 peatedlv referred to in and ri.htly d.scoura.ed strengthen tl,e friendly r,.latio,:s ,l,a, he lelt he- 
 
 , , ,', 1 .,.ro,..- vvliite hlini.cindid.nt that a M'ii-i' "' .ii'^t"'''-'''"'''^ '" '"'■ 
 hvSoutlu.rn eddorsandm; ny ol t:ie leaili.m vMiiH 
 
 1 I 1 i-inil to viiicli he is relui'muLi-. K'lLihtly required 
 
 ;„h1 c.,lored citizens ol thi- M.ction, siould make land to v.nun 
 
 I 1- I I f,.,i h,. ,-innot 1" I", law-ahidin- liini-elf. lie conlid..ally exi^ect- 
 the r..turnin<i' .\..,mo M.ldi ; - led tial lie (annoi 
 
 ,. , ,, , I , llnl lav a-id ordci' will iirevail. that lyn ■(UU'Js 
 
 return to his foi mer h.:HU. ri , ah'ty, t here! y kc,, 'iiat 
 
 111,.,,, iMid all lorm of iiioh vioh'iicc, whndi have driv(.n so 
 
 inuout of the^.Hith a iar,--ele;ii..nl which heleto .,, , , 
 
 |-,1,,;„ Miaiiv of his race from 111.. MMitii, will he stamped 
 
 fore has contril.nt:Ml P the upl)Uildine ,,l th.. in - . 
 
 ,,iil li\ .lulv .-..iistiluted au1li..rit> ami that .'Very 
 
 dustiial r oiitli. • ' ,,,.,. I 
 
 ,,,;,„. ,.,.uar.ll..ss .if .-.ihr, wli.. ha> l.ui-ht .u-s..rv... I 
 
 "To a vast maioritv .i! \..''ro ^^!llll-rs. as w.'ll 
 
 , ., , . nn.h.i- the St;iii\ 1 '..■iiim r .ir who has l.e,.ii l.iyal k. 
 
 as eiviliai . t: e w.iid -'n >rals lia> taken on a 
 
 , , , , , ,. that ..mill.. m ol lihcrtv and .iu-ti..(. will he -ranted 
 
 new sie'ikili..an..e ;iml huiidr.Mls ot thoiisamls ol 
 
 ,,,,,,•• •■, th-t (■.•.•o"iiiti<n to which all true Aim.rifans ,.ire 
 
 tlu.m have .•li..erl ully lop.m.l..! to the .li-.ui.iin ■ '•'■■i I'.o.^i.u 
 
 and .ither ri^-oror.s i ..iiuiremeiits ami r..strii-tions ..i.tith.d. 
 
:is 
 
 'HIE XEnno PICTORIAL BE VIEW 
 
 Asks Protection of Law. will not lie di'iiicd I'aii- trcatiiicnt ami the i-ccoin- 
 
 "Nearly 40(1,(10(1 i;allaiit lilack suldicrs fruit ami peiise accorded ether soldiei's because of his val- 
 
 llower of the race liave helpi'd to make the world ualile services and unswerviun' pati^iotisiii. The 
 
 safe for l-'i-eedcm and I )emoci-acv ; many of them Neg'ro asks the full |irotrction of the law, to he 
 
 liavim;- paid the supreme -a^ialice that their coun- left unhiinh-red and imhami>ered in hisf industrial 
 
 try's ideals miuht trium|)h. If. in the hour of her and commercial pursuits, to he .given a fair deal 
 
 travail and danger, tlu' Xcgro has neither faltered and full opi)ortunity to educate his children, and 
 
 n(U' failed in pledging hi- life, his lal)or, his money, to work out his own destiny — being loyal to his 
 
 Ins all, ill defense of his country's safety and hon- family, to his ecinmunity, to his country, and to 
 
 or, surely in the hour of victory and prosperity he his God!" — Indianapolis Ledger. Feb. 8, 1919. 
 
OF THE GREAT WOh'LD WAR 
 
 Twelve Sons in the 
 
 Army. 
 
 Rev R. H.Windsor 
 
 AND SERVICE FLAG 
 
 Rev. R. H. Windsor, wlio had twelve sons in 
 the militaiy service of the United States, was re- 
 cently presented witii a twelve-star service pin 
 l,y the American Red Cross. He is the father of 
 nineteen children. Tlie array of stars topped with 
 the Red Cross insi.i;nia, it will he noted, carries 
 five stars in the first row. These represent five 
 ir.dividnal sons. The next har hears two stars, 
 ivi.res.'ntin- twins; the next har is similarly deco- 
 late.l, repres..ntin,- twin's. Tlw l)ott(mi har, witli 
 its llu-M. stars, represents Irii^h'ts. Eii-'lit of tlie 
 hoys ar.- v(,lnnteers and the other fonr were called 
 
 in the draft. 
 
 ,|,„„ hearin- ..f tlu' remarkahle recor.l of the 
 Windsor family. President Wilson, who is also 
 pn.si.h.nt of the Amn-ican Re.l Cross, wrote to the 
 
 R,.v. Mr. Windsor as f.,ll..ws: -'l am wrilin- to 
 say with wlial inteiv>t aiul admiration 1 have 
 l,.an.ed of I he faetlliat iwlve of your sons ar<. in 
 11,., service of our .■omilry. and tlielhirteenlh in. 
 ,„;,ti,.iitly waitim;' to follow th.^m in. This is : 
 spin. did re.-ord. and I con-ratnlate yon from tlu 
 ,„,,,,„„ „,• ,„_v hrnrt. The rolored troops have 
 ,,n,ve<l thenis-lves fine soldiers."' 
 
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 TIIK NEdliO PICTORIAL REVIEW 
 
 Some University of West Tennessee Graduates. 
 
 Captain D. B Cranberry, 
 
 Surgeon, '.)2nii Division 
 
 SERVICE FLAG 
 
 Umverstly o! West Tennessee, Memphis 
 showing 41 Graduates and Students in 
 the United States Army, many o( whom 
 lu Id Commissicns. 
 
 Captain E. H Jones, 
 
 Surgeon, 349ih M. (1. Ratta'ion 
 
 Lieut R. Q. Venson, 
 
 Militufv Iiisti'iietor at Camp Grant, 
 
OF THE GREAT WORLD WAR ' 41 
 
 General Martin Commends 
 Negro Soldiers. 
 
 MAN'i COLORED SOLDIERS CITED FOR r\\r,\ r,,,- hravcry in nc'tioii: S<T-c;nit ls:i;ir iiill. 
 
 BRAVERY. lir,-ivcr\ <lis|il;iy(.(l ;it l-'i;i|)i lie; l''iisl 1 .icMlfil.-Uli 
 
 K'nlpli \\ . T-ivhii. ;: -pi'i-i;!! cdi rcsMondciit writ- .Icilin (). I.indsc}' I'nr liiju'ci'v ;it Lcsscux. lidtJ! nf 
 
 iii,:^ til til" Iiiili;i!i;i|i(ilis LimI^it luiilcr dnti' (if I'i'c tlic .".(i(ifli liil;intr\, ami Kii'st Licutriiaiit Ivlwai'il 
 
 S, r.ns, saiil: llati's (if t 111' ;i(lstli Ainliiilaiici' ( 'ill |i<. aii<l S:'i i;-caiit 
 
 I'y I'liiiiinaiiil nf (ifiu'ral Martin, ruimiuiniliiii;' Walti-r \,. (im,-- of tin' .">(>(itli lnl'antr\, lnr liis- 
 
 tln- DL'iI i )i\i>iiin, (icin'i'al Oi-iln-s lia\i' jnst In '"a is tiniinisliiMl si'rx'iri' nrar I lnmin\illi'. 
 
 sncil i-iiinini'mlinii- ;i numln'i- nf rnlnri'il nlTiiv'rs, I" imnntlii'r (ii'iurai ()rili'r Si'-mni Licnti'iiant 
 
 noii-cnininissiiiui'il nlTircrs ami privati'- of tln' Xatlian <>. (ioodldi'. df thr .'KiStli .Marliinc (inn 
 
 ^(iotli Infantry I'dr nii'ritdridus romlnrt in artidn at *'din]iany, was rdnnncmlcd I'nr cxri'lli'iit unrk and 
 
 ISiiis P'ri'haut, ni'ar Punt-a-Mniinssiin, Xnvciiilter nn'ritiii'idns cdiidurt. Dni'ini;- the d|ii'ratidns in 
 
 mtli and lltli. ilurinu- tin- drive on Mctz. Thoso tlip Foi'i'st D'Ariioiinc; Licntcnant (idndlic was at- 
 
 iKuiK'd ill tliis general di'iler were Captain Jului H. tached to the ."-Ird Battalimi. |)ui-inii tlii' roursi' of 
 
 Allen, First I^ieiiteiiant Leon F. Stewart, Frank L. ai'tion it lieraine neeessary to rcoi-ganizi' tiic liattle 
 
 Ayre, Walter Lxons, l>a\id W. Ilarri-. ilrnj. F. i<ni and witlidiaw pait of it to a -I'rondarv po- 
 
 Ford, Si'ei;nd Lieutenants ( ii'c L. (laines, ami Has- .^ition. lie eai-ried cut tlie niox-eineut under a rcn- 
 
 sel ( '. Atkins, Sergeants liirliard W. W'iiile, John tinual mai-liine gun lire frmn the eneinv. (ieneral 
 
 Sinijisdii, Iviihert Tdwnsend, Sdlonion I ). ( 'olston. Martin said: ' Lieutenant (idodloe's ealni rnura'^-e 
 
 Raiisoni Fllidtl, and Cliarli- .laekson; ('orjiorals set an example that inspii'ed ninfiileni-e in his 
 
 Thonias l'>. ( 'olenian, Alliert Taylor, < 'iiarlcs l\eed men." (ieneral Martin, the new eoniuiamler of the 
 
 a,ml .lames Coiiley and Privates I'larl Swanson, IL'd Division, also cited I'm merituriou> conduct 
 
 .lesse Cole, .lames Hill, ( 'harles White and George near N'ienne le ('liateau, 'I'lmi l*>iown, ;i waiionei-, 
 
 Chaney. who as di-iver of an amnnilion wagon, displayed 
 
 In the same (ieneral < h-iler- the following were remarkable courage, eooliie.-s and devotion to 
 
THE NEGRO PICTORIAL REVIEW 
 
 luty under i'ire. Brown hauled his wagon, even 
 il'ter his iiorse had been hurled into a ditcli by 
 diells and despite liis own ))ainful wounds, worked 
 intil he liad exti'ieated his horses from the ditcli, 
 •el'usiui;- to (|uit until he completed his work, even 
 ;honi;-li eovered with lihxid from a jiainful wound. 
 
 Entire Unit Cited for Bravery in Battle Line. 
 
 The entii-e lii'st hatalion of tlie -iluth (Buffalo) 
 [Td'autry has Just heen cited for bravery, and 
 awarded the Croix di' (!uerrc, thus cntitliu,^ ever\ 
 ifTiccM- and man in the hattalion to wear this dis- 
 tinguisluHl French decoi-ation. This citation was 
 made by the Fi'eiieli Connnis-ion because of the 
 splendid service and bravei'y shown by this bat- 
 talion in the last engagement of the wai-, Sunday 
 and Monday, November lOtli and 1th, in the drive 
 to Metz. This battalion went into action through 
 a valley commanded by the heavy (Ternuin guns of 
 Metz, and lield the Germans at bay while the 56th 
 regiment retreated, but not until it had suffered a 
 heavy loss. The 1st battalion was commanded by 
 Ma.jor Charles L. Appletou, of New York, with 
 coinjyany commanders and lieutenants colored. 
 
 In the i)2d Division of the American Army 14 
 colored officers and 43 colored enlisted men have 
 been cited for bravery in action and awarded the 
 distingished Service Cross. This is a splendid 
 showing, and esiiecinlly when it is considered that 
 jirior to the drive on :\Ietz, Sunday morning. No- 
 vendier lOth, this division wiht the exception of 
 the ;!(ith, which got into action in the Argonne, the 
 
 92d had to content itself with making daily and 
 nightly raids on the German front line trenches to 
 capture jirisoners. This, however, recpili'ed dar- 
 ing courage, and, in sonnv ways, was nu)re trying 
 ;ind more dangei'ons than being in a big engage- 
 ment. A total of .17 citations for meritorious 
 service, with rc]iort from one brigade not yet in. 
 is a sphMidid showing for the !L'd Division. 
 
 92d Has Comparatively Small Casualty List. 
 
 The total casualties suffered by the H'Jd (colored 
 division since being in Fi'ance) ha\'e just been ob- 
 tained by me. The division suffered a total of 1,- 
 478 casualties- Ainong the killi'd were six otficei's, 
 and one officer died from wounds; 40 enlisted men 
 were listed as 'missing," K! olTicers and r)4o en- 
 listed men were wouiuled; and ;'>I* officers and fib] 
 enlisted men were gassed. The division's innnl)er 
 of gassed is unusually large. A reason is, ])erliaps» 
 that the colored soldiers in the front line trenches 
 of this division were unusually daring in making- 
 raids into the enemy's territory. 
 
 Considering, es))ecially, the desiderate advance 
 the colored soldiers of this division made out from 
 Pont-a-Mousson the morning of November lOtli, 
 through a valley swe])t by the heavy Gerinan guns 
 of Metz, and nests of German macliine guns, the 
 casualty is slight; for on the morning I saw them 
 make the advance, and kTU)wing the dangerous 
 ground they were to cover to nuike the advance, 
 it ai)peare(l miracidous that the division was not 
 wiped out. The casualty in that advanc<' was. 
 
OF THE GREAT WORLD WAR 
 
 43 
 
 licrlinps. as li,i;-|it as it was hccausc (if tlic rapidity iralcsc troops wci-c forced to rctnsit in ten iniiiiiti'S 
 
 with wliich tiicir iiicii advanced. Officers could after tliey liad eidered i1. Occiipyiii.i:- tliis P>()is 
 
 jiot iioid llieiii lia<d< and tlie (ieiiiiaii -iins and sol Frelianf \'i>\- .'id iionrs a-ainst a nini-derons firi' 
 
 dieis conid iml -lop llieni. 'l'lie\ plun-cd on P. I'l'oin the ejieiny. riMiiained thei-e nntil ho-tililies 
 
 Pi'eny and Ta-nv, and lhc> rn-hed inlu the l!oi^ ccaM'd. it is sui-prisin- a inira(de. thai tlie ca> 
 
 Frehant. and hehl foi' .".(i hi nr- al ter I he\ tcMif, it. "''il'.^ 1'^' "'' "i'' "-'I KiNisien did not mount to 
 
 this phace from whicli pici<i'd .Miwroi-cau and Seiii; nian> fmies 14iS. 
 
 War Worker, Bridgeport, Conn, 
 
44 
 
 , -""mr THE NEGRO PICTORIAL REVIEW 
 
 The Palace at Versales, France 
 
 The Seat of the I'eace Conference. 
 
OF THE GREAT WORLD WAR 45 
 
 French General Speaks 
 in Highest Terms. 
 
 235 Colored Men in Two Regiments Are Wearing sjnoad thitiu.i;lioiir France hy some fellow Anicri- 
 
 The Croix de Guerre. ,.^,„^ „,. ,,i^,.^,^,,,, ,„„„t;,|it,. ,,.,„, ^,,^ ^^^^j^^ ^^ 
 
 (By Lester A. Walton in X. V. A-o) ,„.,|.„ ,, .,|,|,,..„. j,,,,^ j..,,.^. „,,,,^ ,,,,^.^, ^^^^^ .^^^^^^^ „^^^ 
 
 Lon- lief.nv his entry in the -reat Kuropeau ^^, „|-j-i,,,.,., ,.„j j,,;^ ^„, ,•,,,,( j ^j^^^jj ,|.^^.,^_^^ ^^ 
 
 coutliet the American Xeuro has won enduring h'li.-th in another article. 
 
 fame as a warrior Ih.I,!. This we learned from the The .•!7()tli, like the old ITith X.^w Y..rk. .'{Tlst 
 
 historian and the orator. (,)uite <,ften we were told and ;:7l'nd re-iin<'nts, was hri-a-led with the 
 
 however, that the Xe-ro to win laurels on the F,,.,,,.),. The IHiin,is li-hters served under (ien- 
 
 field properly led. This inipri<-ation. (les]ate its ,,,..j| \-i,„.,.„,i,,i,i, r.minian.ler .,f the r,i»th French 
 
 verbal camoutla-e, .'ontained the tacit inlVr..n.-e Division, who shortly after the sionin- of the ar- 
 
 that in order for the Xe-ro to win laurels on th- ,„i,stice, sent the r.-inient the fnlh.win- c.miniuni- 
 
 lield of hattle it was necessary tiiat he serve under ,.;iti,,ii- 
 
 w lute oltict'is. "(tlVicers. non-cdnniiissioned olTicei-s and men: 
 
 Jt is, therefore, with a feeiin- of pride and -A'onr efforts imve 1 n rewarded. Th.. ar- 
 
 elation that I tell of tin. ..xc..||ent ivcurd made hy „|i^,j,.,. j^ sI-iumI. Tiie trn,,ps of tlie F.ntente, to 
 
 the :;7lltli Infanti-y, fcrmeily the ,ild fli-iitii llli- ^-i,,,,,, ,1,,, ;,riiiie> nf the .\mcrican l.'epuhlic have 
 
 nais, whi.-h up to Octnher last was nfficereil hy '"'''l.^' ''"""• '" .i""' themselves, imve vanquished 
 
 colored m,.n fr.,m Lieutenant Cnhuiei dnwn. ♦'"' '""^' l-'^v-rful iu>tiument ,,f cn,„|ue^t that a 
 
 Witi: sixty-six mend,<.r> nf the re-inient pn.ud- "•"'"" '-'^"I'l '"'-'■f "'<• li'-'".^'".^ (Icrman Army 
 
 ]y weariu- the Croix de (iuerre awarded hy tlie .■"•l<""^vh.d-..s itself c,uH|Uered. However iianl 
 
 French for .-nuspicuous hravery under Hre. tliiity '""' '•'""'i'i""> •"•''• <''" '■"""'y ^"Vernment ha^ ac 
 
 of wii.mi were c,,l,:red ,:ffi,-er-., it w.-uld not seem '•'■l'''"l 'I"'"' ••ill- 
 
 that the .\mencan Xe^ro I, ad I n a failure as a •■ Tiu. ;;7ilt I, l.'. 1 . 1 . S. has .-out nhuted h-u-vly to 
 
 lea.ier of men annd shot and shell. This record ""' •^'"■'''"^ "'' ""' ■''"'' "'^■■'^'"" -•""I '"'^ l'>'<-'" ^'^ 
 
 I ■ 41 r . .1 ■ • I- 1 hittei- strife liotli cjinuou and nuichine nuns, its 
 alone i;i\'e^ tlie he to till' iusii|iou> pro|)anand:i 
 
-!G THE XKGRO PICTORIAL BE VIEW 
 
 ., ,. I , ,1 , i , i-- 1 tliciii ill cDin-ci-sarKiii. I heard iiiaiiv accoTUits of 
 Hints, hrcd liy a ii()ltl(> anior, ,i;(n a1 tinics cx'cn 1)0- 
 
 , ,i 1 • .• • ,1 1 ii I • 1 .-acril'icc — ol' Imw llic iiicii for (la\s liail iiiarelccd 
 yoiid the olijcct i\'cs u'U'cii tlicin li>' the liiiilicr coin- 
 
 1,1 I , ■ 1 1 t 1 • *i .• i iiiilc after mile witlniut siilticicnt food, of how 
 iiiaml; Ihey ha\c al\\a\s wished tr. he m the trout 
 
 r !■ , I I r 1 • ii I ]• 1 xillle had heniiealK" met death li'oiui; (!\'er tlle loll 
 
 line, lor the place (il honor is the h'adiiiL;' ranl\. • ,^ .^ i 
 
 r,,| I I • .1 !• 1 Jiiid all to make the woild safe for deiiioeracw 
 I hey ha\'e sliowii. in the course ol our ad\'aiiee, 
 
 ,, , ,1 *i I- 1 ■ *i •' Seri^'eaiit Matlliew .leiikins, a. ('hica<;i» l)ov and 
 
 that the\' are \v(n-tliy ol hi iiil;- there. -^ ■ .^ . 
 
 , , ] * 1 . ,\ fiinu ] meinlier of ( 'ompaiix' I'' iterformed oue of the most 
 
 .lu>t a day or two helore the year ot \'.nS made ' • ' 
 
 ., •, ,. i\ i I- +• T • -4 1 j-i •>-oii dariiiii' feats. ( )lTicers and men take i;-reat iiride in 
 
 its exit troni the sta.i;-e ol aetuui, I visited the .!/l)th '^ ' ' 
 
 T^ ., , ,, , ,, 4- 1 • t (■ I M tellinu' how .leiikins, on September "JO, IDIS at 
 
 Eegilent. then campiil on the outskirts ot I. e Alaus, ■ ' 
 
 ,-, rp , i t I M n i ../' II Mont de- »^ini;(s, went aliead of his comrades and 
 r ranee, lo he sent to I.e .Mans means that U- H. 
 
 ,, ,, I 1 • 1 1 t , (■ • * 4- j-i catiture-d from the I'oi-lie a tortilied tunnel which 
 
 {}. has decideil to trniiMi r your re;^-inient to the ' 
 
 I. -J 1 o* i I 4 f f Tf he lield for tliirtv-six hour- without food (U' muiii- 
 l lilted States as soon as ti-aiisp(utation ta<'ilities 
 
 will p<M-niit. Fullv appreciating the fact that they ''""• '"''l^'"- "^" "'' ^''^' '"""">' •"'"'''i""' .^■»" '"'^^ 
 
 wuld not I:., many moic weeks on forei-n shores, '"»"'t>"" ""*'' reliev. d. 
 
 I fcniiid olTieers and men in a .juhilant frame of French Highly Appreciate. 
 
 niiiul. All were aii\ioiisl\- lookini;' forward to see- The liii^ii aiiiireciation and affection the h'reiioh 
 
 ill-- relative- and friends once more. have for the memliers of the ;i7()th as tiiihters and 
 
 Roberts Lauds His Men. comrades is set lorth in the f,, I lowing- order issu.ed 
 
 ColoiU'l T. A. K'olierts white, who sue ■eiMled Col- ''.vOeueral \-incen,lon in 1 (e.^miher: 
 
 oiiel ll.mni-on. isex.eediimly lomloriiiscnnniaMd, •< 'ftu'eis and Soldier- oftlieiiydth H. I. f. S.: 
 
 and spoke in a compliuientrry vein of the couraiie ' ^' "'' '"'' l'''^-'"- >i-- ''^'"' impossibility at this 
 
 and dash of his olTicers and nun. I learned that ''""' ^''^ ^'■'' '■''""•'" -^""> '••"' '•''''"vcr from it. 
 
 (piite a miml <.r of oflicei- had l)e;ui killed oi- in- '''i''''^- t'"' necessity which is imiiosed on the p.o- 
 
 .iiired wiiile puttiii- the lliiii to lli-ht. I Was I'''' "'' f''^' I''^iit''"te of takiu- u\< a-ain a normal 
 
 a-reeabl\ -iiiprised to nice -ome of the >oiim;er '''''• l-i'ls the I'niled > tales to diminish its elfect- 
 
 olViceis who w .re torineih. edisted men from the ivcne-s in France, ^'ou the chosen to l:e anion;?; 
 
 oh'l r.t'i .\w '"irrk and t':e •■ Iluifaf ;;'s." 'I'hcy t he lir-t to r( t urn to Anieri a. In the name of \ o:;r 
 
 had li '11 coiiimi^-ioned alter atteiiiliei;- trainim.' co'iiiadis of the :>'Jt]\ l;i\-ision I say to yo:\: A'\ 
 
 school in l-'iaiiie. revoir, in the iian;e ol j-hance, thank yon. 
 
 it was a soiii-c cf ^re;:! pleasure to hum 1 the "The luiid and lailliant fatties of ('haviiiuy, 
 
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 ic cri'i-ctivciu'ss (if the Division, tlic Aiiicri'-aii i;-ivcii lis of \ (Uir licst and yi;u have given it oiil of 
 
 ovci-nnii-nj at Ilic <iis|)('siti(iii of tiic French ni,i;-li the rulliicss of your liearts. ' 
 
 'odunanil in (H-iler to rcinrorec us. Vou arrived "The blood of your eouirades, who fell on ihe 
 
 i-oni the trenches of the Ars;-oune. ' soil of P'ranee. mixed with the hlood of our •^ol- 
 
 ••Weat hi-st, at Mareuil-Sur^ ()iirc(| in Septeni- diers, renders iiulissolulde the bond of affection 
 
 er, admired your lin(> appeai-ance under anus, the that unites us. \\'e liave. besides, the ]ii-ide of hav- 
 
 recision of y(nir revi(>w and tlu' su])pleiu^ss of iuij woi'ked to.i;-etlier at a maiiiiilicent task, and the 
 
 oui- evohitioiis tiuit presented to tiu' eye the ap- pride of beariiii;- on our foreheads the ray of a 
 
 carance of silk unroliin.-i- in wavy folds. We ad- common gi-andeur." 
 
 ancecl to tiu' line. Fate jilaced you on the l)anks The above sentiments, so sincerely and ardently 
 
 f tile Ailette in fr(Uit of tin- l>ois Mortier. Octo- eviiressed, ai'e cluiracleristic of the French. ITav 
 
 er \2 vou occupieii tlu' enemy trenche< Acier and in,<;- i)een to France and m)tiMl the spirit of true 
 
 >n)u/,e. On the l.'lth we reached the railroad of comradeship existiui;- between tlie French >-ol- 
 
 .oau hi Fere, the fitrest of Saint (iobain, the dier and the colored American soldier, I can thor- 
 
 irincipal ceiitei- of resistance of tiie llindeuburg oughly ajiiireciate the statement made by (Jeueral 
 
 iiie was ours. ^'inceiidon tliat "tlie hlood of your comratles who 
 
 ■• Xoveinher .") tile Serre was at la>t crossed, fell on the soil of Fi-auce, mixed with the blood 
 
 he pursuit became active. Front's liattalion dis- of our soldiers, renders indissoluble the bond of 
 
 innuished itself at tile \'al St. Pierre, wlu're it affectiiui that unites us." 
 
 aptured a (b'rnian battery. Fatton's battalion The .'iTOtli Infantry wun truly fortunate at hav- 
 
 •i-ossed tile lirst, the llirson iJailroad at tlu' iug heeii privileged to tight and die with men 
 
 leiiiiits of .\uhentoii, where the (iermans tried to whose motto is i.iherty. Fraternity. F(|uality — 
 
 •esist. Duncan's battalion took Fogii\' and. car- men who know no color line, 
 
 led awav hv their ardor, could not he stopped 66 Members of the Eighth Illinois Decorated for 
 
 diort of (iiie d'iio-sus on .\o\-eniher 11, after the The followiiiii' niemhers of the old Fiiihtli Illi- 
 
 irniistice. We have hardly time to aiipreciate Bravery in Action. 
 
 vou, and already >iiu depart. nois iiegiment ha\'e recei\'ed coveted war decora- 
 
 ■•.\s l/ieiit. ('ol. Duncan said Xo\eiiilier l^S. in tioiis: 
 
 ;ifl'ering to nie your regimental color- as proof of Colonel T. .\. Iioherts, Lieutenant ( 'oloiiel (>ti- 
 
 yoiir love for France a- an expressi(ni of your loy- H. Duncan, Ma.jiu- .lames U. White, Captain John 
 
 ;dt\ to tile ."jDtli Di\i<i(ni and our Armv. xou have 11. Fattoii. ( lie-ter Saiulers, dohn T. Front, Sam- 
 
OF THE GREAT WORLD WAR 49 
 
 ui'l R. (i\ line. Dcvoic . I. Warner, (icornc M. All<'n, T. I'.atcs, ( 'orp. KIctclicr P.attlc. (\)v\<. \i. l-icai). 
 
 JaiiU'S 11. Hall, Stuart Alcxainli'i-, Matlicw Jack- Corp-.l-S. P.cckti.u, Pvt. M\ ril P.illiiij<s, S'crj^t, K<i. 
 
 .son, Lieutenants I'aik Tan<'il, Osceoln A. I'.iown P>in,i;liain, Lieut. A. ( '. l-tradner, Pvt. Arthur 
 
 ing, (ie()ii;-e Lacey, Fiank i^)iuiis(in, Claudius P.al- P.iokaw, Pvt. 11. 1). Iimwii. Pvt T. \V. Brown. 
 
 lard, Chaiies ('. .laekson, William Warfield. Sam- Lieut. Llmer ('. I'.uelier, I'vt. Wni. 11. P>unn, 
 
 iiel I'ointei-. Lawson Pri:'e Lincoln, 1). S. (loi-don, Seryt. Win. I'.utli'r, l^t < 1. P\t. .1. L. Pus'i. Ser.jrt. 
 
 Eolieit 1. llui-il, Henry X. Slielton, IliMiry P. Cheat- .l(isei>h ( 'annen, Corp. T. Catto, Coi-p. (!. 11. Cliap- 
 
 liani, Stanley P>. Xorvell, May Tisdell, Thomas A. man, Si'rut. .Maj. ISeuedict W. Cliees( man, (^apt. 
 
 Reid, Llmer.l. .Meyei-s. .lolm ||. Clarke, dr., Lieut. P. .M. Clendeiiin, ('apt. 
 
 Sei-geants Xorman Henry, ( 'larence 'V. (iiliMui, Frederick W. Cohli. Serut. Pohei't Collins, Lieul. 
 
 Matthew daid<son, ('ecil Xclson, Howard Temple- d. II. ('onnor, Sei-i^t. Wm. 11. ('ox. 1st. Serii't. C. I). 
 
 ton, ( 'oi-pdi-als dames P. l!i-o\vn, Lewis Warner. l)a\is, Lieut, (liarles Lean, P\ t. P. Dcmp.-, Wa,:,'- 
 
 Jose|ili lleiidei-son, .Maceo .\. Tei'\alon, WiHiah'i oiiei- Aiaitin 1 )uii!;ar, ( 'oi p. Llmei- l']ai-l. Pi. l''i-ank- 
 
 ^tevenson. Lima Laurent. LHi> Sci l;! . Sam Lannell. ( 'ajd. Polit. I'\ l-'er.u'u-on, 
 
 Privati s Xatiianiel Whil. . ii'olei-l Pi-ide, Lee;-- dr. ( ,ipl. ( lia . W. l-'illniore. ( 'apt. I'l Iwaril d. I'-.tr 
 
 P.. Whif-, Howard SlielTield. I lysM- Sa\l.'-, Wil rell. (apt. llaniUoa l''i,-li. di., ( apt. I'Mwin I!. ! >. 
 
 liam ('ulT, ihmli (ii\'en . Ai lluii' dolmsou. Charle- l-'o\, Lii ut. ( onrad l-'n:, ^Ci-ut. Pichard W. Low 
 
 T Monro;' i.'ulus Pitts, iieciy Prown, (Hhcrt Lor Icr. P\C P.idai-d I'lanci^, I'M. P.. r'reeman. P\t. I. 
 
 sey, William Hurdle. P.;';' McKissie, dmias Paxto:;, lireeman. 
 
 Ilai-iy P( arson, Paul Turlinutoii. |,'ei. I d. P>iia\u. SeruL Wm. (i.ains. Wa'^due'r Pi 'hard ( ). (ioins, 
 
 j'aul TuilLn.';-t(m, Peed d. P.rown, Pa il doliir~:;n. L\t. d. d. ( o rdi.n, l.init. P. ( '. Cranio. P\ t. Still- 
 
 k{eed\- doues, Alou/.o Keller, Lei'ov l.ind-ay. La- man llanna, P\t. Iluuli Hamilton. I'\t.(l. L. Han 
 
 vein .\iasse\-, do.-iali .\evees. La d'a>lor, desse nilial. Pvt. F'rank Haideii. P\t. Prank 1 lacthett,, 
 
 ]''ui'i:eson. ('(Up. Palpli llawkin-, ('ciloiiel Wm. lla>\vard, 
 
 169 Heroes of the Old 15th New York Regiment. Lieut. K. 11. Ilolden. Sup. Su-t. Wm. II. Ilollidav, 
 
 The F(dlowin.i;dlTicers and nnm of the ■'(i!Mli In- Coi-p, Karl llortdu. P\t. (I. Ilowaicl. Lieut. Step- 
 
 fantrv have lieeu award(;d the Croix de ( Jueri-e for hen 11. llowey, Sernt. .Majm- ( larence ( '. Hudson, 
 
 gallentrv in action. P\L (iilhert dciliuson. Ser-t. (ieoi-i;-e doiies, Pvt. 
 
 Sergt. A. A. Adams. ( 'oi-ji. dohn .\llen, Lieut. I\. I'daiest lluider, Seri;t. S. da;d<sim. ( '(u-p. ( 'larence 
 
 K. 1 )e Arinond, Lieut. (J. .\. .\rnstoii. Coi-)i. h'ar- dohnson. 1st Siit. He 1-". d.iMi-on. (iilhert dohnson, 
 
 randiis P>aker, Ser,i;t. K \\ . Pairin^ton, Sergt. M. Lieut, (ouinan P. dones, Script, dames H. dones, 
 
 W. Paron, Sergt. William 1 ). P.artow. ('aid. Aarno Pvt. Smitldield d(UU's, Pvt d. ( '. doynes. Litut W. 
 
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 .?MEHAPV Group M.O 
 
 ^l|fflpt- 
 
 A Group of Meharry Medical Col- 
 lege Graduates who won 
 commissions in the Medi- 
 cal Reserve Corps. 
 
OF THE GREAT WORLD WAR •')! 
 
 II. Kcciiaii, Li.'ut. KKviii ( '. Kin,-, I/imt. Ihuold I'vl. F. iritrlii... I/umiI, C.S. IJnl.li, Corp Krcd Rou:- 
 
 M. Laiiddii. I.icut. Nils II. I.arscn. its, I'vt. Lionel l.'d-crs, l*v(. (ic(.r-c Ivosc, l/ieiit. 
 
 Major David .\. l/csiMM-ancc, Li,.|it. \V. V. he- !>'. M- K'nwiand, Sci'-t. I'dw l.'iis^cll, Sci-.i;t. L. 
 
 land. I'\i. !>. W. Lewis. I'vl W. 1 ). Link. Nhiior Sanders I'vt. William Sanlord. Lieut. II. .1. \r- 
 
 Ai-tlini- W. Little, Lieut. Wallei- l>'. Loekhart. ,i^''tit, I'vt. Mai->liall S:-olt. Capt. I.. \vi> L. Siiaw, 
 
 Sei-t. L. Lueas. I'vt. Letter .\. Mardiali, I'vt. Lew- "'apt. Samuel Siiethai-, Lieut. Ilayt Shernuui. 
 is Martin. 1st Sei-t. .\..l. .Me.\rtiiur. Capt. Seth I'.. M'-'.!'"- "■• l'''-;i'ik lin Shields. l'\t .\. Simp-on, 
 
 Ma.-Ciintnn, I'vt. Lime,- .Me(iowan. I'vt. II. ..her' ' ^t S...-!. I'.erlrand I . Smith. I'vt. Daniel Snuth, 
 
 .MeCirt. Capt. C,unerf,u-,| .M,d..,n,-ldin, I'vt. L. M<-- Sei-t. Ilnnian Smitli. Ma,i::r L.irillaid Sp.mrer, 
 
 \-ea. l.t Sei-t. II. Matthews, Isf Ser-t. d...-e A. ^'''■.^t- ■'• '''• Stev.ms, Cerp. Dan Storms, Lieut. 
 
 Millei-, 1st SiM-t. William II. .Mille.l Ser-t. K. < i''"i'.ii'' ''"• Stoweli. Co: p. T. W. Taylor, l/n-ut. 
 
 Mitehell I'vt. Ilerhert .Mills, Corp. II. .M,,lson. I''i-='>'1< I'- Thomps.m, Ser-t. Lh.y.l Thompson, 
 
 Li<mt. K. D. .Morey. S.a-t. W. Mmiis, Ser-t. C. A ^''■'-'- <i'"^'-,^'' <';daska, Lieut. D. 11. \au.-han. 
 
 .Molt. UK <'<>n'- I'- ^'^■^ Smith. 
 
 Lii.ut. K. A. X.>-tran.l, S.rm. Sammd Xowlin, Capl. L.lwar.l A. Walton, Capt. ( harh.s Warnm. 
 
 (apt. d.>hu (). ()utwat..r, Li.mt. llu-li A. l"a-... S..r-t. L, .m Wa-him;t.m, I'vt. ( asp.T White, Capt. 
 
 Lient. (»liv..r 11. Parish S,.r;;t. C. L. I'awpaw. I'vt. •''"'"- "• ^^■'""•- ^'■'■^' •'"> ^^■''''•■- ^''"-^ •''■"^" •'■ 
 
 II I) o * , T t T> t 1 ■ * /• 1 Whit.' --t SiTi;t. C. I-'-. Williams, I'vt. luiliert WiL 
 
 Jlar\'.'y reri\v. S.'ri;t. ( Imt.m l.'tei-s.m Li.'ut. ( ol. >>"iio, , . . i„i . 
 
 A»' \ I.- 1 1- * !>■ 1 1 i> 4* 1 . liams, S.'ri;t. lu'aves Willis. I'vt. II. Wi.i;-,i;in,!;t()n, 
 
 \\ , A. riekenii.i;-, la.'ut. Ku'har.ison Iratt, 1st . , -, 
 
 1,^ f I 1 i> ♦* w * II M I' ■ !>>.( I .. Sei-i^^t. L. Wilson, I'vt. Tim Winst.m. Ser.nt. \'). 
 
 bjevgx. John li-att, Serut. II. D. 1 rimas, I vt. .lere- ^ 
 
 . . .,. I. , I 1 , ir, Woo.ls, I'vt. <ie.ii-v Woo.l, Lieut. A. D. Worshani, 
 
 miah Keed, Lieut. Durant hi..', Ivt.. .John luce, 
 
 ,, , ., 1 !>• 1 1 L. i , M I le 1 Scrut. L. C. Wright, 
 
 borgt, Sainu.'l Kieliar.ls.m, Sert;-t. ( iiarh's Kisk, 
 
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 Ex-Kaiser Whelhelm of Germany 
 
 The Chief Conspirator. 
 
 THIS IS WHY HE QUIT. 
 
 NEW YORK, Feb. 12. — ^Casual companies No. more than a thousand of their friends to greet 
 
 2:i4 (if Mississi]>]n (Negroes) was among the 2,084 them, they gave three cheers and the famons band 
 
 AiiH'iican troojis arriving here today from Brest "t" New York's own "Black Watch" on the Stoek- 
 
 alioard the traiis]>ort Stockholm. AVith the excep- holm played "There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old 
 
 lion (if 4I)(» casual officers and men of varions Town Tonight." followed by popnlar southern 
 
 luanchcs of the service and 14 nurses and 18 airs. 
 
 ci\ iliaiis. tlic ti(i(iii> were Negroes, largely of the (ol. William Tlayward, commander of the 369th 
 
 ;i;!(l division. Infantry, formerly Ihe l')tli Hegiment (Negroes), 
 
 When llic Negro lighters saw a boat carrying New XovV National (hiard, was aboard the vessel 
 
OF THE GREAT WORLD WAR 5.'^ 
 
 will: liis rciiiment. Negroes Scare Huns. 
 
 "I aiii pi-diid 1)1" my iiicn." declared ('nl. lla\- " I'.lecdt liir>l \' lilai-k iiieii" was tiie ( iennaii iiri- 
 wanl, "tliei'e isn't a lira\'ef or cleaner let el' men pre-sien el' the XcL;i-n lii;liters cnntained in a i'"l>y 
 in I lie 1 nited States army oi" an\ other ai'm\ tlian of an official reporl which fell into t he hands of the 
 the old l.")tli [u'U'iineid of New Vnvk Xational Americans, accordini;' to Col. Ilayward. 
 (Jnards. It cerluinl_\' is a i^Teat feelimj: to be i)art The steamer lu'U'ina ai'rived this afternoon with 
 of an (>r,i;aiiizatioii of li<;-hters which, in addition I'.d.'w troops. I'nits ahoard ii:chided a detach- 
 to liavini;- \'J\ of its mend)ers cited foi- \alorons ment of t he .">(ll»tli (Xeu'ro) Infant r\(if New ^'ol•k; 
 deods in action, was also decorated as a unit. a deta<dinient of the Kl.'ld Infantry and casnals. 
 
 Face Great Dangers Sei-ift. Henry Johnson of .\lhan>, X. \ ., whose 
 
 "Onr nu'ii lioi'e np like true sohliei-s when in exploits wci'e cahleil liy cori'espondeids and whom 
 
 the face of greatest dangers. There wasn 't a sint^le ('ol. Ilayward refeii'ed to as the reiiiment's hero, 
 
 whimjK'i' at any time, and tlie\' were always on retnrned with the ('roi\ de (inerre with one star 
 
 the jol) read>' to ^o where\-er directed, iCL^^ai'dless and one palm. lie j-oiited a party ol (iermun 
 
 of perils. ()ur colored tii^diters cared less for shell snipei's at Pxiis 1 lan/.ey in the .\i-ii-onne on .May ;>. 
 
 fire than any white man that eve|- hreafhed. when he is cre(iited with ha\in,ir killed fonr of the 
 
 "At one peiioil we were nnder shi'll lire for liM enemy and wonnded '■'>- others. I >escriliin,ij: his 
 
 days," he coiitinned. "It was hell, lint those hoys experiences, he ^aid: 
 
 faced the music, evei'y nmtlier's son of them, and "After sevei-al of my comrades had fallen and 
 
 they fon,i;lit like tin'crs. W'l- held one trem'h for 1 had lam out of aimnunition. I hei^an to hal a 
 
 !M da>'s without relief and wci'e raiiled e\er>' nii;ht, cnuple of (icrman^ o\'er the head with the halt ol 
 
 1 , .11 1 ,■ • iii\ rille. and then 1 I'ipp.^d into them with my 
 
 lint we captured a lariic nimilier ol prisoners. ■ ' ' 
 
 frcMcli hojo knife, finallx one (lerman L;-ot nu' 
 
 Thnuii'h the inaiiiiamiinitA (if the l''reiich, oiirs was , , , ,, , , w r \ i 
 
 aioiiiid tile shoulders .md tliivw inc. We touLTlit 
 
 the tii'st unit of allied lii^hters to reach the U'hini'. f,,)- ,-i half an hour. I wa> shot in two oi' thrt'e 
 
 ,.■ , I , , ,. ,, ,, I places, cut on the hip and haxonetted in the leir." 
 
 \\ e Went down a> an ad\ aiice niiard ol the I- i-etich > ' 
 
 .lohnseu Weal's a silver plate in his foot. 
 
 armv of occupation.'' ,. ■ i v i i' i i-. min 
 
 ' — I ommercial .\ppeal, I- eh. 1.;, lOlit. 
 
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 Colonel Charles Young. 
 
 (.).i''>t:' Mie three Mrti'n) West Point 
 {] r;iilntf?. 
 
 Major James R. White, 
 
 370tb V. S. Infautry 
 
OF THE GREAT WORLD WAR 
 
 i\ i 
 
 1^'?-P»v 
 
 l^ 
 
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 ^i,**^ 
 
 
 i 
 
 ied l.v Kx- Kaiser Wilhelm, fovtieited l>y 
 
 Palu'M', fonnerly o<-cuiiu 
 
 not keeping ^aithNvithhumaiuty. 
 
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 THE XEGBO PICTORIAL REVIEW 
 
 The Negro Signal Uinit. 
 
 In n IcttiT dated at T^a Mans, France, he tells of 
 the laiiirls won liy the ;!2r)t]i Field Signal Battal- 
 i.iM, thf Hilly signal unit comiiosed of colored 
 troops in tlic American Army, wliicli exhibited 
 rare c.Mira^^e and skill under tire. Many officers 
 and men of the Ki^'hth Illinois were recommended 
 foi- the Ci-oix <le (iuerre. Tile letter follows: 
 
 That tile task of maintainini;- couuectioii l.ctweeii 
 liead<|uarters and the various tin-litini;- units of the 
 American i'lxiieditionary Forces was as dangerous 
 as the work of tlie comhataiit re.<;imen1s is vividly 
 fthcwn hy Ralph \V. Tyler, the accredited repre- 
 sentative of the ( 'ommitti'e on I'ulilic Information. 
 ( tne of the units of the .\mei-iean army to arrive 
 hei-e enroute for lUiiliarkat ion to .\merica that has 
 iiia-de li-ood, witiuuit haxiiii;- tiie -lauiour and spce- 
 taruhir -cttini^-s of comhal is the :V2')t\\ Field 
 Sitiiial I'.attalion if the '.H'lid .\nny Division, the 
 onlv eolored si-iial luiit in tlie American Army. 
 While tliis r.attaiion has not had to occupx' front- 
 liiie trenrhc-. make raids foi- pri-oiiers. or march 
 in hattle fmniatinii into hi-' enna.iicmeiits. it iiiii-t 
 not he Miiiposcd that it ilid not iiave a (laii,i;erons, 
 ;ind .-i \ei-\ daiiii-ercus. (Inl\ to pcrrorm. 'i'lie hoys 
 of this I attalion had to striiiy the wires lor ti'le- 
 _i:raphic and ti'lephonie connections at time- when 
 
 th.> enemy -uus were trained upon them, so, m 
 „,any respects, their duty took them into situa- 
 tions fully as daniicious as conihatant nnits. 
 
 Tliis hattalion is comi)osed of all young colored 
 men, save the lieutenant-colonel, major, and two 
 (u- tlirro white line officers. They are all, with (evr 
 exceptions, college (U' high school hoys, not a i'ew 
 of them exjierts in radio and electric engineering, 
 and tiicse wlio were not experts in the work when 
 the hattalion was foiriied, are now most proficient 
 men. Major Spencer, now lieuteiiaut-c(doiiel, wlio 
 was re-)ionsilile for tiic foi-mation of this unit, was 
 firm in the helief that coloi-ed hoys could make 
 gi imI. and he lias remained witli it long (Munigli to 
 experience his helief hecoiiiing a realization. 
 
 .\fter arrixing at |->i-est .luiie l!l. the hattalimi 
 proceeded to \'itrey, and from that town liegan a 
 f'our-(!a\ liike to Ihuirhonne-lcs P)ains, a distance 
 of more than Jl' miles. I'h-oin this ]ioint, it ]iro- 
 c( '(jnl, al'tei- a W'W (la>"s, to N'oisey, and at \'oisey 
 the I e\ - got their first taste of what Avas to he, 
 later, their dail\ duties, lien- the radio company 
 recei\(d its (piota of the latest ty])e of French 
 iiisf rumeuts. a hatferx' plant was established and 
 a lull s:ip]>l\' ef telephones and wire was issiu'd to 
 coirpanies F> and ( '. lien', too, the Tufantr\' Signal 
 
OF THE GREAT WORLD WAR 57 
 
 Phitomis or tlic hattalidii .jdiiicd tlic outlit nnd '■"■""in'ii'-'iti'Mis and in the <iays r(,ll(.\viii<r in^ 
 sliared in tho trainini;'. stalli'il new lines and maintained (•(miiectioiis he- 
 
 First Test of Real Courag-e twcen the vaiidns unit- of the Hl'nd Division. Tlris 
 
 Tile lirst test of real roiirai;-e iriven the men. ^^''^ '"' ^"' = '" dnty, when it is i-ememhered that an 
 and their lii->t introdnction into real li.uhtini;-. in '"''n.^' "sector" extends oxer a wide area of many 
 addition to ~ti-ini;ini;- wires ami seiidini;- and re ^'l""'''' niih-, ini-ludinic in it from ")(! to 100 eitics 
 
 (•eiviiii;' radi 'ssayes, came on the afternoon of '""' '"^^''i^- '•''"' Marliaclie sector was an active 
 
 Soptendier l'7, when a ]>arty of liaison men, in- ''i"<"it. and time and tiini' ai.'-ain ilid the~e hoys ,iro 
 cludini;- the colonel and laent. Ilei-hert, latter nhead I'eiiairin-' lines, estahlishin:^- new cominiini- 
 liein.ii- colored, advanced heyoml the i'.attalion P. cations nndci- sliell lire, with no tlioii.i,dit of per 
 ('. and at tlie sn,i;-,i;-estion of a l-'rench soldier, -^'"liil 'lan-er iiispiriMl inily with that ideal of 
 tni-m'd to the left. Tliey soon found tiiemselves tlie Sii^iial Corps man :( iet communication tliron.i;-h 
 beyond their lines ami directly in IVont of a (icr- nt an_\- co>t. Init ,uel it tlii'(Mi,<rh. 
 
 man machine i;un nest. The colonel divided his < 'n tlie niorninii- of Xovemher in. when the 
 
 iiUMi into small .i;-rouiis and aiivanced on the Second .\rm\ lauiiclied its attack on the famous, 
 enemy's iiositi(Ui. Tliis sortie resulte<i in the sii;- ilindenhuri;' line i)efoi-( Metz. the Ullnd Division, 
 
 nal hoys ca|)turin,i;- eluht (iennan i)risoners and wiiicli 1 wa- with dnrinu' this attack, was holdiii.tr 
 
 two machine .iJ^uns, hut the attack caused the loss the line of \'andiei-es-St. Mihiel-Xon-Norry. Dur- 
 
 of Coriioral ("hai-les K. i'.oykin. who did not return. in,i; the entire enirancineiit. which lastc(i from 7 
 
 Two days lat<-r, durin.ir .i,^eneral advance. Ser,i;-t. o'clock in the niiu-nim^- of the 10th to 11 a. m. of 
 
 Henry K. Moody of the liattalion wa^ mortally tlie 1 1 tli, tin- entire Signal Corps functioned spleii- 
 
 wounded while at his ]iost. I'.oykin was killed <ii<il.v. and. as one man. keepim,- up communica 
 
 ontri-ht. while Ser-t. .Moody .lied in the hosi)ital <i""^- in>tallin,<r new line-, repairin.ir lhos<- sliellod 
 
 from wounds received- these heim;- the lirst tw() "!•'■ 
 
 of the Si-nal Pattalion to make the supreme German Shell Exploded in Dugout. 
 
 ^..,...j jji.(, In writini;' the "linis" to this hrief mention <if 
 
 On the 10th of Octoher the ifJn.l Division took this inip.n-tant army unit made up of youn.ii- 
 
 over the Marhache sector, relievin- th.' Kuth c,,l,:red men, it i.< littin-tlial i tell of the partic- 
 
 French Divi.-i.ui, and here also the .-.l^otli Field "I--"- ^vork .lone l.v th.^ h..y> of th." 1st I'lat 
 
 Si--nal l^attali.vn t.x.k ..v.'r all .•xistin- lin.'. ..f onth..|ir>t .lay ..f th.' Mi'tz halt!.'. Shoi't ly aft.u- 
 
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 TEE NEGRO PICTORIAL REVIEW 
 
 the barrage was lifted, the big k^uis of the enemy 
 ])egan shelling Pnnt-a-Monsson. Tlie first shells, 
 as I vividly redall, hit on the edge of the city, 
 and then gradnally they be.i^an ]iepi)ering the Sig- 
 nal Battalion's station. Sergt. Rufns B. Atwood 
 of tile 1st Platoon was seated in the cellar n'^ar 
 the switchboard; Private Ergar White was opera- 
 i'uiii the switchlioard, and Private Clark the bnz- 
 zeri>hone. Several otTicers and men were standing 
 in the "dngont" cellar. Snddenly ,a Genn;.n 
 sliell struck the top, passed tlirongh the ceilinn' 
 and wall, and exploded, making havoc of the cellar. 
 Lient. AValker, colore<l, who arrived jnst at tliLs 
 time, displayed admirable conrage. He took im- 
 mediate charge and directed things. Sergt. At- 
 wood tried ,ont the switchboard and found all 
 lines ))roken. He found, on tr>dng it, the buzzer- 
 
 phone ont. Private AVhite then received orders to 
 stay on the switchboard, and Corporal Adolphus 
 Jolmson on the buzzerphone. The 12 drop mono- 
 cord board was nailed up by "White, and then be- 
 gan the connecting u]t of the lines from the out- 
 side to the monocord board. All this time the 
 shelling around this ])oint by the (Jermans was 
 lierce and deadly, shells hitting all around the 
 boys, struck a nearby ammunition dump causing 
 the explosion of thousands of rounds of ammuni- 
 tion, which caused a terrific shock and all lights 
 to lie extinguished. But still these men worked 
 on, and would not leave this dangerous post, a 
 veritable target for the enemy's big guns, until the 
 lieutenant of the military police arrived and 
 ordered them out. 
 
 — N. Y. Age, Jan. 25th. 
 
OF THE GREAT WORLD WAR 
 
 59 
 
 General John J Pershing, 
 
 (JommaucU'r-iii-«-liiel of Aiiu'ricau Exi)L'ditionai-y Forces 
 
 African Troops Being Inspected 
 
(10 
 
 THE NEGRO PICTORIAL REVIEW 
 
 The Looking Glass. 
 
 THE NEGRO SOLDIER MORALLY AND 
 PHYSICALLY UP TO STANDARD. 
 
 One of the surprises of tlic war was the liiirli 
 moral and jilivsical record of Neii'ro <lrat'tccs and 
 soIdliTs. 
 
 Dr. R. R. Morton visited Franoo at the .special 
 invitation of President Wilson, and while tlu-re 
 lie visited many places made innnortal l)y tlie 
 bravery of Negwes in tlie United States uniform. 
 
 In a special report Dr. Morton states that (Jen- 
 cral F"cli said that there were no liraver men in 
 the entire allied forces than the American Negro, 
 lie stall's in his report that an old French lady 
 shook hands with him and exclaimed that she de- 
 sired to thank him and the American colored sol- 
 diers for SAVlNd FRANCE. 
 
 lie said the French impression of the Negro's 
 nioial status was most flattering, and that (ieneral 
 I'ersliing >poke in the highest praise of the con- 
 dnct of the American Negro soldiers. A French 
 ..ffieer I,, Id him that (i.dOO white soldiers were 
 sent hack ill one consignment from the fi'ont lor 
 (Icficieiicx and that there was hut one I'ompany 
 ill 111., entire Hl'nd dixision of colored men which 
 showed deficienc\. and that investigation liad 
 shown that that company had heeii "thrown in" 
 Ik fore it was properly ti'ained. 
 
 THE 369th INFANTRY. 
 
 This regiment was formerly the loth New York 
 National (iuard. ^ 
 
 o 
 
 The l'hiladeli)hia, Pa., P]vening Bulletin com- 
 ments on French fairness in citations for bravery^ 
 as follows: 
 
 "Among the honors which France has bestowed 
 upon American soldiers none is more interesting 
 than the "citation" by which the entire 36ytk 
 Regiment is given the coveted Croix de Guerre or 
 war cross. This re,2|«ient was composed wholly 
 of colored troo])s, altlningh the higher officers 
 were white men of Ibng military experience. Orig- 
 inally a New York ™it, its recruits came from 
 many .states. 
 
 The citation is for gallantry in tln' Sejitemher 
 and October offensive in the Champagne sector, 
 and while it deals in considerable detail with the 
 valoi' of particnlar officers, it ]iraises the courage 
 and tenacity of tiie whole regiment, which suf- 
 fer( d hea\'y losses. ( )nly a few regiments have re- 
 ceived snch distinction, for the French are chary 
 ahont distributing honors, lest they liecome ehea)). 
 
 The incident illustrates the lack of racial preju- 
 dice in tile French. It has been said that in the 
 fii'st \'ear of the war l'"'rance would ha\'e been de- 
 feated had it not been for the services — largely 
 voluntary — of African troops, who rushed to her 
 
OF TIIK GREAT WolUJ) \V.\!l 
 
 (11 
 
 ;ii(l ;ui<l ili>jil;i\ I'll | iriHiii;-ics nl' xalor. 'I'licy hidl;'' iTniis, -^(ildicrs nl' pKivcii viilnr. the Irjiil was ns- 
 
 tlif (iri-iii;iii liiH' jiiid iv.-u-hril 1lii' (ipcii. liiit. lark- .io|,,.(l 1,1 the M ( ,i-(i.-ca II ^ and IIh' l-'oivimi Li-'ion, 
 
 '"- >'M'I""1. li.-i'l I" icliiv. >i,ii:l,Ml .Hit !V,„n a iM.fIs (.f lr.„,|,s. 
 
 AnKTicaii cidnriMl tnioiis lia\i' done llicir wIkiIi' i>,,( ,. , n, , f i i- ■ i .• i 
 
 ' l>llt cXCll till.' s icrlarulai l'(iliMi;ll I,ii»-|()m iialcs 
 
 (Iii1\ ill tlii- war. 'Phis couiitryv >li(iiild imt he less 
 vrilliiii:- than Kraiicc \o i;-i\c full aid<ii()\vhal,i;i iiiciit 
 ui' their si'i'X'iccs." 
 
 The I'itat ii)ii irad>: 
 
 '■< 'itat inn I'm- ('ini\ dc (iucnv. awai'drd .'Iti'.Mli 
 Rc^iincnl d "liilantiTic, 1'. S. (IdrniiTU the l''il'- 
 
 lii'^iih' 1 lie Mnidccan I )i\'isioii: 
 
 Till' l-'iiMich tiddps whii-h hist ^lay liarred \'i)ii 
 Aniiin. the (leiinan L;cneial, I'miii di'hdiieiiiiii;- 
 I'lnin Miiniil Keiiiini'l ai;aiii>l .Mount ('at/, iii- 
 
 eludeil tile l'ailliill> .\l c i li )ei'a 11 |)i\i-iiill, wilieil 
 
 tiM'iith Xi w \ iiik Inl'anliy). I'nr its operat iiiii> a 
 
 I'ornied a |iart nt' the wdiideii'ul lidii ('nrps \vhi<di 
 
 a euinhat unit nf a I'lvneji division in 111,, -ivat ol^ ^^''^ In-oiiulit up fioni fli. Xaiiry iv-ioii. k'oivi-u 
 
 |eii>ive ill ChainiiauiM'. Sept^MiiL.T and (h-toher, -i'hrnT> and .M-oiian •|'iraillriir^ are Ini-adecl in 
 
 I'.ns. l,y 111,, l.'ivncli ('oiinnaiHlini;- (ieiii'i-ah In- t li,. M,)r,>e,-aii I )i\i~ion. makin-' it on,, of th,. idioie- 
 
 der (.oiniiianil of ('ohm,.! liaxwani, who, Ihoiu^h -I an, I haul, '-I liulitin- units of tii,. alii,., I arms. 
 
 injiDi'il, iii.-istt,| on l,.a,rniL;' iii> r. Ljinieiil in llie 'I"!;,. >j,ii or,.aii |)i\isiin lia> <i'r\\ nior,. fi^iit iiii;' 
 
 hatll,.; of i,i<.ul,.nan1 ('ohm,. I 1 'irk,.rinu. a,imira- ihan aii>' ,i1ii,.r k'n n,-li unit ,linini;' lli,. \var.*],ar- 
 
 lil\ eiiol ami lua\-,.: of Major ( 'oho. kill,.,!: of Ma- ii,-ulai l\ in .h.lTivV ( 'haiiipayn,. ,iiT,.n>i\,. in I'.Ho, 
 
 jor Sp,.m-er, ,mi,.v,uisly \vouml,.,l ; ,.1' .Ma,j,ir l.itil,.. .^^^^^ ,|, \-, ,,,],,,,_ -.vh,.!,. it to,,k pait in tli,. ,|,>p,.r- 
 
 a triif. h'ail,.)' of ni,.|i; tli,. .■IClitli It. 1.. l'. S., ..n^ai;- 
 iim' in an olTMisi\-,. for lli,. I'ir>l tim,. in tli,' ,lri\'e 
 ,)!' Si.pl,.nilH'r. llt!"^. stoiiii,,! pow,.irul en,.iM\ pi> 
 sitions ,.n(.| ui't ii-ally ,l,.r,'ii,le,l, took, alt,.!' Iii.a\\ 
 
 riiilitiiiL;'. ill,, town of S , ,-apliir,.,l pii.-,ui,.r> 
 
 ami lir,iiiL;hl haek >i\ ,.aiimui> ami a .Ljreal niiiii 
 li,.]- ,il' nia,'iiin,. mm-. "' 
 
 BLACK FRENCH TROOPS 
 
 li', i;ai ilinu' th,. lihu'k troop- wlm fought iiml,.r 
 l'i,i.,h cohii-. til,' .Milwauk,,.. Wi-.. l-'r,,. l'r,.-> 
 sa\ -: 
 
 .\ pi,.t iir,.-ipi,. r,.;it ur,. hi lli,. alii,',! iiiar,.|i of \'i,' 
 l,ir\ was th. |ila,'i. ol' h,iiior l;i\',.|i h\ l.'ram',. I,i 
 tw,i r,'i;iiii,'nt,-. (lilt ,>! an aiin\ of ,-i.a-oni.d \i.t 
 
 at,. l''l,'Ur\ aii,l 'rhiaunioul attai-k> wlii,di ranvil 
 
 I'm.- w,',.k> lii,'i.--anl ly. 
 
 It |.\i ,-iiti ,| a ma III mot I iai,l at I'Tii ,.y. noil h ol' 
 I', III!. ,pi-t !i for,. Aim.riian- lool< o\-,.r tliat see- 
 oi. ami ari,.rwaiils siipi>ort,.il lli,' .\iii,.rii-aiis sta- 
 iimi ,l in th,.ir r,.ar. .\t tin. Ii,.uinniim- of llimli.n- 
 miii's oir,.nsi\,. Ia>t Ma\ th,. .M,lrl>,•eall^ w,.re 
 
 .|iilti,l iiorl liw ,.-t. M.,-oiiilin^ ('liasM.ur- ami .\l- 
 liii,. troop-, ami lal,.r w r,. rir-li,.i| to th,. muth 
 o laki. part in tli,' -truL;^],. for po-,-,.-si,iii of the 
 
 iiili;,.s una riling' '^'pr,..- ami th,. I'liann,.! p'lrts. 
 
 |)iiriiii; thi- alta^'k (i,.m.ial .Maimin r,.poii,.,l lliat 
 
 hi- lila,.k lro,ip- \v,.ri- fiyhtiim lil^,- ,l,.m,m-. 
 
ii' THE NEGRO PICTORIAL REVIEW 
 
 Tile Mi)r()cc;iii>, like all h'rfiicli i-ninrcd troops, .\ laliaiiia and the Caroliiias, nuiiilicrin;;' more tliaii 
 
 vcar >clh,\v khaki instead of tiic usual horizon- th.. cntiiv Kiind Division. i)ack(Ml and unpacked 
 
 line nniroi-ni. McmlxTs of the l<\ir(Mo-ii l.ci^iou the Anici-ican K\pc(Iitionar> l''orcc with a rapid- 
 
 vcar the lihiod-rrd shouhlci- braid of tin. i.coi,,n i|y tliat stai'tlod the woi'ld. Rear Admiral and 
 
 >v lloimr. Till ir division has l)cen four tinieri ( icnei'al McChnv citcil scvei-al n.-inu^uts foi- \v<.rk 
 
 •ited as a unit for Inaxny in the field. showiui;- unusual efficiency. 'I^he ••Leviathan," 
 
 The Sninalis an<l South African Xe,i;-roes have f(irni(i-|>- the (iernuui steamship •• \'a1erlaml," 
 
 •i)\-ei-ed themseU'es With ,i;lory: \v;,^ unloaded and coaled, in competition witli 
 
 The Somali i'.atlaiicui, ivcruited in Somaliland, ,,tlier white and hiack stevedores, l)y Company A, 
 
 lie strict .Mohammedans, iie\-er loiK^liini;- wiih' or ;i(Hst Ste\-edore Heoinient. in ofi hoiii's. 'I'liis set 
 
 ilcoli,)!. Th; Somalis aiv very independent in ii,,. ^viuid recor<1. Surelx, .\merica should he 
 
 •haractei and hard to deal with, 1ml their f'lcn.-h |,|.,,|,d ni' her Mack lahorcrs, as well as her !)lack 
 
 iiricer> ale accu>lonied to these fr loni-lo\iii!4' tT'liters 
 
 rilM^smeii. and l>y appcalin- to theii' pride of race There were jilaces where the FriMieli said it 
 
 tiid their self-respect, ohiaiii 1h. ir dex'oled ol)edi- ^vould take one year to run the Huns ciuniiletely 
 
 ■nee. 'I'hex leaiii to handle modern inraiili\ wea- ,mt_ that the Dl'ud Dix'ision cleaned uj) in seventy 
 
 ions ipiicklx, and < xcel \u -renade-t hrowin.i;' and houi's. If they took a yard of l^i-ouiuI they held it 
 
 11 lifh^ and niacliine-Knn practice, lor these are ^nd knew no retreat, they refused to he taken as 
 
 r.cn of int; lliuciice and lull of initiative. prisoners, it was win or <lie. 
 
 Two hundred and sixly-foiir pergonal citations When the .".liotli and .'KiTtli •'went over" Sun- 
 
 for lii-aver\ wm-e wmi li\ the Xe-ro soldiers of a day. Xoxemlier Id. they told all that "we are 
 
 siimle Somali liatlaliiiii since it was landed in ^diu'c out to win, no coniniands n'o and don't send 
 
 Fiance, .luiie, lUKi. ( tf ;lie>e I'.Ml weiv uaiiied ill ns any food, dust let the :n7tli ammunition trail 
 
 tile fieic hatlh- aloiiy' I he .Mmic and the remain- thrnu-h and when we -et in Metz we will then call 
 
 iler in llie \ iciiiit\- of \'eiduii. for fodil." The armistice rohlied them of their 
 
 III S.mih Africa 411.(111(1 Xeuroes were ser\iim- vict(U'y as they wei'c called hack when they lacked 
 
 in l'> itlia's i-oiiiinand. while in the wiiiler of 1I»1(1- alioul one hour of helm;' in Met/. 
 
 17 IheM' were helweeii (i.Cdd and 7,(HI() Kali r-/u i lis 
 
 and r>a>u1o^ lahorin- in l-"ranci.. — Tin I'risis. The .'KiStli went into the Ar,i;-onne Foi-est and 
 
 NINETY-SECOND DIVISION ^^''■''''"' "''' '*'•''' '''''I'-'^t artillery protection and 
 
 i'lack >1e\edon s from .Mississippi, N'iruinia, had no other weapons hut the infield riHe and ma- 
 
OF TIJK GREAT WORLD WAR G:5 
 
 cliinc ,s;-nii, and when a certain unit relieved (liem, nnitsoftlie Dixie i)i\-isi(in. nmv statinni'd at Camp 
 
 with their n\ni artilh-ry, it only lasted one-lialf (inrdon, received 1 lielr linishini;- tnuclu's, there was 
 
 (hi>'. Tile iiliSth went oxer the top A\ithont a bar- a lar-e niinilier of (ierniaii and Anstrian prisoiiei's 
 
 ras'e and lost a munher of hoys, 'i'he casnalties at work or in -stockades. The soiitheiai men were 
 
 were not the fault of the hattalion. lint hecanse the pi'oml of liie manner in which Xei^ro soldiers of 
 
 artillery was not hackini;' them up, ye(, when helji 'lie Sonlii i;-nariled the linn prisoners, 
 
 cami', they were H,i;htin,i;' to the last. ■"Tiie wasn't a sinule chance in the woi'ld foi' a 
 
 The i^tl-'nd Division planted the three American prisoner to i^ct away as joni;- as a (ieoi'uia Xeirro, 
 
 Hag's in Motz. The .'Kirith took Hill 4(1.". at I'oint e(|nipped with a liayonet. was on the joh.'" said one 
 
 nionseoii I'\int withont a hari-age. of tiie Saxannah mini in the llTtli. "'I'lie Xei^ro 
 
 L:iiards made no hones alioiit their desire to he 
 
 IM.VA'.S' KXTKIl FOUhJCX SCllOOf.S. -ixen the opportmiity of seeiii;;- what 'slio miff 
 
 "St. I.ouis, Mo., Xo\-. "J!!.— American soldiei-s in hayoiiet (iulitini;' felt lilce. and the (iermaii prison- 
 
 I'hiropc can ha\'e tln^ option of ret nrnim;- to this crs feared them worse than they did aiix'tliim^' on 
 
 conntry when dcmoliiii/.ed or of mat riciilat inu at earth. When a (leori;ia Xegro uMiard ordered 
 
 nnixcrsities in l-hi-land and i'haiici' at the e\- b'ritzie, at tlic point of a liayonet, to ' iif dat u'ar- 
 
 peiise of the ^o\-eriiment . .\lready .".."id, (Hill ha\e li;ii;e can to d;it w;ii:on ;in' show some ■peel,' 
 
 made application to cuter forci;:ii iinixersit ies. i'"rit/, i;a\e an cxhiliition of perfect oliedieiice 
 
 Sever.-il soldiers who were lllnsic^■lns, luit ser\im:' never witncs-ed hy officers of the kaiser. 
 
 in the rank<. will take aihanlaue of the musical •'Thr r four hundred linn prisoners wei'e 
 
 courses at i'aris, it is cl.aiiinMl, Xniiilicrin-' ;imiinL;- often as^iL;lled to a siiii;le i;nard and iiexci- one 
 
 the ^■allks who desired to take courses offered .•itlempcd to -et .away. 1 n the first pkace they wei'e 
 
 were fill iiier students of k'i^k. Howard. T.-iiedcua well \'ri\ ;iud housed and were much lietter off 
 
 and Ali;int;i nni\ersitic.->. '"- » 'iiica-o Defender. lli.aii they were in the (Icrm.an ;irniy, ;iiid in the 
 
 second place they Iniil ;i mml.al dread of cold sice] 
 
 , ,.,. , ,. ,,., and ;i trcniciidoiis ropect for the Xeuro sohhi'r's 
 
 /•/•;. I /,' .\ i:(:i:n t.i Aims ' 
 
 , ,. , , ;iliilit\- to use it. 
 11 in/ /'/",,M'//cy > 111 (II Ciilniiil Snlilins Oiilris 
 
 Ailniinihht. ••W'iiile fearini;- the .\meric;iii Xe-ro Mililier> 
 
 k'lV iiitein.atioii.il Xew> Ser\ice. wiirse than they did the k.aiser. the k'ritzie-; were 
 
 ATi,.VXT.\, <ia.. .l.-iii. 111. In the lield artillcr>- deeply inleie-ted ill the sin-in:^- ol' the colored 
 
 trainin- c;inip ;it ( 'iiiM|nid;iii. I'h'.ancc. where the trooi,-. Wlirii a lile of sin^iiiL;- colored soldiers 
 
(54 THE XEaiW nCTORIAL REVIEW 
 
 iiKirclicd ])v where the TTuii prisdiiers were work- .Tames I*. McKiiiiiey of (ireeiiville, S. C, attached 
 
 iiii;- iiulustrv was siispeiKhMl whih' the pr'isoiiei-s lothe I leaihiuarters Coiiipaiiy of the .'JSI st liil'ail- 
 
 listeiied in aina/eiiieiit. try, was WdUiided in the rii;ht ai'iii hy shrapnel 
 
 "One of them expi'essed to me his intense ■.■ur- in the "Bii;- Stunt." (ias iid'ectioti set in and he 
 
 prise that >uch tiii'hters t'ouhl sin-- so heautifnlly." was invalided out of service. 
 
 . " If there is anvthiut;- in this war tliat the Xegro 
 
 — Lonnuereial Appeal. " ' ' : 
 
 troops missed," said MeKinney, tellini;- of his 
 
 , . , . , e\])erien('es, 'I eertainh' ne\'er heard of it. K\- 
 
 A repoi't IS current that alter a drive on ihi' 
 
 ,,,,,,. plosive hullets, liiiuid tire, liiiili explosives, u'as and 
 Westei'n huropean Iroiit. and the "lihick Ameri- 
 
 . , , • 'ill tl"' h(U-rors of war were cvi-faiidv turned loose 
 
 t'ans had liioriously hannnered their wa>' through 
 
 ,, ,. , , , • , , '"1 i!'"^- '>i't just tile same, the Xei>-ro troops went 
 
 tile linn lines, that the hrii;ad:' commander sum- 
 
 . . , . , . throuiih it. and when it came to the iinal test we 
 
 moned the colonel ol a Aeuro I'euiment hetoi-e liiiii 
 
 . pr()\'ed oiii-:-elves lietter m:'!! than the (Jermans. 
 
 and demanded to know in tersi' mihtary lasliion 
 
 . . This w;:s especiallv true when it came to li,i>'htin,i;' 
 
 why that colojiel had not maintained l)ett;'r 'oii- 
 
 at close (|uarters. Jeia'v would not tii'-htywith the 
 trol o\'er his troops, and why. al)o\-e e\-erytl'.in'4' m ' M- 
 
 Iiayoiict a,L;-aiiist the Xeiiro troops, an^l that was 
 else, he had Hot 'stopped" his men ;:nd kept tliem 
 
 all there was to it^ 
 iVnm p.issim;' lieyond their ajipointed oliJe;-ti\-/s. 
 
 auih in fact, hackinu' their way throu.u'ii ahead of 
 
 tin'ir owh prot;-ctive harra-e. >.'j^l„. |i^,„ ^^,„„],| ^|.„,j „„^ ,1,^.,,,, .,j^,^ ^^^^,^^^^ 
 
 ••Stop them."- (|ueried the cnhmel. "Stop ;, machine -nn at us— Tod shots to the minute, 
 
 ihem.' liell, man, h. w could you expect m<" to Hop i„;| ^vhen we came uji close to him he would yell 
 
 them, when the whole (lerman army couldn't do • ix;;nierad !' antl hold up his hands." 
 
 it."- -KniKhts of Columbus War Xews Service. _X,,,v y,,,.], Evenin- Sun. 
 
OF TEE GREAT WORLD WAR 
 
 65 
 
 Conclusion. 
 
 ,. , . Whilf lo the Wdiid the lettered stone sliall U'U 
 
 liist(>r\' aiKHiiids in stnkiii.n' narratu'es nt cliu- 
 
 Wliere Caldwell, Altueks. (ifay and Mav»'rick 
 airy and liei'oisni; of jji-ot'onnd statesmansliip, ami ^^^.\\ •• 
 
 hitti r natidiial stniii'i^les; hut its most lirilliantly 
 
 illiiniiiied |ia,i;es are those that i-eeord the |iroiid 
 
 aeliieNcnielits of ^oldie^s in tlleil' elTorts for the 
 
 siipreniae.W 
 
 S|)ai1a had her ^riiei-mopylae; Haiti Iht L' 
 Ouvertui'e and Dessalines; Scot land liad liei- P>an- 
 noekburn ami innnortal I>nice. The Xei;ro sol- 
 dici's who shattered \'(>ii J iindenhui'.i^'s line de- 
 serve a ])la('e on a pedestal aniony the hin'liest. If 
 not, why not ? 
 
 I llope liy this time tile reader has seen ellolI,i;li 
 of the Negro soldiei- to ai)preeiate his sterlin.i;- 
 worth. For the \'ery l'oun<lation of the Kepiililie, 
 from tile lievolnlion to Met/., '/wf e\ideiiee of liis 
 nneipialeil snpjiort. it is iiiim eessarv to state 
 that amony the first l)loo(l slied for .\meriean 
 freedom was tliat of ('rispiis .\ttiieks, a Xeyro. 
 Todax" in Boston tlu-re stands a moimmeiil erected 
 
 to the melllol'V of .Mflleks and his three edliirades 
 
 who, witli him, made tlie supn me sai'i'ifice. 'fli;it 
 nionumeiit hears tiie followiiiL;' iiix-ripl ion, which 
 indicates the liiyli esteem in which the Ma>>achii 
 .s<'lts peo]i|e hold the four maityred heroes: 
 
 Who could .velcct a more pregnant text for a 
 siililinie eulogy :' I listory -ancient, mediaev al and 
 modei'ii- shrink from the monumental task of fiii'- 
 nishing a sii|ierior. When the (hi>s of human dis- 
 interesteiliiess is over; when truth against <-iT()r 
 is grant I'd an audieiici' at t he eternal har of justice, 
 the true historian, dipt)iiig his tpiill into tlie me- 
 teoric flasii of alisolute erudition, will aserrbe tt> 
 the Negro the fir.■^t place as a hra\e, sacrificiug 
 and gallant soldier. 
 
 lie fought to make .\merica fi'ee from the gall- 
 ing \()ke of King (ieorge. lie helped |(. eniplia- 
 
 size the doctrine of the freeihun of the seas in 
 mil'. lie hart d his sahle hreast to make the 
 I nion "one and inseparahle, now and furescr,"" in 
 ISlil -iidt half free and lialf-sla\e. iuil nil free. 
 Me helped to >taiid < 'iilia upon her feet among free 
 iiati(iii>. lie ha,- ■■gone o\er the top' in f'i-,-iiice 
 and ailded hi> mite in an eff(Ut to ■'make the 
 wDild a decent place to live in,"" lliit. reniem- 
 lier, he lo\cs pi'acci lli> cliaracter is e.\i mplified 
 111 the wnr<U of ;i faiiiou- l'"airo|iean staie-man. 
 
 wlio, ill deli\cring an eiilo^\ o\ er tin' sacr'ed hier 
 ■■Long as in freedom "s cause t lu' wise contend. of hi- -oldier friend, sai<l: ■■|le lo\ic| peace — lie 
 
 |)i'ar to \iinr cmuitrx >liall \oiir fame e.xteml; loxcd it so well hi' I'ouglit for it." 
 
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