History of the American Negro in the Great World War | Page 2

Draft in Effect--Features and Results--Bold Reliance on Faith in People--No Color Line Drawn--Distribution of Registrants by States--Negro and White Registrations Compared--Negro Percentages Higher--Claimed Fewer Exemptions--Inductions by States--Better Physically than Whites--Tables, Facts and Figures
Chapter XII.
Negro Slackers and Pacifists Unknown.
Such Words not in his Vocabulary--Desertions Explained--General Crowder Exonerates Negro--No Willful Delinquency--Strenuous Efforts to Meet Regulations--No "Conscientious Objectors"--No Draft Evaders or Resisters--Negro's Devotion Sublime--Justifies His Freedom--Forgets His Sorrows--Rises Above His Wrongs--Testimony of Local Boards--German Propaganda Wasted--A New Americanism
Chapter XIII.
Roster of Negro Officers.
Commissioned at Fort Des Moines--Only Exclusive Negro Training Camp--Mostly from Civilian Life--Names, Rank and Residence
Chapter XIV.
Across Dividing Seas.
Black Thousands Assemble--Soldiers of Liberty--Severing Home Ties--Man's Work Must be Done--First Negroes in France--Meeting with French Colonials--Early History of 15th New York--They Sail Away--Become French Fighting Men--Hold 20 Percent of American Lines--Terror to Germans--Only Barrier Between Boche and Paris--Imperishable Record of New Yorkers--Turning Point of War
Chapter XV.
Over There.
Henry Johnson and Needham Roberts--The Tiger's Cubs--Negro First to Get Palm--Johnson's Graphic Story--Smashes the Germans--Irvin Cobb's Tribute--Christian and Mohammedan Negroes Pals--Valor of 93rd Division--Laughter in Face of Death--Negro and Poilu Happy Together--Butte de Mesnil--Valiant and Humorous Elmer McCowin--Winning War Crosses--Verdict of the French--The Negro's Faith
CHAPTER XVI.
THROUGH HELL AND SUFFERING.
COLORED OFFICERS MAKE GOOD--WONDERFUL RECORD OF THE 8TH ILLINOIS--"BLACK DEVILS" WIN DECORATIONS GALORE--TRIBUTE OF FRENCH COMMANDER--HIS FAREWELL TO PRAIRIE FIGHTERS--THEY FOUGHT AFTER WAR WAS OVER--HARD TO STOP THEM--INDIVIDUAL DEEDS OF HEROISM--THEIR DEAD, THEIR WOUNDED AND SUFFERING--A POEM
CHAPTER XVII.
NARRATIVE OF AN OFFICER.
SPECIAL ARTICLE BY CAPTAIN JOHN H. PATTON, ADJUTANT OF 8TH ILLINOIS--SUMMARIZES OPERATIONS OF THE REGIMENT--FROM FIRST CALL TO MUSTERING OUT--AN EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNT--IN TRAINING CAMPS, AT SEA, IN FRANCE--SERVICE IN ARGONNE FOREST--MANY OTHER ENGAGEMENTS--A THRILLING RECORD--BATTALION OPERATIONS IN DETAIL--SPECIAL MENTION OF COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUALS
CHAPTER XVIII.
BLOOD OF BLACK AND WHITE IN ONE RIVULET.
LINCOLN'S PROPHETIC WORDS--NEGROES ALONGSIDE BEST SOLDIERS IN THE WORLD--HOLD THEIR OWN--THE 372ND REGIMENT--BRIGADED WITH VETERANS OF THE MARNE--FAMOUS "RED HAND" DIVISION--OCCUPY HILL 304 AT VERDUN--NINE DAYS BATTLE IN "BLOODY ARGONNE"--ADMIRATION OF THE FRENCH--CONSPICUOUS COMPONENTS OF 372ND--CHRONOLOGY OF SERVICE
CHAPTER XIX.
COMRADES ON THE MARCH--BROTHERS IN THE SLEEP OF DEATH.
POLICY OF SUBSTITUTING WHITE OFFICERS--INJUSTICE TO CAPABLE NEGROES--DISAPPOINTMENT BUT NO OPEN RESENTMENT--SHOWED THEMSELVES SOLDIERS--INTENSER FIGHTING SPIRIT AROUSED--RACE FORGOTTEN IN PERILS OF WAR--BOTH WHITES AND BLACKS GENEROUS--AFFECTION BETWEEN OFFICERS AND MEN--NEGROES PREFERRED DEATH TO CAPTIVITY--OUTSTANDING HEROES OF 371ST AND 372ND--WINNERS OF CROSSES
CHAPTER XX.
MID SHOT AND SHELL.
IN TRENCH AND VALLEY--THE OPEN PLAIN--ON MOUNTAIN TOP--IN NO MAN'S LAND--TWO CLASSES OF NEGRO SOLDIERS CONSIDERED--TRAINED GUARDSMEN AND SELECTIVES--GALLANT 92ND DIVISION--RACE CAN BE PROUD OF IT--HAD SIX HUNDRED NEGRO OFFICERS--SETS AT REST ALL DOUBTS--OPERATIONS OF THE DIVISION--AT PONT A MOUSSON--GREAT BATTLE OF METZ--SOME REFLECTIONS--CASUALTIES CONSIDERED
CHAPTER XXI.
THE LONG, LONG TRAIL.
OPERATIONS OF 368TH INFANTRY--NEGROES FROM PENNSYLVANIA, MARYLAND AND SOUTH--IN ARGONNE HELL--DEFEAT IRON CROSS VETERANS--VALIANT PERSONAL EXPLOITS--LIEUTENANT ROBERT CAMPBELL--PRIVATE JOHN BAKER--OPERATIONS OF 367TH INFANTRY--"MOSS'S BUFFALOES"--365TH AND 366TH REGIMENTS--THE GREAT DIVIDE--THEIR SOULS ARE MARCHING ON--PRAISED BY PERSHING--SOME CITATIONS
Chapter XXII.
Glory That Wont Come Off.
167th First Negro Artillery Brigade--"Like Veterans" said Pershing--First Artillery to be Motorized--Record by Dates--Selected for Lorraine Campaign--Best Educated Negroes in American Forces--Always Stood by Their Guns--Chaplain's Estimate--Left Splendid Impression--Testimony of French Mayors--Christian Behavior--Soldierly Qualities
Chapter XXIII.
Nor Storied Urn, Nor Mounting Shaft.
Glory not all Spectacular--Brave Forces Behind the Lines--325th Field Signal Battalion--Composed of Young Negroes--See Real Fighting--Suffer Casualties--An Exciting Incident--Colored Signal Battalion a Success--Ralph Tyler's Stories--Burial of Negro Soldier at Sea--More Incidents of Negro Valor--A Word from Charles M. Schwab
Chapter XXIV.
Those Who Never Will Return.
A Study of War--Its Compensations and Benefits--Its Ravages and Debasements--Burdens Fall upon the Weak--Toll of Disease--Negroes Singularly Healthy--Negroes Killed in Battle--Deaths from Wounds and Other Causes--Remarkable Physical Stamina of Race--Housekeeping in Khaki--Healthiest War in History--Increased Regard for Mothers--An Ideal for Child Minds--Morale and Propaganda
Chapter XXV.
Quiet Heroes of the Brawny Arm.
Negro Stevedore, Pioneer and Labor Units--Swung the Axe and Turned the Wheel--They were Indispensable--Everywhere in France--Hewers of Wood, Drawers of Water--Numbers and Designations of Units--Acquired Splendid Reputation--Contests and Awards--Pride in their Service--Measured up to Military Standards--Lester Waltons Appreciation--Ella Wheeler Wilcox's Poetic Tribute
Chapter XXVI.
Unselfish Workers in the Vineyard.
Mitigated the Horrors of War--At the Front, Behind the Lines, at Home--Circle for Negro War Relief--Addressed and Praised by Roosevelt--A Notable Gathering--Colored Y.M.C.A. Work--Unsullied Record of Achievement--How the "Y" Conducted Business--Secretaries all Specialists--Negro Women in "Y" Work--Valor of a Non-combatant
Chapter XXVII.
Negro in Army Personnel.
His Mechanical Ability Required--Skilled at Special Trades--Victory Depends upon Technical Workers--Vast Range of Occupation--Negro Makes Good Showing--Percentages of White and Colored--Figures for General Service
Chapter XXVIII.
The Knockout Blow.
Woodrow Wilson, an Estimate--His Place in History--Last of Great Trio--Washington, Lincoln, Wilson--Upholds Decency, Humanity, Liberty--Recapitulation of Year 1918--Closing Incidents of War
Chapter XXIX.
Homecoming Heroes. New York Greets Her Own--Ecstatic Day for Old 15th--Whites and Blacks do Honors--A Monster Demonstration--Many Dignitaries Review Troops--Parade of Martial Pomp--Cheers, Music, Flowers and Feasting--"Hayward's Scrapping Babies"--Officers Share Glory--Then Came Henry Johnson--Similar Scenes Elsewhere
Chapter XXX.
Reconstruction and the Negro. By Julius Rosenwald, President Sears, Roebuck & Co, and Trustee of Tuskegee Institute--A Plea for Industrial Opportunity for the Negro--Tribute to Negro as Soldier and Civilian--Duty of Whites Pointed Out--Business Leader and Philanthropist Sounds Keynote
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