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BAGDAD--RUSSIA'S WOMEN
SOLDIERS--AMERICA'S CONSCRIPTS 463
CHAPTER XXVIII
AMERICAN FORCES BECOME FACTOR
UNITED STATES SOLDIERS INSPIRED ALLIED
TROOPS--RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT COLLAPSES--ITALIAN
ARMY FAILS--ALLIED WAR COUNCIL FORMED--FOCH
COMMANDS ALLIED ARMIES--PERSHING OFFERS
AMERICAN TROOPS--UNDER FIRE--U-BOAT BASES RAIDED
BY BRITISH 473
CHAPTER XXIX
AMERICANS TURN WAR'S TIDE
BRILLIANT AMERICAN FIGHTING STOPS HUN
ADVANCE--FRENCH AND BRITISH INSPIRED--FAMOUS
MARINES LEAD IN PICTURESQUE ATTACK--HALT GERMANS
AT CHATEAU-THIERRY--USED OPEN STYLE
FIGHTING--THOUSANDS OF GERMANS SLAIN--UNITED
STATES TROOPS IN SIBERIA--NEW CONSCRIPTION BILL
PASSED--ALLIED SUCCESSES ON ALL FRONTS 489

CHAPTER XXX
VICTORY--PEACE
THE GERMAN EMPIRE COLLAPSES--FOCH'S STRATEGY
WINS--AMERICAN INSPIRATION A BIG FACTOR--BULGARIA,
TURKEY AND AUSTRIA QUIT WAR--MONARCHS
FALL--KAISER ABDICATES AND FLEES
GERMANY--ARMISTICE SIGNED--NOVEMBER 11, PEACE 497
THE NEGRO IN THE WORLD WAR 507
[Illustration: WOUNDED AMERICAN SOLDIERS ENTERTAINING
THEMSELVES.
During the period of convalescence the wounded were well cared for.
They earned and deserved the best possible treatment and care.]
[Illustration: FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, CHEERS NEGRO
VETERANS.
The 369th Colored Infantry acclaimed by thousands upon their return
from France. Their record is one of the bravest of any organization in
the war.]
[Illustration: ONE OF THE WOUNDED AND HIS MOTHER.
A member of the famous 369th Colored Infantry, who was wounded in
the fighting, and his proud mother. He sacrificed a leg for the cause of
righteousness and World Peace.]
[Illustration: CHEERFULLY DOING THE WORK REQUIRED.
Transporting tan bark, to be used in connection with tanning leather.
No slackers. The colored women did willingly and efficiently their part
in helping win the war.]
[Illustration: NEGRO SOLDIERS LOOKING FOR THE ENEMY.

Negro troops from many parts of the world were engaged in the war. It
has been estimated that as many as 700,000 Negro soldiers were in the
French Army alone.]
[Illustration: ENTERTAINING CONVALESCENT AMERICAN
SOLDIERS AT AUTHEIL.
Negro musicians were in great demand in France. This picture shows
Lieut. Europe's noted colored band.]
[Illustration: THE BAND IN La BOURBOULE, FRANCE.
The arrival of the colored musicians created great excitement. This
band heralded the coming of soldiers to rest up.]
[Illustration: A SNIPER AT WORK.
This papier-maché camouflage, made to imitate a dead horse, furnished
good protection for the sharpshooter.]
[Illustration: SENEGALIANS ON THE SOMME FRONT.]
[Illustration: FRENCH ZOUAVES TAKEN PRISONERS BY
GERMANS.
They were formerly artists in a Paris cafe-concert.]
[Illustration: WOUNDED COLORED SOLDIERS ON THE
MACEDONIAN FRONT.
They were with the ambulance X.A., and the major surgeon is
distributing cigarettes.]
[Illustration: Private Henry Johnson
Private Needham Roberts
Of the New York National Guards (now the 369th) who have been
decorated by the French for routing 24 Germans and preventing the

carrying out of a well-developed plan to assail one of the most
important points of resistance on the American front. They have been
awarded the War Cross by the French.]
[Illustration: COLORED SOLDIERS BUILDING ROADS "OVER
THERE."]
[Illustration: COLORED SOLDIERS IN THE TRENCHES "OVER
THERE."
(Note the tin hats.)]
[Illustration: HOTEL BOOKER T. WASHINGTON "OVER THERE."
The Negro Soldiers are surely fighting for Democracy. It is coming to
them by leaps and bounds.]
[Illustration: COLORED SOLDIERS LEAVING AN AMERICAN
PORT FOR "OVER THERE."
(See them dancing on the right.)]
The Late Major Walker, of the First Colored Battalion, District of
Columbia National Guard
[Illustration:
The late Major James E. Walker was born in Virginia, September 7,
1874. He was educated in the public schools of Washington, D.C., and
was graduated from the M. Street High School in 1893, and the Miner
Normal School in 1894. For twenty-four years he was in the public
school service, and since 1899 was supervising principal. In 1896 he
was made Lieutenant in the First Separate Battalion of the National
Guard of the District of Columbia. In 1909 he was made Captain and in
1912, through competitive examination, was commissioned Major. His
command was called out to guard the White House, and while on this
duty Major Walker's health became impaired. He was sent to the U.S.
Hospital at Fort Bayard, New Mexico, for treatment, where he died

April 4, 1918.]
[Illustration: THE FIGHTING U.S.A. MARINE BRIGADE IN
BELLEAU WOOD.
Here the Germans were not only stopped in their march toward Paris,
but "knocked out." The furious and fast fighting of the Marines proved
their superiority. The Hun was badly beaten. The soldier applying the
bayonet is an American Negro.]
[Illustration: AFRICAN TROOPS IN FRANCE. THEY FOUGHT
FOR THE ALLIES.
A war dance, relieving the monotony and for the benefit of British and
French troops. These colored soldiers gave a good account of
themselves.]
[Illustration: KAMERAD! KAMERAD!
Three colored Canadians imitating the Germans, whom they captured
in this dugout near the Canal du Nord, as they put up their hands and
shouted "Kamerad"!]
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTORY.
CIVILIZATION AT ISSUE--THE GERMAN
EMPIRE--CHARACTER OF WILLIAM II--THE GREAT
CONSPIRACY--THE WAR BY YEARS--UNITED STATES IN THE
WAR--TWO HUNDRED FIFTY MILES OF BATTLE--THE
DOWNFALL OF TURKEY--THE DEMOCRATIC CLOSE OF THE
WAR.
The World War,