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,,,IH 1 H W\'~ \ I' 1 H < 1 T T 1 Ineaas c . less." We wa you can now < you think of tl Everythir less of profit fc j Ali Read} ||< | $16.50 Cloa I! i BL I . oocr nri 8? ?pou.w BniiMc . $50.00 . $45.00 u ^ , [ $37.50 H (THE NEGRO SOLDIER cap moi Harvey's Weekly. 1 Everje plai proposed to Congt e6? 0TS J'S as the basis for a system of univer- was sal militarj training contains the dra War Department's estimate that approximately 690,000 "boys will bejcon available for instruction annually. j con At least 10 per cent of this number j0^ are negroes. So far as we have been|^e informed, the advisability of training ;ser the negroes as combat troops has not As h<?en Questioned at the War Depart- ine? ment or at the Capitol. Secretary en? Baker has said nothing on the subject. Nor have General March and Clc' his advisers at the War Department.1 Consideration of the legislation is tra proceeding upon tte* assumption that on reason exists for differenti- kei ating between the races. wei the Much has been said and much has ^ been written in praise of the exploits 4-vasv/w.c i** Vourt. Ui VU1 iicgiv; w iu x luiivvi iit??o- anC paper and magazine writer has found in "Young Black Joe" a ready ve-, hide for exploitation. Race propa-j ? gandists (with a purpose) featured j ^ him. Estimable ladies and gentlemen reg imbued with a praiseworthy desire to min^-iize racial antipathies have'reg found in his patriotism the base for many heroic stories. j . ^ i We wish these reports and stories flai were accurate. We wish there were can no compelling reason for revealing ord the truth. But there is. Distasteful as ty-s the ask may be, it is essential that ule. the facts be presented. Legislation con hased upon the hypocritical unwill- the: ingness of assessing; the true value of the the negro as a fighting man, must in- not evitably lead to waste of great sums ^ of govermmsnt money in training der: men whose record proves them in-;Whi \ BHWMHI?M sit Sa BEFORI )f all departrr nt to start the ;ome into this sto le good old buyir ig in our Ladies I >r our new Sprint r-to-Wear tc CLOAKS. ks, reduced to ks, reduced to ks, reduced to ks, reduced to ks, reduced to ks, reduced to ks, reduced to ks, reduced to ks, reduced to ks, reduced to aks, reduced to . SERGI Dresses, Reduced to Dresses, Reduced to Dresses, Reduced to Suits, Reduced to No goods < . M. AT able of meeting the demands ol groi iern warfare. rest .'he Ninety-second division was gro anized in November, 1917, and atel s composed of the best negroes inef fted. It was the only negro di- for on sent to France. Originally all cisi< ipany officers were negroes. The it i: imanding officer and the field ten< icers were regulars, assigned to T divisioin because they had seen ed i rice with regular negro regiments. | " the training proceeded, the batt ;ro officers in the artillery and son, fineer regiments were relieved by .offi it" officers, because of ineffi- cepl ?-y- a d rhe average period allotted for cer ining white troops in France wa: erci ? wolrc TVio Minofv.sprnnd was and >t in the training area seven the sks. On August 20 or thereabout, 1 division minus its artillery, was Firs lered to a quiet sector in the Vo> , where it remained one month, the 1 then moved on to the Argonne tim< part of the great ,ntration the paratory to the last ma. ">r action ?Ci? the war. bat! iVith the exception of the 368th at iment, which was ordered to the ?^' nt line, the division was held in a- ( erve with the First corps. The *t i stn was assignea to me xlurry- "*w hth French corps, and directly evei iked the Seventy-seventh Ameri- ^an division. When the advance was ty * ered, the French and the Seven- ^voc seventh moved forward on sched- va^u , The 368th broke. The French ar^V5 unandcr and the commander of ^hc ir forces were being attacked m ?aH flanks because the negroes did ^?'^( go forward. not 'he negroes refused to obey or- ran* s, but in several instances the ^or te field officers forced small i 1 A . . , icrific l STARTIN< \ rvnf r? K ^ t ICilld UCIVC UCC1 w year with but littl re and buy goods u lg days befom'flie \ ^.eady-to^^SH Dep r goods are already i Go at Pra( $ 8.53. $20.76 $19.77 $18.28 23.16 34.81 $37.38 $43.97 $49.79 $58.04 $65.45 , SILK, TRICOTINE AN1 $19.71 $27.72 $25.21 $20.48 ;harged or sent out on < ?ERSOr DRY GOODS S jps of them to go forward. As a battalion lit of this' action, thirty-one ne- "The c company officers were immedi- soldiers n y removed for cowardice and was awfu] ficiency. Five of them were tried had these cowardice, and, while the de- one thouf :>n of the court is not available, any idea 5 understood that they were sen- had absol :ed to be shot. They wer< he regimental commander report- trenches, is follows: praying. in general the Second and Third an(* saw { ;alions disintegrated without rea- every one , and failed to go forward. The dition has cers (negroes) and men, with ex- deSree bji tions, as noted, fled to the rear in,0?cers-" isorganized mass. No negro offi- The cc or non-commissioned officer ex-1 brigade m sed any command at the time,| "I Save could not be distinguished from cers and i enlisted men. was in m( 'he commanding officer of the pointed." it battalion reported: i Followii I have worked night and day to s^on wa very best of my ability since the Argonne i 2 I took over the battalion on sector on 29th of July, and I have con- mained ur ntiously tried to make a real si?ncd. :alion. I am utterly discouraged! This, th the results. Not a single negro ncor0 ccr has shown any desire to get.'s ^ mo lose quarters with the Germans, history of s my sincere opinion that only;'he wari 1 _p if. hpbinfi ? vnacxo in uuiimiaiiu OI i"" " i-y platoon can any sort of an or- the cenS01' izalion bo made, am! T am nnunl- help make 3f the opinion that the colored system of >ps will never be of any fighting when Scc le. I should dread to have to the lai'ffe jnce under really heavy fire with state comr expectation of having a colored was a C1 alion even under white officers, 'hat it wil )w me. The fighting spirit docs are n0exist among the men; they arejthat acc011 c cowards; there is no other word] it." listed man he commander of the Second ,derstood. e Cle j NEW^Ey? i instructed to 44 e if anything carried intil January 1 Oth at ] var. lartment has been cut arriving and we rnus Ono. ;uvuui J. IV COAT 5 In Silvertones, Velours $20.00 Suits, Reduced to $47.50 Suits, Reduced t $50.00 Suits, Reduced to $59.75 Suits, Reduced to $70.00 Suits, Reduced to $75.00 Suits, Reduced to $100.00 Suits. Reduced t D VELVET DRESSES $32.50 Suits, Reduced to $34.75 Suits, Reduced to $22.50 Suits, Reduced to approval at these prices. vfcOMP^ ;tore reported: fire. He is fitted ondition of the individual branches, where h< lentally during this time the range of th< I on some occasions when I giuch has been pr men in the trenches, their perience of the wj jht was of certain death; We trust that 1 of getting into the Boche committee disposes utely departed from them, military training t. i crouching low in the will be threshed o reading' thlHr Bibles and has all the reports. I looked into their faces before the commit in agony of fear in almost the space for the . I believe this mental con- of course, be trai been brought on to a large ' the actions of the negro unmanning officer of the jl 1 iade this comment: |j I to the training of the offi- || J nen the very best that || and I was bitterly disap- I| ]l /I y i! lviai ng this disgrace, the divi- if s withdrawn from the |I Never bfifor ind assigned to a quiet || brought such the Moselle, where it re- || the benefit in itil after the armistice was f? greater will y || each acre of 1 en, is the record of the on- || corn, truck?u division sent to France. It |? to 2 bales of i st shameful chapter in the jj of this reputat America's participation in ff ^ We woul gladly have left || MKj the veil drawn over it by J f I 1 l||l but to do so would merely jj t a mockery of our futurejjj 0^91 preparedness. Of course,!|| For many y< rotary Baker, mindful ofjlj the South's mc negro vote in his home If ble to produce , . II vear?GET RE nissioned negroes, we knew n ;A?ent for Fre ime, and we are quite sine;If rcct?TODAY. 1 never be repeated so wcjjj p:irliculai*ly disturbed onjlf Planter int. II quality of the nofrro on- l| CHA must be thoroughly un- If Fie cannot face a grilling an Up | IR H Clean up regard- I over. For this reason I. rices that will make . H Mm : to the quick regard- IB >t have the room. : Half Price I suits ' i i and Plush Materials. -I .$12.20 * 0 .-. $29.67 B .$29.70 ? J. $36.24 I $38.92 > ; la 1 $49.50 H o $56.66- ||S Hb iNY, "I only for the stau under whatever system ; will be far from finally involved. They must be ajH s artillary. This part for which they are fitted; it^B oved by the ex- nujt be in the auxiliary branches^E ir* J and not in the combat forces. before the Senate p ___________^. fHH of the subject of j he entire question VZITIZ Let them be laid fr^-TABLETS- WZMm tee. We have not m. 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