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History of the American Negro in the Great World War - His Splendid Record in the Battle Zones of Europe; Including - a Resume of His Past Services to his Country in the Wars - of the Revolution, of 1812, the War of Rebellion, the - Indian Wars on the Fro by William Allison Sweeney
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Declared--Pershing Goes Abroad--First Troops Sail--War Measures--War
Operations

Chapter VII. Negroes Respond to the Call.

Swift and Unhalting Array--Few Permitted to Volunteer--Only National
Guard Accepted--No New Units Formed--Selective Draft Their
Opportunity--Partial Division of Guardsmen--Complete Division of
Selectives--Many in Training--Enter Many Branches of Service--Negro
Nurses Authorized--Negro Y.M.C.A. Workers--Negro War
Correspondent--Negro Assistant to Secretary of War--Training Camp for
Negro Officers First Time in Artillery--Complete Racial Segregation

Chapter VIII. Recrudescence of South's Intolerance.

Confronted by Racial Prejudice--Splendid Attitude of Negro Shamed
It--Kept out of Navy--Only One Percent of Navy Personnel
Negroes--Modified Marines Contemplated--Few Have Petty Officers'
Grades--Separate Ships Proposed--Negro Efficiency in Navy--Material for
"Black Ships"--Navy Opens Door to Negro Mechanics

Chapter IX. Previous Wars in Which Negro Figured.

Shot Heard Around the World--Crispus Attucks--Slave Leads Sons of
Freedom--The Boston Massacre--Anniversary Kept for Years--William Nell,
Historian--3,000 Negroes in Washington's Forces--A Stirring
History--Negro Woman Soldier--Border Indian Wars--Negro Heroes

Chapter X. From Lexington to Carrizal.