Book-bot.com - 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 Sweeney, William Allison, 1851-

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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Negro in War of 1812--Incident of the Chesapeake--Battle of Lake
Erie--Perry's Fighters 10 Percent Negroes--Incident of the "Governor
Tompkins"--Colonists Form Negro Regiments--Defenders of New
Orleans--Andrew Jackson's Tribute--Negroes in Mexican and Civil Wars--In
the Spanish-American War--Negroes in the Philippines--Heroes of
Carrizal--General Butler's Tribute to Negroes--Wendell Phillips on
Toussaint L'Ouverture

Chapter XI. Hour of His Nation's Peril.

Negro's Patriotic Attitude--Selective 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