New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-06
ar IN the race. Is found to be military training.

ecter to the race rs found 10 DO military training.
As nrepsration for the lie Of citizen. it s. toe
titles an officer in command of c"ored regiment al
Port Royal " of unspeakHble value.
Another witness de moses: 4" IL ia the beet school
in tie world. II you could have seen the men who
con,oose the colored regiments here us they were
before lounging shout with shutting gait and suspi-
cious sldeloDg glance, and couli have coutrnste
tLeir appearaDCe with their present bold and erect
carriage aud free bearing, L am sure you wodiu
agree with me. 1t makes men of them az once
The negro has q strong seuse OF the o0hgs IONS OF
law Law, in the shape Of military rule, takes Tor
him the Mace of Lila master, with this difference
that he submits to it cheerfuy and Without sese VI
degradation. TT.
These poor people have an almost superst'ious
reverence for the President Recently ~ bea"'oi',
come one in TIE presence OF an aged heero ""'
speakng of Dir. Lincoln rs an ordinary unorsai'
whereupon the old man interfered:
What DO You know" sad be, "oI ma's'
Linkum1 lie be ebery where. lie Walk 10 e"' '"
like do Lord T.
t;onal spd did not necessarily connect itself WHO
the repression of vicious habits. 10 produced sups
sion humility resi- xnaon, reliance on frovioenVo
bat its effect in checking lying, thieving income n"r
nence and similar oiloDses, was leeoo anu .ua, La
reached, as they readily may be, through '"o" "a
feCtious. r,o, .ro nm.
willing 10 20 North. or TO return 10 africa;
They love 10 AfCuuuN'tg h'N 'FiSNi"" w
land. Bounty lands in their own State, II assured
20 them. would be most Influential motive 10
enlist
The negro OF Florida, often employed as lumber
nau and in other avocaions more calculated 70
call ont lis intelligence than the monotonous labor
Of the cotton field, occupies Gn intermediate place
between the slaves OF North and those oil Sou'h
Carolina. He makes au excellent soldier.
& lII.-NEGRoEs AS MILITARY LABoRERs.
in all the localities visited by the Commission,
the demand for able-todied negroes as laooien III
the military service has exceeded tie supply; often
more than doubled II. Fo. example, IN North Caro-
/ lima tue standing reQuisiiiOn from Gen. Buthslde
was for five thousand aborers. but al no time wac
the Superintendent able TO furnish more than 'wo
thousand. SO at Fortress Monroe aud elsewhere;
From officers Of rsrk the Commission aseeT'aintd
that in May 1868, more than ten 10 3usspd soioiee
were detailed from the Army OF tho Potomac for
on.y i'll the QGartermss,er aud Comuisssry De-
psriments on fatigue duty at the various headqnar'
ters on pioneer service, &c. &c; and that, esti'
mating guards for trans iabofers on in'rencuieh''
and for cutting roads, and building bridges,
and men for ambulance corps, in hospitals,
&C., one-etghM might be added to The
washable strength OF our armies by employ ing
negroes in services other than actual warfare III We
estimate our armies when recruited by the draft rt
so 900 men, this would give, as the pumber Of ne
groe. that might he prohtsbly employed ss military
abo. ers, 100000 These would probably better iulhii
duties Of that character than white men detailed
from the ranks; for all experienced officers know
bow difficult ii is TO obtain labor from soldiers OUT
side of the ordinary routine VI their duties.
The o ganizstiVn Of freedmen employed IS mill
tary laborers into bnghdes. with badges around
their bats labeled United States SsryIce"-the
men marched regularly TO aud from work-has been
ionnd, il practice, TO produce al excellent elect IL
tends 10 inspire them VAN bSu-IeLanee, hno u NJ
lords them protection.
6IV.-STGROEs AS SOLDIERS.
TIL. Avoidance uhch has cofna before tho Com
mssion bearing on the capacity Of The negro as O
soldier induces them TO recommend that tno Gov.
eminent should bring into the fod as early as POS
sible TWO hundred thousand colored troops, or up
ward They recommend this as alike advantageous
10 the cause Of the Union aud to the race to which
these troops belong.
Colored troops, taking pride Ia their position,
exhibit great pea,ness and care OF lneir persons.
uniforms ARES aud equipments and III the police Of
their camps. Usually tAilful cooks and providers,
they exhibit resource in taxing Of themselves
la camp.
TIE religious sentiment strongly chsracterizng the
African may. 10 the care OF the co!ored soldier,
be successfully appealed 70 by leaders WHO share
as powerful element OF enthusiasm III the officers
feel, and in art TO their men the feeling, that hey
fgt'ibg Ia the cause OF God and Liberty, the
be more relied on than the colored regiments. BlI
with these people more than With more lndepend
ent race, success depends upon sympathy between
their officers and them. Tbns, bow important 90
ever Tie proper NiclCo OF hlI Chrrr,
Commission thiok it TO DO more important IN the
case oil coioTed than Of white troops: O,sming !,
probable that colord trOopa bsdly differed uight BE-
liable to give wsy moro iesoy than badly oihcered
regiments OF the more teli-relant while race
COored soldiers CT tic.e their officers very sharply
There 10 a. much difference 10 tho standing VI the
officers ia colored As III White regiments.
A distinguished general officer expressed TO the
Commission the opinion that, III case VI alarm
negroes, accustomed 10 stand together against
run 10 each oiher-while whites disperse-" each
for himself, and God for us all T.
Neg Gee have proved Themselves especially dar-
ing aud serviceable as spes; and the organization of
colored guides, in Connection with each army corps
10 recommended.
If one hundred thousand negroes be employed in
military services other than actual warivIe, and
II 100 O0O or more DO mustered in as soldiers
We sLsli require the military services OF ut leesi
800, 900 blacks. Bot this number Of able -bodied
men represents a population OF q million aud b .l
being onehaf OF ali tie colored people IL the insur
rectIonary States.
To reach this number there Is needed, beside mill
tary successes, ID strict enforcement Of the orders
Issued by tho Government that the colored refugees
DO treated with humanity. Upon such treatment IL
depends, in great measure, whether We csn have
the iuil military advantage which, in this contest,
We ought TO have, from the aid OF the negro race
aud whether the military resources Of tho South
shall DO sapTDd by dlsinIegrstion Of her labor
system.
Examples are given in which, In spite Of the
efforts OF PrvvosI- Marsblls, negro refugees have
been plundered by our pickets ns they entered the
Un0n lines and ii is recommended that such oiienses
10 severely punished, seeing that, independently Of
their Inherent crmualty their practical effect IN 10
discourage the emigration Of tbose whom as soldiers
we desirs to enlist. general order the subject
10 recommended.
The Commission alec recommend, az TO all proper
" brought in by negro refugees, that VIXEN taken
nv I'm uasls fnr llIa N hg
paid for other property Of loyal mon paid for
to the refugee If lie make no demand on the Govern