Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-25
NEGROES As SOLDIERS.
Volunteer Amy viii Include 8, 900 10 10000
Coloted Men.
THERE WILL BE OFFICERS AMONG 1Hty.


New York. June 2j.--A special 60 the
Times from Washington says.
Whom the musterIng-In u new Or
gau.zatlon under the second call Ia
completed. the volunteer army will In
oludc between 5000 and 10000 negro
soldiers. and more negro officers than
ever before were in the service Of the
United States
uud.r tho first volunteer call q few
colored troops were offered by the
states. the restriction ~ the call Co
the national guard having q tendency
60 shut out tn gl'urcd men.
when the second call was Issued the
President lot 10 bc known that ho
would like to have an opportunity
given ~ the negro volunteers 20 enlist,
when New York organizations were 90
ho taken in. In response o. this sug-
gcHtlon, seven companies OF colorDd
troops are Co be- mustered In North
Carolina. which, added To- tho three
cullr.d companies already 10 service
from that state. Will mako ten come
plny regiment NJ something moro than
! 600 men. Ia Alabama 70 battalion "
nD gro troops was taken Ia under tho
first calf Two battalluuH Of negro
troops VIII BE- accepted from virginia
under the second call.
There is now al Camp Algcr a col
orod battalion from Ohio ana one ~
the Massachusetts, regiments includes
some negro prlvntcs In addition 10
these volunteers raised under the reg
ular lcvleH. four 81 the su-callcd i'm
mune regiments. the Seventh, Eighth,
Ninth ana Tenth. viii De- composed N
negro
in furnishing officers Tor these col.
nrcd comm tndf The war department
has had q serious problem Go deal with.
n De- the Presidents desire 90 give the
negroes q representation aa officers.
In the last war when there were gi.isp
negro troops -ihrUo year mou-lu tho
Federal army the officers were white
mon.
when tho proposition was made 10
place negro officers over some ~ tho
cullrri commands now being raised.
the question uf how the officers moss
would Doe nrrluEHd when there were
white ana colorul officers In the same
regiment came up. That question rus
mains 90 be- settled.
The experiment ~ q negro regiment
wholly onicorsd by negroes d. o. be-
tried In the ease ~ the North Carolina
regiment, whose colonel viii b. q cole
urrd man ana the only one uf that rank
lu the army, IN the Alabama rrgl-
mont Tho officers viii be- white men.
lu tho Immune negro rtgimfutH th0ro
Will De- IL mixture. the colonies and
other nrld officers ana the capt aims be.
ing white and the lleutenhntH and
other lessor officers black
10 iH IN thiH combination or white and
rolorei officers that tho color line n
expected o. cause trouble.
a regular army Lieutenant. who n
engaged In mastering in negro COM
ptuics Tor one NJ the Immune rcEi-
mrnts, said that the mon promised Ia
make good soldiers
They're all right physically" he
said "uf course. most m them are H.
llior1tr and they know nothing about
military tactics, hut with good officers
and careful training they ought tn
nEht we'll"
Army experts regard tho Offering NJ
nsErn regiments with negroes as I'm
experiment which may coz may not
| turn Uui wen. The ntgrp needs 10 De-
/ Jed we'll. they fnN o. mako "A good
/ hghigr ana there lg some doubt
whether c0lnfci troops viii follow ona
I m thclr own race aH well as they would
"a white officer