Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-08

shared In the rousing welcome from the
city Of New York. Again u has dawncd
on tho American people that the hack
neycd phrase 1.-THE colurrd troops fought
nohly,' meant something. So many Of
the Twenty had died from fever
ana wounds that The ranks were sadly
ihlnhcd ana the men who remained
stoop-shuuldered. thin and weak vrro
not the fine Htrnpplug fellows who mad
gone out Co fight
"Ihu mon were scarcely able 60
stand remarked ONE OF the uuu-Uum.
misslunad officers but the band man
nEgl Co rluy. though 10 sounded rather
fechlo und we marched somehow. Tho
cheer that went up along the streets
made uH feel like new men and $40
shouldercd our guns ana marched along
ana folt hettur ihuu Wr had Doc weeks.
! toll YOU I was sorry Tor the poor fol-
l 20, who missed that day. IL was worth
The Twenty fourth viii NOT roon be-
what 10 Wpr. Many OF the mon who
fought DO cuba have been discharged
Tor physical disability and thHy will
mover recover tuuIr huYyuut health
aFlln. AZ Fort Douglas. In Utah. where
they went t1 rucuuUrutc. noariy % tenth
pr inc regiment was uu the sick llat ut
one limo, and SOME NJ them escaped
from the chills which
NEltE THE LEGACY
of cuhu'H malnrlous climate iaar than q
month ago. Hut tho heroic services
which they rendered and the fact that
they were not yet robust was NOT
enough 90 save them from the phIIp-
pines. Thgy are Go E1 there. though not
Yet on 90 battle with disease.
I expressed the wish Co one man that
they might return 10 safety.
VOL. I'm afraid not" he said sadly.
WcvU always had tho worst uf ID.
There's nobody 90 lutorrpdo for ua nt
Washington We're only regulars. and
black ones nt that nud { expect that
when the Philippine question is settled
they " detail w. Co garrison the Islands.
there"
The ranks of the Twonty-fourth have
been filled with new recruits. many of
them from FAR south of Mason and
DiNon'n line from The real black belt"
when the Twenty fourth Went DO gubt
The chaplain of the regiment aid not r1'
lie is great wug this colorpd paraon.
with the most whimsical smile Do tho
world and re- Eift Tor npigfBm Ho snya.
You see, my boys didn't want mo 90 ru
with thHm g. cuba They said ID wasn't
necessary. So ] made storage batterlpg
uf Thorn ana charged them with enough
spirituality 60 last two months. aud
when they came bnck they HtIii hnd
some left While they we're getting
KILLED ~ CUBA
I was out In the South na a recruiting
ohlgcr getting men tu nll their ranks"
II ~ o. tribute 90 tho chuplnln's Der.
huuriN' powers that by the time his
chargeH returned 90 this country h.
had 300 new men waiting FOR the rcgi.
mcht TINT ~ one reason why the
HfMHIuFI NJ
ment lH no hlgh-Chapluln Ailonaworth.
the men.
II don't paint the bright side TO
them he said. u toll them uf tho
hard Side for ] know that IL man h
Mllilng 70 accept the dark side ho can
make 70 brighter. 1 hold the army out
TO the colored man az an opportunity
60 save up sufficient capital 10 10 into
business. II Il "a good chance Tor our
tolkH-a better chance than they have
almost anywhere. much better than
they have In The South"
chaplain AllcusWorth secured his
men from every walk NJ lie ana h. IL
a father 20 them ull Tho chaplain h. IA
and though optimistic he
Is not blind 20 the faults OF tho mon
whom he loves as though they were his
own sons.
"oh. they're not saints" he says
avg NNNAH' ANA wv AANNNM OF NNlIn mon.
They have any quantity of religion.
with nothing 90 countcrart n. relic
from the old days when masters wora
unwilling that the slave should receive
any sort OF instruction except religious
instruction, The result ls docp strain
N moro or less emotional ploty. Even
yet 10 thc South the church is about the
only place the negro has 10 Co."
The chaplain does not preach much
theology. hut teaches Christianity Inc
stead. ! asked hlm his denomination.
Well. i don't know" he said. u
used 10 be Baptist before / went Into
the army and ] guess I am yet"
The wide difference between the
morals OF the Twenty Infantry
and regiments o. white regulars IL
1hieny ln the matter OF drinking.
everybody expects a regular 90 drink.
but the colorcd men do not drink near
- as much
AS THE WHITE MEN
and from drinking comes almost nil
the soldiers troubles. The cpipr,i
men take out their hllnrlty In mtiaie
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