The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-01
UNCLE SANS NEGRO OFFICERS.
Eight Now Hold Army COMMUNICATIVE
Came From the Ranks.

Came From he Ranks.
Uncle Sam has on his long payroll eight
negro comm issioned officers OF the army,
three Of these being line officers, while the
others are ~ohaplains and a paymaster.
By the Army Organization act Of July
2S, 1899, there were designated four regi-
ments OF negroes. These organizations
are now the Ninth and Tenth regiments Of
cavalry and the Twenty-fourth and Twenty
fifth regiments OF infantry, and since
their formation these negro regiments have
had assigned to them negro chaplains.
Probably the best known Of all the negro
ohaplains Is Allen Allensworth, now on
leave Of absence at Los Angeles, Cal, await
ing retirement. Chaplain Allensworth
has seen much active duty, and his service
with the Fighting Twenty-fourth, l." which
did good work in Cuba, has been continuous
since his entry into the army OF April /,
1885.
Next to him as to age and service is
T%heophilus G.. Steward, who was appointed
on July 20, 1891, from the District Of CO.
lunbia and assigned to that other fighting
infantry regiment the Brunette Twenty
NTH" His service has also bee n oon-
tinuous with the regiment to which he was
first assigned.
The present chaplain Of the Ninth Cav
airy Is George Washington Prioleau, a ma
tive Of South Carolina but appointed from
Ohio. All OF his service has been with the
Ninth Cavalry, now stationed at Jefferson
Barracks. Missouri. He has fourteen years
OF service before him.
The last OF these ohaplains is William T.
Anderson, now with his regiment, the Tenth
Cavalry, which has also seen service in Cuba
and the Philippines.
The last Of the negro staff officers OF the
army Is John r. Lynch OF the pay depart
ment, who entered the service IN June,
1898, as an additional paymaster Of yolun-
teers, with the rank of Major, which po-
sition he held for three years. until honor
ably discharged in May, 1901, when he was
appointed TO the permanent establishment
as paymsster with the rank OF CAPTAIN:
is a West Pointer Is Charles Young, at
present on duty as Military Attaohe at
Port au Prince, Hayti. Capt. Young entered
the Military Academy In 1884, and was not
graduated until issS, Ts eeno ne was som;
and assigned to the Tenth Cavalry, where
he remained only about one month, when
he was transferred to the Twenty fifth
Infantry as a Second Lieutenant. In this
regiment he remained only twenty-seven
Ninth Cavalry, where he remained until
promoted to First Lieutenant, on December
10, 1895, when he was assigned to the Seventh
Cavalry, q white regiment. He remained
with this regiment for about ten months,
until he made d transfer back 4 his old
love, the Ninth Cavalry. He was promoted
a Captain In February. 1901, and eighty
eight Captains will have to move out Of the
way before he becomes a field oficer with
the rank Of Major.
There are two negro officers who have
won their spurs by coming up from the
line by competitive examination. They
are Lieut.. Benjamin o. Davis Of the Tenth
Cavalry, now on duty as military instructor
at Wiberforoe University, ct Wherefore,
Ohio, and Lieut.. John E. Green, Twenty
hfth Infantry, now serving with Company
II at Fort Bliss, Texas.