The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-04-03
Special to The Nashville Globe.

Special to The Nashville Globe.
Buffalo, New York. March 24.-The
fighting Twenty-fourth" is now in
Buffalo. To the strains of music from
the best band in the United States
army, with possibly the exception of
the one stationed at West Point, eight
hundred of Uncle Sans bravest sol
diers marched through the streets of
Buffalo to-day, coming direct from the
scene of a mighty conflict in the far
East, the Philippine Island, where
they have seen two hard years serv-
Ice and where they put a stop to the
disturbing elements of that Archipela-
go. They came by the way of the Pa
cifc Ocean and entered the United
States at San Francisco, the Golden
Gate City, and were transferred
across the continent in three sections
of special train. SO this morning,
for the first time since the mighty
struggle between the North and South,
the Civil War, the Negro soldiers pa
raded the streets of Buffalo. This
was made possible by an urgent re-
quest sent up to the War Department
| from thousands of Buffalonians, who
appealed to the department to allow
these men, fighting terrors to the man,
to spend a day in the city by the Falls
of the Niagara Finally the request
was granted. The permission given
and the climax was reached when the
parade started from Exchange and
| Michigan streets at 11:10 this morn
ing. The starting point was thronged
with thousands of onlookers. A
platoon of mounted police cleared the
way under the direction of Inspector
John Martin Maj TaggaTt and the
regimental officers, mounted, followed.
The regimental band headed the bat
talions, playing martial airs. Then
came the 1.-THE, stalwart Negro troops
whose names are still word of dread
among the Pulujanes of Leyte, Samar
and Cebu. Never did so many gigan-
tic men parade in Buffalo in any one
military organization. Their appear
ance corroborated the statement of
army officers that the Negro troops
were more dreaded than any other sol
= diers of the United States in the Phil
iDpines as well as in Cuba or even in
these United States by reason of their
tiger-like ferocity in the battle-line.
The record of the regiment, with only
one soldier killed and one wounded
in hand-tohand fighting in a score of
battlefelds in the Islands tells the
whole story of their puissance.
Main street has not been thronged
| - ciDoo old IIOO,p NNpply q :
it was when the Oath went by En-
thusiasm aroused by the martial ap-
, pearance of the men in olive drab and
khaki, with their short Springfield
rifles and murderous looking side
I arms, burst out in constant rounds OF
, applause Every man in line had g
! tin metal case attached to his car
. fridge belt behind containing appli
!. ances for first aid to the injured
o On they marched with firm step anC
> 3oldierly bearing, Drawing the cole
!, weather, but their hearts were made
warm by the enthusiastic welcome
. they received on all sides, never fal
a eriGg, never complaining.
The parade went up Main street t
: Church, to Franklin, where Mayo
= Adam reviewed the soldiers from tn
curb in front of the City Hall 9th
'rs who watched the regiment pas
we're City Clerk Balliett, Count
II Treasurer Fix, County Clerk Price, Pc
" ice Commissioners Zeller and Dohe
n ty.
v "A fine body of men," said His Hol
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