The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-01

sight. the wages Of the common labor
err will advance sharply. in the Soutl
to keep the Negro at home, and in thu
, North to lure him away from Dixie.
Among the recent promotions In tn
army was that of Maj Charles Young
Tenth United States cavalry. to the
grade Of lieutenant colonel. Specia
interest attaches to this case for the
reason that, although Colonel Young
Is not the only colored man to have
been graduated from the United States
Military academy, he Is the only man
of his race to have reached the rank
of lieutenant colonel, the second nigh
est in regimentul organization. He was
graduate in 1889 and most of his serv'
ice has been in the Ninth and Tenth
cavalry, in which he rose gradually to
his present rank. For nearly year
while holding the rank Of first lieuten-
ant, he was attached to the Seventh
cavalry. white regiment. During the
Spanish war he served as major OF the
Ninth Ohio colored infantry, q regi'
ment he helped to organize. For sew
eral months past he has been serving
with his regiment in the punitive expe'
dition to Mexico under General Per.
shing.
| In addition to Lieutenant Colonel
Young. there are eight other colored
men holding commissions in the army.
These are: Maj. John r. Lynch of the
pay corps. formerly member Of con
gress who is retired; Capt. John e.
Green. Twenty-tfth infantry. VIII" is
military attache ut Monrovia. Liberia !;
Capt Benjamin 0. Davis Of the cav
airy. who Is military instructor ut vii
berforce university. Ohio. and Chap
lains W. W. E. GLADDEN., Twenty-fourth
infantry: George w. Prioleau. Twenty
fifth infantry; o. J. W. Scott. Tenth
cavalry; Louis A. Carter, Ninth caral-
ry, and T. G. Stewart and William T..
Anderson. both of whom are on the
retired list. Chaplain Anderson has
the rank of major. the others being
either captains or first lieutenuntS
LII lllc ptllt W oiiS N'N"A
Gus manhood. approximately co'nci-
dent with the half century following
emancipation. things changed very
much for the American Negro Tie
more than doubled in numbers and
accumulated wealth exceeding S7OO.-
100000. His school property for higher
education built and paid for in that
time amounted to S2O,OOO,OOO: his
church property to S7O,O0O,OOO.
In the half century the percentage OF
literacy was raised from to 20. A! its
close there were 100000 Negro chill
dren in public schools instead OF d
meager 10000 in 1863. The number of
Negro churches was increased from
$50 to 10000; the number ct colnmuni.
cants from $4,000 to 4.300.OOO. Sunday
schools increased from zoo to 1900
and pupils from 10000 to 2.2OO.OOO.
: This is very creditable record tor
I'm uneducated, illiterate race suddenly
thrown on it's own resources in the
midst of q highly organized white civ
ilization. which had no place ready for
it's former slaves. And the Negroes
are by no means standing still. They
are entering every branch of business
and making good they are rapidly ex-
tending their real estate holdings; they
are giving themselves secular and re-
ligious education that ranks high In
the Christian world. What their fu
ture in this country will be no man
dares to prophesy, but undoubtedly
they will be ready to meet boldly and
capably whatever fate has in store for
them. They have learned to stand on
their feet.
Mitchell, H. Willis, 3. j. Preacher.
Vice Moderator Rev. ]. G. Curtis
called the afternoon session to order
Rev. T. Wesley, assisted by Rev. l. s.
Ambrose, conducted the devotional
services. Invocation by Rev. l. c. Cap
ital and DR.. ]. E. Edwards of Temple
conducted the Bible institute.
The committee on finance and en-
rollment made it's first partial report
which was adopted.
Membership of banks in the Nation
al Negro Business league has grown
from two, in 1900, to fifty-one at pres
ent. This fact was brought out in the
discussions before the seventeenth an
nual session Of the league at Kansas
City, Mo-, emphasizing the service
the organization, which was founded
by the late Booker T. Washington, Is
giving to the Negro business interests
Of the country.
An address on the Negro state guar
nnteed banks Of Mississippi by G. B.
King Of Indlanola, Miss, was on the
program.
Health and business prosperity, the
raising of cattle and the management
Of various business enterprises were
discussed by the delegates.
When Company A, Cardington. O.