The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-09-08

it ss they closed about him. He fought
as Bowie iought at the Alamo. - Fannin
and Travis fought
Finally. his automatic could tire nc
more Adair swung back hi- srm sn.I
hurried the pistol IN the fss-e- Il hl- crow a
lne ioe side 10y side ~lth his heroe
white lieutenant. th-rr Went a hlsck
tr"'ler ir"n hls company Who fought A.
Adair bought. shot ior shot and blow for
bl"a. following tl,e volumes of his lead
er IN the very thicke-t and bloodirst oi
the hight
The tlsrk trooper might have FL
t~re'i and lied ,ic1en tln~s. saving his
own iIie ami les,i ing Adsir Ia light alone
isut ~ never - ens~i T., s.sur - him lie
Mas cnnra.ir L. tle last blow WLrn
Adair : hrs,krn revolver Tell irom h.-
i'ani the ilask trooper pressed another
into a, and together. shouting In deh-
anst'. tl's'y thlnns.d tlsr s~ooping rirrle of
"vrr~ helmlng ,.l.is l,eiorr them.
TIN blsrk man fought in the deadly
~hani'l,- sii. 10y side with the white
man following always. lighting always a.
hl- lientenar.t fought.
And finally. when Adsir literally shot
IL pisSs--. f,.ll in hi- tracks. his last com
nand to his black tronper was Ia leave
HIM AMI save his lite Eyrn then tie.
heron Negro psu~-,i an the midst of that
hell of carnagr for final service To hl-
'ihc-r. Fearing a charme,i life. he hs.i
ught hI- Nay out. lie saw that Adair
hal fallen With hi- hs All IN the wat~r.
With snI-rt loyalty the bla..k trooper
turned and vent back into the ma~l
-trom OF death. lifted the head of his I'll
I'erior. les2ed him against a tree and left
iiim There dead With dignity when Il was
lnIissssible Ia serve =3y ::.,.sr
There H. not a finer piss,e of soldierly
irvotlon and heroic cpmrad.ship in ia.
history of modern warfare than that of
Henry Adsir sni the black tooper who
f1ught 10y hIm at Carrizsl
ih- historical of that brief but blao,iy
.iranna has rescued the Name of Henry
Adair and written it high ia the annal-
d Amrriran heroism where 70 will live
with the Iliustrious her.,-s of hls race
II think the name "i that blsck troop
r should t~ Rescued ir'n oi,-rurity and
wrItt-n side 10y side with that of his of
ncer. II Henry Adsir had survived thi-
modern Alamo he Won a have seen to i.
II4 ftl
brack-ts-i with him in TIN heroic annals
4 the sflray.
As Henry Adsir dii not live H. do il.
Ne should ss-r that th:- Justice 10 done.
As the son of Confederate officer
sho fought to the end Of the civil war,
a. n publIcist who has studied the racs
question. a1d once i'm serious honest,
preached th- doctrine of the sepsration
of the faces. ] s-k that from the records
II that la-t fatal charge AT Carrizal there
-honld be recovered the name Of the
black soldier Whose heroic Loyalty a. his
white comraie Touches the high water
mark Of soldlerly devotion and deathl,--
csurase. linking the two races th.t hence
forth must live together AMI hight to-
grther To the end Of time.
The compietri record will be hrttrr
AMI more inspiring for both races IN every
battle of the future The final record of
the MrxhaB expedition will lie all in
complete ~Itho It adding the her Ji-in and
loyalty OF the African blood To the -n-
peril historic courage of the Csncasian
that lei II IN tile chsrge'
such = tribute. such a G .nfe--ion. such
a conversion, apparently. affecting a RS
bid ~hIte Southern puhlici-t. would
make Il appear that the bravery OF col
oreSi soldiers does help the colored p~.,
pie Of the United states.
But What a repul-e To- the Wilson AL
mini-tratIon with it, insi-t.nt separation
of c''l"red clerks and other employees from
all Who are not colOred John Temple
Grave- say, M pullis PRINT. The two
r~ces that henceforth must live toyrtl. Y
and light togetirr.' and the nations I
government n IT, Executive Department
formally AMI officially de,re color SEP
s-atIOn OF c''lored employers and even
NV ORDERS tins ~ o. toil T.. my-t IN
-ultIng OF all. since tins hrroisuI of col
ore'i -'ldlrr-, In the very War Drpsrt-
nm mt
>hamr on wilson
Protest u in National rarr cnngrr--
Rebuke 10 II tlle rolls