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the United States. Any such bill
would receive the disapproval and ad-
verse recommendation of this depart
ment.
Those who are familiar with the
history of our country from the
armies organized by George Washing
ton in the American Revolution down .
to the present day know that brave .
and often conspicuously gallant serv-
ice has been rendered by colored /.
troops. In the most recent instance, I
at Carrizal, in Mexico, these coored
troops conducted themselves with the
greatest intrepiiity, and reflected
nothing but honor upon the uniform
they wore
No one who recalls the glorious acts
of patriotism and the daring deeds OF
bravery performed by the colored
troopers at Carrizal, members of the
Tenth Cavalry, to which Maj. Charles
Young (colored), a graduate of West
Point, is attached, but will regret and
condemn this Incorporate and unpat'
riotic action upon the part of the
representative who had the temerity
to introduce such a measure, which
needless to say, can never be expected
to receive serious consideration in or
be reported from the committee to
which it has been referred,
Some time since my attention was
called to a movement inaugurated by
the National Memorial Association for
the erection OF a monument in the city
of Washington, d. c., in honor OF the
coored soldiers and sailors who
fought in the wars of our country
indorsed by such organizations ant
eminent men as Department of the
Potomac, G. A. R.: Women's Relief
Corps, Department of Potomac; Army
and Navy Union, District of Eolum
bia: Spanish War Veterans, Distric
of Columbia; Hon. John B. Kern
United States Senator Indiana; Hon
Moses B. Clapp, United States Sena
tor. Minnesota; Hon Thomas j. rag
CART, United States Senator, Indiana
Hon. Isaac R. Sherwood, Member 0
Congress, Ohio; Hon. Phillip Camp
bell Member of Congress, Kansas
Hon. L. c. Dyer, Member of Congress
Missouri; Hon, Martin B. Madden
Member of Congress, illinois; Hor
w. A. Rodenburg, Member of Cor
gress, Illinois; Hon. John w Weeks
United States Senator, Massachl
sets; DR.. S. NJ. Newman, presider
Howard University; Hon. Franklin +
Lane, SECRETARY of the Interior; Hol
C. n oaltzgaber, Commissioner
Pc Ems; Col. John McElroy, pa
senior vice commander in chief G.
r.
Mr.. Speaker, under leave to eXter
nv remarks, l present the followir
statement:
The Negro as a Soldier and Sailor
More than a half century ago u
martyred Lincoln wrote the emant
patton proclamation that gave IRE
dom to the slaves of America. II
mediately following that memorial
event the Civil War closed. With
the past few years several approp
ate celebrations have been held
commemoration Of President Il
Coins noble deed. These events ha
passed into history and remain de
to the memory of a grateful people
In every war OF the Nation the 7
gro has had his place-in the War
the Revolution, the War OF 1872,
Mexico, in the Civil War, the SPANS
American War, and the punitive
petition now existing in Mexico.
bravery and loyalty have never be
questioned.
His deeds of valor and sacrifice
the honor of the Nation and perpe
ity of the Union have been told
song and story. But no monument
marble or bronze has been erected
the Nation nor the race with VIII
he is identified, to be gazed upon
future generations and arouse in tn
veneration and pride for their her
ancestry.
A Monument Should Be Erected
1t is quite proper that after tn
long, long years Of seeming negl
monument should be erected to
memory of the dead heroes of
colored race, who sacrificed Il
lives upon the altar of their count
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Soldier and Sailor.
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