Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-18
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NEW YORK, N. Y, July 20.-"The
negro,s status in all the wars In which
the United States has been engaged
has been that Of loyalty to the cause,
and IN the present war II vii be the
same, said Capt. Hamilton Her.
man Blunt Of 124 West Thirty fourth
street. late OF the 9th Infantry, q. 3.
W. and the 49th III. s. Infantry.
Capt. Blunt was one of the factors
IN the organisation Of the original
New York colored regiment, now the
18th National Gusrd regiment, and In
the Spanish war he was the
first colored officer to command Q
military post in Cuba. Afterward he
saw service in the Philippines, where
he was q captain in the 49th Infantry,
and In 1900 personally captured Maj.
HoQuin Cepedes. Aguinaldo's secre-
tary and spy, at Perenasgui Luzon.
Beginning with the American rev
olution. said Capt. Blunt, the first
blood shed was that Of negro sea-
man, Crispus Attacks, on Boston Com
mon. He led the charge against the
British which awakened the slumber-
ing fires Of patriotism in the colonies
and this, notwithstanding that quasi
slavery existed
an the Revolutionary army were
$1,000 negro troops. Though half
slaves, they fought for the indepen-
tence Of the colonies. Their action In
battle IN the little American navy In
17sS, though only half-trained. was
wonderful and they also gave 4 good
account of themselves with Commo-
dore Lawrence and with Decatur IN
the war with Tripoli.
I'm the War Of 1912, Commodore
Lawrence was commanding the Amer
lean warship Chesapeake. He sailed
cut Of Boston harbor, with half OF
his crew composed Of negro sailors,
and attacked the British frigate Shan.
non Off Massachusetts bay. A negro
bugler, the orderly Of Commodore
Lawrence, sounded the attack, which
wes against tremendous odds. Law.
renee shouted his last order, though
wounded fatally, to his negro orderly
that he might transmit It to the
crew: Don't give up the ship The
bodies Of the Commodore and his neg
70 bugler were buried side by side at
Halifax with military honors.
New Orleans and Civil War
The Native Louisiana Zouayes led
the charge against the ramparts OF
Chalmette under Gen. Jackson Of New
Orleans In 1872. defeating Lord Pack.
enham, commander Of the British
forces The victory ended the war
and destroyed the last British con-
tention of right to search and seize
American merchantmen on the high
seas. In the war with Mexico in 1886
six negro soldiers were In the Alamo
fort, scene of the famous massacre.
eIn the Civil war the negro soldier
was q factor In achieving Union vic
tory, despite the decision of Supreme
Court Chief Justice fancy in the bred
Scott case. In the wake Of this de-
cision Lincoln issued his call for vol
unteers for the Union and was an
swered by 5000 brave men and pat
riots, who gave good account Of them.
selves, as at Fort Pillow under Col
Shaw of the 54th Massachusetts regf-
ment. Col. Shaw fell, and he and
many of his soldiers were buried In
the trenches around the fort. A re-
quest was made that the body OF
Shaw be given up to the Union forces
for burial. The answer was: We
buried him with his niggers who led
the charge At Port Hudson, La; at
yicksburg, with Sherman in his
march through. Georgia; with lSheri-
dan through the Shenandoah valley,
and under Gen. Grant at Richmond,
the same stories were told of the
negroes valor and loyalty.
In spanish-American War
At the outbreak Of the Spanish
American yA<. Rzasidant Mckinley