The Denver star., 1917-11-03
Riding the Storm
Doing Our Bit
Faithful Negro Stands Loyal

The of drafted Colorado boys have gone into
training used for the best object Uncle Sam has de-
termned With them prayers hopes. wishes and
our Gods speed sprinkle with His choicest blessings and
protection Upon who remain there tremendous duty
only taking of the dear ones left by brave young
men, responsibility of actually seeing that
drafted boys we'll protected fed and given
enable amount of comfort their position affords. Some
Of these very boys will make for himself such an
honor, history will delight speak Of while others will bel
less 1t will take Negro in Colorado work
shoulder shoulder with the efficient work
of WHICH capable win his We must do our
with Clean clear unsehsh devotion the common
We gathering young with the brightest
hopes for the future and sending them training camps
the undesirable hell of European trenches This
murmur. hesitate. sulk shrk We in war
necks Regardless then of all just and
grievances against special discrmnatve laws public
emphasizing and class restrictions against
regardless of East St Louis horror Memphis barbary
hendishness regardless Of everything but that
boys ideals Hace pledgs theI bod
les lives against the enemy Of mankind
you you stand pat keep grinding We
do bit, do it unseishy take national and pato-
tic We drive the nails and fashion the ships
without that boys and allies shall receive
the food and materials and to give
them the best chance win We must dig the COAL and
mine and combine the chemical which
arm We must do the labor and do it without
squabbling.
Let Union Labor strike and squabbe and endanger
bows when they quarrel wages and hours
that have been weighed and found wanting in the
common while others pushing ahead even under
conditions. We have hardly time
and call lie by its right More important things
waiting do, There will come time, and that
when the victory because the Negro stood in the
National crisis when the Negro and all the
and their full their task compet-
walk up all these smiling and hypocritica gentle
public accommodation comfort and adventure and
with emphasis and dignity that Will be
worth while When that time doubt will
get earnest and respectful hearing And more than
hearing: will what Justly and will go :at
Ter it united and irresistible force. And will deserve
what demand because in these dark days which
ing the souls and revealing OF the shams OF mankind
steadily and Loyalty march behind the and
boys; right. big and unsesh thing to do
Finds Troops Africans Who Fight
Teutons with Hatred
French Front. Oct 23.-(Correspondence of The AS
socated Press)"You white forced Tight we are
volunteers, proudly Frances colonial soldiers when
they reply questions the of their coming to
Europe fight Whether they trom Senegal, NADIA
gascar Somaand all of them gadness at the op'
off for cruetes committed on their
kindred the G. colonies Africa the OF which
has been spread them end OF the continent
the other by their mysterious methods OF communication
An Of them know of the of the Herero nation in Ger
South West Africa where only few wandering groups
remain alive of what powerful Negro tribe
Undoubtedly the popular OF the French colonial
volunteers the coal black Seneeaese heir courage
proverbal. The mentality of these trbesmen is al
most nante its simplicity but they quick TO learn
Their adapabity such in wake that they have