Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-06-01
THE: BUF FALOES
FIRST Glass Colorod FiTh,i Inc
Regiment.
by one VI It's Battalion St&ff Officers
blculcnan; O. L. Mckafnc with
an lniroourtiCn by its Com
mapGcr, Colonel james
A. Moss.

Colonel Moss, who has provided the
iEtfoduri.o n TO tn S article on the
'.hith imam 1y. Of which ne is cCm.
handing officer, is one of the best
tnoWn III l.tary nutH0rs in the world
l.r has wrj ten twenty six military
iouAS Of which several have hccu for
years regarded rs standard i,.s "AlIn
nnl OF Military Training has been call
81 the Encyclopaedia Britannica Of the
rmy.' His "Oif.ccrs' Manual" II
lido in official and social matters.
i uSrd by practically every Young
tl'.crr entering the Army. His "Priv-
:.;rS' Manunl' YVES adopted several
Years ago 10y the United States Mar
. Corps and copy IS Ll1ccA in the
lAnds ef every recruit. O her books
o.. his. suth rs "Noa- Commissioned
Giiicers' MANUAL" ARMY Popcrworl"
infantry Drill Regulations Simplifi-
"a; "Ficll Service" "Riol Duty"
"Company Tra:ning;" and Applied
Etinor Tartics;' are also REGARDED ns
htIndardS cmong ell military men.
S.nce his graduation from West Point
i'll 1894 Colonal Mcss,s service has
tocn distinguished. 1t Includes n re-
cord Of two campaigns. In addition,
he was aidc7de-cnmp for thee years
to l.icutenalr, General Henry g. Cor
b'n,~during VIII ich time although only
captain IL the Regular Army, he
E'G tho rank, pay ard allowances of
lieutenant colonel. For three wears
he Was instructor Mt the Army Service
~chnu.s, OFT Le&rcnworth; kaI,sas.
lai1 and 1919 he was on special
duty i'll the office OF he Oh ef or Stuff
or theArmy. General Leonard Wood by
whom he had been specially selected
TO. reduce and simplify the administra
two work Of the Army. Not only is
he tho father OF the present system OF
Army correspondence but he MISC gave
TO the service tho new simpllficd pay
and muster rolls and several other Ia
hor saving blank forms that have
done much to reduce military ndmini
stratiye work.
Lieutenant McKaine; the author of
1.-THE, article rose from tho ranks OF q
}colored cTbgimenf the cath Infantry.
In response! TO- what he calls the no.
madic spirit OF hundreds OF his migra
tory ancestors, he started his wander
ings from his birthplace in South
Carolina when he was sixteen years
old then studied in Washington and
Boston became free lance for the
colored newspapers and later one OF
the editors OF Il CoiUred newspaper be
longing To the group that advocated
the policy of Booker Washington
Later in response to the conversation
~ trooper who he says would have
hecn a marvel as II rccrIiting scr
gcani or as aide-dc camp to Richard
Harding Davis he enlisted in the
Army. His service took HIM to the
Philippines. The colored regiment to
I..,l, l,Nl.
received IL golden loving cup at II din
ner given by the Governor General
and the Mayor OF Manila and other
persons for being the best regiment
that has ever been to The ISLAND" was
ordered 10 Columbus New Mexico. In
a personal letter Lieutenant Mckaine
has writtcn: "rhe metropolitan Opera
Company; the Boston Opera Company
the Chicago Opera Company; the
Hampton Quartc'te; the Fisk Jubilee
Sngcrs-you think some of these
gronps can sing. You're wrong They
can't. You have never heard any sing
ing unless you marched with the oath
across the border after Villa in the
spring of 1916" incidentally it may
be said that this regiment was the
personal Guard Of General Pcrshing.
After a bloodless victory, the soldiers
Withdrew; and the Oath was the only
regiment that marched out Of Mexico
without having man fall out. 1t
was while the oath was stationed at
Columbus after the withdrawal that
n number OF non commissioned Off
GERS from this and three other color
ed regiments were selected for train
ing as officers for the National Army.
1t was thus that Lieu. enant McKaine
received his shoulder - The
Editors.
INTRODUCTION.
Having been born and reared in the
State of Louisiana whose confines
did not leave until | went to West
Point at the age Of eight cen and hav
ing served eighteen years with color
ed troops including two campaigns,
what | say about the colorcd men as
a soldier is therefore based on many
years experience with him in civil
life and in the Army-in peace and
in war; in garrison and in the field
If properly trained ana instructed
the colored man makes as good a
soldier as the world has ever seen
The history Of the Negro in ell Of our
wars including our Indian campaigns
shows this. He is by nature Of a hap