The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-29

i SomDleQ Lnere rom VarlOuS SCnOOlS and colleges for instruction in mili-
 tary science and tactics, under com petent army officers. After two
 months or so, these men will be sent back to their colleges to train others l therein. This is to be known as 'The Student Instructors Training De- tachment.
 The negroes of the National Army are comprised of two divisions, the
 92nd and the 93rd, commanded re- spectively by Major S. C..
 Ballou and Brigadier- General Roy c. Hoffman. In addition to the colored troops of the National Army there are four regiments of the' Regular Army,
 the 9th and 10th Cavalry and the 24th and 25th Infantry, embracing about
 10000 men. The colored man in the
 Regular Army holding the highest rank at this time is Lieut.-Colonel Benjamin o. Davis, of the 9th Caval- ry, stationed in the Philippines. One
 colored man, Charles Young, grad
 uate of West Point, long a member
 of the 10th Cavalry, and serving with distinction as United States Military
 Attache in Haiti and Liberia. rose to
 the rank of Colonel prior to his re- tirement from active service in the army.
 Negro soldiers are receiving the
 warmest commendation at the hands of General Pershing for gallant ser vice under fire on the western front in France, and at least two negroes, Needham Roberts and Harry Johnson, have been awarded the French Croix
 de Guerre for conspicuous acts of va Tor. The opinion may be ventured
 that there are in the negro troops now on the European battlefield and in the camps at home, thousands of em-
 bryo Roberts and Johnsons needing
 only an opportunity to evince the
 same caliber of bravery that enabled these sturdy colored Americans to put forty Huns to inglorious flight.
 Evidences of the negro's loyalty to the Stars and Stripes are not lacking.
 In all the wars for the esta blish-
 ment and perpetuation of this Repub-
 lie, the black man has played con
 spicuous and honorable part, from Bunker Hill to Carrizal. In nearly
 every conflict his has been the first
 blood that was shed and he has been among the first to make the supreme sacrifice in defense of the land he is proud to call his own. In the pres
 ent war, the gallant First Separate | Battalion of the District of Columbia
 was the first to be called to protect
 the national capital from invasion or | damage by the enemy. The negroes
 of the valiant 9th New York were
 in the first fight lover there" White officers who have ever commanded
 colored troops say they prefer them
 to any others.
 German propaganda have been pow
 erless to shake the loyalty of the ne- gro. The 12, 900, 900 colored Americans
 are, to the last man, woman and child, | engaged in some form of patriotic &C., tivity. In every community they have contributed generously to the 1 support of the United States, to the Red Cross, to the Y. M. c. A. and Y.
 W. c. A. war work and, as the Sec
 retary of the Treasury has so grate- fully testified. they have purchased liberally the several series of Liberty Bonds and the War Savings Stamps Such organizations as the Mosaic Tenn
 plars, the Knights of Pythias, the Odd Fellows, and the Elks, have bought
 from sSO 1000 to $25, 900 worth of these
 bonds and a single business firm, the North Carolina Mutual and Prevalent Association. of Durham. N. C., has so
 far invested $125,000 in Liberty Bonds. Benevolent societies and churches
 have made 1t a practice to convert
 their surplus funds into these bonds, and the colored schools have given
 splendid support to the sale of thrift
 stamps. In Washington, D. C., du-
 ring the school period, the children of
 the four divisions averaged $200 per
 week or $500 per month in the sale of thrift stamps. In two cities, at
 least, colored business men cOntribu-
 ted full page advertisements in boom ing the sale of Liberty Bonds, Stamps
 and other helpful activities for the winning of the war.
 A speakers bureau, numbering 100 or more of the races best equipped men, is now engaged in a vigorous campaign of education, to enlighten } the colored people of the country as l to the war aims patriotism where l lO InSlT WneT6 3 explanatory statements are needed. f and to indicate how they may be of l, the greatest service in the winning = of the war. Every organization, re- = ligious, educational, fraternal, and
 commercial, Is represented in this = l"Committee of One Hundred" Ad- ' dresses will be made in churches, in n theatres, conventions and everywhere 0 colored audience may be assembled l for any purpose whatsoever. In a . simple, direct and convincing way r they will have pointed out to them = that their first duty is to utilize to the \ utmost every resource at their com e mand to aid the nation in it's battle l. for worldwide liberty and democracy e The loyalty of the negro press i: e strikingly shown through the col e unins of news matter that they are s sending abroad, at their own expense
 to mould public sentiment in sup O port of war measures and to instruct d the masses as to the importance o $ lending their aid to every activity like l. ly to strengthen the fighting arm O l. the Republic. She prompt respons, '- of the leading editors of the country e to the call of the Government to $ l. conference in Washington in June, tC = exchange views on how the negro may l. most effectively assist in bringing vic T. tory to the nation Is another concrete 8, evidence of the deep interest of the 0 race in the triumph of America ovel y the Imperial German Government, a. l. attested to be an unanimous and en V thTSia aStfc vote This is conceded t(