The Denver star., 1918-06-15
Doing His Stuff Over There

emy; Then Charge Thru
Their Lines
THE following clipped from the morning paper Wed
great delivered brilliant attack in
this vicinity and recaptured the forest running southwest OF
Marqueglise between Perte farm and LoRes farm.
"OvER THERE
The United drafted Thousands of Negroes in
the Army will be drafted and today there
are thousands willing the front and shoot
Germans for the OF Justice and Lib
erty In Cantgy and MaqueRse where fighting
bringing glory the United States the American SOL
der of giving his life and his life blood that his
which includes the sacrifice OF home comforts OF for
tunes for the welfare and safety Others
ed by and better thought OF auisn Such
men imbued with such spirit have in their
souls hatred jealousy greed and lust as their gud
ing principles and es beat Their only thought is aleg-
lance the absolute principle which makes possible tor
face calmly and strenousy the pangs
of suffering disease bruises and death Yet even lover
there he knows while he over there fighting. his
children and brothers ruthless ynched here
The NEGRO THE War
what percentage Of the American there
composed of Negro conectura Probably the
portion yet but already has been established
that the Colored fight noby In addition
almention times by General Pershna he has
oed out commenation the heroic exploit of
two Neoro soldiers who though wounded. CALAMITY with
radng OF twenty Germans saving their com
rades from capture.
This The Louisville Courier Journal declares has ele
ent of surprise for who knows the American Ne
as fighter addiaR. There is color line in the
against the black flag Of the Prussan bones By
the way noticed that participants in Louisvles
great Red received from spectatory
plause than the Negroes.
Along this same of thought this Southron Of South
ern speaking Of the why not supplement
the shortage Of from Negro has
this to saw the nursing of white people the
South before done by faithful Negro slaves
Much of the nursing the i'll and the infants in the
South has been since the by Negro few of
practical nurses. That Negro have peculiar
al aptitude for nursing undoubted That they get
ABLY good without much training shows that with train
ing they would be valuable anywhere.
Another tribute the Negro in this is paid by The
Memphis Commercial Appeal also ultra Southern which
saws Not long of the spectacular scenes
enacted in Memphis when delegation of black
h,oh.rs left for camp There tightening the
nurse strings among their friends and relatives The day
was one of celebration dollar spent in making the depart
ure eventfu was dollar well worth while The boys of dark
skins left home happy proud They had been escorted
to by thousands band OF their race played the
songs of inspiration and the raetme that of their har
nnous existence They be black but they fight
and they are they loyal and the and
women of their race seek from the white
man. They arranged the details of big day and
epoch. m aking day in the history of Memphis
1t is bit significant that the major OF compliment
arv comment chivaly Of the Negro in the has
been made by the Southern 1t evidences uo alone
spirit just but also pridefuness
in the prow-ss and the patriotism Of the brother in black
Quite with these is that OF correspon
dent with the army there who gives this
pleasing picture OF the Negro IN khaki somewhere IN
France: J7
They are here their typical Negro selves The
ard Of intelligence the unit extremely high and ili