The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-08
A PROPHECY FULPmLED.

training service in the And Of Negro regiment
had said he would lead them battle AGAINST in the
u that time We s called Ted to to- Tic h
be counted upon fighting factor and thus expressed our
few any soldiers any
than that they would prefer g be on the firing line We have no
that always We believe the
far oaisRn any previous sS service Of his D
service rendered chance win be
signing Negro
into combat 4 lit X the ys ch
these singing how they the thick Of it.
Of and the bare c their this challenge uf
silence forever doubts their effectiveness
The four regiments former national guard
SassweDt H sSa On that enpoed ground
S. and S these American Ne esS from n their training
with the French were placed to hold the Hun tide
military according
They ehssrsd announcement
they staying qualities European
Of training in the science Of warfare ana
i've lighting q the day From June to September 10 they Were
e. they Were e take part in the and
% Qualities in a od u nS ms n rarely bn caed
upon 70 qualities deadly striking
whole regiment was awarded the coveted croix de
and guns and up an Of ss
arplane And at cost of 500 men killed wounded
Al the another Negro regiment
Hayward winning dathless fame action And there is
telling how far these fearless fighters might pressed had
hostes ceased when they did for at Il o'clock the
lighting Ia fcrceshe nearest to the RhIne
These two instances are not exceptional An All the way thru
suit the Three whole regmens given the crox
q like rscosnIion accorded entire
cited thrilling enough for any youth One in particular deserves
Campbell Of the sssh Infantry and five q his
IN @ their %ss
Se s o the 5u u could Sn not hs @ % S
ahead lay covered with thick underbrush just back of
Campbell by the direction the bullet:
his with which they happened to have to crawl to the
then Withdraw far pOsssble and pull the making the
It's position, III,
worked Campbell then three Of
his steal and flank the machine one side while
PS S up a% On By na the rope The
focused tho brush hail Of bullets
hand they kin four Of the BOcbes
was in the sector that the Negro soldiers 1S ro%
was no sooner taken BY
entirely Negroes raids served notice
the Germans that something the program.
Up to that Ninety had been battle Only
united action came Metz o'clock
ing on the day before the arsee was gne they were notified
Larwnees say statue would nave been set smiling by
~Bnnaioes~ when the cali came
They began their advance At o'clock from
Before Them valley commanded By the hsyy guns Of Metz and
the opportunity show their
for the drs time they going to battle dson
amount they literary terrible
SO rapidly did they that
list of c1Haes considering the rain OF shells small Their
French striking for the pontn an odd
competition this the first to arrive
The Germans seeing what pounding Bots ehaut with
II became hot for the Morocans and the Senegal
cse They forced
Were Negro fighters really going "ee II thru? The
fight getting hotter and hotter for the Germans bring
The Fftysixth regiment forced
withdrew. until they had stood and borne
battalion the Bunaocs commanded by
Major Charles Appleton Of New York with Negro company COM
called hold the Germans hay
reiterated confronting he
with resistance the Bunaloes their crsx &c
later by Nineysecond
murdeous fire. hut there
driving the Negroes The Stars and Sp said Of this
hgh
Probably the fighting by any
which of the Twentyt ghth
Seventh divisions Df the Second Amer
above Vgneullcs
dawn on the ilth was no mild thing
battle and the order FIRMS did reach the iii the
front line un last moment when the runners spod with
from hole to fox hole"
provide
Of cpnon, evident the flag better
by Negro who Of late have been
coming hack to the kind of welcome ey deserve.
But for and the Of the II will be veil to
includes quite much times OF
peace in times OF however different in nature
of the ability Of his
to meet occasion when it rises.
years faced need becoming
citizens Constantly leaders have urged moral
and dural The response has been c9s gratifying than
these leaders desired and hoped
Now with record Of their soldiers for
should determine forward at fsser
An In thA