The broad ax., 1919-04-05
THE coLoRED SOLDIERS GIFT
TO THE WORLD.

Hampton, Va, special.-''Never
before in the history of the world
has a young race made such glor-
ious offer and such a generous gift
as our race did, when the call came
for US to rally round the flag. /
have often thought of it since then
what a chance we took-a gam
bler's chance! Things ended all right
and we are better off; but had that
92nd Division been destroyed, we
would have been put back at least
fifty years.
1--WE threw open our colleges and
our little business enterprises. We
sent over the very best men we had
men who had purpose, and had
those men been destroyed we would
have been put back at least 100
years. The white race could afford
to send its best men. This race had
hundreds and thousands of men,
with years of civilization; but within
ffty-seven or sixty years time it is
absolutely impossible to make leaders
such as the leaders that you sent
over"
First Lieutenant James E. Scott,
of Savannah, Ga, who was graduated
from Hampton Institute in 1911 and
who has commanded the Headquar-
tiers Company of the seth Regiment
1.-THE original "Buffaloes"I, 92nd Di-
vision, recently spoke these ringing
words to the Hampton workers and
students. 1t. Scott was introduced .
to the large audience by DR.. George ,
Phenix, Vice Principal of Hampton,
and was received with enthusiastic ,
applause. 1t. Scott said:
Make the Supreme Sacrifice. 4
"The Negroes, notwithstanding the
fact that they had been denied the
privileges of military training and
leadership, when the call came, sent
The very best that they had, to be n
ed to the bloody battlefields of Eur
'pe, to be practically sacrificed, to q
how to the American people that, a
notwithstanding the fact that they
ave not had all the privileges and .
lights that belong to citizenship, they n
lave been willing to die for the coun- U
~ whenever the time comes. v
Negroes have proved that, not
outstanding the fact that they have g
'een denied privileges, when the call n
ONES, they are not only willing to u
%, but demand the chance of max
ng the supreme sacrifice.
at is not a question of how many
Tere or were not killed, the Negroes Il
ave p laced themselves in position d.
D be used, and whenever they were Ell
OF used, it was not their fault TT
mot only the men who have gath to
red under the flag, but the steve II
ores and men working in those labor ca
attalions, who have kept the Amer tn
an Army continually supplied, who III
ave kept food and clothing and pa
quipment rushing to the front all m
he time, who have been laying rail- m
bad tracks for the transportation be
equipment to the American sol
ers up to the front line-they. have M
1ually done their part. They have wi
ot only done it, but they are doing ar
now. And for that we should be is
ore than thankful.
Fearless Leadership. ~
tn
"Never before in the history of the ar
ord has there been such suffering ~;
J Negro officers have had to suffer. 20
n long marches, in the trenches, ba
I'd under fire, we kept ever before m.
our purpose, and with the con- to,
ant prayers of the American peo- Of,
e and the courage of our fearless n.
en-, who have led those men. We uS
we led them up to the battlefield ev
I'd placed them on line with the n.
st troops Of the world-troops ella
at have spent their lives soldering. On