The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1919-06-05
LIEUT. OSCEOlA
T. McKA|NE
Field Secretary Comments on Col
Allen J. Greer Infamous
Letter
Elitor Blade:

Editor Blade:
I am tlarected by the League OF De-
xnssrracy. an organization of colored
officers and men who have served
America in her crusade against he
Hun of Europe to write you tins open
letter concerning Col. Allen j. Greer
most infamous ana QrevarlcatknS let
ter TO Senator MGketler, relative &c
colorel officers and men OF the 9zno
division, of wfgSch Col Greer was a.
one time chief OF staff.
We feel that the entire race has been
grossly huaniltated and iIr5ulted. ThE"'
part of Goa. GTeers tetter wfE9ch says
that tise colored officers and ssoidIef's
were DANGEROUS only to themselves anu
rvonnen s+dprnatizesa and iraspI Ated the
race with moae malicious venom than
even that peerless Bourbon Secession
hst. Thomas DIXON, dla In mis- Birth oil
q Nation. Both of these docasme trhs are
in dihe same ohasss as regards, dsFoyaFtS
60 the union and irnsSdioaiSs. unTnerited
anti-Negro propaga nda
Col. Greer should oe tried for dis
LOYALTY; he Is not fit 10 be "a citizen on
the republic, because any person VINO
fomentaA or sought to fornent gSscfal
prejudice Sfurtng Tine war. directly gave
aid to the enemy, for he thereby Great :
ed a weak fink in OUT war 6ha-rn-
Tnnumeraa,Nn oohored officers and men
have been decorated by both the Amer
team and French governments for gal :
Iantry in action Two entire regiments
have been honored with the CTOix ore
Cuerre by the French. Coz. Greer malist
nYNova that these CkecoratsonS were not
merited that the military heals OF
those g0vernHne nts who recomgnenueSl
the decorations were not competen'
hHlges of MILITARY efficiency ard braV-
cry in battle.
THESE returned black heroes who so
brilliantly embelhshed the Stars and
Stripes, at Chabsau Thferr'y Argonne
Forest and before Metz. can not per
NIT this scion and agent of the Bour-
bon Southern Oitgarchy to beEnnircf
their honorable aStd eIsvAable f'ecords
witffBo,st tetting hun feel the full force
of their righteous wrath and resent :
nleYat Back men and women VINO
apave given their blood and dollars 10
make the world safe Tor Democracy
can not let this wife. vicious and pre-
medihated INSULT to the race go unehal-
lenged
The War department. IS on trial in
this matter: we have scores Of Just
grievances against it's policies. The
end of our patriotic patience will be
reachesa If 1t permits this brazen often
(l,r of twelve millions OF loyal Catnzen1
to escape punishment without trial.
Col Greer should be tried for con-
duct to the prejudice of good order and
military discipline. for attempting 20
influence legislation. and for abdng the
enemy
Nothing less than dishoDoraibe dis
charge will aISpeaSe us: nothing less
rxrsl MT n a
ton.
He has been unfaithGul to tis TRUST
ana to Inns commanding officers for
General Persshing, himself. at lie Mans,
during D review OF the 92nf division
said that the division has made good.
that he was proud of it's achievements
morale and discipline. and THAT had the
war continued, it would have borne
the hrunt of the mdghtieSt offensive
ever launched by the Am erfcan forces.
Even that artsh, relentless Negropho :
biac OF Bulletin 35 fame, General G. e.
EaaIlou. STATED that. st (92nd 1ivi-
sion) participated in the last battle of
war with creCtitable success. oontinu :
ousty pressing the attack against
highly Organzed defensive works. II
advanced successfully on the first Gay
of ,hc battle, attaining IT'S objectives
and capturing prisoners. TVrhs In face
of detern ned opposition by an alert
enemy and against rife, machine gun
and artillery fire" This memoTandum m
was signed by Col Greer as Chief of
staff Tne War 1epa rtment must make
Greer reconcile the sentiments OF this
memora nchlm with the sentiments ex-
pressed in this letter to Senator Nc
Kelar.
Col. Greer states that his letter was
of vital Importance from point OF
view which ali Sou tfSerners have The
attention of the secretary OF war is in =
vtted TO the following FIVE points of
view with regard to the GRATED men
of the South from an advertisement o6
the Harrlman National bank in the
New York sun: "Of 360,710 colored
men tnduobed into the service by
draft. 239O77 or 65 percent were citi-
zens OF Southern states whose total
Wf7lte contribution was only 370, 369.
Mississippi Save 24.006 colores1~ l9 296
White South Carolina 25,778, coOred.
1921 white. Louis 2S,711 colored
II 494 white: Georgia 34, 3O5 colored
30 53S white, Florida 1904 cohored
l3012 white We believe the above
paragraph to be Also Of vital impor-
tance and interest to the country at
harge concerning a. Asr southern
point OF View. We feel that as long
as Coa. Greer mains ursrrfed and free
the race remains inssutted and stigma
tizeh We owe it to our posterity 70
take any action necessary to have tn II,
foul bleIniSh ERASED and the kaespoiler
pylniSh II
We cannot permit our descendants
to read this letter in future histories
ami hook 7Hpon our graves with sCorn
and contempt for perurttirng them To
Ire bra nrled az moral lepers, towards
and rtra7s before they were born In
ttEAs matter our slogan Is Greer must
bs trlei and the race vlndtcatei"
The letter mentioned herein was
pubns shed IN the CrAsrs for the month
of May. 1919 We respectfully submit
the facts Atatf-1 herein for your earliest
po9s Die attention and action