The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-25
-uE co1oRED AMERICAN IN WAR
WORK.

rHE coLoRED AMERICAN IN WAR
WORK.
-. Reserve onicsrs' Training Corps
and Military Instructors.
Washington, D. g., April 24.-Follow-
mo the rehabilitation Of the Students
Army Training Corps shortly after the
G0ning Of the armistice, the war de-
nartment, to stimulate the patriotic
s;rit of young men in the colleges and
.chools Of the land and to fit them for
ancient service in defense Of the ma
lion. formulated plans for the establish
ment of Reserve Officers Training
Corps Under this system the students
II the various educational institutions
Who are able to meet the required stand
ards, mentally, physically and tempera-
mentally, are trained to become officers
in the army, prepared to take their
places in the active military service,
should necessity arise. Watchful of the
Welfare Of the colored young man and
anxious that the co1ored schools of the
country should be given proper OPP
portunity to share in this advance work
of preparedness, DR.. Emmett j. Scott,
special assistant to the Secretary of
War, took up the matter with the COM
mittee on education and special train
ing of the war department, in charge of
the training and instruction branch Of
the war plans divisions, general staff,
with the result that twelve Of the lead
ing colored schools of the country have
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lishment of units of the Reserve Off
/ GERS Training Corps.
Herewith is given complete list Of
the schools selected up to April l, 1919,
together with a roster of the officers
designated as military instructors there
in. All Of the instruction, for the pres
ent, is in infantry movements.
Howard University, Washington, D..
EC Major Milton T. Dean and First
Lieutenant Campbell G.. johnson.
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial In
stitute, Tuskegee Institute, Ala. Cap
tain Russell Smith, First Lieut.. James
G. Pinkston and Second Lieut.. Harry J.
Mack.
Wilberforce University, Wilberforce,
Ohio. First Lieut.. Percival r. Pier.
Negro A. and T. College, Greensboro,
m G. Second Lieut.. Horace G. Wilder.
South Carolina "A. and M. College,
Gran eburg, S. G. First Lieut.. Samuel
Hull
Il Hampton A. and I. Institute, Hamp-s
IN, Va. First Lieut.. Leonard Z. Nc
Eleod.
Il Virginia N. and I. Institute, Peters
burg, Va. Second Lieut.. Ernest G..
Johnson.
Prairie View N. and I. College, Prai-
| lie View, Texas. First Lieut.. Walter 4.
Giles.
Tennessee Agri. and Industrial School,
Nashville, Tenn. First Lieut.. Grant
Stuart.
I West Virginia Collegiate Institute,
Institute, w. Va. First Lieut.. John H.
Purnell.
Branch Normal School, Pine Bluff,
Ark. First Lieut.. Elijah II. Goodwin.
Straight College, New Orleans, La
Captain Charles G. Cooper.
WAR HISTORY.
William Edgar Easton, author, lee
turer and publicist, Of Los Angeles,
California, has been designated by the
California Historical Survey Commits
sion as chairman Of subcommittee OF
the California War History Committee
I to gather and preserve material ana IN
formation regarding the activities or
the colored race in California in connec-
ton with their part in helping to win
. the war. He has formed committee
consisting Of all pastors, editors ana
secretaries of civic bodies doing war
work and they will aid in making the
volumes to be published by the Survey
Commission comprehensive and au-
thentic reservoir of reference on all
matters pertaining to the war work OF
the colored Americans of California
NEW HOSTESS HOUSE.
The new colored Hostess House and
the Knights Of Columbus building in
the colored area at Camp Zachary ray
lor, Louisville, KY, are being utilized
to the fullest extent in providing enter
1 tainment and social diversion for the
eolored troops in camp. Every Friday
night the War Camp Community Service
club gives dance at one of these build
lngs, and these entertainments are
largely attended by the colored enlisted
men.
a group Of patriotic young women
/ dozen or more in number sailed for
france few days ago to do canteen
work in the camps where colored sol
dlers are stationed. They went under
the direction of the War Work Council
I Of the Y. M. G. A.
Assurance has been given the War
4 Department. by the National Y. W. @.
= that the colored Hostess House at
camp Pike will be continued through
out the period Of disqualification. This