The Coconino sun., 1920-07-30
HOW THE SOUTH WAS
 FAVORED DURING WAR

In reference to the statement that northern soldiers were forced to work on the roads of Virginia beside Negro civilian laborers, receiving $1 day while the Negroes received $5, refer doubters to the Congressional Record of Feb. 8, 1919. This record shows that on that day the senate adopted Senator Frelinghuysen's amendment to the postal bill, barring use of sol diers from the north as Eoad laborers in southern states, against their will. The amendment provided that soldiers who did such work should be given pay equal to that of civilians. The record shows southern senators voted solidly against the measure.
 Reference to-the failure of demo- cratic states to furnish their share of volunteers IS substantiated by war de- partment records made public early in April, 1918. These public official rec ords show that all but eight states had filled their quotas in the regular army recruiting. Six of those eight states were southern and two northern. The records show that Arkansas, with a quota of BIAS, had deficiency of 633; Louisiana, with quota of 3,312, was seventy-one short; Mississippi, with a quota of 3,634, still needed ,930; North Carolina's quota of 4,412 was 1y560 short; South Carolina needed 1,341 to fill her quota of 3,030; Virginia was l. 2SS short of her quota of 4,122.
 These, six states, of course, had a to- tai representation of twelve votes in the senate. The Congressional Record shows that when Senator News amendment for universal service was brought up for passage not one of these twelve southern senators voted for it. Six voted against it and six failed to vote.
 Reference to manipulation to save the democratic states from their fair quota under the draft is based in part upon the surgeon, generals records, showing the number of physically in capacitated men passed by the south ern draft boards and credited to their quotas. In this connection letter sign ed by Hugh s. Johnson, of Moline, H., which while protesting that as deputy provost marshal general he must have known of manipulation had there been any, admits that Cit is true that large numbers of the quotas furnished by southern states were composed of Ne groes whe were not incorporated into fighting divisions, but were sent to France in labor battalions." They were unfit to fight, but they counted in the draft quotas as soldiers.
 The statement that Illinois and h. diana boys in large numbers were used to fill up the ranks of southern quotas is substantiated by the records of the Blackhawk division and the Blue Ridge division. Three hundred soldiers of the Blackhawk division were sent to Camp Lee as replacements for the Blue Ridge division, and served with them until discharged. Instead of coming home with their northern bud dies they were sent to Newport News and thence to Virginia, and were the last on the discharge lists.
 As to the statement that the Ger mans had command of the air and that the provision for the aerial activity of our soldiers was entirely inadequate, we refer the skeptic to the final re- port of Gen. Pershing. Among other things he says: "In aviation we were entirely dependent upon our allies. The first American squadron complete