The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-10-15
NEGROES MAY BECOME Of
FTCERS IN REGULAR ARMY.
5000 Vacancies in End Lieu
tenants Rank Give OppOrtun-
ity; Conditions Stated.
(By A. N. P.)

Tuskegee, Institute, Oct. 13.-There
are at present on the active list in
gro line Officers, namely; Lieutenant
Colonel Ii. o. Davis, Calvary, and
professor of military science and tao
tics at Tuskegee Institute; and Major
John E. Green, Infantry, professor of
military science and tactics at Will
berforce University. In addition to
these two line officers on the active
list and Colonel Chas Young, who is
Negro Chaplins assigned to the four
Colored regiments in the regular army,
namely: the 9th and 10th Calvary and
the oath and 25th Infantry
There are at present almost 5000
vacancies in the Army for the grade
of End Lieutenant. Here is where
the Negro has his opportunity. Until
recently to become an officer in the
regular Army through examination,
1t was necessary to be an enlisted
man. The difficulties, however which
the government has experienced since
the close of the Great War, in Sc
curing sufficient officers have caused
the bars to be let down. so that at
present a civilian may take the pre-
liminary examination for a commits
sion in the regular Army and If he
Is successful in this examination may
enlist as a reservist or become a
member of the National Guard after
which his final examination may be
taken. Even If successful in this final
examination he can still not accept
the commission and remain in civil
life.
Because Of the Tacr that there is
danger in the next few years of not
having any Negro line Officers, it is
important that a number of young
ColOred men with the requisite train
ing should take these examinations
for end Lieutenant. The candidate
must be between the ages of 21 and
30 and should be a college graduate
or have general information equiva-
lent to the same, The War Depart
ment recently issued the following
concerning examinations.
2. The preliminary examination con-
slsts merely of an inquiry into the
physical moral and mental qualifica-
tions. of an applicant to determine
whether or not he has the requisite
qualifications to justify his proceed
ing with the final examination Such
preliminary examination VIII avoid
inconvenience and unnecessary ex-
penses to both the applicant and the
government in many cases. Facilities
for conducting these preliminary eX-
aminations at selected educational In
stitutions prior to graduation will be
provided by Copps Area Commanders"
g. "The final examination is the
same for all candidates and to insure
strict justice to ALL the examination
papers will be marked by central
boards convened in the War Depart
animation is such as to insure the
Army getting men of the requisite
educational foundation to satisfactori-
ly follow a career as an Army Off
Ger. The elementary part of this ex-
animation embraces the subject of his
tory, grammar, geography, erithme-
tic, algebra, geometry. trigonometry
and physics. The advanced part of
the examination consists of a large
number of subjects including math-
metics. languages literature. electrici-
ty, chemistry, law and minor tactics.
Examination is required in but three
OF the subjects of the advanced group
to be selected by the candidate.