The Glenwood post., 1923-02-22
uade Ted's Bed Time Stories
Current Events for the Children
and Grown-ups, Too
TAKING CARE OF THE
COLORED VETERANS

"I don't care what Freddie says,
he was mighty fine to me and l don't
see why I shouldn't be to him. said
Jack to Ruth as they came into the
house after an evening of coasting
down the long hill that had become
one of the finest toboggan slides they
had ever seen.
"No, sir. Just because Jimmie has
black skin doesn't make any differ
ence to me. He has helped me lots of
times and 1 appreciate it. Freddie
takes the wrong way of looking at it.
Too many other people look at it the
same way.''
'That may be true" spoke up
Uncle Ted, 'but I'll tell you one group
of people who do NOT look at it that
way
"Who are they?" asked Jack.
"The president of the United States
and his advisors and helpers" answer
ed Uncle Ted "The most of the peo-
pie throughout the United States do
not realize how many things have been
done for the negro since President
Harding was inaugurated. 1t would
take too long to go into all phases of
the subject and it wouldn It all be very
interesting to you, but I do want to
tell You one or two things since you
brought up the subject.
cit is especially interesting to go
into this now, as we have just cele-
brated the birthday of Abraham Lin
coin who was responsible for freeing
the slaves by his famous emancipation
proclamation.
"I wonder if you ever stopped to
think about the place the negroes took
in the world war. / was in France and
I saw them and I know what they did
At one time it was my privilege to
command n number of those men and
I want vcu to know that they We're as
fine fighters as I ever have seen.
"Of course when they were in the
thick of the fighting it was the natura
result that many of them were kille(
and hundreds Of them wounded. Now
the colored boy likes to be with his
own people when he is well. That i
only natural. But when he is sick ht
wants to be with his own people Just
taking care of the wounded colored
troops has been quite problem, but
the men who are running our govern
ment have been studying the matte
carefully and they have taken tn,
same interest. in the wounded coloret
soldier rs they have in the white boys
''In this connection wonderful
tribute was paid to those boys when OF
February 10, Lincoln's birthday, bi.
hospital for colored veterans was dedi
Gated at Tuskegee, Oklahoma, with tn,
guest of honor no less a person than
the vice president of the United State
who made the dcdicatory address.
was n wonderful event. The new gov
ernor of Alabama, William W. Bran
don, met the vice president at tn,
state line. on the morning of the 12tl
and went with him as far as Chehaw
Alabamab, where the entire party wa
welcomed by the mayor and committed
from the town of Tuskegee. From ther,
the party went over the new govern
ment road to the hospital. This hos
pital was built at Tuskegee for = v,ry
good reason. It is there that the Tus
kegee Institute, founded by that great
negro, Booker 7. Washington, is 10
Gated.
Many people may think that thii
hospital is just an ordinary sort Of
affair. 1t may surprise you to know
that this building to take care of negr,
veterans has been built at cost ot
about TWO MILLION DOLLARS TIL,
authorities who worked on this problem
at Washington realized that not onlJ
was n modern building needed, but tha
it was needed AT ONCE. For tha,
reason the greatest speed was neces
sary and the hospital was erected an,
completed from top to bottom in eigh
months.
'In addition to the fact that this
hospital will make it possible to takt