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commander to the major, handled their
men and officers.
A summary Of honors and citations
for bravery in battle is herewith
given:
From the Stars and Stripes. February
IA, 1921
Distinguished service crosses by
general headquarters to Ninety-second
Division, as follows:
To field officers. ....... 1
To junior officers, one of whom
Lieutenant Campbell, of Three
Hundred and Sixty-eighth In
fantry (the regiment accused by
Billiard of cowardice) .......... a
To soldiers (four to soldiers Of the
Three Hundred and Sixty-eighth,
accused by Billiard of cowardice) 10
Total .................... II
Four colored infantry regiments
that had few white American
officers:
Three Hundred and Sixty-ninth. 8
Three Hundred and SEVENTEEN
Illinois ................... Il
Three Hundred and Seventy-6rst. 81
Three Hundred and Seventy-second IA
Total .............,..... o.
From this source of information we
note that this was just one less than
the Thirty-third Division, Illinois, re.
ceived. Are these awarded for cow
ardice and ineficiency?
Three Hundred and Twenty-6fth
Signal Battalion ......... 2
Three Hundred and Forty-ninth
Field Artillery ................. 9
Three Hundred and Fiftieth Ma
chine Gun Battalion. ....... l
Three Hundred and Fifty-6rst Ma
chine Gun Battalion. .......... l
Three Hundred and Sixty-hfth In
fantry .................... 20
Three Hundred and Sixty-sixth In
tantry .....-.......... ~
Three Hundred and Sixty-seventh
Infantry, one whole battalion
(Croix de Guerre) ........
Three Hundred and Sixty-eighth
Infantry (this was the regiment
accused by Billiard of cowardice) Ia
The Three Hundred and Sixty
seventh Infantry, which covered the
retreat of Seventh Division and
French on November ii, 1918, had a
whole battalion to receive Croix de
Guerre.
AS to the record of other units of
the black troops in France differed
by colored men, an idea can be OBJ
tanned by an extract from the Dis
abled American Veterans Weekly
(white), issued May 80, 1925, which
states, quoting Congressman Hamilton
Fish, Jr., Of New York:
THE Three Hundred and Sixty
ninth Infantry was the first Negro
combat unit to reach France, and
landed at Brest on December 80, 1917,
being among the first Negro regi-
ments to see service in the front
lines, taking over a quiet sector the
first week in April, 1918, and was
later the first American regiment to
reach the Rhine after the armistice."
All the service of the regiment was
on the Champagne front except for ~
days in the Vosges Mountains. Its
battle casualties throughout its opera
ton in France were 15S killed, includ-
ing IS white officers, and LILO
wounded. Perhaps the most out
standing feat performed by the regi-
ment was its attack and capture OF
positions on the height south Of Sc
-Champagne-and later in cap
turing the town itself.
The Three Hundred and Seventeen
Infantry - the Eighth of Illinois
"oficered almost throughout from
colonel down by colored officers as
part of the Tenth, Thirty-fourth,
Thirty-sixth, Fifty-ninth, and Seventy
third French Divisions. Its battle
casualties were 90 killed and SO5
wounded. Perhaps the most out
standing feat performed by the Three
Hundred and Seventeen Infantry dur
ing the World War was its attacks on
the Ailete near Pinon-northeast OF
scissors 1T and at Chantrud Farm -
northeast scissors - on November ),
1918.
The Three Hundred and Seventy
first Infantry served as part OF the
Thirtv-eiChth and One Hundred and