Colored Soldiers Our
Firstjlalf Million
“Berlin or bust” is the slogan of
the American army and incidents of
the training of the first half million
men, who are going to get the kaiser,
are told in a volume just off the press
by a captain of the 349th field artil
lery stationed at Camp Dix, N. J.
Writing of Colored soldiers, Captain
X, says: “Their emotions are as tran
sient as children's, the lesser educated
of our Negro soldiers, while their
comrades who have gone to public
V schools and higher are extremely dig
H vnified, filled with ambition, reliable,
wholly trustworthy and eager to do
their part for America. One records
these qualities for the surface judg
ment of a Negro regiment is grossly
unfair. Popularly it is supposed to
be a gathering of likable hut wholly
irresponsible children of the south
land, who invariably spend their time
off drill with craps, clog dancing, wild
women and razors. That’s a libel, for
I know in my own battery there were
more men studying how to become
non-commissioned officers than there
were men for whom life was one long
“moon air rag.”
“Shoes spick and span, uniforms
neat, slick and natty—that’s the Ne
gro soldier. He’s there. He’ll write
his reputation big in France. He’s
working like a fiend. He has a big
pride in his division—the 92d, com
posed entirely of Negro soldiers. Lis
ten to a big luck corporal there.”
Listen now, all you men,” he is
saying to his squad. “You all see my
Chevrons there,” and he taps the cor
poral’s stripes on his sleeve. “You
men gotta know what them chevrons
mean. Iney mean I was picked by
the president to be corporal in his
army. That the whole power,” ex
pressively gesturing, “of the United
States is now behind me, when I say
to you all. Left F-face.” And they all
face.
There is a large nuirfoer of march
ing songs in vogue while the troops
are hiking, but here are the words of
one that is a general favorite;
“The bells of hell go ting-ling-a-ling
O death where is thy sting-ling-a-iing
O ting-ling-a-ling, the sting-ling-a
lin for me.”
"If you would intimately know the
Negro you must be with him, hour
after hour. The solicitous white-coat
ed man, who waits upon you in a din
* ing car, he is not representative. Nor
is the eager bell hop who answers
your hotel ring, ‘Ice Water, Boss'.”
Nor is the shiftless driver of a team
of mules. If you would understand
the Negro, you must meet him in the
composite. And it is in the national
army that you meet him in the com- |
posite. You find the dining car wait
ers, the bell hops, the cooks, the gang
laborers; but you find too the high
school graduate, the Negro college
man, the stenographer, the typist, the
young Negro who left a good job in
the bank to answer the nation’s call.
You find an abundance of trained
chauffeurs, a number of men skilled
in the trades and Allah be praised,
ample who understand horses and
the care of them. An artillery cap
tain is always on the alert for that.
And as you study your men you get
a new idea of the Negro race. You
appreciate its fight and admire its
,» pluck. You realize that many of
these men have fought their way up
in life; that decent jobs have Wen
theirs; and there is something far
more to them than “jazz bands,”
razors and dice.”
According to army regulations,
books by officers or enlisted men must
be published anonymously. The au
thor of this book, Captain X, is very
probably Captain Edwin Fox of the
349th field artillery, in charge of Col
ored men. It has been the custom to
recite what Colored people may expect
from the war, but from Captain X’s
appraisal of Colored soldiers it is
worth noting that whites are getting
something too out of camp life, name
ly a truer knowledge of what the
Negro really is.
SUGAR FOR PRESERVING WILL
BE UNDER STRICT DIRECTION
More rigid supervision of the dis
tribution of sugar for canning anil
preserving purposes will be exercised
during September than heretofore,
according to announcement of the
federal food administration for Ne
braska.
The state’s allotment is one million
pounds for this purpose and it is prob
able that allotments will be made by
the Omaha office to counties on the
basis of population.
September, ordinarily, is one of the
heaviest canning months of the year.
Much fruit comes in ami besides a
great deal of canning of vegetables
^ is done during the month.
These fruits and vegetables must
be saved and the housewife must co
operate with the food administration
to make the sugar go round, says the
food administration. It is urged that
just enough sugar be used to prop
erly preserve the fruits and vege
tables. Additional sugar can be added
when they are ready for consumption. |
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The train rolled slowly out of the
station, leaving a girl standing on the
platform. Nellie Windsor was fifteen
yenrs old. tier mother and father
were dead and she had tin one but
Uncle Jo and Aunt Betty. Uncle Jo
had written her to come and live with
him—and here she was. It was fully
ten minutes before Uncle Jo came,
and when he did he gave her n hearty
kiss and lifted tier into the buggy and
off they went. Arriving nt the farm, ]
she found Aunt Betty waiting on the
torch for her. and such a dear old ;
lady she was. It was then 3:30 o’clock
and the rest of the afternoon was !
spent In unpacking her clothes and
learning the rounds of the house. I
After supper she went directly to bed.
because she was tired from her long
tourney.
The next afternoon she wandered i
around, picking flowers, chasing but- '
ferflles. and, gathering an apron full
of apples, she went down to the little
brook. It was nice and cool and she
was enjoying herself when—“Hello,"
said a voice. She looked up, but saw
no one.
"I say. hello.” again entne the voice;
this time it seemed to come from the
tree that was across the brook.
“Hello yourself," replied Nellie.
"Where are you?"
"Up here In the tree,” said the voice.
‘‘Come down.” she said.
“Nope.” answered the voice. No
amount of teasing would make the
voice come down. It was getting lnte,
so Nellie said : “If I come here tomor
row will you let me see who you are?"
"Maybe,” replied the voice. So Nel
lie scampered tip the hill and home.
But she was not to see the owner of
the volo-i tomorrow, for when she got
up th* next morning tt was raining.
Uncle Jo came In at dinner time
with an Invitation for Nellie to spend ,
the afternoon with the Browns, who |
lived across the field. Slowly she
went upstairs to dress, sorry because .
she could not go down to the brook, |
hut maybe it would be there some
other time-; so with lids happy thought ’
In mind she wns soon ready, and I
Uncle Jo took her over to the Browns’.
She was rather shy, being among
strangers, but Mrs. Brown soon put
her al ease. Molly Brown was Nel
lie’s age, and they took to each other i
right away. While they were sitting I
talking about nothing In particular the
doorbell rung and Molly’s mother went
unit admitted live young people who
had come to spend ttie afternoon.
Soon a hoy about a year older than
herself came in and was introduced
as Billy Brown. What a good time
she had. and what nice girls and hoys
they were! But Billy—where hud
she heard that voice? The afternoon
passed all too quickly and when the
guests rose to go Mrs. Brown shook
hands with them all, and so did Molly
and Billy. When Nellie arrived home
she could not help thinking what a j
nice boy Billy was, and site blushed
when she thought how he hud given
her hand a tiny, unnecessary squeeze.
The days that followed were the
happiest ones she had ever had. Long
rambles with Molly and the Tucker
twins, picnics, and often she would go
for long walks with Billy. She liked
Billy very much and Billy liked Nellie.
But she did not forget the voice. Kv
er.v day she would go down to the
brook arid talk and talk with It. She
would tell It of the nice time she wns
having, and went so far ns to tell It
of Billy. Thus two weeks passed on
and Nellie thought she was never go
ing to see the voice, when one day
the voice told her flint she would see
It tomorrow, sure. To be sure Nellie
was there at the appointed time and
the voice said. "If I come down will
you promise to give me one thing?”
Wondering what It could he, hut cu
rious to see the voice, as she had
called it, she readily said, “Yes." It
slid down the tree and there stood—
Billy!
"You—you—?” she gasped. Billy
si died and said. "Your promise." She
y as so surprised she did not know
.hat to say. At length she said,
"What do you want?"
"A kiss." lie replied.
"Oh -li!" and she turned to flee up
the hill, Ian Billy like a flash caught
her. It was useless for her to try to
get away, even If she wanted to.
(Copyright, 1917, Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.)
Here She Goes, There She Goes
Frank Ituiley, attorney, tells tlie
following, and vows It Is a true tide:
An Indianapolis business man of
mature years .received a letter from
his secretary, and after trying In vain
to read the written words told the
secretary to send It to Fort Wayne,
whence it came, and to Inform the
sender lie had better learn to write.
"Bui. sir. Mils is a letter you wrote
and sent to Fort Wayne,” the secre
tary replied. “They sent it back, say
ing they could hot make It out."
“Well, send it back and tell them to
learn to read.” thundered the boss.—
Indianapolis News.
Long Picnic.
A number of Munde men attended
a picnic In Greenville, O., one Sunday
not long ago at which, according to
reports, more than a thousand persons
present had n gay time, with all neces
sary "trimmings” for such an occasion.
"Did you have u good time at the
Greenville picnic yesterday?” a young
Munde business man wus nuked iti ids
office the next day, that being blue
Monday.
“I don't know," wns the reply; ‘Tin
pot home yet."—Indianapolis Hlur,
LOUDER THAN ANY THUNDER
Modern Guns Make Noiee That l:t Far
Above That of ‘‘Heaven's
Artillery."
Every big noise Is compared to
thunder, as if heaven’s artillery were
the greatest noise imaginable. We
speak commonly of “the thunder of the
guns,” nnd the poets have always
spread themselves on the terrific can
nonade of a thunder storm. Hut the
plain fact Is that man’s artillery beats
the clouds into fits, if the distance at
which each can be heard is any cri
terion of the intensity and volume of
sound.
The gunfire in Flanders has been
heard in London countless times,
while It is quite impossible to say j
how fur the famous mineburst on the
Vimy ridge, produced by human
agency, though not gunfire, could be
heard. Hut it is doubtful whether the
loudest thunder that ever pealed has
been heard 20 miles away.
One of the greatest thunder storms
of recent years occurred in the Rich
mond area, but not a sound of it
reached London, and it is on record
that when the church steeple of Lost
wlthiel was destroyed by lightning to
the accompaniment of such a roar of
thunder as the oldest Inhabitant could
not remember, no sound was heard 30
miles distant.
The explanation of this seeming
anomaly Is possibly the fact that
thunder is produced in the air. and the
sound is conveyed by earth waves
rather than by flir waves.—London
Chronicle.
WOMEN HANDLE BIG SHELLS
Young Mother Gave Practical Demon,
stration of Their Physical Fit
ness to Do So.
When women first were put to work
In shell factories In England they
handled only the light field-gun shells.
Later it became necessary for lliein to
turn out larger shells, and doubts were
raised as to whether the women were
strong enough to handle them. A
young mother settled the question.
“Let me heft the shell.” she said,
picking one up from the floor. “Aye,”
she commented, "this shell is u mite
heavy, 'tls true, but it’s not so heavy
as m.v baby.”
There is a shell factory in the Liv
erpool district operated almost exclu
sively by the daughters of business
and professional men. Many are
young girls who had never done any
kind of work other than needle work
gnd rooking. The heavy work of the
establishment is performed by the
wives of sailors.
This is a nonprofit-making factory
and it Is the reply of the Cumird com
pany to the Hermans for the sinking
of tlie Lusitania.
Rip Van Noah.
It was the first twilight game at the
local ball park, and the little fan with
the whiskers just had to tell something
to celebrate the occasion.
“Boys, here’s a new one my son
wrote me," he said, ns he climbed into
the bleachers.
“Well, spring it! Spring It!" begged
the “gang." “Let’s get It over with."
“Yuli know my son’s at the Nation
al army camp at Ohillieothe. Veh, lie
came out flat-footed fer the war. Hah
hah!" said the little man, as he hit
Into a cigar which everybody knew
was made In Wheeling. “Well, here
Is what he wrote me this morning:
‘Dear I’op—Here is a joke. I hope
you see the point. What put the chill
in rhillicothe? Why, the draft, of
course. Jimmy. P. S. Tills is some
city.’ Now wasn’t that just like Jim
my. Some little joke. H<l-lie !”
"Yes, some little joke," said the
crowd, “you ohl Mr. Rip Van Noah.”
Imitated Kopenick Captain.
An extraordinary Instance of Teu
tonic servility where uniforms are con
cerned Inis occurred lit Essen. A pnr
ty of three armed individuals, two in
soldiers’ and one In a policeman’s uni
form, made a round of all the schools
of the town, representing themselves
to lie authorized to collect the chil
dren’s satchels. They paid a trifle in
each case for the leather straps at
tached to them, and carried away their
booty. After a few days, the whole
affair was discovered to he a swindle. 1
“How it is possible that this could
have been carried on for days without
anyone having the courage to chal
lenge their authority remains one of
the mysteries of the war,’’ says the
Rhenish Westphalian Gazette.
Flying Temperament.
Tin* mo t eminent of Rrltlsli scien
tists have devoted special study to the
psychological and physiological aspects
of flying. One authority says that
good eyesight, normal hearing, good
“muscle sense,” and equilibration arc
Indispensable qualifications. But most
Important of all is the right tempera
ment—not an easy thing for u medical j
hoard to examine. Of the types—the ■
Imaginative and the unimaginative—
the imaginative youth is said to make
the better pilot if he can keep his
imagination under control.
Two Prize Captives.
While on sentry duty one night one
of the men at Camp Colt, who had
been the butt of numerous company
jokes, halted two of his worst tormen
tors as they were endeavoring to slip
Into camp nfler taps. In response to
Ids challenge they slated Hint they
were Kaiser Bill and Von I Ilndenhurg.
Thereupon the sentry called for the
officer of the guard, reported ills dis
tinguished guests, and laid the satis
faction of seeing them headed directly
for the guardhouse.
COMMUNITY HOUSE
AT MEMPHIS, TENN.
Now in Course of Construction Will
He a Rendezvous for All Colored
Troops Passing Through City.
Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 23.—The
Colored citizens in Memphis are en
gaged in a laudable work of erecting
a community house at the corner of
McDowell and Waller avenue. They
have already purchased a lot and col
lected several thousand dollars and
need a few thousand more.
The community house will be mod
eled after the. Y. M. C. A. It will
be a meeting place for those of the
race who have ideas of better living
conditions. Primarily, the house will
be used to care for the Colored sol
diers as they pass through town. It
will also be used for the drafted
soldiers.
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“JIM CROW" SIGNS TAKEN
OFF TENNIS COURTS AT PARK
Denver, Colo., Aug. 23.—The “Jim
Crow” signs in two of the tennift
courts in City park, which read, “For
Colored People Only,” have been re
moved at the solicitation of Attorney
E. P. Biakemore, counsel for the Na
tional Association of Colored People.
Two of the tennis courts had been set
aside for the exclusive use of race
citkens. Attorney Biakemore called
the attention of City Attorney J. A.
Marsh to the fact that it is contrary
to the statutes of Colorado to make
any such discrimination against the
Colored citizens and to this the city
attorney agreed. The Colored people
now have the privilege of using any
tennis court which is not already in
use.
WOMEN MAKE GOOD AT
LABOR IN BRICK YARD
St. Louis, Mo.—Colored women as ,
day laborers are fast taking the j
places of men call'd to war in the
brick plants in this city. i
At all the plants it is said woman j
labor has proved satisfactory. The !
women load bricks on trucks and rail- j
road cars.
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World
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by Colored People—Help Them
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