History of the American Negro in the Great World War

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Title: History of the American Negro in the Great World War His
Splendid Record in the Battle Zones of Europe; Including a Resume of
His Past Services to his Country in the Wars of the Revolution, of 1812,
the War of Rebellion, the Indian Wars on the Frontier, the
Spanish-American War, and the Late Imbroglio With Mexico
Author: W. Allison Sweeney
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[Illustration: W. Allison Sweeney]
HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN NEGRO IN THE GREAT WORLD
WAR
HIS SPLENDID RECORD IN THE BATTLE ZONES OF EUROPE
INCLUDING A RESUME OF HIS PAST SERVICES TO HIS
COUNTRY IN THE WARS OF THE REVOLUTION, OF 1812, THE
WAR OF THE REBELLION, THE INDIAN WARS ON THE
FRONTIER, THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, AND THE LATE
IMBROGLIO WITH MEXICO.
BY
W. ALLISON SWEENEY CONTRIBUTING EDITOR OF THE
CHICAGO DEFENDER.
PROFUSELY AND BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED

1919

THIS HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN NEGRO IN THE GREAT
WORLD WAR IS REINFORCED BY THE OFFICIAL RECORDS
OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT INCLUDING TRIBUTES FROM
FRENCH AND AMERICAN COMMANDERS
* * * * *
SPOKEN AND WRITTEN WORDS BY
J. E. MORELAND INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY Y.M.C.A.

ROBERT SENGSTACKE ABBOTT EDITOR CHICAGO
DEFENDER
RALPH TYLER EX-THIRD AUDITOR THE NAVY
JULIUS ROSENWALD PHILANTHROPIST
COLONEL CHARLES YOUNG UNITED STATES ARMY
WILLIS O. TYLER MEMBER LOS ANGELES BAR
CAPT. R.P. ROOTS VETERAN SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
* * * * *
WITH A COMPLETE SUMMARY OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE
370th "OLD EIGHTH" IN THE WORLD WAR FROM THE
COUNTRY'S CALL TO THE DAY OF ITS MUSTERING OUT
BY CAPT. JOHN H. PATTON, ADJUTANT

HISTORY
OF THE
AMERICAN NEGRO
IN THE
GREAT WORLD WAR
* * * * *
CONTENTS
Chapter I.
SPIRITUAL EMANCIPATION OF NATIONS.

THE MARCH OF CIVILIZATION--WORLD SHOCKS TO STIR
THE WOULD HEART--FALSE DOCTRINES OF THE HUN--THE
IRON HAND CONCEALED--THE WORLD BEGINS TO
AWAKEN--GERMAN DESIGNS REVEALED--RUMBLINGS IN
ADVANCE OF THE STORM--TRAGEDY THAT HASTENED THE
DAY--TOLSTOY'S PROPHECY--VINDICATION OF NEGRO
FAITH IN PROMISES OF THE LORD--DAWN OF FREEDOM FOR
ALL RACES
Chapter II.
HANDWRITING ON THE WALL.
LIKENED TO BELSHAZZER--THE KAISER'S FEASTS--IN HIS
HEART BARBARIC PRIDE OF THE POTENTATES OF
OLD--GERMAN MADNESS FOR WAR--INSOLENT
DEMANDS--FORTY-EIGHT HOURS TO PREVENT A WORLD
WAR--COMMENT OF STATESMEN AND LEADERS--THE WAR
STARTS--ITALY BREAKS HER ALLIANCE--GERMANIC
POWERS WEIGHED AND FOUND WANTING--SPIRIT WINS
OVER MATERIALISM--CIVILIZATION'S LAMP DIMMED BUT
NOT DARKENED
Chapter III.
MILITARISM AND AUTOCRACY DOOMED.
GERMANY'S MACHINE--HER SCIENTIFIC ENDEAVOR TO
MOLD SOLDIERS--INFLUENCE ON THOUGHT AND LIVES OF
THE PEOPLE--MILITARISM IN THE HOME--THE STATUS OF
WOMAN--FALSE THEORIES AND FALSE GODS--THE SYSTEM
ORDAINED TO PERISH--WAR'S SHOCKS--AMERICA INCLINES
TO NEUTRALITY--GERMAN AND FRENCH TREATMENT OF
NEUTRALS CONTRASTED--EXPERIENCES OF AMERICANS
ABROAD AND ENROUTE HOME--STATUE OF LIBERTY TAKES
ON NEW BEAUTY--BLOOD OF NEGRO AND WHITE TO FLOW

Chapter IV.
Awakening of America.
President Clings to Neutrality--Monroe Doctrine and Washington's
Warning--German Crimes and German Victories--Cardinal Mercier's
Letter--Military Operations--First Submarine Activities--The Lusitania
Outrage--Exchange of Notes--United States Aroused--Role of Passive
Onlooker Becomes Irksome--First Modification of Principles of
Washington and Monroe--Our Destiny Looms
Chapter V.
Huns Sweeping Westward.
Toward Shores of Atlantic--Spread Ruin and Devastation--Capitals of
Civilization Alarmed--Activities of Spies--Apologies and
Lies--German Arms Winning--Gain Time to Forge New
Weapons--Few Victories for Allies--Roumania Crushed--Incident of
U-53
Chapter VI.
The Hour and The Man.
A Beacon Among the Years--Trying Period for President
Wilson--Germany Continues Dilatory Tactics--Peace Efforts Fail--All
Honorable Means Exhausted--Patience Ceases to be a Virtue--Enemy
Abandons All Subterfuges--Unrestricted Submarine Warfare--German
Intrigues with Mexico--The Zimmerman Note--America Seizes the
Sword--War is Declared--Pershing Goes Abroad--First Troops
Sail--War Measures--War Operations
Chapter VII.
Negroes Respond to the Call.

Swift and Unhalting Array--Few Permitted to Volunteer--Only
National Guard Accepted--No New Units Formed--Selective Draft
Their Opportunity--Partial Division of Guardsmen--Complete Division
of Selectives--Many in Training--Enter Many Branches of
Service--Negro Nurses Authorized--Negro Y.M.C.A. Workers--Negro
War Correspondent--Negro Assistant to Secretary of War--Training
Camp for Negro Officers First Time in Artillery--Complete Racial
Segregation
Chapter VIII.
Recrudescence of South's Intolerance.
Confronted by Racial Prejudice--Splendid Attitude of Negro Shamed
It--Kept out of Navy--Only One Percent of Navy Personnel
Negroes--Modified Marines Contemplated--Few Have Petty Officers'
Grades--Separate Ships Proposed--Negro Efficiency in Navy--Material
for "Black Ships"--Navy Opens Door to Negro Mechanics
Chapter IX.
Previous Wars in Which Negro Figured.
Shot Heard Around the World--Crispus Attucks--Slave Leads Sons of
Freedom--The Boston Massacre--Anniversary Kept for Years--William
Nell, Historian--3,000 Negroes in Washington's Forces--A