History of the American Negro in the Great World War Part 17

Grant Stewart, first lieutenant, U.S. Army.

Robert K. Stephens, captain, U.S. Army.

Leon Stewart, first lieutenant, U.S. Army.

Thomas R. Stewart, first lieutenant, Ft. Wayne, Ind.

William A. St.i.th, first lieutenant, U.S. Army.

James M. Stockett, Jr., first lieutenant, Providence, R.I.

Wilbur F. Stonestreet, second lieutenant, Topeka, Kans.

Daniel T. Taylor, second lieutenant, U.S. Army.

Hannibal B. Taylor, second lieutenant, Guthrie, Okla.

Pearl E. Taylor, first lieutenant, St. Louis, Mo.

Benjamin F. Thomas, captain, U.S. Army.

Bob Thomas, captain, U.S. Army.

Vincent B. Thomas, second lieutenant, Was.h.i.+ngton, D.C.

Charles M. Thompson, first lieutenant, Columbia, S.C.

Joseph Thompson, captain, U.S. Army.

Pierce McN. Thompson, first lieutenant, Albany, Ga.

Richard C. Thompson, first lieutenant, Harrisburg, Pa.

Toliver T. Thompson, first lieutenant, Houston, Tex.

William H. Thompson, first lieutenant, Jacksonville, Fla.

William W. Thompson, captain, United States Army.

James W. Thornton, first lieutenant, West Raleigh, N.C.

Leslie J. Thurman, captain, U.S. Army.

Samuel J. Tipton, captain, U.S. Army.

Frederick H. Townsend, second lieutenant, Newport, R.I.

Anderson Trapp, first lieutenant, U.S. Army.

Charles A. Tribbett, first lieutenant, New Haven, Conn.

Joseph E. Trigg, captain, Syracuse, N.Y.

Archibald R. Tuck, second lieutenant, Oberlin, O.

Victor J. Tulane, first lieutenant, Montgomery, Ala.

William J. Turnbow, first lieutenant, U.S. Army.

Allen Turner, first lieutenant, U.S. Army.

Edward Turner, first lieutenant, Omaha, Nebr.

Samuel Turner, second lieutenant, U.S. Army.

Shadrach W. Upshaw, second lieutenant, Austin, Tex.

Ferdinand S. Upshur, second lieutenant, Philadelphia, Pa.

George L. Vaughn, first lieutenant, St. Louis, Mo.

Austin T. Walden, captain, Macon, Ga.

John P. Walker, first lieutenant, U.S. Army.

Lewis W. Wallace, captain, U.S. Army.

Thomas H. Walters, first lieutenant. New York, N.Y.

Robert L. Ward, first lieutenant, Detroit, Mich.

James H.N. Waring, Jr., first lieutenant, Was.h.i.+ngton, D, C.

Genoa S. Was.h.i.+ngton, captain, U.S. Army.

George G. Was.h.i.+ngton, second lieutenant, U.S. Army.

Bolivar E. Watkins, first lieutenant, St. Louis, Mo.

Alstyne M. Watson, second lieutenant, Tallapoosa, Ga.

Baxter W. Watson, second lieutenant, U.S. Army.

Louis L. Watson, first lieutenant, Was.h.i.+ngton, D.C.

William H. Weare, first lieutenant, U.S. Army.

Walter T. Webb, first lieutenant, Baltimore, Md.

Carter W. Wesley, first lieutenant, Houston, Tex.

Harry Wheeler, first lieutenant, U.S. Army.

Chauncey D. White, first lieutenant, Mathews, Va.

Emmett White, captain, U.S. Army.

Journee W. White, second lieutenant, Los Angeles, Cal.

Lorenzo C. White, second lieutenant, Hampton, Va.

Johnson C. Whittaker, first lieutenant, Lawrence, Kans.

Horace G. Wilder, second lieutenant, U.S. Army.

Arthur R. Williams, second lieutenant, Edwards, Miss.

Everett B. Williams, first lieutenant, Syracuse, N.Y.

Gus Williams, first lieutenant, U.S. Army.

James B. Williams, first lieutenant, Baltimore, Md.

John Williams, second lieutenant, U.S. Army.

Oscar H. Williams, second lieutenant, New York, N.Y.

Richard A. Williams, captain, Lawnside, N.J.

Robert G. Williams, first lieutenant, U.S. Army.

Seymour E. Williams, second lieutenant, Muskogee, Okla.

Major Williams, second lieutenant, U.S. Army.

Walter B. Williams, captain, U.S. Army.

William H. Williams, captain, U.S. Army.

Elmore S. Willie, first lieutenant, U.S. Army.

Harry E. Wilson, first lieutenant, Des Moines, Ia.

John E. Wilson, first lieutenant, Leavenworth, Kans.

William H. Wilson, second lieutenant, Greensboro, N.C.

Meredith B. Wily, first lieutenant, El Paso, Tex.

Christopher C. Wimbish, first lieutenant, Atlanta, Ga.

Hugh H. Wimbish, second lieutenant, Atlanta, Ga.

Rolland T. Winstead, second lieutenant, Rocky Mount, N.C.

George W. Winston, captain, United States Army.

Ernest M. Wood, second lieutenant, Mebane, N.C.

Benjamin F. Wright, second lieutenant, New York, N.Y.

Elbert S. Wright, second lieutenant, Baldwin, Kans.

John Wynn, second lieutenant, U.S. Army.

Edward York, captain, United States Army.

Charles Young, first lieutenant, U.S. Army.

William A. Young, second lieutenant, Sumter, S.C.

Charles G. Young, first lieutenant, Was.h.i.+ngton, D.C.

CHAPTER XIV.

ACROSS DIVIDING SEAS.

BLACK THOUSANDS a.s.sEMBLE-SOLDIERS OF LIBERTY-SEVERING HOME TIES-MAN'S WORK MUST BE DONE-FIRST NEGROES IN FRANCE-MEETING WITH FRENCH COLONIALS-EARLY HISTORY OF 15TH NEW YORK-THEY SAIL AWAY-BECOME FRENCH FIGHTING MEN-HOLD 20% OF AMERICAN LINES-TERROR TO GERMANS-ONLY BARRIER BETWEEN BOCHE AND PARIS-IMPERISHABLE RECORD OF NEW YORKERS-TURNING POINT OF WAR.

"Doan you see the black clouds ris'n ober yondah Like as tho we's gwan ter hab a storm?

No, you's mistaken, dem's "Loyal BLACK FOLKS Sailing off ter fight fer Uncle Sam."

From the plantations of the South, from the mines, the workshops and factories; from the levees of the Mississippi, the cities, villages, farms of the North, the East, the South, the West; from the store, the counting house, the office and the inst.i.tution of learning they came-the black thousands to strike for their altars and their homes; to fight for Uncle Sam. How splendid was the spectacle of their response! "Their's not to ask the WHY; their's but to do and die."

Bearing the burden placed upon them by white men as they have for centuries, nevertheless, in this supreme moment of their country's life; "a day that shall live in story"; many of them did not know what it all was about; where Germany was located, nor the significance attaching to the word Hun. In a vague way they understood that across the sea an armed and powerful nation was threatening the happiness of mankind; the freedom of the world.