UI I MV I# W I • v ** w # 1 IIt *«» my good fortune to tnuater into(lie I’niU il Slates mm vice the tir) •ompa-I jny of colored recruit* orgtniud »»* the \State of'Indiana, and I aui gM to bear , testimony to their gallantry, heroism, and lt;devotion to the cause of freedom and the ; I'nior. I’odcr (heir fcirejiid leader the , gallant Colonel Churlto Ku#»cl. the 2Hth • regiment I'nitcd Stale* colored troop* did j i noble and invaluable her vice in the Army , of the James. It wa* at this critical pe- i riod »r the reuellion that )ou sucres-fully i demonstrated, am id at the ttuoke and carnage of bottle, that, a* a me**, you “had (righ'athat white men were bound to res- (peet.’’ Without the aid of the tico Annrf ,ref thouuwtl Mrong arm* ami stalwart , forma of colored soldiers, whu threw theiu- (selves into the breach at tho nmst oppor- lt;tune moment, hod alone know* whether t we could luvc assembled thua peaoOably , hero to-day, under the protecting; fold* of | (hat old flag, (ho banner of ‘'beauty and ( glory,” which now “in triumph ware* o'er the land of the free and the home of the ^ brave. Tho distinguished gentleman