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ghastly crime!It is cheering to note, however, the official announcement of the War Department thut fifiv per cent, of the combat divisions in the United States have been authorized or ordered to be discharged, and that the following Negro military units, now overseas, have been assigned for early convoy and will likely reach Americu within a very short time:*'l(u th Infantry, headquarters and first battalion, 40 officers and 1,200 men; headquarters company, supply company, and third battalion, 19 officers and 1.815 men.860th Infantry, headquarters supply company, 2d battalion and sanitary detachment, 5b officers and 1,202 men.870th Infantry, hcndquai ters, 2d and 8d battalions, medical detachments, t8 officers and 1,555 men.072d Infantry, less 2d battalion. 65 officers and 1,855 men. (Later order includes 2d battalion and medical detachment.)Many complaints are reaching my office in the War Department, coming from colored soldiers, and based largely upon their desire to he speed-1 ily discharged from military service. For the present I would earnestly counsel the soldiers of my race, as well us their families and friends, ft* be patient a while longer, and Itrust the Negro press may concur in the wisdom of counseling likewise. Pa-■tience on the part of the public, including both white and colored soldiers and their families, ir all the War Department asks and rightfully expects while .it is endeavoring to work out the great problem of demobilization that is equally, if »•* t more- complex than the orig nal problem of f creating a hinmmoth American aimy i under the spur of the Selective Serv-, ire Law. The War Department's sue-f- ress jn mobinizing, in an incredibly
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The Dayton Forum
Dayton, Ohio, US
Fri, Jan 24, 1919
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