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FROM OVERSEASWe nr* In reMlpt of a cottimntilca-' tton from Mnrritt H. Btsom«r. Min of Mr* Robinson, HIM Virginia Are , thin dly. He ##y»: We the SM infantryme ettmtnely proud that we had the opportunity of being in the lent and Hardee! drive that ended the war which rave the world demoeraey. This i France t ts (ho third foretan century in which 1 have eerved under Oenerol Porshing, We all wish to he remembered kindly by our relatives and friend a,Rjtt. ft If Neely of the Pioneer Infantry Co, U, writes; I cannot e* tire** tn word* toy appreciation a* wett a a of the other boys of my Company of the Son. Ten friends over there do nut rentin' how good we feel when w- ram) the ninny good things you all are doing Wk home Sat. j. 81 Ford of the Medical department I* doing a great work. Our top Sgt. Mr Evan* Daniels, Clerk Sat. Cornelius Crawford are all fine follows. We ate members of the Y M c A and wish to send regards to nil COLORED OFFICERS AND THE regular army.Chief or Stair Revokes Finding of i Army Board Which Declared Nag. j rota Disqualified for Officers andLeader* of Men—Record in #11 Wars Show Rsee ts not Deficient in Moral Fiber,Spoclul to The Kansas City Sun.Washington. 0, C . May ?—Ijetter* have been forwarded to the War De-I hartntottt by Bishop Charles Spenewr Smith nn chairman of the Commission mi After War Problems, of the A M E Church, W, T Andrews, editor of j The Daily Herald. Baltimore. Mr and I ether- nf like ■.imminence In public affairs. calling nttuntlon to an endorse muni which had lioeu placed on Hie I uppllentloa filed hy n coiofOd officer I who bnd, been Oversea*, relative to hi* fitnrrs lor admission Into the Regular Army The endorsement, or recommendation signed by n Board of off! rers. appointed to invent Ingte tho quail flctatlons of euncltdataa for asslgnmcnti-in the reorpnnlted I’nlteil stales Army nfH-r summing up nil citations and observation*. was n# follows:The Board rtxoinmvnds dial he be not t-.xiirainetl. Reason- unitqaUfjed by | r- usuo of the qualities Inherent in the i Negro race: nit opinion of the Board,| based on the tr-iunony of five white , 'if (leers serving with the SdSih Inf tin-| try. Negro*** are dc-ficlptit In moral i fiber rendering thetn unfit as orftcerf and lender* nf man.| War Rec#rj of Negroes Refutes Ab surd Finding of Army Board, i The writers of the mninuinlenttotts to the War Department. in addition to j roRdemntng tlie injustice to the officer Involved tnadt- it quite plain that the | eolnml people of ibe country resent most strenuously the reflection upon thw race a? a whole In the bald declnr-I at (on that Negroe# are deficient In moral fiber etc and regard it at an unsitslafmhl indictment of the entire ran- as a group of Incompetent* and failure* They declared the charge to j he absolutely descred It art by the written record of the brilliant achieve I went* of colored officer* under fire In th** firceewt offcnaivta of the war, and by tlie published testimony of lien era! i tVrshlng. of Colonel Hayward, and of a score of French officer# of highest military standing. all of whom had the advantage of knowing exactly Imw the , colored commander* imrc themselves nl crucial periods on the Held of battle.1 The objectionable memorandum Is | refuted. Hie writers assert, by tho kip broken chain of valorous deed* and j heroism of Negroes tn till the war* of the Republic from Bunker Hill to Car J rirnl and In Franco front Verdun to the siege- of Met*.No Exclusion of any Officer on Account of Color,Dr. Etttmllt .1 Scott. Special Assist am lo the Secretary of War, taking tip the matter directly with the War tiepaHtnent, made this reply, upon the authority of the ofllclnl* having charge nf tlie question at Issue, in n letter addressed t« Editor Andrew#. Df the Ihtl-I tlmoro Herald.With reference to the marked ropy nf Tho Dally Herald, containing an editorial. quoting an endorsement placed upon the discharge of a colored lieu-tenant who applied for retention In the service, I beg to say that this whole matter has been before tho War De-[ I’artment. und I am pleased to inform you Him the Chef of Staff has person.! ally directed the Commanding General at Camp Meade to revoke the finding; be has also dleeted that In the matter of colored officers being eommis.sened I in the army, there la to be no exciu-j slon on account of color.I T am *wre you will be pleased that j thta action has been taken by the War Department, and 1 personally shne with yon and the on tie ac# the attls-farilon of feeling that the finding quoted by you, and which was placed upon the n-ronl of the colored officer, will not appear on hi* permanent record as filed in the War Department The answer of Dr. Scott to the editor of the Baltimore Herald win servo an n reply to the many Inquirer* who 1 have shown an anxiety to know the ! status of colored officers whn desire 1 to he retained for service i» the Regular Amy.
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Kansas City Sun
Kansas City, Missouri, US
Sat, May 24, 1919
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