d his
appointment he studied English Grammar, Latin, Greek, German
and the Hebrew languages, and became what was regarded as an
excellent scholar. He studied the rules of elocution under
Dr. Cummings of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and was
regarded as quite an orator. He was appointed in charge of
Israel Church, Washington, D. C., and his fame became so
notable that President Lincoln appointed him Chaplain, the
first colored man that was ever made a commissioned officer
in the United States Army. He served his regiment so
faithfully and gained such a reputation that President
Johnson commissioned him a Chaplain in the regular service
of the United States Army. He resigned in a short time and
commenced the organization of the A. M. E. Church in
Georgia, and was so abundantly successful that the General
Conference elected him manager of the Publication Department
in 1876. He served there four years with headquarters in
Philadelphia, and in 1880 the General Conference sitting in
St. Louis, Mo., elected him Bishop, and on the 20th of May
he was consecrated to that holy office. Bishop Turner has
worked up territory enough as an organiser of the A. M. E.
Church to demand five conferences. He has organized four
conferences in Africa, making eleven conferences that he is
the founder of.

Dr. Turner was for many years superintendent in the church
for the whole State of Georgia and was the first Bishop of
Africa, which position he held for eight years, while having
his regular conferences in the United States. He says he has
received over forty-three thousand on probation in the
African M. E. Church. He has been a member of the Georgia
Legislature twice, a member of the Constitutional
Convention, Postmaster, Inspector of Customs and held other
minor positions, and was at one time regarded one of the
greatest orators of his race in the United States.

This interrogatory appears to presuppose that the seventeen or more
millions of colored people in North and South America are not a part
of the American population, and do not constitute a part of its
civilization. But the term "this country" evidently refers to the
United States of America, for this being the largest and the most
powerful government on the American continent, not unfrequently, is
made to represe