371ST
AND 372ND--WINNERS OF CROSSES

CHAPTER XX. MID SHOT AND SHELL.

IN TRENCH AND VALLEY--THE OPEN PLAIN--ON MOUNTAIN TOP--IN NO MAN'S
LAND--TWO CLASSES OF NEGRO SOLDIERS CONSIDERED--TRAINED GUARDSMEN AND
SELECTIVES--GALLANT 92ND DIVISION--RACE CAN BE PROUD OF IT--HAD SIX
HUNDRED NEGRO OFFICERS--SETS AT REST ALL DOUBTS--OPERATIONS OF THE
DIVISION--AT PONT A MOUSSON--GREAT BATTLE OF METZ--SOME
REFLECTIONS--CASUALTIES CONSIDERED

CHAPTER XXI. THE LONG, LONG TRAIL.

OPERATIONS OF 368TH INFANTRY--NEGROES FROM PENNSYLVANIA, MARYLAND AND
SOUTH--IN ARGONNE HELL--DEFEAT IRON CROSS VETERANS--VALIANT PERSONAL
EXPLOITS--LIEUTENANT ROBERT CAMPBELL--PRIVATE JOHN BAKER--OPERATIONS OF
367TH INFANTRY--"MOSS'S BUFFALOES"--365TH AND 366TH REGIMENTS--THE GREAT
DIVIDE--THEIR SOULS ARE MARCHING ON--PRAISED BY PERSHING--SOME CITATIONS

Chapter XXII. Glory That Wont Come Off.

167th First Negro Artillery Brigade--"Like Veterans" said
Pershing--First Artillery to be Motorized--Record by Dates--Selected
for Lorraine Campaign--Best Educated Negroes in American Forces--Always
Stood by Their Guns--Chaplain's Estimate--Left Splendid
Impression--Testimony of French Mayors--Christian Behavior--Soldierly
Qualities

Chapter XXIII. Nor Storied Urn, Nor Mounting Shaft.

Glory not all Spectacular--Brave Forces Behind the Lines--325th Field
Signal Battalion--Composed of Young Negroes--See Real Fighting--Suffer
Casualties--An Exciting Incident--Colored Signal Battalion a
Success--Ralph Tyler's Stories--Burial of Negro Soldier at Sea--More
Incidents of Negro Valor--A Word from Charles M. Schwab

Chapter XXIV. Those Who Never Will Return.

A Study of War--Its Compensations and Benefits--Its Ravages and
Debasements--Burdens Fall upon the Weak--Toll of Disease--Negroes
Singularly Healthy--Negroes Killed in Battle--Deaths from Wounds and
Other Causes--Remarkable Physical Stamina of Race--Housekeeping in
Khaki--Healthiest War in History--Increased Regard for Mothers--An Ideal
for Child Minds--Morale and Propaganda

Chapter XXV. Quiet Heroes of the Brawny Arm.

Negro Stevedore, Pioneer and Labor Units--Swung the Axe and Turned the
Wheel--They were Indispensable--Everywhere in France--Hewers of Wood,
Drawers of Water--Numbers and Designations of Units--Acquired Splendid
Reputation--Contests and Awards--Pride in their Service--Measured up to
Military Standards--Lester Waltons Appreciation--Ella Wheeler Wilcox's
Poetic Tribute

Chapter XXVI. Unsel