ssioned at Fort Des Moines--Only Exclusive Negro Training
Camp--Mostly from Civilian Life--Names, Rank and Residence

Chapter XIV. Across Dividing Seas.

Black Thousands Assemble--Soldiers of Liberty--Severing Home Ties--Man's
Work Must be Done--First Negroes in France--Meeting with French
Colonials--Early History of 15th New York--They Sail Away--Become French
Fighting Men--Hold 20 Percent of American Lines--Terror to Germans--Only
Barrier Between Boche and Paris--Imperishable Record of New
Yorkers--Turning Point of War

Chapter XV. Over There.

Henry Johnson and Needham Roberts--The Tiger's Cubs--Negro First to Get
Palm--Johnson's Graphic Story--Smashes the Germans--Irvin Cobb's
Tribute--Christian and Mohammedan Negroes Pals--Valor of 93rd
Division--Laughter in Face of Death--Negro and Poilu Happy
Together--Butte de Mesnil--Valiant and Humorous Elmer McCowin--Winning
War Crosses--Verdict of the French--The Negro's Faith

CHAPTER XVI. THROUGH HELL AND SUFFERING.

COLORED OFFICERS MAKE GOOD--WONDERFUL RECORD OF THE 8TH ILLINOIS--"BLACK
DEVILS" WIN DECORATIONS GALORE--TRIBUTE OF FRENCH COMMANDER--HIS
FAREWELL TO PRAIRIE FIGHTERS--THEY FOUGHT AFTER WAR WAS OVER--HARD TO
STOP THEM--INDIVIDUAL DEEDS OF HEROISM--THEIR DEAD, THEIR WOUNDED AND
SUFFERING--A POEM

CHAPTER XVII. NARRATIVE OF AN OFFICER.

SPECIAL ARTICLE BY CAPTAIN JOHN H. PATTON, ADJUTANT OF 8TH
ILLINOIS--SUMMARIZES OPERATIONS OF THE REGIMENT--FROM FIRST CALL TO
MUSTERING OUT--AN EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNT--IN TRAINING CAMPS, AT SEA, IN
FRANCE--SERVICE IN ARGONNE FOREST--MANY OTHER ENGAGEMENTS--A THRILLING
RECORD--BATTALION OPERATIONS IN DETAIL--SPECIAL MENTION OF COMPANIES AND
INDIVIDUALS

CHAPTER XVIII. BLOOD OF BLACK AND WHITE IN ONE RIVULET.

LINCOLN'S PROPHETIC WORDS--NEGROES ALONGSIDE BEST SOLDIERS IN THE
WORLD--HOLD THEIR OWN--THE 372ND REGIMENT--BRIGADED WITH VETERANS OF THE
MARNE--FAMOUS "RED HAND" DIVISION--OCCUPY HILL 304 AT VERDUN--NINE DAYS
BATTLE IN "BLOODY ARGONNE"--ADMIRATION OF THE FRENCH--CONSPICUOUS
COMPONENTS OF 372ND--CHRONOLOGY OF SERVICE

CHAPTER XIX. COMRADES ON THE MARCH--BROTHERS IN THE SLEEP OF DEATH.

POLICY OF SUBSTITUTING WHITE OFFICERS--INJUSTICE TO CAPABLE
NEGROES--DISAPPOINTMENT BUT NO OPEN RESENTMENT--SHOWED THEMSELVES
SOLDIERS--INTENSER FIGHTING SPIRIT AROUSED--RACE FORGOTTEN IN PERILS OF
WAR--BOTH WHITES AND BLACKS GENEROUS--AFFECTION BETWEEN OFFICERS AND
MEN--NEGROES PREFERRED DEATH TO CAPTIVITY--OUTSTANDING HEROES OF