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History of the American Negro in the Great World War

CHAPTER XII
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TYPICAL GROUP OF NEGRO SELECTIVE SERVICE MEN LEAVING FOR THE TRAINING CAMP.] [Illustration: NEGRO TROOPS ARRIVING IN FRANCE.

A COMPARISON WITH THE UPPER PICTURE SHOWS THE RAPID TRANSFORMATION FROM CIVILIANS TO FIGHTING MEN.] [Illustration: "MOSS'S BUFFALOES" (367TH INFANTRY), SERENADING FAMOUS MILITARY CHIEFTAINS IN FRANCE.

IN WINDOW AT LEFT STANDS GENERAL JOHN J.
PERSHING, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES; AT RIGHT GENERAL GOURAUD, COMMANDER OF THE FOURTH FRENCH ARMY.] [Illustration: HEROES OF THE BRAWNY ARM WHOSE SERVICE WAS NO LESS EFFECTIVE THAN THAT OF THE COMBATANTS.

A DETAIL OF NEGRO RAILWAY BUILDERS ENGAGED ON THE LINE FROM BREST TO TOURS.] [Illustration: NEGRO ENGINEERS BUILDING ROADS IN FRANCE.

AN INDISPENSABLE FEATURE OF THE SERVICE OF SUPPLY.] [Illustration: NEGRO TROOPS IN FRANCE ENJOY AN OLD-FASHIONED MEAL.] [Illustration: NEGRO MACHINE GUNNERS ON THE ROAD NEAR MAFFRECOURT, FRANCE.


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