He has trained thousands of men, many of them now officers, in the art and duties of seamanship.

Scores of Negroes; men of the type of these in the Navy, would furnish the nucleus for officers and crews of separate Negro ships.
In a recent issue of "Our Navy" a magazine devoted entirely to naval affairs, especially as regards the enlisted man, a writer reflects the opinion of these men in the following article: "Whether you like the black man or not, whether you believe in a square deal for him or not, you can't point an accusing finger at his patriotism, his Americanism or his fighting ability.

It is fair to neither the white man nor the black man to have the black man compete with the white man in the Navy.

True, we have black petty officers here and there in the Navy, and in some cases black chief petty officers.

It stands to reason that they must have been mighty good men to advance.