Washington, D. CSecretary Baker
of the war department has announced
that colored troops drafted into the
United States army will receive the
same consideration and treatment
heretofore gjyen them under tfte rules
of the ?rni Those colored troops
drafted in states havinD camps of
wi
"southern traditions." Such men as their state troops as separate organi-
Seth Low and many others have built nations, the same as is now done in
and do maintain Tuskegee because the regular army,
they hope through it to uplift the
1
na
good servant.!^ ,From Tuskegee a sen- organized and train there. Provision
timent of this'kind goes out over the I
wiJ1
country. The head of Tuskegee must coloren troops from those states which
stand for this sentiment or fight like
av
lven
wnlc
voluntee
om
the black man to the white man, urg- St"1***'
ing the colored youth to accept this ^S^ations."volunteer
as a fact and prepare to make useful
his life under such conditions. THIS
IS WRONG! Within Hampton itself.
