Clark L. Dickson
Lieut. Jerome Meyer
Sergt. Major Samuel B. Webster
Sergt. John A. Johnson
Sergt. Ira M. Payne
Sergt James A. Marshall
Sergt. Norman Jones
Pvt. Warwick Alexander
Pvt. George H. Budd
Pvt. Thomas A. Frederick
Pvt. John S. Parks
Pvt. Charles H. Murphy
Pvt. William N. Mathew
Pvt. Ernest Payne
Sergt. Homer Crabtree
Sergt. Norman Winsmore
Sergt. William A. Carter
Sergt. George H. Jordan
Sergt. Bruce Meddows
Sergt. Harry Gibson
Corp. John R. White
Corp. Benjamin Butler
Corp. March Graham
Pvt. Joseph McKamey
Pvt. William Dickerson
Pvt. William Johnson
Pvt. Walter Dennis
Pvt. Charles E. Cross
Pvt. William H. Braxton
Pvt. Nunley Matthews

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

History, as made in France by the Negro soldier, falls naturally into
two divisions; that which was made by the bodies of troops which had an
organization prior to the war, and whether trained or not, could lay
claim to an understanding of the first principles of military science;
and that made by the raw selectives--the draft soldiers--to whom the art
of war was a closed book, something never considered as likely to affect
their scheme of life and never given more than a passing thought.

We have followed the first phase of it in the wonderful combat-records
of the colored National Guard, its volunteers and recruits. We have seen
them like a stone wall bearing the brunt of attack from the finest shock
troops of the Kaiser's Army. We have seen them undaunted by shot and
shell, advancing through the most terrific artillery fire up to that
time ever concentrated; rout those same troops, hold their ground and
even advance under the most powerful counter attack which the enemy
could deliver. We have followed them from trench to plain, to valley and
into the mountains and read the story of their battles under all those
varying conditions. We have pitied them in their trials, sympathized
with their wounded and ill, been s