History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War: And Other Items of InterestCapital printing Company, 1899 - 228 páginas |
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... Field and Staff Officers . CHAPTER IX . • 166-170 173-196 General Items of Interest to the Race - Miss Alberta Scott - Discovery of the Garnes Family - Colored Wonder on the Bicycle - Negro Millionaire Found at Last - Uncle Sam's Money ...
... Field and Staff Officers . CHAPTER IX . • 166-170 173-196 General Items of Interest to the Race - Miss Alberta Scott - Discovery of the Garnes Family - Colored Wonder on the Bicycle - Negro Millionaire Found at Last - Uncle Sam's Money ...
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... field were the wives of men belonging in the army , and their purpose was rather to be protected than to become heroines and avengers . It shows the state of the island , that the women found the army the safest place for them . With ...
... field were the wives of men belonging in the army , and their purpose was rather to be protected than to become heroines and avengers . It shows the state of the island , that the women found the army the safest place for them . With ...
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... field artillery and the bursting of a shell in their midst . The battle was on . In many cases an invad- ing army serves notice of a bombardment , but in this case it was imcompatible with military strategy . Non - combat- ants , women ...
... field artillery and the bursting of a shell in their midst . The battle was on . In many cases an invad- ing army serves notice of a bombardment , but in this case it was imcompatible with military strategy . Non - combat- ants , women ...
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... field . The work went on night and day . The 25th Infantry worked harder than any other regiment , for as soon as they would finish a trench they were ordered to move ; in this manner they were kept moving and digging new trenches for ...
... field . The work went on night and day . The 25th Infantry worked harder than any other regiment , for as soon as they would finish a trench they were ordered to move ; in this manner they were kept moving and digging new trenches for ...
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... field and face to foe , In lines of battle lying low , The sable soldiers fell ! And where the black and brawny breast Gave up its all - life's richest , best , To find the tomb's eternal rest A dream of freedom still ! A groundless ...
... field and face to foe , In lines of battle lying low , The sable soldiers fell ! And where the black and brawny breast Gave up its all - life's richest , best , To find the tomb's eternal rest A dream of freedom still ! A groundless ...
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Página 21 - Whereas, the abhorrent conditions which have existed for more than three years in the Island of Cuba, so near our own borders, have shocked the moral sense of the people of the United States...
Página 22 - Third, that the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States to such extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect.
Página 21 - First— That the people of the island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. Second— That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban...
Página 22 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination when that is accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Página 10 - Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That, in the opinion of Congress a condition of public war exists between the government of Spain and the government proclaimed and for some time maintained by force of arms by the people of Cuba; and that the United States of America should maintain a strict neutrality between the contending powers, according to each all the rights of belligerents in the ports and territory of the United States.
Página 21 - Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled — First, that the people of the island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent.
Página 22 - Second. That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the Government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Página 188 - I thought his merits positive and not comparative; and I held that if his black poems had been written by a white man, I should not have found them less admirable. I accepted them as an evidence of the essential unity of the human race, which does not think or feel black in one and white in another, but humanly in all.
Página 85 - If it had not been for the Negro cavalry the Rough Riders would have been exterminated. I am not a Negro lover. My father fought with Mosby's Rangers, and I was born in the South, but the Negroes saved that fight, and the day will come when General Shafter will give them credit for their bravery.
Página 187 - What struck me in reading Mr. Dunbar's poetry was what had already struck his friends in Ohio and Indiana, in Kentucky and Illinois. They had felt, as I felt, that however gifted his race had proven itself in music, in oratory, in several of the other arts, here was the first instance of an American negro who had evinced innate distinction in literature. In my criticism of his book I had alleged Dumas in France, and I had forgetfully failed to allege the far greater Pushkin in Russia ; but these...