Chapter XII. Negro Slackers and Pacifists Unknown.

Such Words not in his Vocabulary--Desertions Explained--General Crowder Exonerates Negro--No Willful Delinquency--Strenuous Efforts to Meet Regulations--No "Conscientious Objectors"--No Draft Evaders or Resisters--Negro's Devotion Sublime--Justifies His Freedom--Forgets His Sorrows--Rises Above His Wrongs--Testimony of Local Boards--German Propaganda Wasted--A New Americanism

Commissioned at Fort Des Moines--Only Exclusive Negro Training Camp--Mostly from Civilian Life--Names, Rank and Residence