Chapter XIV. Across Dividing Seas.

Black Thousands Assemble--Soldiers of Liberty--Severing Home Ties--Man's Work Must be Done--First Negroes in France--Meeting with French Colonials--Early History of 15th New York--They Sail Away--Become French Fighting Men--Hold 20 Percent of American Lines--Terror to Germans--Only Barrier Between Boche and Paris--Imperishable Record of New Yorkers--Turning Point of War