Chapter VII. Negroes Respond to the Call.

Swift and Unhalting Array--Few Permitted to Volunteer--Only National Guard Accepted--No New Units Formed--Selective Draft Their Opportunity--Partial Division of Guardsmen--Complete Division of Selectives--Many in Training--Enter Many Branches of Service--Negro Nurses Authorized--Negro Y.M.C.A. Workers--Negro War Correspondent--Negro Assistant to Secretary of War--Training Camp for Negro Officers First Time in Artillery--Complete Racial Segregation