The Negro in the Army Today

IN THE United States, public opinion has opposed maintenance of a large standing army in peacetime. This sentiment was particularly strong in middle 1930's, a time of minimum public interest in and support of military establishment. During this period Negro components of Army were reduced to minimum fixed by Congress in 1866, when it was provided by statute that the enlisted men of two regiments of Infantry [and] ... enlisted men of two regiments of Cavalry shall be colored men. The 24th and 25th Infantry Regiments and 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments, established and maintained pursuant to this legislation, boast a long record of distinguished service over more than a half-century in most of campaigns in which American troops have been engaged. Whether supporting Rough Riders at San Juan Hill, following General Pershing in border campaigns, or in difficult Philippine warfare, these regiments have earned a reputation as first-class fighting organizations. However, in 1930's, greatly reduced in strength, they were but skeletons of their former selves. The Army generally and its Negro components in particular were at low ebb

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