Show CLAIMS HE WAS MISQUOTED gen baldwin den es speaking dis parag angly of negro sold ers gen franklin D baldwin corn com mander of the department of colorado who has been asked by the war de apartment part ment at washington to explain an interview in which he was quoted as speaking disparagingly of the negro as a soldier says that his statements were misunderstood gen baldwin Is credited with the following state ment the inference from the interview in question by which I 1 am made to appear as 01 negro and filipino Is ridiculous as my past record will sustain As to the portion of the interview relative to the filipino and negro soldier be ing disparaged I 1 was entirely mis quoted what I 1 intended to say was to express an efi entirely opposite senti ment I 1 class both as second only to the X k I 1 WG PD american soldier and I 1 would venture any military enterprise with either one ot of those nationalities |