Show f I 1 I 1 VI NEGRO OFFICERS FOR 4 k N kg fo voWN volunteers 0 V g I 1 themis Th ereis I 1 forming in louisiana iana a regiment T egi J ment of ne negro gro soldiers immune vi I 1 4 to 6 je yellow edw fever under lender a tiding ruling it at Wast washington ington I 1 MO jio in the regiment can occupy ga py a higher office than than that aaa of second lieutenant 1 rf 9 edward barnes au an intelligent I 1 4 negro writes from new orleans g to 6 the world protesting against the it in injustice jAntice A hi bis s protest seems to be well taken if negroes are fit to be commissioned officers at all as is Z Z t admitted by opening the grade of second I 1 19 them why are th they not fiot fits fit when competent to be captains oi ne companies I 1 in a I 1 negro regiment governor tyler of virginia is an old time conservative dyed in the wool virginian i Demor cat yet he has taken the ground that if weare we are j to accept the aery ice of negra i citizens I 1 as soldiers we should open to those thosa of i hem who are fit the I 1 I 1 reward re ovard I 1 i of pr promotion 1 within their own mm corps co I 1 wi we should let the 1 volunteers select their own A officers as we let white I 1 troops do 01 subject of course to examination 11 for fi fitness timas I 1 what incentive to gallantry and I 1 i good service is there to a second lieutenant who is denied aed ar all po possibility M i 2 of however howetter conspicuously A good his service may be I 1 lk As for tire social quest question iol the 1 rule tends io precipitate rather ak than allay difficulty on that score Z ifor for if i therease ther eare bieg I 1 r ra 1 second lien hen 1 ite nanta afie i r white chiti efera w officers office ej must 0 necessity recognize them as men bearing commissions fi 3 would it not be wiser topped too to o A 1 dl all offices m in n negro regiments to negroes ne I 1 groes or b r else elie fp to open bondt none the new L I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 |