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Show NEGROES ARE TO BE CALLED OUT SOON WASHINGTON. Oct, 12. Negro men of the national army will be called out some time this month, it was stated at the war department today, to-day, to be assigned to the cantonments canton-ments throughout the country in accordance ac-cordance with the organization plan announced Monday. The exact date of the call has not been' fixed, but it will be soon after the graduation of the negro officers from the training camp at Des Moines. The presence of the new officers when the troops arrive is regarded as vitally necessary, as all the preliminary prelimin-ary work of equipment and training rests squarely on the junior and noncommissioned non-commissioned officers. The latter are to be assigned from the ranks of the four regiments of negro troops in the regular army. oo |