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1 THE NEW YORK AGE, SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1919 Scott Asks DuBois for Bill of Particulars Special Assistant to Secretary of War Issues Statement Defending His Record and Points Out Some of the Things He Has Done for Colored Soldiers Over Here and "Over There." (Special to THE Washington, D. by Emmett J. Scott, special answer to charges made by Dr. W. ner in which Mr.

Scott has been troops overseas: "Yes, I have read Dr. DuBois' tions as propounded and sent around to the colored, newspaperently through his adhe seeks to vance discredit one who, according to his own testimony, has been laboring in the circum- War stances and who has never failed during Department under very difficult the war to take a firm stand for the rights of Negro soldiers at home and overseas. In the first place, I do not recognize the usurped right of Dr. DuBois to call me to account, or as the man 'to whom I must give an account of my stewardship. I am willing to leave to that loyal, unbiased and sane jury of twelve million colored Americans, whose interests I have endeavored to represent in the War Department, the verdict as to whether or not I have done my full duty.

I am now preparing an account stewardship which will be presented to that jury at the right time and in the proper way. "In the representative capacity I have been serving during the war I necessarily welcomed the loyal and unselfish co-operation of all colored Americans, whether of the radical or conservative type, but again quoting the words of Dr. DuBois, my association with him during the war has been at the cost of. SUSpicion and criticism, for I have been repeatedly warned that he is neither unselfish nor "It is rather amusing, however, to read on pages 7 and 8 of the same issue of The Crisis, wherein Dr. DuBois assumes the self-appointed task of insinuating my alleged neglect or failure to do certain things or in the article headed My Mission he says: I vent to Paris.

What did I do when got First, there were, certain things did not do. But it lid not follow that because I could not do everything I could do nothing. How Complaints Were Handled. "Now, it was precisely the same when came to Washington and began to labor 'under very difficult circumstances' (as Dr. DuBois states it) in the War Department.

There were, certain things do and found that I could not do everything, but there were a number of important things I could do and did do for the benefit of Negro soldiers in camps, at home as well as overseas. Of course, no sane person would ask or expect a man holding a confidential position in a great department of the government to reveal in public print official and confidential information, but as proof of the fact that complaints concerning Negro soldiers overseas reported chaplains, to me and by Negro officers, Negro other American civilians, did receive prompt action at my hands, I submit at his time just a few of the many letters which I have received from Negro officers who actually served overseas and from other men who brought specific complaints and grievances of Negro soldiers overseas to my office for attenion. These letters express appreciation of the satisfactory and, in most cases, the effective way in which I have taken up and handled complaints. white officers soldiers had their "Be it remembered, that American hardships, troubles and grievances, as well as the Negro troops belonging to he American Expeditionary Forcessome of which they had to endure and all of which was not possible for even the War Department in Washington altogether to remove or remedyand yet I offer no apologies for these conditions or hardships! "In order that the exact facts might be secured regarding colored soldiers overseas it will be recalled that it was upon the recommendation of the Negro Editors' Conference, held in D. June, 1918, which recommendation was pressed by me, Ralph 325 COURSE FOR $5.00 Be a Hair Dresser, Scalp "Skin Specialist We teach you how either by mail or We give diplomas.

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0. Box 102, Whalagten, Del, in behalf of colored Americans generally. Very truly yours, President, Washington Branch, National Asociation for the Advancement of Colored People. "1 would rather have the testimony of these gentlemen who know the facts concerning my efforts in behalf of Negro soldiers overseas, some of whom actually served 'over than to be at all perturbed by or to treat other than with appropriate contempt the insinuating remarks, printed and spoken, of a centered, self-seeking, unfair critic--the main drift of whose life has been to try to 'tear down' and to destroy what other men have sought to build up for the honor and welfare of their country and their race. Discredited himself by a large portion of the Negro press of the country, he now seeks to discredit others.

Surely 'misery. likes but in the desperate effort of Dr. DuBois to rehabilitate himself in the eyes of the Negro world after the severe drubbing he has received in the Negro public press and otherwise, it might be well for him to know that if he is trying to 'come and again pose as an ardent defender the race, 1 he shall not do so at my expense. I am fully prepared for any further onslaught he (Signed) ARCHIBALD H. GRIMKE, may make.

What the Record Shows. "My record in the War Department speaks for itself. I am not of it. I have no excuses or apologies to True it is, 'I could not do as he confesses for himself, yet I challenge any man to show wherein I have failed to perform my whole duty. While no one expected or could expect that a civilian official in the War Department could altogether control every untoward incident or harsh or untactful handling of soldiers overseas, it was always expected at least (and I have so interpreted it as my duty) that such an official should go forward in the matter of presenting the complaints and grievances of such men when brought attention, and should do all in his power to cause a thorough investigation and bring about, if possible, a prompt and suitable "The following recommendations, among others, have been brought to the attention of the War Department by me and urged as offering an opportunity for better morale among Negro officers and soldiers overseas: "1.

That the Negro soldiers of the the the the the the the labor and engineer units be given the same opportunity for promotion and advancement as are given the white soldiers. "2. That all Negro laboring units be given Negro non-commissioned officers. That all Negro units be supplied with Negro chaplains. That military police be selected from the Negro soldiers as well as white soldiers.

"5. Also a change in the matter of drilling the men on Sunday without special permission from commanding, That officers. trials by summary court martial in the case of these particular units be discontinued. The noncontrol of social questions outside of camp limits unless requested by the French authorities. This particular order referred to a certain effort which had made to commit the military officials to the tion of social other questions non-military in nature.

"7. That racial discriminations among American soldiers both at home and overseas be in no way countenanced by the War Department. "8. That promotions of colored officers in combat units be made as such promotions be earned, etc. Challenges DuBois to Present "Bill of Particulars." "I challenge Dr.

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And now, having specifically indicated a few of my efforts and activities in the War Department with reference to overseas complaints, too, shall publicly ask a few questions: "1. Inasmuch as Dr. DuBois left for France December 1, 1918, and waited practically five months (May issue of The Crisis) before becoming indignant about the treatment of Negro troops overseas, I want to ask if he (DuBois) knew of the conditions complained of and manifestly thought I was in a position to have those wrongs corrected, why in the name of Justice and High Heaven did he not bring them directly to my attention? "2. How such overseas complaints did he bring to my attention as he easily could have done as a 'correspondent' and as Ralph W. Tyler, accredited war correspondent, actually did? What did he himself do to help the situation overseas and to have the wrongs corrected? Is it not a fact that when the opportunity was offered for him to counsel with colored officers in group that he refused to do so, preferring to be in a position to criticise, later rather than to be 'a present in time of If he did not wish to report the grievances of colored soldiers to me personally as being beneath his dignity, did he not have access to every regimental and divisional headquarters in France the same as other Did he make any effort while in France to have the injustices complained of ameliorated, or did he await his return to America, 3,000 miles away from France, to protest? "I challenge him to cite specifically what overseas complaints among Negro troops he ever brought directly to my attention or to the attention of my office, where, according to his own testimony, such complaints should have been brought and pressed for correction.

"I CALL FOR HIS 'BILL OF I eagerly await his reply." CIRCLE DAY OBSERVED IN LOCAL CHURCHES (Continued from first page.) every other agency for uplift. Clean, healthy bodies and properly trained minds are, after all, the first requisites for moral or spiritual uplift. These the Circle aspires to insure as far as possible among our race by means of day nurseries, proper hospital accommodation and stimulation of interest among returning soldiers. The churches before which the work was presented were: Abyssinian Baptist, Rev. C.

Powell, pastor; Mother Zion, the Rev. J. W. Brown, pastor; Metropolitan Tabernacle, the Rev. W.

W. Brown, pastor; Emmanuel Bethel Baptist, the Rev. R. M. Bolden, R.

pastor; A. M. the Rev. A. Cooper, pastor; Mt.

Olivet Baptist, Rev W. P. Hayes, pastor; St. James' Presbyterian, Dr. M.

Hyder, pastor; St. Mark's M. Rev. W. H.

Brooks, pastor. In Brooklyn: Concord Baptist, the Rev. W. M. Moss, pastor; Claremont Ave.

Baptist, the Rev. Kimball L. Warren, pastor; Bethel A. M. the Rev.

C. E. Warren, pastor; Bridge St. A. M.

the Rev. W. Spencer Carpenter, pastor. In Jersey City the speakers were: Dr. E.

P. Roberts, Fred R. Moore, Mrs. Lucy Henson, Miss Amanda Webster, Mrs. Etnah Rochon Boutte, Philip Smith of the War Community Service, Booker T.

Washington, Mrs. Mabelle W. Williams, Mrs. Ella Barksdale Brown and Mrs. Evelyn Barrett.

In several other churches the work will be presented at a later date. MRS. TALBERT SAILS FOR FRANCE Mrs. May B. Talbert of Buffalo, President of the National Association of Colored Women, sailed Tuesday on the Espagne for France.

Mrs. Talbert received hier passport as President of the National Association of Colored Women but later requested that it be amended and was accepted by the Y. M. C. A.

as a worker and will no doubt visit every camp where the boys are located. Mrs. Talbert is the accredited delegate to the National Council of Women and has been invited to be present at the meeting of the Executive Council which meets in England in mid-summer. At the recent Reconstruction Congress held in New York, she was unanimously elected Director General of the Colored Women of America. FIREMEN'S BROTHERHOOD CUTS OUT COLOR LINE -The International WASHINGTON, D.

Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen and Oilers met in convention here May 13 to 17. There were present 400 delegates representing forty-eight States, Canada and Mexico. Of the 400 delegates present 25 were colored. W. W.

Lambert of Wellsville, Ohio, stated to your correspondent that when met at one of the fashionable hotels here there was some opposition to the colored delegates meeting with the white delegates at this hotel, but the president, Timothy Healy, would not stand for that kind of discrimination as they were all members of the same brotherhood. Some of the Southern delegates insisted 011 using the word "nigger" in the convention. This was objected to by Mr. Lambert and the president ordered it cut out. The convention was held for the purpose of considering a new wage schedule to -meet the high cost of living.

Every courtesy was extended the colored members of the delegation even to their participation in sight-seeing tours around the city, Philadelphia Conference Meets. West Chester, -The 104th annual session cf the Philadelphia A. M. E. Conference opened at Bethel Church Thursday of this week.

Bishop John Hurst, of Baltimore, is presiding. Office hours: 9 a. m. to 1 p. Evenings by, appointment.

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Appropriate, musical numbers and were Melrendered Harry Burleigh ville Charlton. The pallbearers were Fred Watkins, William C. Green, Ferdinand Washington, William Hackley, Dr. J. C.

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She is survived by her husband, Walter F. Craig, and two children. MANHATTAN Y. M. C.

A. "The Making of Man," will be the subject of an address by Dr. H. Arthur Booker, pastor of St. Paul's Baptist Church on Sunday at the Y.

M. C. A. "Big Meeting," which is held at the Public Library, 103 West 135th street each Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. The special numbers will be a piano solo by Miss Mary Pennington and a dramatic reading by Charlotte Junius.

Another special feature of the meeting will be the singing in the dark. The words of the song will be thrown on the screen by the aid of a stereopticon. address of the Rev. J. Ernest on the "Call of the Hour" proved very interesting to those present.

The Employment Department has been pressed during the past month for men to fill the demands that have been made upon them. The privileges of the Association are extended to all returning soldiers and sailors for three months; this includes Employment Department. WASHINGTON MEMORIAL MISSION. The serves of the Washington Memorial Presbyterian Mission, 258 West 133rd street, were well attended last Sunday. There were a number of out of town visitors present.

There will be three special services next Sunday. A visiting minister will occupy the pulpit at 11 a. m. A cantata will be given at 4 p. m.

There will be special Christian Endeavor services at 7.30 p. m. Dr. Lawton will preach at 8 p. subject, "Our Ability to Succeed." The occasion is the homecoming and twelve tribe rally for the building fund.

The entertainment will be given Monday evening, May 26, at 8 p. at St. Mark's Hall, 57 West 138th street. HEADWATERS TO MEET HERE ON JUNE 10 The annual convention of the National Association of Headquarters, which will be held at the national headquarters, 436 Lenox avenue, Tuesday, June 10, promises to be the largest and most interesting ever held by the organization. President Jos.

T. Lee, Secretary D. C. Waller and Vice-President W. T.

White are putting forth every effort to bring out a large representation in order to put before the convention a constructive program to meet new and growing conditions and to raise the status of the colored headwaiter. General Manager White is anxious that the members adopt a scientific plan. of mutualization in order to insure a greater spirit of fraternalism. says He's during the war some of the leading hotels throughout colored the country and opened sidewaiters their doors to head owing to the scarcity of labor, and that many of the hostelries have announced intentions of keeping colored help. THE CENTRAL CIVIC LEAGUE OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE INVITES ALL COLORED PEOPLE TO THE -NEW YORE AGE.) following statement has been given out assistant to the Secretary of War, in E.

B. DuBois relative to the manlooking after the welfare of colored W. Tyler was designated by the committee on public information to render this service. Mr. Tyler constantly called to the attention of the War Department, through me, certain conditions and in each and every case these complaints were brought to the attention of the proper officials of the War Department.

"My files evidence the fact that Dr. DuBois wrote me repeatedly calling to my, attention complaint after complaint concerning wrongs, grievances, discriminations, alleged to exist among Negro soldiers in various camps here in America. He was informed time after time with reference to the investigations which followed as a result of those complaints, and expressed in writing his satisfaction with the action taken in following up such complaints. Having gone on his mission to France December 1, 1918, why did he wait five months until the May, 1919, issue of The Crisis, to mention to me any overseas complaints? I fear that the animating impulse back of his present inquiries has not as yet been altogether disclosed to the public. "An old and familiar saying, 'When folks, can't use you they then "knock" you' comes to my mind.

Dr. DuBois knows, and his friends know, and the record proves, that as far back as two days before the meeting of the Negro Editors' Conference, which I called here 111 Washington, June, 1918, he was seeking my personal good offices that he might realize personal aspirations. He knows that I did everything I could to help him secure that much coveted commission in the army, which he so eagerly but vainly, sought. He also knows, as the will show when necessity arises, that there were other occasions also when Dr. DuBois probably felt I might be used for 'pulling chestnuts out of the fire' for him.

Personal Testimony As to Service Rendered Colored Americans Overseas. "While in the very nature of the case it was impossible for me or anybody else, during the war, to know everything that was going on among Negro soldiers or even white soldiers in France, yet, in my, efforts to handle specific complaints that came to my notice and look after the welfare of Negro troops generally, it is gratifying to have received from Negro soldiers, Negro officers, Negro chaplains and Y. M. C. A.

secretaries overseas, numerous letters on the order of the few partially quoted below: Hon. Emmett J. Scott, Special Assistant to the Secretary, of No War: one can better preciate your efforts than we, the colored men of the AA. E. who have suffered and labored under unfavorable conditions on the battlefields of France.

M. M. COLEMAN, Co. 806 Pioneer American Expeditionary Forces. France, October 23, 1919.

My, Dear, Mr. have Scott: just had time to finish this note to you. We are not without our difficulties, but the men and officers are hitting the line hard. Much has transpired prove that you are on the job to our satisfaction over here. Yours very truly, (Signed) EDW.

L. SYNDER, Y. M. C. A.

Secretary, Headquarters 365th A. P. 766, France. "Similar testimony has come to this office personally and by letter from such officers of the 92nd Division as Major M. T.

Dean, Charles 317th Ammunition Train; Captain G. Kelly, 366th Infantry; Chaplain William T. Amiger, 371st Engineers Battalion, A. E. and Lieut.

Charles S. Parker of the 366th Infantry, the only colored adjutant we had during the war, and from many others. "And now may I also quote the testimony of Archibald H. Grimke, a mem.ber of the executive committee of the National Association for the Advanceof the Washington branch of that ment of Colored People, and president organization: Washington, D. May 10, 1919.

My Dear Mr. Scott: From the very beginning of your services in the War Department nearly two years ago, I have had of full the hard opportunity to know something position you have filled with so much benefit to our race generally, and to colored soldiers in particular. Numerous, indeed, have been my visits to your office in the War Department for the purpoes of presenting specific cases involving complaints and grievances of colored soldiers in camps at home and overseas, and also cases involving discrimination against colored and women in the Government ser. vice here in Washington. am, therefore, in position to state, from positive, personal knowledge, covering nearly two years of intimate contact, that have always gone forward after you the making exact proper facts, in inquiry a to develop firm, manly, uncompromising way- urging right and justice in behalf of colored soldiers at home and overseas, and CELEBRATION OF A CENTURY Week of May 19th to 24th.

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