Produced by hekula03, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) 66TH CONGRESS } SENATE { DOCUMENT _3d Session_ } { No. 397 COLORED TROOPS IN THE FRENCH ARMY A REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO THE COLORED TROOPS IN THE FRENCH ARMY AND THE NUMBER OF FRENCH COLONIAL TROOPS IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORY [Illustration] PRESENTED BY MR. LODGE FEBRUARY 15 (calendar day, February 14), 1921.--Ordered to be printed WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1921 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, _Washington, February 14, 1921_. Hon. HENRY CABOT LODGE, _United States Senate_. SIR: In response to an informal request made by your secretary of Mr. Bliss, of this department, on February 12, 1921, I have the honor to inclose for your consideration and that of your committee a copy of a letter, with its inclosures which I wrote to Mr. Porter, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House, on the subject of French black troops on the Rhine; also a copy of a later letter to Mr. Porter, with its inclosure, a copy of a telegram from Mr. Wallace, giving the latest figures as to the number of French colonial troops now in the occupied territory. I have the honor to be, sir, Your obedient servant, NORMAN H. DAVIS, _Acting Secretary_. COLORED TROOPS IN THE FRENCH ARMY. JANUARY 17, 1921. Hon. STEPHEN G. PORTER, _House of Representatives_. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of January 10, 1921, with which you inclose a copy of House joint resolution No. 433, introduced by Mr. Britten, and request that I furnish the Committee on Foreign Affairs with such facts concerning the conduct of French colored troops in the occupied territories of Germany as may be in the possession of the Department of State.