POLICY OF SUBSTITUTING WHITE OFFICERS--INJUSTICE TO CAPABLE NEGROES--DISAPPOINTMENT BUT NO OPEN RESENTMENT--SHOWED THEMSELVES SOLDIERS--INTENSER FIGHTING SPIRIT AROUSED--RACE FORGOTTEN IN PERILS OF WAR--BOTH WHITES AND BLACKS GENEROUS--AFFECTION BETWEEN OFFICERS AND MEN--NEGROES PREFERRED DEATH TO CAPTIVITY--OUTSTANDING HEROES OF 371ST AND 372ND--WINNERS OF CROSSES CHAPTER XX. MID SHOT AND SHELL. IN TRENCH AND VALLEY--THE OPEN PLAIN--ON MOUNTAIN TOP--IN NO MAN'S LAND--TWO CLASSES OF NEGRO SOLDIERS CONSIDERED--TRAINED GUARDSMEN AND SELECTIVES--GALLANT 92ND DIVISION--RACE CAN BE PROUD OF IT--HAD SIX HUNDRED NEGRO OFFICERS--SETS AT REST ALL DOUBTS--OPERATIONS OF THE DIVISION--AT PONT A MOUSSON--GREAT BATTLE OF METZ--SOME REFLECTIONS--CASUALTIES CONSIDERED CHAPTER XXI. THE LONG, LONG TRAIL. OPERATIONS OF 368TH INFANTRY--NEGROES FROM PENNSYLVANIA, MARYLAND AND SOUTH--IN ARGONNE HELL--DEFEAT IRON CROSS VETERANS--VALIANT PERSONAL EXPLOITS--LIEUTENANT ROBERT CAMPBELL--PRIVATE JOHN BAKER--OPERATIONS OF 367TH INFANTRY--"MOSS'S BUFFALOES"--365TH AND 366TH REGIMENTS--THE GREAT DIVIDE--THEIR SOULS ARE MARCHING ON--PRAISED BY PERSHING--SOME CITATIONS Chapter XXII. Glory That Wont Come Off. 167th First Negro Artillery Brigade--"Like Veterans" said Pershing--First Artillery to be Motorized--Record by Dates--Selected for Lorraine Campaign--Best Educated Negroes in American Forces--Always Stood by Their Guns--Chaplain's Estimate--Left Splendid Impression--Testimony of French Mayors--Christian Behavior--Soldierly Qualities Chapter XXIII. Nor Storied Urn, Nor Mounting Shaft. Glory not all Spectacular--Brave Forces Behind the Lines--325th Field Signal Battalion--Composed of Young Negroes--See Real Fighting--Suffer Casualties--An Exciting Incident--Colored Signal Battalion a Success--Ralph Tyler's Stories--Burial of Negro Soldier at Sea--More Incidents of Negro Valor--A Word from Charles M. Schwab Chapter XXIV. Those Who Never Will Return. A Study of War--Its Compensations and Benefits--Its Ravages and Debasements--Burdens Fall upon the Weak--Toll of Disease--Negroes Singularly Healthy--Negroes Killed in Battle--Deaths from Wounds and Other Causes--Remarkable Physical Stamina of Race--Housekeeping in Khaki--Healthiest War in History--Increased Regard for Mothers--An Ideal for Child Minds--Morale and Propaganda Chapter XXV. Quiet Heroes of the Brawny Arm. Negro Stevedore, Pioneer and Labor Units--Swung the Axe and Turned the Wheel--They were Indispensable--Everywhere in France--Hewers of Wood, Drawers of Water--Numbers and Designations of Units--Acquired Splendid Reputation--Contests and Awards--Pride in their Service--Measured up to Military Standards--Lester Waltons Appreciation--Ella Wheeler Wilcox's Poetic Tribute Chapter XXVI. Unselfish Workers in the Vineyard.