THE NEGRO AS A SOLDIER WRITTEN BY Christian A. Fleetwood, _Late Sergeant-Major 4th U. S. Colored Troops_, FOR THE NEGRO CONGRESS, AT THE Cotton States and International Exposition, Atlanta, Ga., November 11 to November 23, 1895. ────────── PUBLISHED BY PROF. GEO. WM. COOK. ────────── WASHINGTON, D. C. HOWARD UNIVERSITY PRINT. 1895. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ COTTON STATES AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, Atlanta, Ga., 1895. COMMISSION FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COLORED EXHIBIT. Jesse Lawson, Chief Commissioner. Edward E. Cooper, Vice Chairman, Thomas L. Jones, W. S. Montgomery, James H. Meriwether, Joseph H. Stewart, Henry E. Baker, Treasurer, A. F. Hilyer, Geo. Wm. Cook, Col. Nathan Toomer, J. E. Johnson, Secretary. _Ladies’ Auxiliary Committee._ ──── Mrs. B. K. Bruce, President, Mrs. J. T. Layton, 1st Vice Pres., Mrs. A. F. Hilyer, 2d Vice Pres., Mrs. Jesse Lawson, Secretary, Mrs. Charles R. Douglass, Treas. _Men’s Auxiliary Committee._ ──── David A. Clark, Chairman. OFFICE OF THE COMMISSION, Room 4, 609 F Street, Northwest, Washington, D. C. August 5, 1895. Major C. A. FLEETWOOD. Dear Sir:—At a meeting of the Committee for the District of Columbia on National Negro Congresses at the Atlanta Exposition, held this day, you were appointed a speaker to represent the District on the subject, “Military.” Will you kindly favor us with an early notice of your acceptance? Very respectfully, WALTER H. BROOKS, Chairman, W. J. HOWARD, EDWARD H. LIPSCOMBE, Sec._Committee_. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE NEGRO AS A SOLDIER. ──── IN THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION.