Kelly Miller's History of The World War for Human Rights

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Miller, Kelly, 1863-1939

Title

Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights

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Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Graeme Mackreth, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

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English

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D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918)

Subject

World War, 1914-1918 -- African Americans

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eBook-No.

19179

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19179

Release Date

September 4, 2006

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.KELLY MILLER'S HISTORY — The World War
2. 2.Human Rights — KELLY MILLER, A.M., LL.D. — THE NEGRO'S PART IN THE WAR
3. 3.GENERAL PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS — CHAPTER I — INTRODUCTORY — CHAPTER II — GEN. PERSHING'S OWN STORY — CHAPTER III — PRESIDENT WILSON'S REVIEW OF THE WAR — CHAPTER IV — THE FLASH THAT SET THE WORLD AFLAME — CHAPTER V — WHY AMERICA ENTERED THE WAR — CHAPTER VI — THE THINGS THAT MADE MEN MAD — CHAPTER VII — THE SLINKING SUBMARINE — CHAPTER VIII — THWARTING THE U-BOAT — CHAPTER IX — THE EYES OF BATTLE — CHAPTER X — WAR'S STRANGE DEVICES — CHAPTER XI — WONDERFUL WAR WEAPONS — CHAPTER XII — THE WORLD'S ARMIES — CHAPTER XIII — THE WORLD'S NAVIES — CHAPTER XIV — THE NATIONS AT WAR — CHAPTER XV — MODERN WAR METHODS — CHAPTER XVI — WOMAN AND THE WAR — CHAPTER XVII — THE TERRIBLE PRICE — CHAPTER XVIII — THE WORLD RULERS AT WAR — CHAPTER XIX — THE WAR'S WHO'S WHO — CHAPTER XX — CHEMISTRY IN THE WAR — CHAPTER XXI — OUR NEIGHBORING ALLY — CHAPTER XXII — THE HEROIC ANZAC — CHAPTER XXIII — AMERICA STEPS IN — CHAPTER XXIV — UNCLE SAM TAKES HOLD — CHAPTER XXV — A GERMAN CRISIS — CHAPTER XXVI — UNCLE SAM AND THE NEUTRALS — CHAPTER XXVII — THE ACTIONS OF THE WAR — CHAPTER XXVIII — AMERICAN FORCES BECOME FACTOR — CHAPTER XXIX — AMERICANS TURN WAR'S TIDE — CHAPTER XXX — VICTORY—PEACE — THE NEGRO IN THE WORLD WAR — CHAPTER I. — INTRODUCTORY. — THE GERMAN STATES. — THE RISE OF PRUSSIA. — THE DAYS OF BISMARCK. — THE GERMAN EMPIRE. — DEVELOPMENT OF THE EMPIRE. — BUILT ON A FOUNDATION OF SAND. — WILLIAM II. — ACTIVITIES IN WHICH HE WAS INTERESTED. — PAN-GERMANISM. — OUTWORKINGS OF THE PLOT. — PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED. — THE REAL CAUSES OF THE WAR. — DECISION FOR WAR. — EVENTS OF 1914. — BELGIAN RESISTANCE. — RETREAT TO THE MARNE. — THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE MARNE. — THE MAGNITUDE OF THE BATTLE. — THE BATTLE OF TANNENBERG. — EVENTS OF 1915. — ON THE EAST FRONT. — THE DARDANELLES CAMPAIGN. — EVENTS OF 1916. — THE GREAT BATTLE OF VERDUN. — THE BATTLE ITSELF. — CONQUEST OF ROUMANIA. — EVENTS OF 1917. — THE UNITED STATES IN WAR. — THE COLLAPSE OF RUSSIA. — THE ITALIAN REVERSE. — EVENTS OF 1918. — GERMAN OFFENSIVE IN 1918. — WHEN THE AMERICANS CAME. — TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILES OF BATTLE. — UNIFIED COMMAND. — AMERICAN ASSISTANCE. — AGAIN THE MARNE. — CHATEAU THIERRY. — OTHER VICTORIES. — THE DOWNFALL OF TURKEY. — THE APPROACHING END. — THE ALLIES TAKE THE INITIATIVE. — THE COLLAPSE OF THE TEUTONIC ALLIES. — GREAT ITALIAN VICTORY. — THE GERMAN ARMISTICE. — CHAPTER II. — GENERAL PERSHING'S OWN STORY OF THE VICTORIOUS AMERICAN ARMY — ORGANIZATION OF GENERAL STAFF. — ORGANIZATION OF THE FORCES. — SCHOOLS OF INSTRUCTION. — AMERICAN ZONE. — VAST PREPARATIONS NECESSARY. — SKILLED HELP. — WORK OF THE DEPARTMENTS. — TRANSPORTATION AND ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT. — PURCHASES IN EUROPE. — ARTILLERY, AIRPLANES AND TANKS. — OUR OBLIGATIONS TO FRANCE. — CAMP WELFARE WORK. — COMBAT OPERATIONS. — TROOPS PLACED UNDER MARSHAL FOCH. — THE CANTIGNY OPERATIONS. — THE GERMAN AISNE OFFENSIVE. — OPERATIONS NEAR RHEIMS. — BEGINNING OF THE COUNTER ATTACK. — THE SOISSONS ATTACK. — BATTLE OF ST. MIHIEL. — PREPARATION FOR THE ATTACK. — LOCATION OF THE TROOPS. — MOVEMENT OF THE TROOPS. — PREPARATION FOR THE ARGONNE OFFENSIVE. — LINE OF BATTLE. — BATTLE OPERATIONS. — GREAT DIFFICULTIES OVERCOME. — OTHER UNITS WITH ALLIES. — OPERATIONS NEAR RHEIMS. — RESULTS OF AMERICAN OPERATIONS. — PROGRESS UNDER DIFFICULTIES. — FORMATION OF SECOND ARMY. — AMERICANS IN BELGIUM. — REGROUPING FOR FINAL ASSAULT. — SUCCESSFUL ACCOMPLISHMENT. — TROOPS ENGAGED. — OPERATIONS EAST OF THE MEUSE. — RELATIONS WITH THE ALLIES. — STRENGTH. — WARM APPRECIATION. — SPECIAL WORK OF DEPARTMENTS. — SPLENDID TECHNICAL SERVICE. — TRIBUTE TO THE PERSONNEL OF THE VARIOUS BRANCHES. — CHAPTER III. — PRESIDENT WILSON'S REVIEW OF THE WAR. — TROOP MOVEMENT DURING THE YEAR. — TRIBUTE TO AMERICAN SOLDIERS. — SPLENDID SPIRIT OF THE NATION. — PATRIOTIC WOMEN OF AMERICA. — RESUME THE WORK OF PEACE. — ORGANIZATION FOR WAR. — OUTLINE OF WORK IN PARIS. — SUPPORT OF NATION URGED. — PRESIDENT WILSON'S DIPLOMATIC MISSION. — CHAPTER IV. — THE FLASH THAT SET THE WORLD AFLAME. — THE FOUR GROUPS. — REGARDED EACH OTHER WITH SUSPICION. — THE SERVIANS EMBITTERED. — NO CAUSE FOR WAR. — STRAIN BETWEEN GERMANY AND RUSSIA. — OUTLETS TO THE WORLD'S MARKET. — CHAPTER V. — WHY AMERICA ENTERED THE WAR. — WHAT MILITARISM IS. — IN WAR TO DEFEND RIGHTS. — AMERICA MUST LIVE. — GERMANY'S CRIMES AGAINST US. — GOVERNMENT THAT HAS NO CONSCIENCE. — LIVE IN HAUNTED TERROR. — GERMANY A WARLIKE RACE. — BIRTH OF THE MILITARY SPIRIT. — HELD EUROPE AT HIS MERCY. — PEACE STRENGTH INCREASED. — EGOTISTICAL AND EXAGGERATED UTTERANCES. — LEAGUE AT WORK SINCE 1911. — VERGE OF DISSOLUTION. — CHAPTER VI. — THE THINGS THAT MADE MEN MAD. — THE UNITED STATES' ATTITUDE. — THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE. — THE DAYS OF BARBARISM. — GERMAN CUPIDITY. — TREATY OBLIGATIONS. — DETAILED ATROCITIES OUTLINED. — SHOCKING BARBARITIES. — LUSTFUL CRUELTY OF THE GERMANS. — A LAME EXCUSE OFFERED. — BASE INDIGNITIES TO CLERGYMEN. — THE AMERICAN MINISTER'S REPORT. — RAGE, TERROR AND DESPAIR. — A MORTAL BLOW TO BELGIANS. — CRUEL EXTREME OF PUNISHMENT. — PERONNE A HOPELESS RUIN. — A LITTLE TOWN REDUCED. — OF MASSIVE ARCHITECTURE. — ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLE OF WAR. — DESECRATION OF TREES. — NEITHER MEAT NOR MILK. — BETTER PREPARED NEXT TIME. — CHAPTER VII. — THE SLINKING SUBMARINE. — THE DUTIES OF WAR CAST ASIDE. — GROWING DISTRESS AND AMAZEMENT. — WHOLESALE DESTRUCTION OF VESSELS. — TORPEDO'S DEADLY WORK. — EFFICIENCY OF THE SUBMARINE. — PRINCIPLE OF THE SUBMARINE. — SUBMARINE AN ANOMALY IN WARFARE. — SHIP NOT STRUCK BY A MINE. — PASSENGERS' AGONIZING SUFFERINGS. — TROUSERS USED AS SIGNAL. — SUBMARINE TOWS RUSSIAN SHIP. — THE U-BOAT TYPE OF SUBMERSIBLE. — HOW SUBMARINES WORK. — DESCRIPTION OF A PERISCOPE. — TALES OF REMARKABLE EXPLOITS. — THE SHIP ABANDONED. — CHAPTER VIII. — THWARTING THE U-BOAT. — NO EXPERT NAVAL KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED. — A POOR SURFACE FIGHTER. — OPERATING IN CONNECTION WITH AN AEROPLANE. — PROVISION FOR OFFICERS AND CREW. — CATALOGUED AS "PATROL BOATS." — CHASER TROUBLES THE SUBMARINE. — CREW THRILLED WITH JOY. — FOULS A SUBMERGED SPAR. — WERE TAKING NO CHANCES. — THE HAWK-EYED AEROPLANE. — NOT TO BE OUT-DISTANCED. — THE IMPORTANCE OF THE "BLIMP." — DESCRIPTION OF THE "BLIMP." — THE "BLIMP" WELL EQUIPPED. — CHAPTER IX. — THE EYES OF BATTLE. — THE AIR SCOUT'S USEFULNESS. — LIKE AN IMMENSE GRIDIRON. — GERMANY'S PREPAREDNESS. — MANY KINDS OF BOMBS. — ACCURACY THE GREAT DIFFICULTY. — THE SMOKE SCREEN. — PROPORTION OF FIGHTING PLANES. — RESOURCES AT GOVERNMENT'S COMMAND. — GAUDY TASTES OF AIRMEN. — COMBED BY MACHINE GUNS. — AIRPLANES ATTACK TROOPS. — ON CONTACT PATROL WORK. — MACHINE ON PRACTICAL BASIS. — CHAPTER X. — WAR'S STRANGE DEVICES. — THIN SHELLS OF STEEL. — DREAD INSTRUMENT OF WAR. — INTRODUCTION OF GAS MASK. — EFFECTIVE IN A HUNDRED WAYS. — THE TANK DEFIES ALL OBSTACLES. — TANK'S "CATERPILLAR" FEATURE. — NATIONAL RESOURCES TO DISLODGE A MAN. — A WONDERFUL GUN. — A THING UNDREAMED OF. — A SITUATION ALMOST BEYOND CONTROL. — RAIN OF SHELLS LIKE STREAMS OF WATER. — DEPENDING ON LOCAL CONDITIONS. — GERMAN EQUIVOCATION. — NEW METHOD OF WARFARE. — THE BELGIAN HELMET. — LOW VELOCITY MOST EFFECTIVE. — COMPOSITION A SECRET. — AN AMERICAN BULLET. — CHAPTER XI — WONDERFUL WAR WEAPONS. — INFANTRY AND FIELD ARTILLERY. — THE MOVING OF HEAVY WEAPONS. — VALUE OF ARMORED CARS. — ITALY'S SINGULAR POSITION. — THE WHEELED FORT. — IMPORTANCE OF THE AUTOMOBILE. — FRANCE'S TRANSPORTATION RESOURCES. — FRANCE'S ARMORED FIGHTING MACHINES. — THE IMPORTANCE OF OBSERVATIONS. — SMALL GUNS OF VARIED INTERESTS. — OLD FLINTLOCK IN WAR. — FIGHTING RANGE 800 YARDS. — AUTOMATIC MACHINE RIFLES. — MUNITION SUPPLY AUGMENTED. — THE TRENCH PERISCOPE. — "KNAPSACK" STATIONS. — A WORD ABOUT "HEAVY ARTILLERY." — CHAPTER XII. — THE WORLD'S ARMIES. — STRENGTH OF GERMAN ARMY. — INFANTRY. — CAVALRY. — ARTILLERY. — THE UNITED STATES ARMY. — THE REGULAR ARMY. — UNITS ON WAR FOOTING. — MILLIONS NOT IN THE COUNTRY'S SERVICE. — THE FRENCH ARMY. — FRENCH MILITARY DIVISIONS. — THE RUSSIAN ARMY. — RUSSIAN FIELD BATTERIES. — AUSTRIA-HUNGARIAN ARMY. — THE ITALIAN ARMY. — GREAT BRITAIN'S ARMY. — BELGIAN ARMY PEACE FOOTING. — SPAIN'S STANDING ARMY. — CHINA'S MILITARY RESOURCES. — POLISH QUADRILATERAL. — CHAPTER XIII. — THE WORLD'S NAVIES. — THE BRITISH NAVY. — MONSTERS OF THE SEA. — THE FRENCH NAVY. — THE RUSSIAN NAVY. — THE AUSTRIAN NAVY. — THE JAPANESE NAVY. — THE ITALIAN NAVY. — THE TURKISH NAVY. — THE UNITED STATES NAVY. — AMPLE PROVISION FOR THE WOUNDED. — HUGE FIGHTING CRAFT. — POLICEMEN OF THE SEA. — TRANSPORTATION OF BIG GUN. — EVERY MAN'S SERVICE. — AN UNAPPROACHABLE RECORD. — THE MANY-SIDED MARINE. — CHAPTER XIV. — THE NATIONS AT WAR. — INVASION OF BELGIUM. — IN THE NATURE OF MERE FORMALITIES. — "COMIC OPERA" SOLDIERS. — A REGION OF MOUNTAINS. — WHY ITALY ENTERED THE WAR. — DIVIDED INTO SIXTEEN DEPARTMENTS. — LITTLE BOSNIA'S FUTURE. — ONE OF THE BALKAN GROUP. — AN OBJECT OF CONTENTION. — PICTURESQUE TURKEY. — PHOENIX OF THE GREEK EMPIRE. — WINGED FIREBRANDS. — BASE IMPOSTER SLAIN. — FAMILY'S WRETCHED CAREER. — BETRAYAL OF RUSSIA'S MILITARY PLANS. — SPAIN, PAST AND PRESENT. — CHAPTER XV. — MODERN WAR METHODS. — WAR'S MANY DEVELOPMENTS. — CAVALRY'S SUCCESSFUL CHARGES. — CAVALRY'S IMPORTANT SERVICE. — LUXURIOUS DUGOUTS. — MANY DEADLY DEVICES. — INFECTED WITH ASIATIC JAUNDICE. — AMERICA'S GREAT SERVICE IN WAR ZONE. — RESULT OF SCIENTIFIC SURGERY. — SIGNALED BEGINNING OF BATTLE. — SUGGESTS A CUP OF TEA. — DIFFICULT MOUNTAIN FIGHTING. — HALTED BY INTIMIDATION. — TYPICAL ROAD BUILDERS. — SYSTEM ONE OF TACKLES. — PROBLEMS OF TRANSPORTATION. — CHAPTER XVI. — WOMAN AND THE WAR. — THE WORK OF WOMEN. — VARIED OCCUPATIONS OF WOMEN. — WOMAN'S MANY SERVICES. — WOMAN BENT ON DOING HER UTMOST. — RESOLUTION ON ECONOMICS. — WOMAN AS WAGE EARNER. — BRITISH WOMEN'S PATRIOTISM. — SUCCESS BUILT ON RUINS OF FAILURE. — NATIONAL SERVICE FOR WOMEN. — ALL KINDS OF WOMEN ENLISTED. — NOTED WOMEN IN THE WORK. — OTHER SOCIETIES ORGANIZED. — LONDON-WALES UNIT. — UNIT TAKEN PRISONERS. — WOMAN'S INGENUITY. — WOMEN AS POLICEMEN. — CHAPTER XVII. — THE TERRIBLE PRICE. — IMMENSE LOSS TO COMMERCE. — GREAT BRITAIN'S CASUALTIES. — FIGURES POSITIVELY STAGGERING. — A MATTER OF DOLLARS AND CENTS. — COMPARATIVE WAR EXPENSES. — POPULATION AND WEALTH OF COUNTRIES. — IMMENSE SUM FOR ARMY AND NAVY. — ANNUAL NATIONAL INCOME. — SOME IDEA OF NATIONAL FINANCING. — COUNTRY'S NATURAL RESOURCES. — CHAPTER XVIII. — THE WORLD RULERS AT WAR. — WILSON'S MANY HONORS. — GERMANY MUST BE RECKONED WITH. — THE "GOD-APPOINTED" HOHENZOLLERNS. — EMPEROR WILLIAM'S CHILDREN. — THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT. — SECOND SON OF LEOPOLD I. — KING OF SERVIA. — A REACTIONARY CABINET INSTALLED. — MEMBERS OF THE RUSSIAN CABINET. — CONSTANTINE BECOMES AN IDOL. — ACCUSED OF EVASION. — TRAGEDY THE PATHWAY TO THRONE. — KING ALFONSO'S SONS. — POINCAIRE'S VERSATILITY. — CHAPTER XIX. — THE WAR'S WHO'S WHO. — A FAMOUS WAR RECORD. — ADJURATION TO SCHOOL CHUMS. — VIVIANI A SOCIALIST LEADER. — BALFOUR'S INTELLECTUAL ABILITY. — LIBERALS COME INTO POWER. — LORD WALTER CUNLIFFE. — SERVES AS JUNIOR OFFICER. — VICTORY TURNED TO SLAUGHTER. — HAIG'S FAMILY TREE. — DIRECTOR OF MILITARY TRAINING. — APPOINTED PRUSSIAN HOME SECRETARY. — ADMIRAL HUGO POHL. — IN THE AIR THIRTY-SEVEN HOURS. — TRANSFORMS A NATION. — CHAPTER XX. — CHEMISTRY IN THE WAR. — GERMANY'S GREAT PRIVATION. — TWO GREAT FACTORS. — POTENCY OF MODERN CHEMISTRY. — BASIC PRINCIPLE OF BOMBS. — DOMESTIC DYE-STUFFS. — RELIEVED BY AMERICAN INGENUITY. — A CHEMICAL DISCOVERY. — A WOUND-FLUSHING SYSTEM. — CHAPTER XXI. — OUR NEIGHBORING ALLY. — AN EFFICIENT COMMANDER. — DIFFICULTY OF RECRUITING. — TRAINING SERIOUSLY DELAYED. — A POLITICAL IMPOSSIBILITY. — INADEQUATE RECRUITING. — CANADA'S WAR FINANCIERING. — CANADA PART OF AMERICA. — POSITION BRAVELY HELD. — HEROES WIN RECOGNITION. — WANTON DESTRUCTION. — GERMAN AVIATIK DEFEATED. — PLAN OF UNION PASSED. — DOMINION'S FOUNDATIONS LAID. — REAL FOUNDER OF CANADA. — CANADA, FROM COLONY TO DOMINION. — REPORT NOT TO BE DISPOSED OF. — RECIPIENTS OF UNSTINTED HONORS. — CHAPTER XXII. — THE HEROIC ANZAC. — AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND SAPPERS. — A PRE-ARRANGED SIGNAL. — GERMAN FORWARD DEFENSE. — NEW LAND OF WARFARE. — PRISONER AND ESCORT. — AUSTRALIA'S COMMENDABLE PROMPTNESS. — GEOGRAPHICALLY ALIKE. — CHAPTER XXIII. — AMERICA STEPS IN. — COMMANDERS UNDER RESTRAINT. — SWEEPS RIGHT ASIDE. — ARMED NEUTRALITY IMPRACTICABLE. — A CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY. — WELL-CONCEIVED TAXATION. — FIRM STAND FOR VINDICATION. — PRECONCEIVED DECEPTION. — POLITICAL AUTOCRACY. — NATURAL FOE TO LIBERTY. — UNDISGUISED WARFARE. — TRUE AND LOYAL AMERICANS. — A WAR RESOLUTION. — NEGOTIATIONS CARRIED ON. — QUESTIONS GERMANY'S RIGHT. — SUBMARINE ISSUE AND DIPLOMACY. — PROMISED TO PAY DAMAGES. — JAGOW'S EVASIVE ANSWER. — "INFORMAL CONVERSATIONS." — BERNSTORFF'S COMMUNICATION. — PRESIDENT'S DECLARATION. — OPPOSED TO SUBMARINE WARFARE. — PRESIDENT WILSON'S REPLY. — NEUTRAL SHIPS' RISK. — DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM AND PEACE. — CHAPTER XXIV. — UNCLE SAM TAKES HOLD. — SIXTY RINGLEADERS ARRESTED. — ARREST OF GERMAN PLOTTERS. — MACHINATIONS OF GERMAN MINISTER. — BETHMANN-HOLLWEG'S FALSE STATEMENT. — UNCLE SAM NOT BOTHERED. — GENERAL PERSHING IN ENGLAND. — PERSHING RECEIVES ROYAL GREETING. — PERSHING RECEIVES AN OVATION. — PERSHING IN PARIS. — ABSOLUTE SECRECY OBSERVED. — PERSHING SETS UP HEADQUARTERS. — A BRILLIANT CLIMAX. — ADVANCE PLANS BRIEFLY SKETCHED. — WAVES COVERED WITH SHELLS. — HIGH SEAS CONVOY. — CHAPTER XXV. — A GERMAN CRISIS. — APPOINTMENT OF DR. GEORG MICHAELIS. — PRESERVES A JUDICIOUS BALANCE. — GOVERNMENT ORDERS DISREGARDED. — STATUS OF GERMAN SOVEREIGNTY. — THE BUNDESRATH. — THE KAISER'S DUAL PREROGATIVE. — CHAPTER XXVI. — UNCLE SAM AND THE NEUTRALS. — A BIG FACTOR IN WAR. — DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN NEEDS. — NATIONS WHO SUFFER FROM EMBARGO. — A FEDERAL UNION. — GERMAN AMBITION FRUSTRATED. — LANDSTHING AND FOLKSTHING. — A SMALL BUT EFFICIENT ARMY. — BETWEEN TWO FIRES. — DEMOCRACY OF NORWAY. — CHAPTER XXVII. — THE ACTIONS OF THE WAR. — GERMANY'S DESIGNS ON PARIS. — BRITISH AND GERMAN FORCES COMPARED. — CONQUEST OF SERVIA. — RUSSIA'S CONQUEST OF ARMENIA. — ITALY'S HELP TO THE ALLIES. — BRITISH NAVY AN EFFECTIVE ASSET. — WORLD'S AWFUL MARITIME LOSS. — SINKING OF FIRST AMERICAN WAR BOAT. — CHAPTER XXVIII. — AMERICAN FORCES BECOME FACTOR. — ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS CAPTURED. — REVOLT IN PETROGRAD. — SUPREME WAR COUNCIL. — DROPPED THEIR TOOLS FOR RIFLES. — THE FALL OF JERUSALEM. — HISTORICAL INTEREST TO CHRISTIANS. — SINKING OF THE TUSCANIA. — AMERICAN COURAGE PRAISED. — SEIZURE OF ALL DUTCH VESSELS. — FIERCEST BATTLE IN WORLD'S HISTORY. — BIG GUN ONE HUNDRED FEET LONG. — ENEMY LOSES HEAVILY. — AMERICAN FORCES OFFERED TO FRANCE. — AMERICANS BOMBARDED. — CHAPTER XXIX. — AMERICANS TURN WAR'S TIDE — CHAPTER XXX. — VICTORY—PEACE. — THE COMING OF THE END. — VICTORIES ON OTHER FRONTS. — AMERICAN VICTORIES ON THE EAST FRONT. — AMERICAN VICTORIES ALONG THE MEUSE-AISNE RIVERS. — GREAT VICTORY AT SEDAN. — COLLAPSE OF THE TEUTONIC ALLIES. — THE END. — SUMMARY. — TERMS OF THE ARMISTICE ACCEPTED BY GERMANY. — I. Military Clauses on Western Front : — II. Disposition Relative to the Eastern Frontiers of Germany : — III. Clause Concerning East Africa : — IV. General Clauses : — V. Naval Conditions : — VI. Duration of Armistice : — VII. Time Limit for Reply : — THE NEGRO IN THE WORLD WAR. — BEFORE THE WAR. — THE WAR FOR DEMOCRATIZATION. — THE CRISIS OF THE WORLD. — THE FIELD OF ACTION. — THE AFTERMATH. — THE NEGRO IN THE NAVY. — THE NEGRO IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. — NEGROES IN THE WAR OF 1812. — COMMODORE CHAUNCEY'S TRIBUTE. — THE COLORED MAN IN THE MEXICAN WAR. — IN THE DAYS OF THE CIVIL WAR. — THE NEGRO IN THE SPANISH WAR. — FINAL RECOGNITION. — OTHER INSTANCES. — THE NEGRO SEAMAN IN THE WORLD WAR. — NEGROES IN THE GRAND FLEET. — THE SINKING SHIP. — STRUGGLE IN THE WATER. — DISAPPEARANCE OF THE CYCLOPS. — THE NEGRO TRUE AND LOYAL. — THE JACOB JONES. — THE SLOWLY SINKING SHIP. — STRUGGLING MEN IN THE WATER. — SAFEGUARDING THE SURVIVORS. — BY MOTOR DORY TO THE SCILLY ISLANDS. — INSTANCE OF RARE SELF-DENIAL. — NEGRO FIREMEN AND COAL PASSERS. — WONDERFUL DEVOTION TO DUTY. — STRANGE EFFECT OF THE EXPLOSIONS. — THE ATTACK UPON THE TORPEDO BOAT CASSIN. — THE ATTACK. — TORPEDOING THE PRESIDENT LINCOLN. — COOLNESS AND DISCIPLINE. — THE SHIP ABANDONED. — INSPECTED BY THE SUBMARINE. — THE RESCUE. — CONDUCT OF THE SUBMARINE COMMANDER. — CAPTURED BY SUBMARINE, NAVAL OFFICER ESCAPES. — MADE A PRISONER OF WAR. — PLACED IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT. — CAN NOT SPECIFY THE WORK OF THE NEGRO SEAMEN. — WORK OF COLORED SEAMEN. — TRAINING FOR SERVICE. — INSUFFICIENT NUMBER OF OFFICERS. — GERMAN PROPAGANDA EFFORT. — THE PROPAGANDA FAILS. — NUMBER OF NEGROES ENGAGED. — PERIL AND DANGER. — HARD AND GRINDING WORK. — CEASELESS VIGILANCE. — GRATIFYING RESULTS OF NAVAL ACTIVITY. — THE NEGRO IN THE MERCHANT MARINE. — WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENTS. — HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE. — GENEROUS RECOGNITION OF SERVICE. — ORGANIZATION OF THE MUSTER ROLL SECTION. — PERSONNEL OF THE MUSTER ROLL SECTION. — SIGNING OF THE ARMISTICE. — RETURN OF THE VICTORIOUS FLEET. — CHAPTER XXXIII. — THE OLD ILLINOIS 8th REGIMENT — "THE BLACK DEVILS" — THEY DIED THAT OUR REPUBLIC MIGHT LIVE — THE LAST SOLDIERS TO CEASE FIGHTING — TAKING THE BIT BETWEEN THEIR TEETH — FIRST AS WELL AS LAST — THE HINDENBURG LINE COULD NOT STOP THEM — THEY CROSS THE AILETTE CANAL — DESPERATE DEEDS OF DARING — ONE MAN ROUTS A MACHINE GUN CREW — THE BAND PLAYED ON — BORROWING HIS ORDERLY'S EYES — WHERE THE FATE OF CIVILIZATION WAS DECIDED — FIELDS OF GLORY — RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES — THIS REGIMENT A REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL — SUMMARY OF DEEDS OF THE ILLINOIS 8th — THE TERMS IMPOSED ON GERMANY — THE PEACE CONGRESS — WHY TERMS ARE SO SEVERE — THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS — THE COVENANT OF THE LEAGUE — MEMBERSHIP OF THE LEAGUE — HOW THE LEAGUE WILL ADMINISTER ITS TRUST — REDUCTION OF ARMAMENT — STEPS TAKEN TO PREVENT WAR — INTERNATIONAL PROVISIONS FOR LABOR — LABOR CONFERENCE — THE FIRST MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE — PRINCIPLES TO GUIDE THE CONFERENCE — NO MORE SECRET TREATIES — NEW BOUNDARIES OF GERMANY — BETWEEN BELGIUM AND GERMANY — LUXEMBOURG SET FREE — THE EAST BANK OF THE RHINE — ALSACE-LORRAINE — THE VALLEY OF THE SAAR — A MIXED GOVERNMENT PROVIDED — THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS SECURED — POSSIBLE RETURN TO GERMANY — GERMAN RELATIONS WITH FORMER AUSTRIAN STATES — GERMAN RELATIONS WITH NEW POLAND — EAST PRUSSIA — THE RIGHTS OF EAST PRUSSIA GUARDED — DANZIG MADE A FREE CITY — RELATIONS BETWEEN DANZIG AND POLAND — GERMAN RELATIONS WITH DENMARK — HELIGOLAND TO BE DISMANTLED — STRIPPED OF HER COLONIAL EMPIRE — GERMANY LOSES HER ARMY — STRIPPED OF HER NAVY — CANNOT HAVE FIGHTING AIR CRAFT — COMPULSORY MILITARY SERVICE ABANDONED — MANUFACTURE OF GUNS AND AMMUNITION FORBIDDEN — WILLIAM II INDICTED AND HIS TRIAL SOUGHT — OFFICERS RESPONSIBLE FOR CRUELTIES TO BE TRIED — GERMANY MUST PAY ALL THE DAMAGES SHE CAN — A PRESENT PAYMENT DEMANDED — MUST REPLACE SHIPS SUNK BY SUBMARINES — MUST RESTORE DEVASTATED AREAS — MUST PAY COST OF ARMY OF OCCUPATION — TRADE AND COMMERCE REGULATED — FREEDOM OF TRANSIT — GERMAN RIVERS INTERNATIONALIZED — CONTROL OF THE DANUBE — FRANCE, BELGIUM AND THE RHINE — THE KIEL CANAL INTERNATIONALIZED — THE TERMS NOT TO BE MODIFIED — THE ALLIES TAKE NO RISKS — CONDENSED CHRONOLOGY OF THE WAR — 1914. — 1915. — 1916. — 1917. — 1918. — 1919.

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