Disqualified partly or totally 949,419 ----- 100.00
      Group B 88,436 2.76 9.31
      Group C 339,377 10.58 35.75
      Group D 521,606 16.25 54.94
Total, colored examined 458,838 100.00 -----
    Group A 342,277 74.60 -----
    Disqualified partly or totally 116,561 ----- 100.00
      Group B 9,605 2.09 8.24
      Group C 27,474 5.99 23.57
      Group D 79,482 17.32 68.19
Total white examined 2,749,608 100.00 -----
    Group A 1,916,750 69.71 -----
    Disqualified partly or totally 832,858 ----- 100.00
      Group B 78,831 2.87 9.47
      Group C 311,903 11.34 37.45
      Group D 442,124 16.08 53.08

The percentage of Negroes unqualifiedly accepted for service, was 74.60% of the number examined; the white men accepted numbered 69.71% of the number examined.  The Negroes it will be seen rated about 5% higher physically than the whites.  No better refutation could be desired of the charge, having its inspiration in the vanquished, but unrepentant defenders of Negro slavery, mourning about its dead carcass, that the Negro is deteriorating physically, or that the so-called degenerative influences of civilization affect him in greater degree than they do the white man.

CHAPTER XII.

NEGRO SLACKERS AND PACIFISTS UNKNOWN

Such words not in his vocabulary—­desertions explained—­general Crowder
exonerates negro—­no willful delinquency—­strenuous efforts to meet
regulations—­no “Conscientious objectors”—­No draft evaders or
resisters—­negro’s devotion sublime—­justifies his freedom—­forgets his
sorrows—­rises above his wrongs—­testimony of local boards—­German
propaganda wasted—­A new Americanism.