North Carolina 73,357 4,937 2.16 6.73
North Dakota 65 19 .03 29.23
Ohio 28,831 4,048 .66 14.04
Oklahoma 14,305 1,223 .65 8.56
Oregon 144 18 .03 12.59
Pennsylvania 39,363 6,599 .73 16.76
Rhode Island 1,573 251 .43 15.96
South Carolina 74,265 4,589 3.14 6.18
South Dakota 144 27 .04 18.75 Tennessee 43,735 3,573 1.67 8.17 Texas 83,671 5,388 1.17 6.44 Utah 169 11 .02 6.51 Vermont 63 4 .01 6.35 Virginia 64,358 4,935 2.39 7.67 Washington 373 30 .02 8.04 West Virginia 13,292 2,013 1.41 15.14 Wisconsin 718 73 .03 10.17 Wyoming 280 63 .25 22.50

[Illustration:  Negro troops newly arrived in France, lined up for inspection.]

[Illustration:  Negro troops on A practice run near their camp in France.]

[Illustration:  Presentation of banner to negro stevedores for winning first week’s “Race to Berlin”, Marseilles, France.]

[Illustration:  Negro winners in stevedore contest being entertained by 134th infantry quartet and band at Marseilles, France.]

[Illustration:  Going to fight for uncle Sam.  Typical group of negro selective service men leaving for the training camp.]

[Illustration:  Negro troops arriving in France.  A comparison with the upper picture shows the rapid transformation from civilians to fighting men.]

[Illustration:  “Moss’s buffaloes” (367Th infantry), SERENADING famous military chieftains in France.  In window at left stands general John J. Pershing, commander-in-chief of American expeditionary forces; at right general Gouraud, commander of the fourth French army.]