I am afraid they are all killed where there are no white troops; but there, we must hope that they are making a stand.
Paine was then in command of the post at Gallatin, having under him a small detachment of white troops.
Should I be compelled to take the place by force, no quarter will be shown negro troops whatever; white troops will be treated as prisoners of war.
I have never yet heard a doubt expressed among the officers as to the superiority of these men to white troops in aptitude for drill and discipline, because of their imitativeness and docility, and the pride they take in the service.
Certainly I would not have consented to repeat the enterprise with the bravest white troops, leaving Corporal Sutton and his mates behind, for I should have expected to fail.
After all their wrongs, they are not really revengeful; and I would far rather enter a captured city with them than with white troops, for they would be more subordinate.
Nor have I yet discovered the slightest ground of inferiority to white troops.
To the specific objections raised by the reviewing agencies, the board replied that although black units eventually should be commanded by black officers "no need exists for the assignment of Negro commanders to units composed of white troops.
Footnote 42: Aside from the early requests for white troops, which were antecedent to his own appointment as brigadier-general, Pike's insistence upon the need for the same can be vouched for by reference to his letter to R.
Footnote 812: With respect to the number of white troops engaged on the Federal side there seems some discrepancy between Blunt's report [Official Records, vol.
White troops have a greater influence upon the Indians than Indian troops would have, and understand more perfectly the obligations of enlisted men.
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