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M E M O R A N D U M
FROM
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
OTTAWA, APRIL 1916
"NOTHING IS TO BE GAINED BY BLINKING FACTS, THE CIVILIZED
NEGRO IS VAIN AND IMITATIVE; IN CANADA HE IS NOT IMPELLED
TO ENLIST BY A HIGH SENSE OF DUTY; IN THE TRENCHES HE IS
NOT LIKELY TO MAKE A GOOD FIGHTER; AND THE AVERAGE
WHITE MAN WILL NOT ASSOCIATE WITH HIM ON TERMS OF
EQUALITY," FURTHER, "IN FRANCE, IN THE FIRING LINE, THERE IS
NO PLACE FOR A BLACK BATTALION, C.E.F., IT WOULD BE EYED
ASKANCE; IT WOULD CROWD OUT A WHITE BATTALION; AND IT
WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO RE-INFORCE." "NO WHITE OFFICER
WOULD ACCEPT ON ALL BLACK PLATOON."
W.G. GWATKIN, MAJOR GENERAL
CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF
OTTAWA
Memorandum from General Headquarters, Ottawa, April 1916
SOURCE: ROY STATES COLLECTION
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-the patriot-
FROM
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
OTTAWA, APRIL 1916
"NOTHING IS TO BE GAINED BY BLINKING FACTS, THE CIVILIZED
NEGRO IS VAIN AND IMITATIVE; IN CANADA HE IS NOT IMPELLED
TO ENLIST BY A HIGH SENSE OF DUTY; IN THE TRENCHES HE IS
NOT LIKELY TO MAKE A GOOD FIGHTER; AND THE AVERAGE
WHITE MAN WILL NOT ASSOCIATE WITH HIM ON TERMS OF
EQUALITY," FURTHER, "IN FRANCE, IN THE FIRING LINE, THERE IS
NO PLACE FOR A BLACK BATTALION, C.E.F., IT WOULD BE EYED
ASKANCE; IT WOULD CROWD OUT A WHITE BATTALION; AND IT
WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO RE-INFORCE." "NO WHITE OFFICER
WOULD ACCEPT ON ALL BLACK PLATOON."
W.G. GWATKIN, MAJOR GENERAL
CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF
OTTAWA
Memorandum from General Headquarters, Ottawa, April 1916
SOURCE: ROY STATES COLLECTION
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-the patriot-