Who shall say what temporary demoralization there may have been in this troop of the Third at that critical moment, or what fresh courage may have been fired in them by that black man's act! They say Berry yelled like a demon as he rushed against the Spaniards, and I, for one, am willing to believe that his battle-cry brought fighting energy to his own side as well as terror to the enemy." "After the fight one of the officers of the Third Cavalry sought Berry out and asked him to give back the trophy fairly won by him, and his to keep, according to the usages of war.

And the big Negro handed back the banner with a smile and light word.

He had saved the colors and rallied the troop, but it didn't matter much.

They could have the flag if they wanted it." "There are some hundreds of little things like this that we might as well bear in mind, we white men, the next time we start out to decry the Negro!" * * * * * PRESIDENT MCKINLEY RECOGNIZES THE WORTH OF NEGRO SOLDIERS BY PROMOTION.
PROMOTIONS FOR COLORED SOLDIERS.
Washington, July 30 .-- Six colored non-commissioned officers who rendered particularly gallant service in the actions around Santiago on July 1st and 2d have been appointed second lieutenants in the two colored immune regiments recently organized under special act of Congress.

These men are Sergeants William Washington, Troop F, and John C.Proctor, Troop I, of the 9th Cavalry, and Sergeants William McBryar, Company H; Wyatt Hoffman, Company G; Macon Russell, Company H, and Andrew J.Smith, Company B, of the 25th Infantry, commanded by Colonel Daggett.