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Category: 26. Military service
BRIT003. Britten, Thomas A. American
Indians in World War I: at home and at war. Albuquerque: University
of New Mexico P, 1997. Pages 57, 198 (note 20).
Publication type: Book chapter or section
Brief mention. Discusses the quota problems that
many counties faced in World War I regarding draft registration. The quota
of white and black registrants was based on the number of eligible men
in the county. It was difficult for North Carolina to meet its quota of
white registrants because several North Carolina counties were predominantly
black. The governor received authorization to send 57 Croatan (later known
as Lumbee) Indians to Camp Jackson, South Carolina, for training and to
classify them as whites. General Crowder allowed this classification. Later,
registration cards had four racial categories (White, Negro, Indian, and
Oriental) rather than two.
On this topic, see also: The Lumbee Indians: an annotated bibliography,
items 911-916
This annotation was edited on: June 21, 2002
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