| 66th Congress | } | SENATE | { | Document |
| 3d Session | No. 397 |
COLORED TROOPS IN THE
FRENCH ARMY
A REPORT
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO
THE COLORED TROOPS IN THE FRENCH ARMY AND
THE NUMBER OF FRENCH COLONIAL TROOPS
IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORY
PRESENTED BY MR. LODGE
February 15 (calendar day, February 14), 1921.—Ordered to be printed
WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1921
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
Department of State,
Washington, February 14, 1921.
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge,
United States Senate.
Sir: In response to an informal request made by your secretary ofMr. Bliss, of this department, on February 12, 1921, I have the honorto inclose for your consideration and that of your committee a copyof a letter, with its inclosures which I wrote to Mr. Porter, chairmanof the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House, on the subject ofFrench black troops on the Rhine; also a copy of a later letter toMr. Porter, with its inclosure, a copy of a telegram from Mr. Wallace,giving the latest figures as to the number of French colonial troopsnow in the occupied territory.
I have the honor to be, sir,
Your obedient servant,
Norman H. Davis,
Acting Secretary.
COLORED TROOPS IN THE FRENCH ARMY.
January 17, 1921.
Hon. Stephen G. Porter,
House of Representatives.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter ofJanuary 10, 1921, with which you inclose a copy of House joint resolutionNo. 433, introduced by Mr. Britten, and request that I furnishthe Committee on Foreign Affairs with such facts concerning theconduct of French colored troops in the occupied territories of Germanyas may be in the possession of the Department of State.
Protests concerning the conduct of French black troops in theRhenish area began to reach the department toward the end of May,1920. On June 12, 1920, a telegram was sent to the American embassyin Paris requesting information as to the truth of these allegationsand asking what represe