The above regiments were the only colored troops that were engaged in active service in Cuba. There is no statute requiring colored artillery regiments to be organized, and there are therefore none in the regular army.
A LIST OF THE VOLUNTEER REGIMENTS.
Third North Carolina--All colored officers.
Sixth Virginia--White officers, finally, the colored officers resigned "under pressure," after which there was much trouble with the men, as they claimed to have enlisted with the understanding that they were to have colored officers.
[Illustration: OFFICERS OF THE NINTH OHIO--LIEUTENANT YOUNG IN THE CENTER.]
Ninth Ohio--All colored officers; Col. Chas. Young, graduate of West Point.
Twenty-third Kansas--Colored officers.
Eighth Illinois--Under colored officers, and did police duty at San Luis, Cuba.
Seventh U.S. Volunteers.