This article included in the September 1918 issue of The Crisis describes how the town of Newport, N.H. made up of only white citizens escorted the only Negro man in town to his train to carry him to his cantonment. The townspeople were 500 in number and met at the early hour of 7 am along with a band to boot. The author asks whether this town's action should be looked upon pessimistically as a compensation for lynchings or cynically that the Negro popularity is only in inverse proportion to their density of population. Of course, he states, the Yankee's response would be to say that this response of the citizens of Newport simply vindicates again their record of justice for the Negro.  Lastly, that the optimist would think that at last the two races have reconciled under the war's influence.

The author dismisses all of these pat answers and suggests that it is simply an example of man's love for man.  That this is something that will become more common place in the future and shows human nature at its best.  This is a hopeful and somewhat naive article that illustrates how the Negro community was pinning their hope on change for the better in exchange for their services rendered during the war.