He has asked the Pentagon to supply senior officials and enlisted soldiers to talk about their service.
By June of that year there were 1,500 enlisted colored soldiers.
Thirteen of the 14 Americans killed were Army enlisted soldiers or officers.
Most of those who signed the appeal, at www.appealforredress.org, are enlisted soldiers in the Army, from the lowest to the highest ranks.
Still, three months into the experiment, only 1,200 of the division's roughly 4,000 enlisted soldiers are contractors.
The English had not been afraid to enlist native soldiers to fight against their own people and keep them obedient.
The Confederates said that enlisting black soldiers would hurt agriculture.
Most are enlisted soldiers or warrant officers who must have successfully completed a 15-week training course.
They are enlisted soldiers who lose all rank status when reporting to the course.
In the year 960 the Song military had 378,000 enlisted soldiers.