Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-06-16
NEyADA'S DUTY IS ENOUGH

The INDEPENDENT published an ar
ticle the other day under the caption
Of "MOre Nevada Volunteers, Proba.
bly," in which it asked the Reno Jour-
nal for certain information touchnl
the demand that more OF Nevada't
young men be sent TO the front. In
Wednesdays issue the Journal says
lit does not pretend to know why
Nevada should get a battalion, moth
ing about the proposed officers or So
called pull and is not keeping cases
on the War Department" 1t winds
up by saying "If the INDEPENDENT
cares to know the inside details per-
haps request to Governor Sadler
would bring them out. The Journal
is not running the military depart.
ment Of Nevada"
The INDEPENDENT kindly thanks
the Journal for it's information and
advice. Its editor will spend the
coming week in Carson and Will try
to learn something abou: this scheme.
Ii he succeeds in penetrating the
mystery, what he learns will be laid
before its readers.
The Carson News in commenting
on the IND PENDENT's article asking
for light on this scheme says: The
INDEPENDENT has hit the nail ON the
head. War is a duty, and not pas
time, or picnic party. Nevada has
done her duty and more; she has al
ready sent more men than she was
entitled to send and owing to the IN
huence Of our representatives, they
have been accepted. It is time to
cease. Yet people will go on urging
our influential friends in Washington
to accept battalion more Of our
young men with good positions
many OF them and future before
them in civil life. with relatives near
and dear. One half OF those already
gone will probably be sent to the
death laden air Of tn, PHILIPPINES and
the others will assimiinte fever and
pestilence in Porto Rico. Not all
those boys are coming back. II we
send battalion moro what will be
the result? First our representatives.
will exact promise from the War
Department that our boys shall be
sent to Cuba, Porto Rico or the Phil
hpines, so they may see actual SER
vice IL strange lands; large per-
centage Of them will succumb even
if they never fire shot at the enemy,
and for what? Duty? Patriotism?
Necessity? None Of them. Simply
because there is u spirit O: willing
ness i'll them and because our repre-
sentatives are so anxious. to win the
plaudits Of the gallery that they will
listen to the murmurings that are
carried to them. 1t is their duty to
see that Nevada sends every man her
quota calls for-that she bears fully
her share OF the burden of this war,
but il we send battalion more than
our share, then our representatives
are responsible for the murder OF
every one OF our boys who dies.
II our friends in Washington are
our true friends they will protect Ne.
vada's young men against themselves.
against condition of bereaved par.
ents and relatives, manned and dis.
eased men who should be the strength
OF our State, and our.own enthusiastic
%over doing it." Let Nevada do lust
her share and no more and our friends
owe it to the State to see that she is
not allowed to make the wholly un.
necessary sacrifice.
or course people will say Nevada
has great deal OF influence and onr
Congressman and Senators will be
Justly cheered by the boys that wish
to go, the band will play and the
anvils ring, but after it Is all over
there will be reaction.
The mother who fades away day by
day mourning the son who lies bur-
ried, che knows not where, will not