The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-11-20

this is an ideal opportunity for
the young man and. something
in which he should be encouraged
by all Of the citizens Of the COM
munity and especially by his.
parents.
II have tried in as brief a man
ner as possible to outline the ne
cessity OF having such an organ
ization as the National Guard. I
have also tried to briefly outline
the material benefits which ac-.
crQe to the young man who, be-
comes . member. But there IL
something else. something deep-
er, more full Of meaning, which
should appeal to every young
man who calls himself an Ameri-
can-and that is his patriotic
duty to his country. There is no
question but what patriotism is
on the decline in this country. It
has come to the point where the
American flag means almost moth
ing to the average man-and the
national airs-once so we'll
known and cherished by all, have
been relegated to the forgotten
past. If you think that this is
too strong a statement let me
tell you of an incident which I
read of in a paper but short
time ago.
ION transatlantic liner some
time ago there happened to be a
party of Germans, a party of
French and a party of Americans.
They tried many ways to amuse
themselves during the voyage and
finally it was suggested that each
party sing the national anthem
of their own country. The Ger
mans Immediately led out with
theirs; the French followed with
theirs, but the Americans were
able to make but feeble attempt
to sing first America, then the
Star Spangled Banner, and fin
ally had to sit down amid the
roars of laughter from the
others.
If you think that a country
can prosper under these condi-
tions for very long l have only
to cite you to the instance of
ancient Carthage; once the great
est power in the civilized world;
if We look at Carthage. in her
glory we find almost the same
identical state Of facts which ex-
list here today, the spirit OF COM
-unu'B owBsk nnpary fwyypflAm
mercialism rampant, supreme,
and patriotism, and their pat
riotic ardor-DEAD. Her army
neglected and her forts turned
into market places, what was the
result? The result was that even
Hannibal, one of the greatest
generals the world has ever pro-
duced, was unable to stem the
onslaught Of imperial Rome, a
country where patriotism was
the true test Of manhood and was
taught to the infant on his moth
|et's knee, patriotism Of the kind
that said Ito be a Roman is bet
ter than to be q king"
I'VE must be fast approaching
q condition similar to that ST
Carthage, when in q county tie
size Of Richiand,, ~ are unable
to recruit but 20, men tor our
National Guard. What I want 10
put to you young men is this: II
is the young.nan upon whom Tie
future success OF our country de-
ponds. 1t is to you the country
looks in time of war for defense,
and if you are not trained you
will be worse than useless on the
field of battle. Can you not mus
ter up enough of that old spirit
of '76 to come forward tonight
and become one Of Uncle Sans
fighting boys in blue and de-
fender Of the proudest flag that
ever the sun shone upon; the
Stars and Stripes -
Good Reason for II
A gentleman who was raising bees
and was the owner Of several hives
wa falling sona childran <hsw ,n,,st