The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-12-22
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Parts. There are nearly no cid
tens Of the United States In the
French array. More THAI 100 have
been wounded aud ~ have been
killed. May personal friend Il sew.
eral Of them be allowed to present
this company of brave men 10 rranesf
Some-yery fewS-hase volunteered
from love Of war; for example. this
youth Of seventeen. already wearing
stripe, who confessed TO a coTnrnda.
Il love lighting. love TO make n
charge, but what bore the trenches
arew Others, perhaps a down, have
welcomed a chance for adventures and
have taken service, far less to defend
causc than 10 escape from peace
full, gray. monotonous existence, too
shut Of into divisions by laws aud
customs. 1884,,
Why They EaroIled.
But the great majority OF these
Americans and Il is their glory ns
much as ours. have enrolled thcEi-
selves under our flag from love OF
France and right,
have before me pile Of letters
that prove It. Those who wrote them.
DICTIONARIES or nylators, sleep now On
the Marne. In Artois, Ia Alsace, among
our own dead. Witnesses who aEht
TN they are killed may be believed.
Almost all belong 10 the intellectual
class, The father of Chapman, who
died for France at the age OF twenty
six, IL one Of the first writer's Of his
country. and his grcRt-grandfather
signed the famous Declaration OF
Rights which founded the American
republic. Kenneth Weeks. who died
at tweuty.slx. on June 10, 1915, nj
GiveachS Is the author ~ Five Inn
practical Plays" Science, Sentiments
ard ScnscI" works Of art aud phil
osophy which give the promise Of
master thinker.
Norman Prince belonged 30 one Of
the richest and most esteemed fam.
lilies Of Boston. Alan Seeger, died
ON July 4 ut l,elloy-cn Santcrre, wrote
some Of the finest verse that the war
has Inspired. AZ for Kiiiin Rockwell.
that great soldier, whose loss his chief
of eScndrillc announced With the
no more" he descended from ancient
Anglo Norman stock. The famous
Baron de Rockville companion III
William the Conqueror, being his d.
rect ancestor.
Refined and Loved Life.
All these young men, the elite or
Americas elite. were refined and loved
life. They believed that the sIlendor
Of life was 10 struggle for justice and
right. Sons Of Washington and Lin
coin, they had the cult Of democracy.
They were modern In every accept
ance Of the term. hating violence and
revering the dignity Of man and "
peoples. Above NIL they were men OF
conscience, Of pure and strong char
Hc,er~.
An American who kno~s men said
to me: chapman and kim Rockwell
are two ~ the pobIest types u men I
have net In my life." And such In
the nhalanx whose love We have won.
love, body and soui. to~e IN d-nth
KILN Rockwell wrets to his brother
|tsho had been wounded: III France
should be conquered ! would rather
die r. Why this sacred enthusiasm
among citizens u foreign nationf
Rockwell often said. II am paying
for La Fayette and Rochatnbcau."
gut the reason for their sacrifice In
more profound.
These young Americans gave them
selves TO France IN August 4. 1914.
because France was In their eyes a
knight. the knight of the highest hu4
man ideal thnt has iilumincd the earth.
so when 4 terrible horde ioosened H.
self upon her they crossed the ocean
as ~. crusade. They were no
swasbbBckiers dreaming Only az
wounds and bruises. MOI They we're
free aud peaceful men who knew tho
price Of liberty and peace. But tbs
Teuton swashbpckiers must be mux-
xied. The Huns from the spree must
be- beaten down to save the beauty Of
living for all the world
I knew kim Rockwell. tall. straight
and slender. full Of nerves, bn. with .
fserce will and something Of fascoa
In his looks. When cured ~ hls frst
wound In August. 1915 be- wrote:
More than ever want 10 live. hut
net for any eG0:ist reason. This war
has taught ms many things want
10 1--we now 10 do All the gr~f ! can.