Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-29


the chords of patriotism of his hearers
by his remarks. The speaker excused
himself because of the very short not
ice he had for preparation to speak
saying. IL do not feel able to do justice
to such momentous occasion ana
trembe at the attempt to convey the
feeling of appreciation OttumWa holds
for you young men who so gallantly
are responding to the call of your coun-
try to the colors. The call has come
to you to 20, with a startling sudden
ness even as It came to those SrlZzied
veterans here present when FIT. stump
ter was fired upon and even AS 1t came
when the Maine was blown up In Ha-
vana harbor eighteen years ago whlch
precipitated the Spanish American
war
The hour has come to you and you
are going bravely. There is no greater
love than that of the man who VIII lay
down his life for his neighbor. Meth
err is their greater test OF PATRIOTISM
than war nor a greater love than MS
who lays down his life for his trlends.
You go on the morrow prepared ana
willing to lay down your lives II neces.
sarv not only for friends, but for Old
Glory. .
Have Delayed The Fight.
"The Mexican cloud has hung over
us for half a dozen years and now IS
about to break over us. They have
murdered and pillaged for years, but 80
long as they did 1t among themselves
we let it go. Had we done as in the
Spanish American war fought to
bring peace to another people sorely IN
need of a friend, We should have been
down there long ago. We would have
been down there before raids were
made on our border towns and our
men, women and children wantonly
slaughtered and their property destroy
ed by bandit gangs. The situation IS
no different than If the raids were
made on our leighboring towns of Al
bia, Blakesbnrg, Eldon or Falrheld.
The people living in Texas. Arizona
and New Mexico along the border are
Just as much entitled to our support IN
these raids as If they were our lmmeu-
late neighbors.
THE thought should not be that the
province of this band is to bring cheer
and solace Of music to others IN the
service, that they are mere sunshine
patriots for they are subject to call 10
any kind of service You boys may
be called to dig in the trenches and TO
face the same dangers that any other
branch of the service is called to face.
Your work may be in the hospital
corps, but remember that you are as
subject to danger as are any of the
enlisted men,
Recalls Devoriek's Death.
The speaker here dwelt upon the
Of the splendid demonstra-
tons held Saturday night and Sunday
when the guards were leav-
ing for the front. He paid glowing
tribute to the sacrifice made by the
orphaned former Ottumwa lad, Frank
whose remains lie in the
cemetery at Blakesburg. "ln fancy I
am carried to little country cemetery
at Blakesburg," said the speaker
There beneath a monument raised by
the personal subscriptions OF comrades
in arms on one of the nations war
ships, lies the clay Of lad raised IN
the American Home Finding associa-
tons home here who CALAMITY sacri-
feed his life at Vera Cruz few years
ago. Pierced by the bullet from a
this orphan gave all that he
had to his country and flag. His
spirit cries to you to go forth and
mete out to his murderers what they
deserve The spirit of Capt. Boyd who
mortally wounded, dragged himself
over the hot sands from the Mexican
ambush of a week ago near Carrizal,