Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-11-02
THINKS SPIRIT OF rs
AS SUP|NE AS IN is
Wilson'S Chocolate Soldier"
Secretary Of War Excites
Nations Disgust by DeoIar-
ing WashIngton's Army
Was as Bad a Lot as
VnIa's Bandit Band.
SPOllATl0N OF NUNS AND
CHURCHES THUS C0kD0NED

Sin Their Ragged 7eslmentsls Stood
the Old continentsls, Yielding Not"
and This Is the Reason Baker
Snesrs at Real Patriots Because He
sasks In an Environment That
Gories In Yielding Every American
Risht-Also Takes Fling at Civil
War Heroes Saying They Comm s.
ted the Same Crimes Of Which
Mexican Outlaws Are New Guilty.
The defense which Secretary Of War
Newton ID. Baker offered for Mr. vii
sons Mexican policies found quick re-
Spouse from patriotic Americans but
hardly the response Mr.. Baker could
have wished for
In a speech In Jersey city. the Sec
rotary likeued the McSicau revolution
lists 10 the COntinentalS who fou@ht
with Washington. lie admitted the
MeNitans were raScally lot bul said
their actions were those Of an rebels
The patriots or the American rcvolu
ton looted churches and drove minis
tiers from them on their famous march
to Valley Forge he added
Protests From Far and Near
Protests have come from far ana
near The Empire State society ~ the
Sons OF the American Revolution met
and adopted a resolution condcmning
"in the strongest terms the uuPatriutc
language OF the Secretary OF War
Members OF the society were uut>pO-
ken in their denuncistion Some de-
clared that unless his remarks were
repudisted AT once by President Will
son a movement should be started to
force the secretsry's resignation.
Friend Of Daksr's Joins.
The Empire State Society meeting
was In the Waldorf Astoria In the
chair was Louis Amin Ames presi-
dent Of the society, Democrat
stsnch supporter Of the Administration
and q close friend OF Secretary Baker
He was asked II he had any personal
comment to make on the action OF the
head OF the War Department
1T is all told In the resolution, said
Mr. Ames The resolution was passed
unanimously, so IL embodies my views.
The resolution follows
Whereas. II is reported In The New
York Tribune this morning that Secre-
tary Of War Baker, at a public meeting
held IN Jersey City last night used the
following language rejecting upon the
character OF the members OF Washing
tons army at Valley Forge, and Tx
ened them TO the present Mexican rev.
olutionists:
Bad a. tho Mssioans."
~ know that the Mexicsns do not
respect American life and property.
said Mr.. Baker i know that they do
not pay their debts. that they are rags
mullins. that they desecrate Church
property that their money is no good
and that they are generally worthless
Ru, people never respect those things
iu revolutions We did not respect
them In our Civil War. Washington's
soldiers In the march 10 Valley FORGE
sfole everything they could lay their
lands on took the silver vessels out OF
tue churches and sold them 20 buy
drink They drove ministers out OF the
hurches Their money was worthless
and they were Just as bad characters
a. me Mexicans
Resolved. That we. the descendants
az ho patriots of the Revolution con
denim in strongest terms the uupatri
ou auguage " the Secretary OF War
AHA direct that a copy of this preamble
aud resolution be sent 10 him.
similar action VIII bc taken by patri
ot societies all over the country