The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-07-05
NAVAL BAND CALLS SOLDIERS
Three Join at Monster Meeting Under
Auspices of County Council of De
fense-Preliminary Speeches show
Patriotic Temper of Crowd.

! "The people of the United States
have written, since the declaration Of
the war, three messages across the sky,
which the Kaiser and his followers
have seen and trembled,o said Assist
ant District Attorney Foley Of Racine,
in his address to the six thousand peo-
pie gathered at the patriotic mass meet
ing held on the west end of Market
Square on Friday evening under the
auspices of the Kenosha County Coun-
Gil of Defense. The meeting was held
in the interest of recruiting for the
United States navy and fifty piece
military band aroused the true Ameri-
cana spirit with its stirring national
airs and marches Prior to the address
of the evening, brief delay, which
was unavoidable, Was filled by recruit
ing speeches from both navy, marine
and army officers resulting in the en-
lstment of three men in the navy and
| the arousing of a spirit which viii no
doubt have telling effect on recruiting
in this city. Frequent applause
interrupted the speakers and displayed
a latent patriotism that augurS well
for the people of Kenosha in sup
port of the war.
Attorney Foley, who was introduced
by Capt. Dayton as man, who had
stood She test by seeing service for
nd off ha ho4
field, praised the response that the
American nation has made to war
appeals and urged that the present one
for seventy thousand volunteers should
be as we'll supported.
| They have told us, he said in
part, /" that we are an ease loving and
money loving nation, that we have
lost the courage of '76 and 81; that
there no longer courses through the
veins Of the American people the
liberty loving blood of the men who
fought the Revolution or saved the
union; that we are divided in the
support of this war, which the Ger
mans claim is war of the President
and Congress. The record of the
United States in enrolling without dis.
| turbaAce ten million men for universal
! service, the over-subscription of the
Liberty Loan by more than billion
dollars and the Immediate response to
| the call to the heart of the American
people to support the Red Cross, were
cited as signs Of unity among the
American people which had ominous
meaning for our e@emies. The speaker
urged that the new call for volunteers
should be answered with the same
readiness as he pointed out the adj
vantages of serving in the army or
navy of the United States over that Of
any other nation. "This is no time for
'slackers and there will be no
i slackers;' those who can not serve as
soldiers or sailors because of physical
weakness or dependents will be ex-
| pected to do their part in other fields.
We are all going to serve, when the
nation wants us, wherever the nation
wants us and whatever the nation
wants us to do. Since we must serve,
let us not wait to be conscripted, but
take out stand in the regular army
of the United States, the flower
of the military bodies now on the
battlefelds Of Europe"
In defending the entrance of the
United States in this greatest conflict
that ever disturbed the peace of the
world, the speaker recited the various
international crimes of which Germany
was guilty, ending with the treacher
Gus attempt of Foreign Minister Zim
norman to align Japan and Mexico as
our enemies, which was described as
IAN attempt to ram a dagger in the
back of this nation and hamstring the
greatest republic of all times. 1--WE
are in the war to carry the light of
freedom to the nations of the world
and to show that this government for
the people, by the people, and of the
people will exist until Gabriel shall
blow the last trump
In closing he pointed the finger of
scorn at those women who kept their
1 sweethearts, their sons or their hus-
bands from enlisting in this hottest Of
wars, IS the lack of patriotism which
they must feel when they shall later
meet women of their own acquaintance
whe had gladly laid their all upon the
altar of their country.
Prior to the main address Of the
evening VIM. J. Frazier explained that
the meeting was in support Of the navy
primarily and was called in connection
with the naval bali given Friday even
ing at the Coliseum, the object of
which was not financial, but to arouse