Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-03
GOVERNOR CHEERS
ILLINOIS BOYS At
DIES MONIES CAMP
FRANK o. IOWDEN VISITS I'LL
NoIs SOLDIERS CHARTERED AT
CAMP DODGE SHARES MESS
WITH MEN--LlkEs FISH AND
SPUDS.

Camp Dodge. Ia, Nov S.-Govern0r
Frank O. I4owden ate fried fish ana
boiIed potatees of a Tin dish yesief'
day while seated beside the Illinois
national anard soldiers OF COMPANY
A. 34gth Infantry. And he sent ms
Mate back for more. He had just
finished reviewing the regiment
which he declared to be as fine a Body
of troops as he had ever seen march
In the evening the Governor had
diner with The Greater Des MONIES
committee. He left at 500 for CHI
cage. from where he will leave ior
Camp Taylor at Louisville, Ky
In the Governors party were Al
jutant General +. s. Dickson and JOS
G. Mason. administrative auditor Oh
Illinois.
In the afternoon the governor au'
dressed the Illinois regiment on the
regimental parade ground He said
Il bring you today greeting Of
the people OF Illinois and also Their
congratulations, and when ! tell
them Of your wonderful achieve
ments within the few weeks you
have heon here | shall arouse their
pride in what you are doing.
mo nation can make an army
overnight. but America has shown
that il can create an army in less
time. as believe. than any other
nation on earth.
Il want to say to you something
of the importance OF this war. Men
are just beginning to realize that
this is one OF the epochs in the his.
Tory Of the world that when the
failure shall record all its past il
will set down these years in which
we are living as one Of the two or
three great epocliS in all recorded
time.
For when this war is over we
shall either have better world
than we have ever had before or
we shall have lost, as | believe
every achievement which civillza
ton has made since the Christian
era daNned. In fact, momentous as
were Ihe days that preceded the
civil war. that time was common.
place as compared with this, be-
cause ii We had lost in that war we
still would have had some kind Of a
country left.
but ii this war now shall 20
against us. all hope is gone. liot an
acre OF this beautiful land we see
about us here, not mile of our
territory will still be blessed with
the institutions OF libery, Of JUS
tice, or right which we inherited
from our own brave forbears,
"You are going 10 fight in the
greatest cause which ever enlisted
patriotic men. You are going to
fight for every hearthstone where
love lies, where justice is believed
in as still virtue. where liberty
" not an unknown dream.
and SO. soldiers Of the Three
Hundred and Forty ninth Infantry,
otl payers and our blessings 70
with you. We shall follow you in
all the arduous days to come, with
our love and our graf itudc, and
Illinois knows full well that, splen-
did as are the traditions Of her past,
you will add TO her lnster and her
glory.
God bless you all, my friends
and remember that l. having been
the guest OF the Three Hundred and
Fortynlnth Regiment, shall follow
ii with particular interest. shall re-
joice With you in your victories.
shall mourn with you when some Of
your comrades on foreign soil shall
make the last supreme sacrifice
which men can make for their ma
tive land.
Goodbye, God bless you, good
luck attend you"