Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20


 him to do them. is a very good thing. The English general who founded the Boy Scouts did distinguished service l to his country in the sBoer war but perhaps he did a greater service to his l own and to other countries, when he l founded an institution. capable of. such | usefulness as, yours. .' '3tsr -N l All normal boys want to- be manly and the scout organizatlon makes
 plain the Thought, which perhaps has
 not always been made plain to boys, that it Is manly to be good.> and un-
 manly and mean to be bad.
 The outdoor features of a scouts l experience seem to me most attractives l especially the camping out. Some of 1 the pleasantest -recollections of my boyhood tare of summers spent i'll | camping with other boys in com paratively wild country, living in l tents, cooking out of doors, bathing 1 boating, ,-,r .,: You should always remember that
 the same. principles of honor, fairness, ! and consideration for. others which should govern boys and men should also govern nations in their relations with each other. Might makes right" | is no. better a rule for nations to; fol- low than for individuals. .. | One of the principal reasons which 1 make Americans willing to prosecute | the dreadful war in which the country | is now. engaged IS to put down the ! idea that nations have no moral ob- | IlSdIlOHS lOs cdEll rOluti- OuI tiAdL CdSi may take what it can; and keep what 1 it gets. regardless of others
 l So. if you do your best in promoting 1 the sale of the new government bonds you may feel that you are helping to | establish the recognition of the fact l that unselfshness is as much the duty l of nations as of individuals. also you
 are supporting your government in l great undertaking. and, what is not | to be overlooked, you are helping peo- l nJ f0 for | their savings and encouraging them l in se1f-denial and economy.
 l So T say success to the Boy Scouts. l not only in their present enterprise, 1 but always.
 l At the conclusion of Judge. Greene's 1 a address. Scout Edward Duro. who sold | the largest number of bonds in the first
 loan gave some very good reasons why | we should buy Liberty Bonds. Scout l I cannot tell you anything you. do not | know, but I may be permitted to re- l mind you of what we all know, but l sometimes forget. l We are living in the happiest, free est and richest country, on the glob, | the glorious United States of Amer | ica.
 1t would not have been so if our l fathers had not been willing to fight l for it; and it will not remain so unless we are willing to sacrifice, suffer and die for it.
 A million boys are going out to fight: they are giving their lives: we ought | dollar to arm them and feed them. | Millionaires and big corporations ] cannot supply the needed money; it
 must come from the people; and who 1 is there among us who will say that he or she cannot raise fifty dollars to help our country? |. Uncle Sam calls on you and me. It | is our. Uncle Sam. He is fighting for us and for our children's children. Shall he. call on us in vain?
 No! A hundred million freeborn cit izens shall answer: --r | Here! take our lives and our mon ey, we give it gladly, to maintain the Eonor and the glory of the country
 coln died for. and that the sons of i liberty will never allow to perish.v l Buy Liberty Bond. It is something l you can ido.~ >' = ,,+, ss -
 The scouts joined in singing one of their campaign songs. Scout Johnson eading the singing. Nathan A. Gibbs. ex-president of the council, Boy. Scouts. conplimented the local troops on their endeavor to helD the government in every way pos sibie. He spoke of the good show ing. that the boys had made with the gardens during the summer He also complimented them on their good work in selling bonds in the previous liber-
 
 they would even better their work of last time. :" At the conclusion of MT. Gipbs's talk Commissioner Bruce introduced Con. gressman Richard P. Freeman who said in part:
 was delighted to receive the invi- tation of your scout commissioner to
 present tp you on the behalf of the treasury department the emhlems of good work in the disposal Of the first
 TLihRrfVs bonds As all Enow the first loan was heavily over subscribed and this in part was due to the ex- cellent work done by the Boy Scouts of America. t4. e'-
 Our nation has taken her place in this gigantic struggle for democracy and we go forth to bring Germany to terms terms of peace that will insure safety to the world forever. One hun dred years ago the same situation eX isted that exists today; that is,' there was one man who wanted to be ruler of the world. Just as Kaiser Will jam does at the present time. This man was Napoleon. Yet when he was at his, best the battle of Waterloo took place and everyone knows the outcome. Napoleon was put on the Island of St. Helena. Germany has set out to be master of the world. We must break her and the ambitions of her kaiser. The United States is in the war with other, natfons of the world to put down this nation Which is using every m cans Idlf ana IOuI LO gam ner end. Sne mas TO respect for international law. No respect for the sacredness of God and stops at nothing to achieve the mast cry of the world.
 When the United States government decided on war the resources of the nation to the last measure were pledg- ed and now the country is making good that pledge. Soldiers have been sent to the front and millions of men have | been drafted for the National army. | Money running up into the billions is ! necessary for this war. The money | has to be raised in one way or anotho". If by taxation the money is lost but | when 1t is raised by bond it is safe and l pays a great deal more to the pur- chaser than he puts into it, for in back | of the bond stands the resources of the l United States and there is no chance of losing. It is for the sale of these | Liberty Bonds that the government l