The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-09-20

all cleaned and pressed for the after
noon. Behind them came Carranza in
overalls, women, smoking coffin
nails and-it IS a, fact, madam-stogies
of unbelievable lengths, bellies from the
bathing beach in scanty jersey, and
few Irregular guys in baseball uni
forms. The " Nashionalo horse brought
up the rear. Made of pasteboard and
burlap it bore on one side the caption
% America First' and on the other in
equally conspicuous print Mash
Second" 1t cut "some" capers both
before and after the parade and was a
constant source Of amusement to both
itself and and its cooler spectators on
the bleachers and in the grand-stand.
The Hinky-Dinks and the HonkyADonks
The grand march was followed by
gall game-at least they called it that.
The police force acted as deputies for
the jumps and most of the time they
were on the job. Men ran wild on
bases and few were called out on
the infeld ere counted out and neither
team was allowed to score more than
twenty runs in any one inning. AS
soon as this mark was reached the
side was automatically retired to make
way for new runners. Definite scores
were out of the question but the Hinky-
Drinks claimed decision at the end of
the third round and got away with it,
largely because the Honky-Donks were
too digusted or too dishevelled to con-
tinue the walloping. They retired in
good order and made way for a
real fighter in the person of Sergeant
Major Mitchell of the Cameron High
landers of Canada.
sergeant-M Major Mitchell Speaks.
The fighting Tommy received real
reception as he took his place before
the great crowd and began his speech.
The band played America, Here s
By Boy and the patriots in the
grandstand applauded the music some
and the sergeant-major more. Thus
assured Of the temper of his audience
the hero from the fight "out there
presented vivid pictures Of life under
fire and il the base hospitals some
where behind the lines
"The American Red Cross he de-
clared, "cannot be praised too much.
They have saved thousands of soldiers
from death or worse-insanity-
are one Of the factors in maintaining
a fighting morale among Sammies, Tom
mics and Poilus. These women, collec-
lively have done more than the men
individually and the cap of every
soldier is off to the Red Cross and
all of it's allied bodies.''
Further than this the sergeant-maior
spoke briefly of English citizens back
here. He urged them to enlist and
enlist now in order that they might
thereby show a double loyalty-to
England, the land of their birth and
America, the country of their own
adoption. He maintained that the dan
gers, but not the horrors Of war were
slightly exaggerated and affirmed that
the chances of survival were much
greater than they were usually pictur-
ed. At the conclusion of his speech
the band played America while
the sergeant major stood at at
tention and smilingly acknowledged
the plaudits of his audience.
"After ALL
When the officer had taken his place
in the box again there was a real ball
game The Jefferys defeated the Sim
cos in six innings of exciting play that
brought the crowd to its feet again and
again. The Turner's, too, did some real
stunts on the side-lines and were win
ming all sorts of laurels when the gov
ernor arrived-but that's another
story. "You III find it in another column
1t was real speech by real man and
it made big hit with an audience
gathered to assemble patriotism and
funds for the Sammies of Troop "E''
and Company "M.'