Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-07-06


auent nor Oratorical- II was colTT
deliberate. measured statement OF the
facts ~ our national unpreparedness 10
defend our liberties and our freedom
The elcauencs had come before him, and
splendid eloquence IL was Now Wnen
the general spoke the audience listen
ed 10 a description Of realities by one
who knew whereof he spoke and minced
no words in the telling He did not at
tempt TO win applause He wanted them
TO listen. TO remember and 10 act IN
their several spheres Of useful service
TO the country And that ne succeeded
was proven by the perfectly still and
Quiet intensity with which the people
listened 10 him
He told them IL IS going 10 be long
war. that We are certain 10 win. but tina;
victory Will cost Us heavily.
FALSE TEACHERS"
he told tnert that men who preach The
doctrine OF ending war by arbitration
are enemies 20 the nation-that all men
Of honor believe in arbitration. but all
men OF sanity know that arbitration VIII
not always prevent war
eH told them that we must not de-
Jude ourselves with dreams OF things
as we would like to have them, but must
saee the realities OF life, the facts IF
history. and realize that wars will GER
tainIy come in spite OF treaties and ar
bitration. and acting on this realization
must prepare in time OF peace TO defend
ourselves I'm time OF war
He told them that our motto now, In
ffe greatest OF all wars. should be the
motto OF the BLACK Prince Il serve"
he told them that all the people will
have a duty TO perform, a service to
render-scme on the battle line some in
uunision factories, some on the farms
some in the kitchens of the land
He told them that struggle and sacri-
ice are the price OF prOgress-that hu-
Tnanity has never advanced through
luxury and ease
He told them that while we prepare
TO play our part in the struggle for de-
mocracy. we re protected behind the
struggling and bleeding lines Of France
and England. who have been fighting
oar battles for Us all along.
He told them that out OF the war must
come the establishment OF universal.
compulsory military training sys-
tenn that Will take every abIe-bodied male
AT 70 years aud give him six months
81 intensive training. and then win taxi
him one month every year for three or
four years thereafter
hF@NEE I - " S1SIEM-
He showed them the benefits of this
system. system that Will produce a
trained. disciplined. organized. armed
and cffcered citizenship. not usting for
war or conquest. but hating war as the
like the French to defend ourselves IL
ar enemy strikes
. such training will wipe out the
cheap distinctions OF wealth. family
and religion" said General Wood We
will learn TO judge a man by the way
h does his work. II will give US the
ruresI and finest OF all democracy. a
cemocracy IN which everyone shares in
tie obligation o. service. which must
elwsys 90 with equality OF opportunity
The nation that decides whether we
shall have arbitration is not the little
ns tion, but the big, strong natiOl. nd
when we have a class Of $4,000 men
graduating every year from our system
of universal training. and We say TO a
mi-5ar0ariOUs nation using the high
est implements OF civilization. that they
must stOp-they viii stop.
Then we will have. and not till then.
thai respect for American cirIze,sils ID
which was enjoyed by Jhe Roman cltI-
zen OF old-thst respect which prompted
the centurion TO say. when they were
q
YOU had better have a care lie : a
Roman citizen"
IMPRESSIVE PAGEANT.
At the close OF General Woods adj
dress there passed in review in front
Of the stand a remarkable pageant ar
ranged by the students Of the UNIVERSE
~ summer school.
First came the Young women OF the
str hHn~TH
American flag After them came a d.
sision os women wearing the Uniform
OF the Red Cross nurse. headed BY a
group os men IN the insignia OF The
ambulance corps. Then came a divi-
sion OF young men and young women
carrying hoes. and rakes and other
farm implements. and carrying on their
shoulders stalks OF corn and sheaves
CT whea; and other food products. Then
came n division OF girls with brOoms
and dust pans representing the ones
who stay At home and conserve the ma
lions resources ~ the economy they
practice IN their housekeeping. and in
their conSery alton OF the health OF the
young generation And after them a
division OF girls with note books and
pencils. representing the places OF men
which women will take while the war
is on
IL was short. simple pageant. and
yet a wonderfully impressive preSen-
sstion OF some Of the prominent phases
o. the war.
This closed the ceremonies at san
ford field, and the legislators went TO
The State Agricultural college. where
they ate a splendid barbecue dinner
and ate war bread made OF wheat plus
corn. wheat plus sweet potatoes. and
wheat plus peanuts; and where they
listened TO short and inspiring talk
By Dr. A ~ SOuie. president OF the
college. on the part il is taking i'm the
production OF an increased food supply.
After dinner they went TO the universe
~ campus, where ice cream was served,
and at O'Clock they returned 10 At