Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1917-06-22
Fill STATES WAR
QUOTA BY JULY |
wasbinpton Shamed by Neighboring
states in Point of Enlistments
Says Recruiting Officer

nv VIM. V. Nessly of the Recruit
ing Service of the United States
Army.
Fill Washington war quota be-
fore July /. This is the slogan
adopted by the recruiting party of
the United States regular army for
the Washington district. Either
oatriotism is lacking among the
Young men of this state or they are
refusing to believe the war situation
as serious as it is pictured. At any
rate state pride is now to be resorted
to in Washington in an attempt to
supply the full number of recruits
asked from the comm onwealth by
the war department.
Washington is ingloriously shamed
by the neighboring states of the
Northwest. Montana was first to
supply her war quota, but even when
that point was reached the state did
not hesitate in sending to the colors
the men who are needed in Uncle
SANS fighting forces. Every day
brings dozens more of Montana s
young men to the Spokane station,
which is the central recruiting sta
ton for this district, and the men
are escorted to their trains by bands
and by crowds of friends who are
proud of the states sons. They are
patriotic in Montana, they are cour-
ageous, ambitious for their country,
and they are not afraid to fight when
the country is threatened. All of
which is one way of saying that the
people of Montana are Americans,
and the state of Washington can
glorify herself by emulating Mon
tanas splendid example.
We are not asking that any young
nan enlist to aid England, we are
not asking that anyone take up arms
to bolster France, though Heaven
knows we are under obligations
enough to that country. But we are
asking that the young men of the
nation take up arms to save America,
for just as surely as America fails to
tight the demon Militarism now
when we have three of the world s
greatest powers as allies, America
must later meet that Unsuitable force
alone.
1t is un-American to ask that other
powers subdue alone force that
threatens the welfare of our country
lully as much as it jeopardizes the
well-being of theirs. 1t is opposed to
the honor that we have long boosted
as fundamental quality of Ameri-
cans, it is in direct contradiction to
me traditions of our beloved country
ana 1t is the duty, as well as the
privilege, of the present generation
10 demonstrate to the world that
american honor and principle is not
failing.
suppose that our ancestors in 1875
OF IN 1912, or in 1861, had spurned
var, had decided that they must re.
4 man at home TO care for the patch OF
ssorh or to conduct their country
store-suppose that they
no. mad said, Let George do it,,
Tue american traditions would have
Oeeh nothing to boast of in this age
= we are to preserve our traditions
= we are to save our free institutions
no institutions that we look upon as
'"e most enlightened the world has
oeen' then we must fight as our fore
,"'lefs fought; we must make sacri.
''oes IN proportion to their sacrifices
VIC must take up arms with the
nation that has carried Ameri
an FORCES VIGOROUSLY through all
parts OF the world whenever liberty
was threatened.
NO one can escape the obligation
ouhs men must answer the call un-
y sS'tatlngly. fathers and mothers
f',"St give their sons confidently, EN-.
t'oyefs must urge their employees OF
'''''afy age to enlist and all who are
o' capable of serving at the front
lust double their efforts to give the
,'nerican troops the support that Is
o''lutely essential to American sue.
we can't reneg. We have gone
~ laf' We accepted war-now we
S see 1t through. France and
island and Russia can not win
A'ess America answers in one voice
nc principles of liberty and enlight,
"nneht are lost, and in their stead
mere will rule the CORY dragon OF
e'arism, the product of the
serman Kaiser
Nekt week is the test for the state
Washington. If this state fail.