The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-27
LETTER FROM
]. ]. HOLLAND
Mr.. |. Gelders, Editor


time, ~but | had just got enough ex-
perencc to realize the fact that the |
army has the first lease on me and |
that duty to my country should out
weigh every other consideration. /
And | think it privilege, as we'll as
duty, to serve our country, and | new
er took more pleasure Ill anything in
my life than | did in putting my name
on the list of Southern Volunteers.
Every American should esteem it
privilege to serve his country. His
duty IS plain. 1t is the duty of every
American to rally around the flag,
and to display them, but it is the duty
of every young American to rouse
his devotion to his country, and I
hope and trust that when the con-
scription bill is passed it won't have
any effect in dear old Georgia
My sentiment is naturally for a /
volunteer army and navy. We have
many young men IN Georgia illied
win the sentiment OF their fathers,
ny "ould Ne Periectly Wiling to
'eilloI services 70 thelr country who
would not "ant TO do SO under cons
P''Sor ana inc majority Of the young
men III oeo' sia are OF ne same stock
as their forefalhers who fought il
''ie i\e'oit.''ol'a'y war ana the wal
oe'" ee,i 'iie '7'ales. ms Elnd ot
3'9ou IS YOUNGER blood and tIe
i>uS3'ailS' l oles' IlasaH5 ana others
""o came % t'l'S country should be
',''u1 - tsilS' = ciass o. men among
l''o'0 i'''t aidlleI are loaIers and
'''i, = a o''lioS ~ salooiis' pool rooms
','o sum ana II tney are not lit to
,5'l my ohouiu DC lldde 10 farm.
A"u ''ieie % no douDt Dut what they
ale tetllhS tiie real MEN out OF the
o'.teu o'''e9 now When a MAN
uoiie an i"JuStlce ne is gong to
'si,'' anu li'ey are gong TO nave TO
| l.. Al.
''i"Ne 'ne ours ilght' You can take
CIV ~ ''iiotnel Jog get ailer
- . pay nc goes 10 IS I'M
w 'i' 49, anu ''id' y "l'at is me
,''"s'0i WIN 10 now, we nave 100
',i"'y ,ui > ~ ,"e oii'ed otates.
~ -, ''':i, "e n'Ve % many N ueol-
50 t"uus"' Our eiiis'nieht RECORDS
~ ~" 'l"' "" i''e eiiiis'eu more
'''' gu" .''i 9'"'e' 'oeoiuihe 10
o Gu popD'''io"' =, anu "iieii '"ey come
~ 49," ,'"p - p'i,'iie ours i'o" under
~ ~ "ope '"ey ee' u,sappointed
W. 70 "o'' III inc southern blood
@ ~: 'I ~, "eNe' u'u nave 10 40 any
''c : ''No 90 "'''0i 10 get Us TO start
- : 3, - 'iiey ulu not nave 10
~. - Vs. 10y sno'io nave had com
-. '''''''"' 'i"'i'iiis years ago
Da' WV O''' "iioiu TO argue the
' 80 :, 10 o-Oeeis now II IS Tune TO
- : '''iu i'o' ''''N' Niio" no mother
~a"'' some o'ler mother $ son to
,'s"' io' iiei ) ana thefe IS no way
TO send somebody else in your place
mere, and we need no halfway pa
= 'o'iS'ii' ne VINO IS not Tor us IS
against u.s. and we must act as
unit ne tune to say go and fight
Is III tille OF peace. | say won't you
arm ana Jet hghtf
am an American. My forefath-
e's were never siaei<ers and | am
emp on the old block | am proud
u my chance am proud OF my coun-
Try ana my people, and above all | am
PROUD OF Old Glory,
mere IS all Kinds OF opportunities
ioi young men VINO want to serve
'neir country Now there never was
d demand Tor men IN the army or navy
IN tiine OF peace; they never needed
'neU' ana the men are going to get
eiiahce 70 prove themselves MEN
now Emergency reaches eagerly for
Snouiuer strap material and the call
70 arms Is the summons OF opportu-
nity,
Bluffs pretenders and incompe-
tents and all other cOunterfeiters who