The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-31

Kenosha, intoxicated with the patro-
tism Of waving flags at the close of the
most notable demonstration held in the
city's history, had the mirror held up
to show her lack of patriotism on Wed
nesday afternoon when five thousand
people who crowded into Market Square
about the city hall, heard Major
Mccoy Of the Wisconsin National
Guard tell Kenosha men the duty that
the nation expected of them and the
manner in which they had failed to
meet that duty. The great crowd
cheered Major Mccoy, it cheered out
bursts of patriotic oratory from Mayor
Charles H. T fennig and E. T. O'Brien
and it shouted hurras as Captain
Edward Dayton of the infantry COM
pany in just words enough, made an
appeal to the men of the city to come
along and do their bit toward keep
ing the flag unsullied.
1t was a rare patriotic gathering,
this mirroring of Kenosha. It came
when ten thousand people had just
finishing marching through the streets
of the city and when Kenosha
had given q wonderful display of
its "man power.
The mirror showed how little this
man power had figured in the answer
of the call to arms for the defense of
the nation and that while possibly nine
thousand men had marched under the
waving flags in a city of peace, but
one hundred and thirty-two from Ke-
nosha had signed the lists of the in
fantry and the cavalry to fight the ma
tions of the battles wherever the flag
might call them. This fact was driven
home in telling blows by Major Mccoy
who had the place of honor in the ora
torical portion of the greatest celebra-
ton that the city has ever known.
Major Mccoy brought the bearing of
man who had borne arms and medals
which he wore with pride on his.
soldiers uniform, proclaimed the
fact that he had served his country
with distinction.
"I would like to say to this vast
audience, and the hundreds who have
already gone from the sound of my
voice" said Major Mccoy, "that you
have not fully performed your duty to
the nation when you have marched
under the waving flags in this vast
parade and listened to the stirring mu-
sic of the bands and the oratory of
your distinguished and patriotic citi-
zens. Patriotism today is spelled in
a new way. Tt is spelled by putting
in the words the uniform of the soldier
and the sailor of the United States. )
We must translate our patriotism into
uniforms Of the cavalry and the
infantry, of the marine corps and the
navy. You must make it part of the
men who are going TO carry the name
of Kenosha we know not where
Captain Mccoy spoke of the great
melting pot which had been made dur
ing the three hundred years of civiliza-
tion and declared that when President
Wilson signed his war proclamation
on April 9th that he took out of
this melting pot a new, refined and
purified citizenship.
He spoke of American soldiers iso-
lated in the island possessions of the
nation facing possibly a second mas
sacre of the Alamo or a second siege
of Lucknow. He declared that it was
the duty of patriotic Americans to up
hold these men and be ready to defend
them He spoke at some length on
the forces that are being organizd in
the nation, including the volunteer
forces of the regular army, the National
Guards, the marines and the navy.
THE draft Y he declared, els the
club which a great American congress
has held necessary to put into force
the great volunteer system. n aMust
this club be used ON youq'7 he declared
dramatically. lis your patriotism
and your respect for the grey hairs Of
the mothers and the fathers at such a
low ebb that you must be drafted for
the service of the nations Fifteen
hundred men in Kenosha must be sub
iect to the draft. Permit me to, seoh