The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-10
EVENING NOVEMBER Il lglT

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who win make up the new national
army, but oesp'le the trials and hard.
shios your fathers and mine endured
during fi1e Gays Of domestic strife half
q century ago, they we're as nothing
compared with the new instruments OF
teatb and torture the modern Huns
have devised.
So the strain on the nerves OF the
officers and men who face them Is SO
4 great that In the hours OF relaxation
the temptation to yield to excuses or
t. let down completely is necessarily
very great.
/! TO he a model, guide and an in.
SEPARATION to your men. not only while
on active duty. but al all times, will
be your privileges. II will be sour part
end your duty. God grant that no man
in this camp should fail in that par
| ticular
/ But am not proposing to instruct
{ you or teach you In the line OF your
duty either military or civii We, at
home. are confident that the careful
method Of selecting men for these
camps ana the strenuous training you
Undergo at the hands of competent in
stractors. constitute reasonable guar
antee of efficient and soldio-ly officers
to lead the thousands OF young men
We are sending into the camps.
My purpose is, rather. not only TO
bring you the good wishes of the peo-
pie back home but to pledge you their
unstinted and might say their undi.
yided support.
West VIRGINIA oyar .,,h,orit,od H..
allotment Of the second as well as the
first Liberty loan. She is today pro.
ducing more oil, more gas. more lum.
Der and more bromine than any other
state in the Union and you know how
essential is each Of these commodities
the conduct Of tho war. Toe state is
:econd in the production of coal and
Will yield up something like one hun
dred millions of tolls during the calen.
oar year. 1t is West Virginia coal that
Is being burned by or great battle.
ships and which will be consumed by
the lighter war vessels which will es.
cort you to Frapce when you 60 "over
there"
Our people are at work. The men
n the mines are patriotic. for not only
IRE they digging coal but many thou
sands Of them have bought Liberty
bonds. Our families are signing up the
:ood-pledge cards and are preparing to
save in order that you officers and
your men will not wan. for wholesome
food 1T abundance.
The gigantic amount of money need
cd to carry on this war is beginning
to be appreciated by the people. When
II Is brought home to them that for
every dollar Germany raises for her
army. we must rise fourteen dollars
cur financial task is better understood.
The difference. OF course, is in the pay
Cur officers and men receive as COM
pared to the Germans and the differ
ence in wages paid to the men who
manufacture the ammunition and sup
plies. The financial obligation to sup.
port single American soldier is four.
teen times greater than to support a
German soldier. But this country, in
ats broad spirit OF humanity. is seek.
ing TO care for its men and tteir fami-
lies to care for them pow and through
means of insurance t. care for them
and their families in tue future.
Germany is forced to lose sight of
the future. 1t is killing its golden
sc ose and unless it can succeed in its
plans of world conquest and impose
upon the Allies and upon this nation
il: military and commercial yoke and
levy indemnities upon US of at least
fifty billions of dollars, its future is
dark indeed
But such thing is utterly unthink.
able. To believe she can do that would
re not only doubling your courage but
doubling the strength OF American,
arms and doubling the patience. the
loyalty and patriotism of Me great ma
ton of which we are an iffinitesimal
ralt. 1t would be doubling the wisdom
and justice oil the Omnlpresent Power
that fashioned the universe and set
the world wheeling through space in
company with the countless millions of
other worlds that dot the heavens on
these frosty autumn nights.
But let no man. soldier or civilian.
under-rate or underestimate the
strength of the enemy, worn rough he
undoubtedly Is. Let no man or woman
doubt that the task set for US is a 81.
gantic one. 1t is our duty. those of Us
who hold public office and who are
private citizens. tc exert ourselves to
he utmost, to the very limit of our
strength, to bring all people to reali.
cation OF those facts. 1t is our duty
to impress upon every citizen, how.