The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-15
MURRAY TELLS
WHAT WAR MEANS
LARGE AUDIENCE AT CONVENTION
HALL LISTENS TO ADDRESS
FULL OF INTEREST.
MAKES PEOPLE THINK
Speaker Fayors Military Training In
Schools, to the End That This Country
BE Prepared for War At All Times,
Should Necessity Arise.

Preparedness not only in the mill
| tary training of our soldiers, but in
our buying of the Liberty bonds, was
the keynote sounded in the stirring pa
triotic address made by Hon. William
II. Murray at Convention Hall yesterday
morning at IL o'clock. A large and at
tentive audience greeted Mr.. Murray
and listened to his address for an hour
and half.
Stating his inability. to I, lge how
much longer the war would continue
Mr.. Murray was positive in his belief
that it would end in victory for the
allies. but emphasized the fact that pre-
paredness would he the essential factor
for its termination. By way of illus
tration he cited the condition of Swift
zerland during the present war. Sur
rounded by warning nations. Germany,
France and Italy. Switzerland is main
tanning her neutrality simply because
of the simple fact that she has a well
trained. efficient army. Military train
ing in all her schols has enabled her
to he prepared at a moments notice.
Mr.. Murray continued his Illustrations
by referring to our own war of the
past century, and told of why it took
so long for two and one-half million
people of the north to subdue one mill
ion of the south, stating that ii was
because of one institution, the Virginia
Military Institution. at Lexington. Va.
being able To turn out well trained mill
tary men faster than the unframed
men of the north could kill or capture
Il -.
war is that the people should follow
the governments lead in conservation
and concentration, not only of our men,
but with money, the idea being to get
thoroughly trained men to the front as
quickly az possible and that can only
be accomplished by quick response
of the people to the purchasing of Lib
erty bonds.
With reference to the present crisis
of our nation and partially perhaps in
justification of his own position while
in congress, Mr.. Murray reviewed the
history of Greece. recalling to mind the
life of Demosthenes the greatest orator
of the ancient world. who spent the
first period of his public life in warning
his countrymen to abate their mutual
jealousies and unite their forces against
the common enemy, Philip of Macedon.
whose crafty and grasping policy he ex-
posed. But the states of Greece reck-
lessly shut their eyes to the dangerous
encroaclments. They were busy making
money and seeking pleasure, with the
result that they were crushed and nm
ally laid PROSTATE at the feet of the
Macedonians.
IL is the opinion of Mr.. Murray that
we should have military training in all
of our schools. so that hereafter we
would be thoroughly prepared in every
instance.
Mr. Murray closed his talk with a
stirring appeal for the purchase of Lib
erty bonds stating that II was of as
much importance to get "A large num-
Der of subscribers. even for small
amounts. as IL was to get the amount
necessary subscribed. for the reason
that every man who co-operates with
his government to the extent of invest
ing his money i'm bonds. even though
they are small purchases. really talk
ed patriotism and would do more to
cffset the German propaganda Of dis
loyalty than anything else. and thereby
would be of incalculable assistance to
his country i'm this crisis.
The committee in charge of the Liber-
ty bond sales in Carter county feels
that Mr. Murray's address will have
the effect OF encouraging many to pur-
chase who were personally indifferent.