Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-09-25
THE ALEXANDRIA BOYS.

We have begun to miss our sol
diers already. South Royal street IS
not so much alive as that thorough
fare had been Tor several months as
Tho MANNERS of the Alexandria Light
Infantry are now far from their
home. and by the time this article
shall have been read the tram pear
ing them will be nearing camp
George 3. Mcclellan at AnnFStoh'
Ala After the first few days OF home
sickness. the Alexandrians will rally
and show themselves to be what they
are-valiant sons of the Old Domih-
mo. Later on, when the bleak nortn
winds will be roaring in this sec
tion of the country, they VIII be
nesting in warmer cline and en-
Toying mellow sunshine.
The great mass Of AleXandrlans
assembled at the old depot OF the
Southern Railway Duke and Henry
Streets yesterday afternoon to WISH
,ur bows God speed. The partlngs
we're in many cases pathetic. But
those to whom the young soldiers are
near and dear realized that the lat
for had noblv responded to the call OF
+bo;r country. and cherShal the hope
tbat tha God of battles would be with
our soldiers.
On Nav "a. 1861, when the Alex
an6ria soldiers left this city IN
hurry, and before the great DuIk OF
Inhabitants knew what was going on,
there was no train Of Pullman cars
awaitig them at the Duke and Henry
street depot, as was the case yesier-
day. These soldiers of the Southern
Confederacv tramped through, west
End until they saw All incoming pas
senyer train of the old Orange ana
Alexandria Railroad approaching.
They repaired to the railroad track
and stopped the train which. they
boarded and were backed to MailaS-
sas Junction.
There is probably !; corporal $
guard in Alexandria who still profess
to see no good reason why the Unite"
c+atns should have become Involved
in this worldwide war. 1t Is indeed
unfortunate that our country snouio
have been. forced into the conflict
but the fault will never be laid at
Americas door by the future MS
torian. Our President did everything
possible to avoid drawing the sword,
but it eventually became evident
that should the United States pas
s;vely submit to the Tcutonc mons
ter's barbarty our liberties would
sooner or later be menaced.
The Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hills:
lust returned from Over there,
stood in the pulpit of plymouth
church, Brooklyn last Sunday and
drew so terrib!. Il picture OF Ger
man deficiency in France and Bel
yiun, that the throng that filled the
church was moved to grasps OF nor
ror. Among other things DR.. Hills
said:
This wal began III the Po;sIam
Palace conference of 1892. A pam
phlet distributed by the Kaiser be-
gins with these words:
The Pan-German Empire; from
Hamburg On the North Sea to the
Persian Gulf. Our immediate goal, !
25 .o00,oO Of people. Our ultimate
goal. The Gcrmanization OF all the
world The explanation of the kal-
ser to,,tains these words:
: From childhood | have been I'M
der the influence Of five men. Alex. !
ander julius Caesar, Theodore the ,
Sccund Frederick the Great and
Napoleon. I.ach o. these men dream
cd dream of world empire-they !
failed. an dreaming a dream o. the
German world empire and my
mailed isc shall succeed The kal-
ser prints n world map, with Bar-
lin. the capital, and by 1915 st.
Petersburg. Paris and London were i
to be county seat towns, subiued
provinces Of Germany-and Washing
ton and Ottawa were to follow with
the word .Gcrmania' stamped on the