The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1917-12-13
lean victory has been the victory, nc

w iSSAH at ouCe any Cnlng CflaC clrcuN
, stances require him to know. We ar
, today nation of farmers, Of working
pen ana r&iers, Tut, with our genera
5luca ion, we IAN tomorrow become q
once 1atiot at trained soldiers. ",
arc w Eay auogers IN the fields, in tb,
, SHOP, ~ oi.e s1vre; tomorrow we rush t,
arms. schooled gentlemen all Of US, an
With our general education we can
once learn how to be true "grenadiers
on land and the true evolves of the
sea-" Old England keeps that in mind
SO well! Why did not Spain?
Education does not give bravery, 1t
F.! it gives to bravery GOODNESS, seif-posses
! sion and effectiveness. What for Il .
+: Wild fire, sent from Spanish brayes LA :
ing away right and left, up in the il
and down on the ground or waters, il
every direction except at the foe? Uncle
Sam will have none of that business
Uncle Sam, to begin with, will look
sharp at what is to be done; next, he
will think; next, he will wait for the
sober, second thought to come in; next,
ne will clear his throat to give no I'M
certain sound; then he will say: Boys.
keep cool. Do not fire fist and ain
afterwards; aim first. No wild fire
allowed; you have no right to shoot al
the birds in the air or at the fishes il
the sea; congress did not declare war on
them. Do not rush to death for tie
dag; that's not business. Not to be killed,
ont to kill, that is business. All right,
the American boys, sharp and wise by
education, will bring about the best
possible results with the least possible
loss. Dewey. at Manila, annihilates the
spanish navy, not losing a man or &
snip; at Santiago breaks the bone anC
sinews of the Spanish feet, losing bl t
one man and not one ship; and Shattel
loses but few hundred men to capture
Santiago, protected by giant fortified
tons, the work of centuries, and defenc-
ed by the flower of Spanish chivaIry.
The old emperor of the French, Ma.
poleon |, would have at once taken San.
tisgo by storm. He knew we'll the
ways of Napoleon, our Waldo Emerson,
Who wrote as follows: Napoleon woulu |
shorten straight line to cone at once
IN the city who would dare resist him,
le would fall on it as lightning, aEC
rain on it torrent OF iron, and ht
would spare neither ammunition, 70.
money, nor troops, nor general s, nC
Not so Uncle Sam at SAM
ago. He took his time, spared himself.
fhe old Roman soldiers were the cham
zion soldiers of the world: they knew
low to fight, conquer and die for thel
country. The American soldiers know
better. They know how to fight, con
Iuer and live Tor their country. Educa
ION makes the difference. In old Rome
was the exception; in Amer
ca education is the rule.
Under the frowning heights of Santi-
go Shatter understands that he cal
torn and take the doomed city in Il
ours; but here is the rub, America
ives will be sacrificed by the thousands
nj American blood Will have to FLOW
low like water IN ram storm. That,
cities 1t; Uncle Sam will wait. Then,
enold Uncle Sam, Is doctor prescn
es tor the boys, after days hight,
7eek's rest, and to the hungry span
lrds he freely allows It'll time and os-
{ to ear their last grain of riceI Ill,
ssuit was that Santiago had to sur
snder, and General ShafCer takes hi
me; Shaftea secured the golden priz
sing but lev hundred men, Will,
Napolean would have lost
lousands. Raise monument to ESha.
II and noble one; yet the mobiles,
onument to his name is the sact that, !,
spite OF goading stay. at-home irt.
sters, Shatter did mot take Santiag,
7 storm, to spare American Dlooo
nat .sparing OF American blood hs ,
zen. the great wonder of the war, an, :,
I'd will be historic as the browning 0. ,
mericAn education.
Yot, the prettieSt flower of Amer i,
n education bloomed after the surrel.
II Of Santiago, when our breves ex.
nded to the fallen foe the right han,
fellowship, wnea our soldiers woulL
rye their choicest ratiOns before tn,
ngry Spanish fellow soldier, even
'tnlng some of them with the spare
cAets OF American soldiers; whan on.
arines would break their dest sea
ackers with the starving Spanish Iel-
v-marlnes ana courteously pass t.
I'm the largest pieces! And taat
] the prettiest flower of education.
Let the sons Of America continue to ca
leading ia education, general educa- oe
n reaching from the exalted presi. :,
1T down to me Lowry yet general :,
nerican tar. And as long as they p'
leaders IN education, let their song ao
6 and echo the world over. NJ
'Inere is bat one flag in the word, Or
And that flag is the Red, White auo N,
Blue" -
)nr dear Bible says that Samssn -
nd honey in the mouth of a ieaa We
!. Let US see if We could not find )ls
ne honey in the mouth of that dead 10
nster, the late war. :
do not take as a piece of honey from -
war the fact that, when the boys 10
re out fighting, the fair daughters OF