Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-27
oMAHANS LISTEN
TO GENERAL WOOD
AND BUY BONDS
Commandant From Camp Fun,
ston Points Out Necessity Of
Standing Behind Gov
ernment.

Major Senefal Wood addressed
meeting at the Boyd theater Friday
afternoon, at which $1,000 was sub
scribed to the second Liberty loan ir
less than 20 minutes from the small
audience.
II have seen the spirit of Omaha ir
regard to this loan at your CONNER
cial club this noon when $4,000 was
subscribed" said General Wood as he
responded to the cheers of the crowd
1t speaks we'll for the patriotism Of
your people and demonstrates the in
terest of this part of the country in
the successful conduct of this war.
Prosperity for Farmers.
War has meant increased pros
perity for this part of the country
the general said. The farmer has OBJ
tanned markets he never dreamed OF
and at prices which have sudden ly
brought him the riches of prosperity.
1t takes a good deal in the way OF
character to bring a people to the
point of taking part in struggle
against the machinery of modern war,
I'VE are going to meet the most ef-
hciently prepared military machine
that ever walked the earth and Our
men must be efficiently equipped and
prepared and abrndantly supplied
with the munitions of war. \
THE Liberty loan is but one of
the first of our war loans Germany
with its population of 70,000,000 has
raised $20,000,000,000 and is standing
solidly behind its government and we
must stand like a-rock behind ours.
Must Have Money.
'"The government must have money
lots of money, Abraham Lincoln
hroughtthe United States through the
little civil war with a debt Of $3,000,-
100000. The United States has spent
81, ,000, ,000, 900 III this war. No coun-
try ought, to borrow money except in
extraordinary circumstances except
from its own people. 1t is asking you
today to loan itmoney i'll the form Of
a remarkably good and safe invest
ment. If we do not lose tfeI war the
bonds are, as good as greenbacks. If
we should lose this war, none Of US
would care what calamity might befall
our private fortunes in that conflict.
THE soldiers have shown their
faith in the government and they are
your representatives at the front. You
have the money with which to equip
these men and if the bond issues of
this country are not subscribed the
deaths will be at your
door. Stop the spread-eagleism,
hanging ON to the flag and cheering,
and do something
Fused Into One Nation.
, General Wood sees in this conflict
a great upbuilding Of the finest ele-
ments Of national life. The flames
Of this conflict will be hot enough to
fuse all clements ofthis broad country
into single, united, daring and glori-
fed nation,' he said.
The general urged the building-up
Of local organizations to look after
the families of men who have gone
nto he.service of the country, saying:
The men will fight better in the
cause they believe in if they do not
read hardship and suffering between
the lines in the letters they receive
from home.
"Come down and see your men at
Camp Funston. See to il that they
are properly equipped and that the
government always has the money to-
equip them with. Put you boys in the
Boy Scouts and let them learn the
splendid spirit of service and of pa
triotism so that they will grow up
10 be men who think in terms of the
nation"
Following the meeting General
Wood left with his party for Fort
Crook to make an inspection Of that
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