New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-31
Colonel Urges
MilHonaires to
Help Win War
Tells Them to Buy Bonds
While Farmers Raise All
Possible Food
Envies Men Who Risk
Their Lives in Fight
10000 Hear Roosevelt at
Mincola and See Home
Guards Parade

Nassau County's Sheriffs' Reserve
Corps modified on the Mneola fair
grounds yesterday. To see them and to
hear "Neighbor" Theodore Roosevelt
speak on the needs of the day, 10000
more Long Islanders went to the fair
grounds, some in imported touring
cars, more in fivvers, yet more on
foot, and few-a very few-in aero
planes.
The visitors saw the 1000 members
of the corps, under command OF Henry
NJ. Earle, execute a series of skilful
manpuvres. They heard Colonel Roose-
welt plead for "war for and until VIC
! tory" demand of the millionaires in his
audience that they buy and keep on
buying Liberty bonds, and of the farm
ers that they raise food to the very
last ounce.
Polo Players In Corps
The demonstration was the biggest
thing Nassau County has known since
the international polo games, recalled
by the presence in the corps Of Dever-
eaux and George Milburn, j. Watson
Webb, Samuel Willets, S. A. W. Baltazzl,
Robert Low Bacon and Elliott L.
Bacon.
Society was as we'll represented in
the grandstand. Well toward the front
were Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Phipps,
II
Louise Tarbell Rogers, Mrs. j. L. 5.
Hadden. Miss Frances Hadden, Clarence
II. Mackay, Mr.. and Mrs. Francis b.
Clark, Mrs. Theodore Lipson, Mrs.
Howard Dietz, Representative and Mrs.
Fred c. Hicks, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Hitchcock, Miss Helen Hitchcock,
Thomas Hitchcock, Mrs. j. f. Damn,
Mrs. c. D. Menelly and Brigadier Cen
eral George l.. Dyer.
When the 1000 members of the re-
serve corps and their bands had
marched and countermarched about the
racetrack. Colonel Roosevelt began his
address, dispensing with the services
of chairman to present him.
81 believe" said he, "in commemorat-
ing the great days of the nations past,
but only on condition that VIC make
each commemoration an incentive to do
our duty in the present days.
"In this war ] want you to think not
in terms of self sacrifice, but in terms
of service. do not pity the man who
has a chance TO risk his life for his
country envy him, ] admire him.
And thank the Lord that we have got
rid of those male and female creatures
that sang Il did not raise my boy to be
soldier
Must Be Ready for Long War
"Let us prepare on the theory that
the war will last one, two or three
wears, and that however long 1T lasts
we will put it through until 1T is ended
finally in the peace of victory, liberty,
international right and democracy
throughout the world.
"Do YOU recall one of our leading
rublic characters proclaiming that IN
the event of war 100000 men would
spring to arms between sunrise and
sunset? How much springing have you
men been able to do in the last few
weeks? A good many Of you haven't
arms to spring to yet. Think OF the
preparations made for our men who
must 90 up against an army that has
been training for fifty-five years.
"Nine-tenths of wisdom consist OF
being wise in time. We have wasted
that nine-tenths. 1t is now for US to
make the best of the remaining tentn'
Let us make up our minds that never
again will we be caught as wholly un-
prepared as we are now.
1--WE have gone into this war to help
our allies struggle for liberty and free-
dom. So far all of the help given mas
been given to US by them. 1t is nearly
four months since we broke on rela-
tions with Germany. Look back and
see what Germany did in the first four
months of 1914, and realize what Ger
many would have done to us II we ala
not owe an ignoble safety to the BRIT
ish feet and the British and frencn
armies"
After pleading for a system of uni
versal military training after the war,
Colonel Roosevelt addressed himself to
the food question.
ave must grow food for ourselves
and our allies" ne said. ITO men OF
wealth | say this is bad summer 10
hire men to do non-useful things: Don't
move trees about. Don't build BRICK
walls that look as if they were meant
TO protect an asylum. Let all labor De
free for agriculture.
Urges Farmers 20 Buy Bonds
Insisting that the wealthy buy Lib
crtv bonds. and vet more bonds. the
Colonel advised the farmer TO likewise
invest.
ITO the farmer" said he. 81 want to
saw that when you loan the government
money the government will pay large
mart Of il back TO the farmer for food.
/ appeal to you rs public duty TO IN
vest in Liberty bonds. 1t will be in
yesting in the best security IN the
world1the security of the United
states. The bonds will be safe unless
the United States smashes up. II ~
shes'up we'll all be smashed up. and
IL will make no difference whether the
bonds are good or not.
Pays Respects to Slackers
In Characteristic fashion the Colonel
ra;d his respects 10 the hyphenates and