The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-05-31
ROOSEVELT WOULD DEBAR
SLACKERS FROM VOTING
Urges Purchase of Liberty Bonds by
The Public-Warns People That
Country is Not Prepared.

Mineola, L. l., May 3o.-Address-
ing 10000 of Nassau County's veal
thy residents, farmers and laborers,
this afternoon, at the Mineola Fair
Grounds, after reviewing parade oil
1000 members of the Sheriff's re-
serve of Nassau county and the
Home Defense League, Col. Roose-
Welt placed the brand of cowardice
on the Stacker, urged the purchase
of Liberty Bonds and then took a
whack at the nations unprepared-
ness.
Colonel Roosevelt said:
NV friends and citizens of Nassau
county, we have d right TO pride our
selves upon the way in which our
people have turned out today.
thank all of you, but most of all you
men who tave shown by your action
today~tnat you do not take this OPP
portanity as an excuse for failure TO
do your duty as an incentive TO go
ahead. This is Memorial Day. on
which we gather to do honor to men
who wore the blue, and i'll this re-
member the men that wore the gray.
1t will be fine, noble thing to do if
we emulate their deeds in the pres
ent war.
want to say this with all the
power and emphasis in me:
If there is any man here not pre-
pared to do everything in his power
where the nation calls, let him go
home now. He is not fit to be fell
low cOuntryman of men and women
loyal to this Government.
l envy and admire man who has
a chance to risk his life for his coun-
try. Thank God we have got rid OF
the type of males and females who
say: I did not raise my boy to
be a soldier" That infamy foated
down the tide of the past.
/ want you men to realize the
seriousness of the contest in which
we are engaged. The man who says
this is a paper war is in error, and
that it will be over before we are
really in it; as we say in Oyster Bay,
maybe so.
Let us prepare ourselves on the
tfaaEs<that the war may last one or
three years. However long it lasts,
we are going to put it through until
it is finally ended for peace, interna-
tionaI rights, liberty and democracy
throughout the world.
Colonel Roosevelt then alluded to
a prominent man who said a million
men would rise in day and be
ready. Turning to the militiamen,
he said:
How much springing have you
done in three or four weeks? A
good many haven't got arms to
spring to. Think of the preparation
our men have got to make against
an army trained five years for days
that have come.
Nine-tenths of wisdom is being
wise in time. We have not that
nine-tenths, but have to do the best
we can with the one-tenth that we
have Let us show by that one
tenth the way we will prepare for
victory in this war and never again
NJ unprepared- as we are now.
hST69om Unto he - MAR to
he Allies So af ar the nefp
been given by them to US Near
sN four months have passed since we
broke off diplomatic relations. Go
back and realize what would have,
happened to us but for the British
feet and the French and British ar
mics. Men and women, we come of
stock that has prided itself on siren
9Th and courage. Let us again thank
heaven that others are prepared bet
ter than we are.
You hear some men talking OF
peace. The weakling and the cow
ard make peace on terms that are
worse than war. l want to see you
prepare in every way. Many of you
are farmers. We have got to grow
food for our allies. To you men OF