Arizona republican., 1917-07-16
"Teddies' and "Sammies"

told time ago that the American soldiers in France called "Sammies' as the Brit ish known "Tommes." Later we learned that the "Teddies" also applied to the Amer jeans, so that they became "Teddies' and "Sammies Now learn that in spite of an effort which must have been of American origin to fasten the name of "Sammies" upon soldiers the French persist in calling them "Teddies" which something, while them "Sammies" is meaningless They may never have heard Uncle Sam but they all know Teddy Roosevelt him better than other American and to them America is more completely represented in him than in any other American.
 was that than any other that so many Americans desired that Colonel Roosevelt should be allowed to raise one or more divisions for service the French front It was for the inspiring his presence would have upon the arwearied French It would them if America itself were at hand. It not contended that Colonel Roosevelt a great soldier. For that matter, America has no great soldier There is in whole army who say is a competent military leader. We do know that have any capable great leadership. There is who can be meas ured by performances, for there has been no op- portunity for performances in the past.
 Colonel Roosevelt with divisions could have had little influence against the Germans battle line where the contendng hosts consist of mil lions of trained to up-to-t instant fighting. Of no more effect can the present or early future of General Pershing be in actual battle. The chief and only advantage of either Pershing's force or Roosevelts force could be the encouragement given the Tagging French spirit We think there be doubt which of these two forces would have aroused the French to the higher pitch of enthusiasm.
 The effect of a Roosevelt division in France would have had mighty effect upon American sentiment,
 
 lacking The proposal of Colonel Roosevelt set unofficial enlistment machinery in motion in every in the Union More than 100000 clamored at for admission to the Roosevelt army and suppose army of million could easily have been raised. But the damp blanket of military bureaucracy thrown the project and, suspect the blanket of partisan politics. The brief spirit of m- :. tary enthusiasm which flaming up subsided and enlistment has since proceeded with discouragng sowness all over the country.
 Every have made toward the has since been made with painful difficulty and with fear that the movement would be failure In spite of the vigorous hammering by the admnisra- tion, the great financial interests and the papers of tile country, there little enthusiasm the first Liberty Bond issue that it's failure feared Every other step taken in preparation for the war has encountered opposition and it has been said that the interest of the American people in the gle will rot be reawakened until the casualty lists begin to in.
 Golfers Weekly, lately commenting upon the pop ular apathy with respect the war ascribes too general terms in which it has placed before the country. Humanity and democracy not to the people large a sufficient for fighting. The spectacular the incentive to enthusiasm has been lacking. A curious censorship has concealed what of the spectacular there have been It would have been easy fire the American spirit, says Col liers' when the Lustania sunk; it was fired and was quenched by the administration, be easily kindled again. No such has since been found for fighting The strongest, appealing popular reason since has been Roosevelt and Roosevelt was rejected.