The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-31
HOLDS Up The MIRROR
TO kENOSHA SLACKERS

went ana not among the men VINO were
sent. Go with the bows of your own
town, bearing the patriotic manners
handed to you by your own people,
carrying with you the respect and love
of the men and women who know you
best. Go now and select the branch
of the service in which you will serve
and the men with whom you will serve,
rather than wait and let this selection
be made for you by men who will and
must put you into that branch of the
service where they think you are most
needed, regardless of your capabiity
to take up such service. The call to
you, young man, is now. Kenosha
should have not three hundred but FIVE
thousand volunteers for the service
of the nation at war and | want
to leave with you this one word. Be
one of the men who went and not one
of the men who were sent. !"
Mayor Pfennig in his short address
preceding the address by Major Mccoy,
stirred the great crowd to heights of
patriotic enthusiasm. Sat the close
of this, the greatest spectacle that I
have ever Witnessed in my forty years
of residence in Kenosha, I am moved
by the fact that we have marched to-
day, not only with our allies IN great
war, but with men whose mother
countries are now our enemies and it
is the greatest feature of this great
demonstration that these men are stand
ing shoulder to shoulder with you and
me to defend the nation we love.
Soldier and civilian have marched side
by side. Some of them are going to
fight on the battle lines in France,
some will bolster up the cause of the
English on the Belgian firing line, but
/ want to say to you, my fellow citi-
zens, that we too must be on the firing
line. We who can not fight must fight
the battle at home to insure our men
who are fighting on the other side of
the world food. We must not ask these
men from Kenosha and from all over
America to go out and fight on empty
stomachs. 1t means sacrifice for all
of us and the way we meet these sacri-
fees is the surest test of our patriotism
and devotion to counry."
"Blood is thicker than water" de-
clared Mayor Pfennig, "and it is real
patriotism for men who are called to
fight their mother country to take up
arms for this land of their adoption.
But this battle must be fought before
we can have the everlasting peace
that we all hope for and every one
of us must bear our share of the bur
den of the conquest Of peace
Mayor Pfennig spoke of the history
of Kenosha in the days of the Civil
War and paid touching tribute to the
members Of the Grand Army Of the
Republic in. the city. He told Of the.
flag Of the Park City Grays and de-
clared that some Of the men who had
helped to carry that flag, hallowed by
the tears of patriotic Kenosha women,
who made, it, had marched in the
parade Of the afternoon as a silent
call to the young men of today to hear
the same call to duty.
Speaking to the enlisted men who
were marshalled close to the speakers
platform, Mayor Pfennig said: "But
we most want you men to know that
we appreciate the sacrifice that is be-
ing made for US. We want you to
know that in your troops are the
men made up of the best blood
of the best families of the community
and of this nation. y
Mayor Pfennig urged support of the
Red Cross and the great work of the
Army Y. M. G. A. and declared that
the patriotism shown by marching in
the great parade could be best be shown
by the patriotic opening Of purse strings
to aid in these great movements.
In closing the mayor paid wonder
full tribute to the United States.
cit is thrilling" he declared, "to
see the Stars and Stripes mingled with
the tri-color Of France and with the
flag of Britain. This is the most I'M
selfish fight in which we have ever
been engaged. It is not a fight for
territory or extension Of power, but
for the extension of the great princi-
pie of democracy. We know still that
the old flag has never been unfurled
in an unrighteous cause. The princi-
pies for which we fight today are the
principles for which our allies have
fought and they are the same princi-
pies for which our forefathers fought.
We know that these boys are going to
carry the Stars and Stripes with honor
and we are going to say with them:
your flag and my flag,
And oh, how much it holds
Your land and my land,
Secure within its folds.
Your heart and my heart,
Beat quicker at the sight;
Sun-kissed and wind-tossed
Red and Blue and White.
The one flag, the great flag, the
flag for me and you,