South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-12

" nat ~ now E1lNE bl-dnu what
will continue To 60 on with increas-
ing force until the war is brought
90 a victorious end.
Everybody Must Help.
Every citizen of the United States
now has OF viii have certain duties
10 perform. certain sacrifices 10
make. The burden does not rest
wholly upon you and other men who
take mp arms It rests iu part also
upon the men and women who stay
behind. For modern war ON big
scale demands that the whole ma
tion. ia "a sense. should go TO war.
The tasks required of some may be
harder than the tasks required Of
others but all Of them are neCeS-
sary iu order To- make sure of the
result
Many manufacturers and workers
often women as well as men
must give mp their work and plans
i'm order To- produce war supplies.
Those who remain where they now
are because they are engaged in
some occupation just as necessary
In war as i'm peace such as farming
mining. running railroads and the
like-must go at their work with
red Dubbed energy and without ex-
pecting profits for themselves; it
would ice % great mistake if every
one We're taken away from these
necessary lines Of effort i'm order TO
join the colors as "a soldier All must
carry "a heavy burden of taxation.
Certain men-among whom YOU
are oEe-have been OF will be chos-
en- as representatives of the nation
to defend our rights and safety on
the battlefield. You and your fellow
soldiers are selected from the young
men of the country who are best
fitted for military service.
This process of organizing the
whole nation for war can not of
course. be completed i'm day But
it is steadily going ON II will nee
essarily go ON until the end of the
war. You viii have back of you and
supporting you the whole country
all its people and all its wealth.
Consress spoke the viii Of the ma
ton in the declaration of war: ITO
bring the conflict to a successful
termination all the resources of the
country are hereby pledged"
The Post of Highest Honor.
The patriotic spirit which moves
the whole country VIII find its high
est expression in its soldiers-the
men who are assigned to the post
of danger and of honor They will
go all the more willingly since they
know that behind them the whole
nation is organizing for the nation
al service Their spirit Will be one
Of patriotic devotion fully as intense
as that of American armies in
previous wars.
The spirit Of democracy and Of
patriotism is 20 he found also in
the armies of other nations fight
ing against German aggression. In
addition the national army will have
its own spirit of Americanism. 1t
will have American enthusiasm.
good humor. fairness even to the
enemy and self-confidence Ii will
go at its work not half heartedly
but with q vim. If there are temper
AIRY Setbacks il viii accept them and
keep on plugging. These are some
OF the American traditions that will
enter into the spirit of the national
army.
Fighting i'm that spirit and with
the fun strength Of the country TO
back il up. the United States army
can not fail 10 achieve its objects.
"Once more we shall make good
with our lives and fortunes the great
faith 10 which we were born, and
new glory shall shine in the face
of our people