The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-09-07
GRENADA, MISSISSIPPI, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER T. 1917

made up at Water Valley and bore
the company organized there, pulled
IN, IT WIS appropriately decorated;
the engine had the flags and the
American eagle on display and there
seemed to be a thrill to sweep over
the crowd in waiting at the depot
which prompted some one to remark:
THE Kaiser can never whip that"
In a few minutes the Grenada boys
were aboard and as the train swept
out the old rebel yell" and patriotic
snogs. filled the air.
Grenada misses the boys. They
are missed around the family fire
sides and at the tables. The prayer
of many are going up for them day
by day. Perhaps some of them do not
appreciate the gravity of the great
struggle which they have entered;
it is well enough that they do not.
But as they have enlisted and are
preparing for the battle lines, SO did
their fathers enlist and go to battle.
They are being called on to do moth
ing that others have not done before
them. 1t was to be expected that
the ship of time would anchor at the
parental roof and bear them out upon
the sea of life. They are units of
this great universe, and who knows
but that the Great Architect of the
Universe is using them in His W
peculiar way just now to bring a
greater measure of social and politi-
cal freedom to the world which means
a greater amount Of individual hap
piness. The Sentinel takes a pride
in them and feels that it is speaking
the praises Of the fathers and the
mothers Of these noble young men
when it congratulates them.
The company is well Differed.
Those were noble and manly senti-
ments uttered by Captain L. L.
Hodges on Thursday night at the
opera house before the boys left. Too
much can not be said in praise Of
the Captain and Lieutenant Blount.
Truly the boys are in good hands.
While The Sentinel thinks this I'M
necessary with these two good men,
yet it cannot refrain from quoting
the most excellent advice given by
Secretary of War Baker to the young
officers as they went out from Fl.
Meyer. What the Secretary said
should be the lesson we'll learned by
every officer in the army. He said
81 want you always to remember
that you are officers of a democratic
army; that discipline with US, at
least, is not devised for the creation
of pleasant emotions in a man who
gives an order and humiliation in q
man who receives it, but for the pur.
pose of executing the common will
preserving the common right, and
that in the giving of an order you
are the trustees of common safety
Therefore your duties as officers is to
remember that the men in the ranks
like yourselves, are citizens and mem.
bers of a free people, that all the
obedience and discipline necessary te
effect the common purpose is appro'
pirate and proper, and yet that the
human relations in an army Of free
people are important and that thu
welfare, the happiness, the surround
ings and the life of every man en-
trusted to you to command is a par
of the wealth of this nation entrusted
to you to use most carefully and tt
return with the utmost safety yor
can"
In the same connection, Gen. Thos
H. Barry said about the same thing
in addressing 1000 young officers il
training at Fl. Grant:
Remember that when selected mel
come to this camp they are inspired
by exactly the same motives whicl
inspires you-service to our countr!
against the common enemy. Receive
these men cordially when they arrive
These men are human. Give then
an occasional word of encouragement
and appreciation; maintain towar'
them an attitude of helpfulness AM
then the necessary discipline will TAX
care of itself"
The Sentinel feels sure that Cap
tain Hodges and Lieutenant Bloun
, have already learned this lesson, blu
it hopes that they will see that tn
) others of their rank end even thos
"higher up" shall also have an op
portunity to learn this lesson. Jus
as far as possible America shout
l boast of the most democratic arm
! in all the world.
The Sentinel has been especial
requested to return the thanks of tn
company for a gift of $500 in cash