Evening journal., 1917-08-24
PATRIOTISM RUNS
HIGH At BANQUET
continued from First Page.

able man ms Colonel Reed
No sooner were the words out OF
his mouth than the shouting started
The boys cheered and cheerod and
ciapped their hands for fully a min
ute
Continuing. Mr.. Rossell said:
"He. who has been named 10 com
iaand this regiment Fknow viii ask
You 10 go only where he leads.
have known and admired and have
been personally devo.ed TO Colonel
Reed for many years. and / find Il
hard TO express the Joy with which
learned that he had been named
TO command the First Delaware In
| fantry.
81 also have the honor 10 know
some of the other officers of the regi-
ment. and IL Is a source Of deep
qualification to me 10 know that they
! will lead you valian iy and fearlessly
( wherever duty calls. (Cheers).
Always remember, boys, that the
cause for which we are fighting, is
not confined to Delaware OF even 70
America, but that IL concerns the en-
/ tire world You have been sent to
battle for the great peoples Of the
whole world, and when the conflict Is
/ decided Justice and right shall have
/ been triumphant once more.
There are many things TO be done
before YOU shall come back to your
homes and loved ones IN Delaware
/ The invader must be driven .out Of
/ Belgium and the beautiful lands OF
/ ina, little country be given back 10
/ its people. Poland must be given its
/ freedom and Alsace and Lorraine
must be returned to France. The
massacre I'm Armenia and Macedonia
must be stopped forever and the
! Turks must be thrust back into their
/ proper sphere And above all, the
Holy Lands must be returned TO
! the Christians.
"You are leaving Delaware 10 fight
across the seas that TIE seas may be
/ free to tho commerce OF the world
that countless peoples may be freed
from the iron rule Of autocracy aud
| that democracy may be spread over
! the world These are some OF the
| things for which you have offered
your life's blood. You, men. are part
of the Grand Army which shall carry
the starry banner Of Amerca TO
foreign soil right up 10 the face OF
the enemy and plant its glorious
stars and stripes On the trenches from
| which you shall have driven him.
IL made a statement--many at that
time thought 10 rash-lve months ago
that within one year we should be pre-
pared TO meet the enemy with success.
j Tonight as ] look across the room and
see part Of the one and 0no-hat ml'
lion men, who are now marching to
the front, ] look back upon my pre-
diclion with a great deal OF satisfac-
ton.
"It has been suggested that we shall
need two million men for the hrine
b line and another three million men %
/ maintain the safety OF our land thai
b will fight out battles across the sea
;, But you must win for n autocrao.
. should succeed IN Europe n The Ger
mans break through the British bar
e rier on the sea- n France Is crushed
3 where shall we be?
"a ~ believe that with such young mel
= as YOU ngling alongside ot the youn
/, men Of France and Britain, however
1 there can be no doubt of the out
Z
AS you leave and we say farewell
p carry with you tie assurance that wl
r no home will remember YOU. We wan
b you TO feel sure Of MS and That what
ever your difficulties, you have ou
S best More applause.
II wish TO say 30 YOU Goodbye
: Tor myself and Tor the people OF VII
/ mingt0n and Delaware. The word ha
b a special significance TO me for I mus
o soen say those words 90 one ] hOl,
very dear.
! II rejoice az 7 reflect that you ami
3 Z your friends are making this sacrilc
% Tor so great q cause and Tor The grea
God % an nations. May God be witl
Q sou and strengthen you FOR the per
Z / Torrance Of an your duties And ma
g He give you the power 20 strike an
e strike hard Tor good government an
e the people. In Gods name. strike har
= for your altars and fres-G0d and you
= native land
d AS Mr. Rosself concluded wit
these stirring words and took hi
r seat a. the table. there was a mo
y ment % absolute silence. 80 deepl
y had his words penetrated 10 the sol
j diers And then. as with one voicl
'i they broke ont into frenzied cheer
ie ing hat told the speaker more clear
ly than any words how surely woul
ie they carry .out fheir bidding 20 th
re letter
vs. Following music by the orchestr
le led by Chief Bandsman j. Norr
50 Robinson. in which THE Old era
G. Mare" was one Of the selections.
OF which tune the bows swayed in Tin
l7 with the music the Rev James .
~ Grant. D. D.. OF St Peters Cathedra
eI urged the boys 20 bring home q
vi bacon" the Kaiser in sausage forI
boxed In tin cans OF German kultu
In the course Of his remarks
Grant urged the men TO remembl
that while they are fighting az q
80. front. State and city which gave the
IN birth IS behind them fighting the
iU battles az home and supporting the
physically as well as morally
.s The Rev L. H. Broadway prais
is the men for offering their services
.ai the country in time OF need Tor"
ier said. "t know 4 is much easier
fight when you want 10 fight hi
ev- when you are forced into a fight a.
ON you," he continued. represent Z
He flower Of Delaware citizenship. rea
rst TO fight for your convictions"
on James O'Kane. treasurer OF the ca
his tral Labor Union. and member OF I
executive committee. brought out
ate hearty cheer from the boys when
sed told them That the laboring classes
out we'll as the property-owning class
ith are behind them in this war whi
ifh Is being FOUGHT for the freednm