The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-25
KNIGHTS 0F COLUMBUS PAY HONOR
To THEIR MEN Of THE NEW ARMY

are called to give UP willingly and glad
IL ali that life holds Of present promise
and Of future hope because single word
has been spoken. the simple call or duty
has como. Your country calls you. hu-
mainly needs you and all Christian CIV
ilizatton is put into your keeping.
xns Wolf OF Autooraoy.
FOR three long years Europe's mad
wolf. the Prussian autocracy. has been
running amuck through the streets OF
the world. His cruel fangs are drip
ping with the blood Of mangled Belgium.
and Of lacerated Serbia and Of torn Rou-
mania. He has not spared the loved ones
Of a single nation. To the brutal German
destroyer nothing Is sacred. neither wo-
manhood nor helpless infancy and not
even the ministers Of mercy and OF love-
This terrible world monster STANDS On
tho desolated fields Of Europe. Snarling
defiant, cruel. drunk with ambition and
lust, with blood stained fanSs he IS
ready and waiting to spring upon our
own peaceful land. Almost score OF
nations have tried in vain to Kill or
conquer him. It is a crisis in tho world
that demands heroes, 1t Is time that
calls for noble courage and steadfast
nurpose. To you, our best beloved. we
call to go and face this ravenninS beast
Of central Europe.
mo one can forsee now to what oan-
gers, 10 what hardships we ask you TO
10. Let us face the grim truth Some
OF YOU may never come back. Some may
came back merely the butt ends OF men
But with you will go our wishes lot
your good fortune our prayers LOT your
safe return. and our pride In your gloF-
ious devotion. We shall not easily keep
our tears back as we say sooooye' we
shall not even in our pride control our
sorrow at the parting. OF you has been
. sized the greatest sacrifice than can
be demanded-tho great Remuneration OF
all things, even Of life itself. lou have
offered yourself.
.rWe who 4ove you are asked TO give
YOU I'D. It Is the lessor sacrifice. we
are making II. More one cannot say
Your action has lifted US all out OF the
sordidness Of our everyday concerns
Your willingness to 80 has brought TO
us a new and a nobler understanding
Of our duty and Of our country. Inc
whole nation Is lifted up in you SIN
gle living sword to tho God or ousocc.
We are not forgetful OF the crueity' Oh
the sadness. Of the bitterness Oh tne
sacrifice but we feel pride In inc
grandeur and the splendor OF II. we
forsee the Transformation that you are
Of YOUR going all that is mean and lg-
noble and sordid and selfish will slip
out Of the lives Of US who stay behind.
We shall bid you God speed as you
march to camp and from the camp as
appear into the distance to 90 to the
other side Of the world where lies that
vague place we call the front Yos
are going out there In time you may
| be somewhere in France We may no.
know your exact whereabouts. But
! low and envelop you. ourI pride will
crown you, our admiration. our faith
and our gratitude will leap across three
! thousand miles to bless you. What you
are doing makes all that we can say
trivial. makes all that We can do mere
at home paltry and unsatisfying.
Because Of you and your devotion
and courage our hearts shall thrill with
pride. Because Of you we Will De Nv
| Ing through great days, great In our