The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-04-03
GREAT ENTHUSIASM SHOWN At
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at the TACT tnaJ tnere udu Dten OHly
fourteen members of the Red Cross
Auxiliary. AS president of Company
ID association he had come to the con-
clusion that there were about 400
Of them, so active had they been in
working for the interest and comfort
of the boys at the border. He said
that members should not expect
badges to go with the dollar. The
badges that would count we're those
which would not show. Too much
stress could not be laid on sentiment
Work and loyalty expressed in wor
were needed.
At this point Mrs. Irwin whose son
had left the high school to join, was
| introduced, and made the speech
above outlined
At this point membership cards
were distributed and, in addition to
those who had previously Joined, 215
signed up for Red Cross membership,
several joining the $40 class, accord
! ing to the report of the secretary, Mrs.
c. H. Krengel.
Lieutenant c. H. Krengel was next
introduced and pointed out that in
comparison with the number of men
of military age in the country, the
number of enlistments was small. He
I
cribed as Americans without drop
of real American blood in their
veins" who said that they would not
go unless forced and that 1T would
take three men to bring them" He
told of his experience as a recruiting
officer at Pocatello last spring where
after thirty-six had joined it was nee
essary for the authorities to call out
the fire company to drive away with
water the |. w. w. and Socialists who
attempted to prevent them from 60
ing to serve their country. He pre-
dicted that the effect of a zeppelin
would be the same here as in England
| in the way of encouraging enlist
ments. He spoke in high terms of
the record made by the First Idaho
and predicted that the Second Idaho
would improve on it. He urged the
necessity for at least fifty more re-
cruits from this city.
Captain G. L. Longley was intro
duced after the cards had been col
lected and in opening declared that it
was not the man behind the gum" so
much as the woman behind the man
that counted He said that of the
many recruiting speeches he had heard
none equalled the one delivered to-
night in behalf of the mothers. Cap
tain Longley declared that when he
read in the morning papers the ac-
count of the address of Chancellor
-Hollweg avowing a deter
minatiOn to continue ruthless submar-
lining and in another column read
from William Jennings Bryans
final appeal to congress not to take
action, he felt that the proper reply
to the Nebraskan was the same as that
given to a Quaker by an Irishman who
mad with a pitchfork killed the Quak-
er's dog when it attacked him: The
dog owner said Friend why did
thee not turn the other end of the
fork to the dog" to which the Hibern-
ian replied, "Be gorra, l would have
done that if he had come at me with
the other ind" He said Bryan had
Joined the army to fight Spain and
started for Cuba wearing the uniform
of colonel and drawing a salary of
$500 per month, yet Spain had not
done us nearly as much harm and had
not insulted us nearly as much as
Germany had done. The speaker
closed with an appeal for the obser-
vance of honor by the discharge of
duty,
Rev. L. b. Franck of the Episcopal
church was the last speaker. He said
that at a time when we were facing
I serious problems like those which
confronted Washington and Lincoln,
and which existed today, we should
turn to God with the same spirit of
reverance shown by the Revolutionary
fathers. The men who signed the Dec
laration of independence and who
: drafted the Constitution reverenced
their Maker and believe in an eternal
Z law which should be observed. He
| believed in reverencing the living as
well as the dead and believed that the
7 man now in the White House was the
, equal of Washington or Lincoln. He
2 believed in men of patience who would
, not be rushed into conflict until il
= became necessary to enter in the in
= terest of righteousness. While the
pacifists were wrong in their atti-
tude. he believed in being patient witt
= them, because they were simply il
error Only when men lived up to the
:, principle of the great commandments
= to love God above all and our neigh