South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-13


1 liness AZ Camp. = Your Health.
[ IS. Marchin- and Care OF Feet.
.. Your Equipment and Arms. 10.
/ Recreation i'm Camp. IL. Playing
the Came. L. Teamwork i'm the
Army IL. Grouping Men into
! Teams a. The Team Leaders
+ - FishtIns Arms of the Service.
o.. staff Branches OF the Service.
i. stan Branches OF the Service
IL is. Army Insignia. 10 The
Army system of Trainine 90.
/ close order Drill. Il. Extended
/ order Drill. -. Guard Duty. 2S
/ Getting Ahead in the Army. "a.
Army Courtesy %. Discipline
and Respect for the Colors -.
7 some Army Traditions. - The
Spirit o. the Service
/ Every American knows the causes
/ OF our war with the German gov
erument Yet this course would be
incomplete il it did not contain a
brief review Of the events thar
I finally forced us into war, when at
last there remained no other
means of defending our rights"
rhe soldier 81 an autocratic
kaiser may fight best when he UNI
Gerstands least Of the true neal
ing OF the war. To cell him tho
facts would oe 20 chill his en-
thusiasm. But the citizen soldier Of
I "a democracy is entitled & to know
for what purposes he enters the
struggle. He fights best when he
sees most clearly why ne fights.
Bs resolution "a corr raGe
clarins a state of war (Apr g.,
1910 expresses the immediate
cause in these rev words:
The imperial German govern
ment has committed repeated acts
OF war dsainst the government and
the people of the United States Of
( America"
Chief among the acts OF war
were attacks by German submarines
ON American SHIPS and on unarmC i
merchant shius of other nations
carfyins American passengers.
Vessels of every Kind" said the
president i'm his address to cOnsress
on April ., 1917, Whatever their
flag. their character their cargo,
their destination, their errand. have
been rdthlcssIy sent TO the bottom
/ without warning and without
! thought Of help or mercy for those
\ ON board. the vessels OF friendly
| neutrals along with those OF belli6
1 erents. Even hospital ships and
ships carrying RELIEF 20 the sorely
/ bereaved and stricken people Of
/ Fclgium. though the latter were
provided With safe conduct through
4 che prescribed areas by the Ger
man government itself and We're
/ distinguished by unmistafabl
marks of identity, have been sunk
with the same reckless lack of COM
/ passion on of principle @. The
/ present German submarine warfare
against commerce is a warfare
asaiusL MANKIND"
German Insults ana .AssressioD-.
There were other acts OF hostili-
u in addition to the submarine
/ warfare I'm his tlay day address
: delivered at Washington on June
+ Il, 1917, the president summed up
the events that brought on war as
/ Follows:
1T is plain enough how We were
forced into the war. The eXtraOr-
diuaIy insults and asgressiOns of the
! imperial German government left
Us no seu-respecting choice but to
Jake up arms IN defense of our
ughts as free Bcople and of our
lunOr as q sovereign government.
The military masters OF Germany
deTicd us the risht 10 lie neutral.
I They filled our unsuspecuns COM
munitics with vicious spies and con-
spiratorS and sought TO corrupt the
I opinion OF oar people IN their own
/ uehalf When they found that they
coulG not do that, their agents dill
gently spread sedition amongst us
and sought 10 draw OR own citi-
Zens from their allesianCe--an
some of those agents were men cor
ne. tee with The official embassy OF
I the German government itself here
/ in our capital. They sought ~
\ violence 10 destroy our industries
and arrest cur commerce. They
tried to iucite Mexico TO take Up
arms against rs and TO draw Japa1
1 into a hostile alliance with her.
ard that. not by iLdirectiOn, but los
suggestion from the office i'm Ber-
I iln- IHt-A lIlpuuenllA 0enIeu US INC
use oil he high seas and repeatedly
executed their threat that they
would send 10 their death any %
our people who ventureG To ao-
/ pIoach the coasts OF Europe
/ our Liberty and safety Involved.
/ Yet even this list OF "eXtraoVdi-
nary insults and aggressions" does
not tell the whole story our mo-
/ tNes for war 20 even deeper. Noc
only our rights and self-reSpeCt. bat
our liberty and safety, are involved.
/ Speaking on July %. 1917. at the
/ officers traininS camp At Madison
/ barracks. y. Y, the secretary of
state said.
The evil character OF the Ger
man government Is laid bare be-
fore the world. We know now that
the government Is inspired with
Ambitions which menace hun an
liberty. and that - gain its cad
IL does not hesitate 10 oreak faith.
10 violate the most sacred rights. or
I TO perpetrate intolerab Die acts OF in
humanity Let Us under
stand once for all that this Is no
War 10 establish AN abstract prin-
cipIe Of riSht IL - "a war Ia which
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