The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-04-26

flag with the Stars and Stripes and
of standing erect when the "Star
Spangled Banner" is played or sung.
are Pro- Germans and should be sent
to Kaiser Bill No sacrifice, no mat
ter how great it is, can be as great as
the sacrifices of the soldiers on the
battle field, and when the boys ON the
front know that their home folks are
backing them by subscribing to the
Liberty Bonds and aiding the govern
ment in carrying on the war, they
will fight with a spirit that has been
shown by the Canadians, the French,
English and Belgiums, a spirit that
can never be conquered and that will
gradually win the war"
Following his speech in the audi
forum Sergt. Wayman hurried out
side to address the thousands who
could not enter the Auditorium. His
second address was along the same
iiiieS, pIIluiliiS lHe iiIe VI the SUltilei
in the battles, telling of the sacrifices
the allied nations had already made
in their combat with ruthless enemy
On one occasion the Sergeant re-
lated he and his squad captured a
number of Germans, among them one
carrying a club with large spikes
driven in the end. When they return
ed to the dugout with their prisoners
the Germans began to hack at the
wounded English that had been
brought in from the battle field.
"Thus the Germans treat their enc
mics who are wounded and helpless.
while the allied soldiers are cared for
by nurses, who have devoted years to
unselfsh work to save the lives of
wounded soldiers. When | lay wound
ed with AZ others in a field hospital, a
young Scotch girl, a daughter of a
wealthy man, cared for US and robbed
the grim reaper of IS victims.
awe had been separated from 9TH
ers because of our serious wounds.
They placed us in the field hospital at
2 o'clock in the morning, and four
hours later the young nurse had bound
our wounds, had bathed US and ad-
ministered emergency remedies to
prevent US from having tetanus.
"Her unselfsh work saved So Of us
soldiers. In four days we We're great
ly improved that we could be taken
across the Canal into England where
we received better treatment And
on our way We were attacked by n
torpedo which bored its way into the
side of the ship. That is the contrast
Of treatment accorded the wounded by
the allied soldiers and the Germans.
ITO illustrate the sacrifices brought
by the French and Belgian mothers
during this war, Sergt. Wavman told
of the mobilization of the 1918 class
in Belgium.
81 was at the home of Il Belgian
widow, who had already lost two sons
and her husband when the gendarme
left order for the youngest son to re-
port the following day The order, It
was apparent, broke the poor widow
heart, it was a great mental struggle
but she braced up and pointing at the
picture of her husband hanging on
the wall, she exclaimed "Mon ieune
est jeune, mais je lie rends pour Ia
patrie" (my little son is young, but
l give him for the country and with
these words she conquered her agony
and consoled her broken heart"
Judge Hunt spoke briefly on The
duty each citizen owed his country in
assisting to raise the money for the
prosecution of war. He said he has
several sons at the front. They vol
unteered shortly after the declaration
Of war, and he himself gave up his
profession in order to do his bit. NC
citizen" he said, should wait unit
he is told what he can do, but should
act voluntarily to help end the great
war.
He asked that everybody forge
politics and that everyone do his BIZ
| in making this nation united. Every
body should stand back of President
Wilson in these trying times, regard
less of political affiliations. Will
united efforts twice as much could BIZ
accomplished as can with the nation
divided into factions.
In referring to Sergt. Wayman''
mission he said he felt ashamed that
representative of another nation
should have to come to the United
States to tell the American citizens
what part they should take in this
war and what their duties are in the
present war. Each one should know
his duty without being told.
Before beginning his speech il