Arizona republican., 1918-08-26

was On lidIu dt IllttI sue T dl yCStCi day afternoon to help make success of the going away party for the 93 selective service men from Maricopa County who leave for Camp Pike, Ark, at o'clock this morning.
 The men reported at the local board at i o'clock yesterday afternoon, at which time they were given their first orders and instructions and the ap pointment of leaders and a train cap tain announced. Three of the men failed to report for various reasons. Following this some of the men were driven to the park in automobiles.
 The privileges of the park were of fered to the selective service men, their friends and relatives being charged the usual admission price to hear the speeches and to be with the men.
 Program Delayed
 The speaking program was delayed due to the non-arrival of one of the speakers at the scheduled hour. The formal ceremonies consisted of short talks by Capt. George D. Christy, Corp. E. W. Van DeVord, of the Canadian army, and Sergt. Orville Gildaw, of the United States Marine Corps.
 A. A. Betts, chairman of the day, introduced Captain Christy as Span ish war veteran and one of Phoenix leading citizens.
 Christy Talks to Men
 Captain Christy said, in part: Men, we are here to bid you God speed. We are proud of you, for we know that you will live up to the tradi- tions of this great nation, and we hope that you will return to us again.
 What is this war about? President Wilson has said that it is a war to make the world safe for democracy | What is democracy, and upon what is | it based? What is it's conception of rights. as man to man? Boiled down ! it means nothing more or less than the | brotherhood of man. And so I say tC you who are going over there to uphold American ideals, that you are going under a banner that has never knowr defeat. and that you now become not only soldiers of democracy, but sol diers to uphold the righteousness oi the gospel
 This great struggle is the inevitable conflict of two types of government Just as Abraham Lincoln said that thi: nation of ours cannot exist half slave and half free, so we cannot exist witt half the world democratic and the othe half autocratic. There can be but on, answer. Inevitably the end must conn with the triumph of democracy. Yol are defending not only the principles of democracy but also the doctrines o Jesus Christ
 Honor Rests With You.v
 Just as your brothers and friend who nave gone across before you an, about whom we have been readinj these stirring accounts from the battl fronts, just as they have brough glory and honor to the nation and t themselves, we know that you wi carry the fight for right because yo are animated by the same principles c righteousness. The honor of this na tion is in your keeping and we kno, it is not misplaced. From you, democ racy shall never suffer.
 We pray the flag you carry sha never know defeat. We hope and pra that your onward march shall not Q , stayed until the Hun is driven out ( Belgium, Serbia, Rumania, France an the territory acquired by the Huns i
 the shameful treaty with Russia sha be wrested from the kaiser. And " hope that your onward march shall 1t be stayed until your martial tread sha
 echo through the streets of Berlin, tt
 citadel of autocracy.
 r Ideals of America . AS you go. men, defenders of Amer l ican liberty, crusaders of righteousness ) remember that in your hands are tt ideals of America. And when you , |. you take with you our fullest hope prayers and confidence. And 90 W , say, Good bye .. and may He. who.
 
 :. preserve you."
 f Veteran Corporal Speaks = The next speaker was Corporal Va
 DeVord who has been returned fro
 the front in a wounded condition. dr e who is now touring the United Stat, y in behalf of the Red Cross. The Car = adian soldiers talk was brief, but = carried punch with it.
 . Do you know what these men a f going over to fight for" he aske n They are going over to fight becau e they want to keep inviolate the sacre, = ness Of American woma mood. Tn n are going to fight in order that the ,. mothers, their wives and their siste d and sweethearts may not have to b e come the playthings of the German o ? ficers and soldiers, such as has be, the fate of thousands of Belgian al
 French women.
 = Tells of Nuns Mistreated Q Why 1 recall the time we tot y Lucre, small town. There was
 French convent there, and when Y II captured the place we found nuns wi e had been so inhumanly treated tn e they could hardly crawl on their han o and knees. We found children wi !, their hands cut off and their ey Il gauged out. And it is to stop Il that these men are going over to Fran 'i to fight.
 B. There is only one good Dutchman = and he is dead" continued the corpor e Tn order to do this job right, it is 2 V ing to take men, money and munitiol 1 hope that tho American soldiers W e never have to go through what we h
 to go through the first years of u
 war.
 "I will never forget the time that
 met our first gas attack. Our art
 lery was behind us, and when the g
 came on us in clouds we were told tl
 it was each man for himself We us
 handkerchiefs and wet clay and shoy
 them into our mouths to save ourselv
 It was only a halfway measure. A
 then the ammunition of our artillt
 gave out. I can well see those gum, yet, raving and crying, with tears ru n ming down their cheeks at their at II helplessnesS
 With Bayonets
 "Then we in the trenches fired