The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-10-04
SENATOR PAT HARRISON SPEAKS
TO LARGE CROWD WEDNESDAY
ScNATOP-ELECT PAT HARRISON HERE BY APPOINT
MENT AND MAKES ADDRESS--ACCOMPLESH ESHMENTS
SINCE UNITED STATES ENTERED WAR-EX-CoV.
BREWER PRESENT AND MAKES BRIEF TALK.

AcCOfQlnG 10 dlnOu0CSMe0I toeI!-
I'2tor-elect Pat Harrison appeared at
! Grenada OF the afternoon of October
Z unUer the auspices of the Fourth
Liberty Loan Committee.
Mr.. Harrison spoke for the Liber-
| ty Loan at Clarksdale on the day be-
fore and several friends, including
Ex-Gov. Brewer. journeyed through
the country with Mr.. Harrison We'd
ncsday morning in an automobile, a
trip far pleasanter than one by rail.
Mr.. Harrison was much delighted
with the great farms and the almost
wonderful conditions in the delta
and by making the trip through the
country, he got to view more ac-
cUratcly so many more of the big
delta plantations.
Mr.. Harrison was in good spirits
and full Of optimism. He is wear
ing we'll the great honor recently
conferred upon him by the people of
Mississippi in nominating him for
the Senatorship. He is one of the
youngest men the state ever elevated
10 this great office.
Mr.. Harrison was presented to an
audience that taxed the auditorium
of the opera house by Rev. R. A.
Tucker. Many would have had to be
turned away but for some scattering
cases of influenza which are giving
quite a number some apprehension
in various sections of the county.
Mr.. Tucker gave another demonstra-
ton of his splendid versatility of
talents. He presented Mr.. Harrison
as one who is past master in the
art.
Senator Harrison expressed his
keen appreciation of the warm and
generous words of Mr.. Tucker and
MS pleasure at facing Grenada
county audience. He said that
Grenada county was so good to him
n the primary, August 20, that he
just felt that he must come among its
people and make some public pro-
nOuncement and that he was really
glad TO have been sent out by the
Liberty Loan Committee which af
forded him an excuse, if one were
necessary, for coming into the coun-
ty at the present time.
He went at once into a discussion
of war conditions and the achieve
ments OF the United States since the
declaration Of a state of war, April
6, 1917.
He said in part:
"When we entered the war we had
385 merchant vessels of approx
mately one and a half million tons.
Today we have 400 merchant yes
se!s Of approximately seven million
tons. We now have 716 ship ways
throughout the United States, twice
as many as all the other nations OF
the world combined. When our pro-
gram is completed we will have 2415
merchant vessels of over fourteen
million tons. the largest merchant
marine in the world.
Since we entered the war we
have contracted for and is now beng
delivered two million rifles, eighty
thousand machine guns, thirty-five
million hand grenades, eighty mil
lion projectiles, one million five hun
dred thousand pistols, one billion
pounds of powder, five billion pounds
of small arms ammunition.
ALREADY we have purchased forty
seven million cotton undershirts, one
hundred and seventy million pairs OF
sox and forty million pairs OF shoes
"In France we have erected 300
miles of warehouses, hospitals for
375,OOO beds, 500 miles Of main rail-
road track. We have erected army
cantonments, equipped with heating,
electricity, sewerage and paved
streets, equal to five cities the size
of Memphis. We have erected TWEEN
ty-two aviation training schools IN
this country and five in France.
"When we entered the war we had
1900 men in the flying corps. Today
we have 10000 men. We have M
teen suuadrons and 1000 airplanes IN
France. Eleven thousand men nave
already been trained in the United
States and are about ready to go to
France to assist in the great RAID
for supremacy of the air.
tWhen we entered the war we
had 1000 men in the Engineer corps.
Today we have 100000.
"In the Navy we have erected
hundreds of destroyers and subma-
rine chasers; armed 100 ships for
tn cir own protection and the protec-
tion of our troops; we have conveyed
safely thousands of ships loaded
with soldiers destined for France,
and increased it until today our
Navy is second only to England's.
"When we entered the war there
were 10000 men in the Navy. Today
there are 100000. In the Army we
had eight thousand officers and
200. 900 enlisted men. Today we
have 175,OOO officers and three mil
lion as brave and daring soldiers as
ever composed an army.
"When we entered the war they
scoffed at us and said we were but
an overgrown child and that while
we had plenty of resources and men,
we would be unable to transport
supplies and soldiers to aid our al
lies. England boasted, after three
wears of war that she had transported
to France from the Dominion 400, 900
men. In year and half we have
not only supplied foodstuffs and mu.
pitions fc-- err own ara our allies
arm,es but have sent and landed on