The Washington herald., 1918-05-12
TRIBUTE TO MOTHERS
GIVEN BY LEADERS
OFU. S. FIGHTING MEN
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

Vimy Ridge and in consequence
underwent two serious operations. To
the excellent care he received in hos
pital and the skill of the surgeon in
charge of his case he attributes the
favor of his being alive today.
To the Red Cross nurses l would
pay the highest tribute" said Pri-
vate Covert. They are untiring in
their good work for the soldiers.
was cared for by an American
Red Cross nurse. l would like to
tell the mothers of America that
the Red Cross and the Y. NJ. C. A,
with a dozen other welfare agen-
cies. are throwing a protecting arm
about their boys. Some day they
will say. Thank God for the Red
Cross and for the Y. NJ. C. A.
Defends Morals.
Il would like to say that it is
a absolutely untrue that the soldiers
are a wild set and that immortality
is rampant. There is no especial
ground for alarm on this score.
Many a derelict will come back
from war a man. In fact. the war
is creating a new set of men-men
of conscience. men of courage, men
or falth IN GOD.
In this connection also I want to
mention the chaplains. They are
doing splendid work for and with
the boys. They go from man to
man in the trenches, ministering to
their needs moral and mental The
majority are courageous men. many
of them going right over the top
with the boys. The chaplain of our
outpost. where he had gone again
the wounded.
''As for the American men over
there words fail me-" exclaimed
the young man with fervor. There
is simply no set of men in the world
can touch them. 1 say in all serious
ness that the American men who have
gone over have demonstrated that
our race has more get up than any
other. in the world.
1T has more enterprize. more in
genuity and it has more wealth
than any other race, and it is the
race possessing those factors which
is going to win the war. Let me
tell you that the whole world is
looking to this country and stands
back of our President at this time.
1t is up to us Americans to win this
war"
Urges Letters.
Private Covert insists that "cakes
and sweets are the things most ap-
preciated from home. but now that
we know the need for conservation
we do not want them sent to US.
The one thing that means more than
any other to US boys fighting in
France is news from home.
Mothers, sisters, sweethearts and
friends. write to, your men in the
service! Letters mean more than
anything else to US over there.
Bright, newsy letters from home
carry more comfort and cheer to the
lads who are far away than any
other thing that can be provided by
those dear to them.
While We ask our mothers to
write us and to be cheerful for our
sakes, we also ask all women to
work for the cause. It is up to
America to save the world, and the
women must do their share.
'Over there they are quoting Cap
tain John McCrea's poem,
" If ye break faith with those who
die
We shall not sleep. though poppies
Blow in Flanders fields
Those of US who come back can
talk. and some, like myself, have a
good fight left, but the dead who
loved and were loved lie where the
poppies grow. I would be ashamed
IL every waking thought of mine was
not Of those brave boys who perished.
They died for you and for me. We
must not break faith with them"
Sale of Flowers.
All day yesterday, in anticipation
of Mothers Day." red. white and
blue immortelles tied with green rib
bon were sold on the principal stretes
of Washington for the benefit of des-
ttute mothers of France, England
and Italy. Combined, these colors
are those Of the Allies. As another
reminder of the day, Girl Scouts in
vaded the big hotels of the Capital
and sold hundreds Of copies of the
poem, Mother of Nine" for the
benefit Of the Red Cross. The latter
poem is product of John Joy DAILY.
former Washington newspaper man
who Is now in the army.
The Postoffice Department will
make every effort to safeguard and
expedite the delivery of Mothers
Day letters from General Pershing's
soldiers in France to their parents
in fha TTnikal