Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-08-22

WIN udNc WdNCllSI tliS iStOiNS WIN :"
gree with me when | say the loss Of
ilves since then is enormous. The
grand total was 1903, 900 killed
wounded and captured. the Contra
Powers loss was . $4,000 The Allied
loss was s $4,000. Russia alone lost
1 I66 600.
The nation that deserves more sym
patty than any other nation in the
world. is poor little Belgium, mighty
history could be written OF tins little
spot on the map, in 1914 Belgium hac
population of 1900 800 souls, now,
she is all but annihilated.
We must not tail to think of poor
little Serbia, she mas lost 100000 OF
her men. Now let US see what Uncle
Sam can do in case Of emergency.
France with man-power of 5000. 0OC
men, equipped and put in arms 8 400
600. Now Uncle Sam with his mar
power of $4,000 600, can put on tn.
battlefield 10 600 600.
We will remember that in 1914 II
was Belgium that checked the mighty
hoard VI Germans, until France - lI'
ped and rushed nearly seven million
men to the front.
Belgium and France were forced to
do nearly all the fighting the rstyear.
! Belgium stood like stone wall until
she was almost annihilated, then 1t
was that England sent to France her
regular army of 100. 900 men, the Ger
man Emperor called it the little con-
temptible armv. That army was an
/ initiated, one division OF 1900 men
and 400 officers, came out with 5000
men and 81 officers.
Then it was that Great Britain with
man power OF 100000 between Il
and As years III shed her mighty army
of five million to the front. The two
greatest battles the world has ever
known, is the battle Of the Marne and
at Verdon. | had the pleasure Of speak
ing to Gen. Jeoifre twice while he was
here in Washington, he is one Of the
greatest Generals the world has ever
known it was he who won the battle
OF the Marne. it was he who checked
and drove back the mighty German
columns and their marvellous fighting
machines, perhaps the best disciplined
and trained military organization of
which the world has any knowledge.
seemed 10 be invincible.
1t was at Marine on one bright Sun =
day morning that three million men
faced each other to murder and Kill.
1t was that bright Sunday morning
that Gen. Jeoffre commanded his army
to stand and die on the spot rather
than give, they stood but all did not
get killed. Only one bottle greater
B than the Marine, and that is the battle
OF Verdon, it was against the slopes Of
Verdon that was hurled the mightiest
assaults in the history Of man. 1t was
here that civilization paused before
that impact, then tottereJ and fell as
the Prussian hosts swept onward; then
rose again as the dauntless soldiers Of
France responded to that watchword
of liberty, They shall not pass"
1t was upon this battlefield that
500, 900, men 500, 900 Germans and3OO, 900
French lay ed down their lives. the
main battle ground Of 81 .2 acres Of
ground, it was said that five men were
killed for every 8 square feet or every 3
feet square, in other words they would
be five men deep, think Of it,
Today with all its devastation and
ruins, with all the sacrifice OF life. with
all the sorrow 1t represents. Verdon
stands forth as the greatest monument
to courage, bravery and determination
Of which the world knows.
OF these $4,000 killed only 25.OO0
were found. the rest were shot away
either blown back to the elements by
that tremendous fall Of artillery shell
or else lost under the scored and pock-
earth which has been churned
and turned over and over again to !
depth in many places Of thirty feet. !
We cannot read Of these horrors
without being brought to deep reflect.
on. One cannot read and learn of the
uffering endured by Belgium and
france withoat being saddened for
ifetime nor ever expect to have that
readful picture eiraced from their
memory. Our boys cannot 20 and see
nd come back the same. Those whom
iod permits to return to us will come
o US saddened. deeply religious and
ympathetic for human kind as never