Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-07-11


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ters and brothers. wives. sweetheaFtA.
and ifiends q the men In the Amest-
can expeditionary forces:
I'VE hear that you have been Re-
called With some alarming steries sbcut
US Of the A. E r. and our conduct
here In France. In fact some Of
those stories have been relayed to ~.
and Il they weren't % far from the
truth we might b inclined 10 ct
really mad. But knowing the authors
Of some Of them-for sone Of the hys-
terical stripe have really been over
here-our 6rst inclination Is to laugh.
But. after al. its no laughing mat.
ter to be talked about behind our backs
In such q reckless and irresponsible
way by reckless and irresponsible peo-
pie, though no doubt some Of them
have the best Intentions In the world
and think that they. and they alone.
can save us. (They have probably
told you that. and asked you to con-
tribute money to their worthy cause.
haven't they'd What hurts most,
however, is the thought that, though
W know you are loyal to US and have
the armest of faith In US, perhaps
these dire tales may have caused you
anxiety. may even have caused you
to believe that perhaps, after oil. We
had become a bit neglected. Of our
trust; and that, 20 believing. you
might have been sorely. and entirely
undnly, distressed in spirit.
BE assured that these sensational
stories are nothing but myths. Abso-
lutely nothing else. And we have the
facts to prove that they are. Listen
Men on Good Behavior.
1.-THE percentage Of venereal disease
In this army Of yours IS three-tenths
Of / per cent-the smallest percentage
on record for any army, or any civil
population, in the worlds history, Il
Is a sober army, and a w~ell-behaved
one. The statistics In the possession
Of the Judge advocates generals de
partment prove that there have been
In proportion, fewer cases Of drunken
ness, fewer breaches Of military dis
cipline among its members than ha!
been the case with any army whose
records have been preserved.
"As to conditions In general. boti
allied and neutral military observers
have expressed themselves as astonish
ed at the remarkably good behavlo
of this army Of yours. The world doe
move. Armies no longer live by for
age, loot, and pillage; but even o
that, this pay-as-you.go, behave-as-you
go American army has been O revels
ton to U European allies.
"Take 1t all In all. these America
expeditionary forces constitute a
army which is in every way a worth
successor to the first army Of libert!
whose commander was George Wasi
ington. 1t is proud Of its heritag'
proud Of you people ut home who ar
supporting it and who are backing
with your labor, your money, you
hopes and your prayers, proud Of til
government that sped 1t on Its wa
overseas, proud Of the cause for whic
1t Is fghting-the greatest cause whit
any army was eve called upon
. champion. 1t would rather rot und,
. the soil Of France than to do anythir
which would cast dlscredlt on Il
, homes It left, which would impugn
any way the good name Of the gre
l people from whom 1t was recruited.
"Bear all this in mind. good Peep
] back in Gods county, II you hear al
3 more stories about Ms made up out
: the same whole cloth. If by 81
chance any Of you should hesitate
believe US, write to our commander
our chaplains, II doctors-anybody
authority. They will back us to t
limit-and We, for II part, will gu,
s antee to come home to you clean
h body, exalted In mind and heart, q
with the record behind US Of q ma
It size job manfully done"
u. &C.,
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