Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-03
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4 SPIRIT OF SOLDIEnS. SAILORS
-. AND pE.OpLE THAI WON

SlssIould dwell upon. hut the met,lc
Y aStd. quality OF the officers and men
s5AwSfscnt over and of the sailors who
4 issfs the seas and the spirit of the
= nation that stood behind them. No sol
Z Hffrs or sailors ever proved themselves
ignore quickly ready for the test OF
4 battle or acquitted themselves with
moro splendid courage and achievement
when put TO the test. Those OF us who
processes by which the war Was pushed
; sfrresistihly forward to the final tri-
g9mph may now forget all that and
p delight our thoughts with the story
s or what our men did.
Their officers understood the grim
and eSocting task they had undertake
efficiency and unhcsitating courage
2 that touch the story OF convoy and
battle with imperiShablc distinction at
were great or small. from their great
Z chiefs Pcrshing and Sims. down TO
tho youngest lieutenant; and their men
hardly need TO he command ed. and 70,
Z. their terrible adventure blithch
and with the quick Intelligence o.
those who know jus, wha, il is they
) would accomplish.
II am proud to be the fellow cuun-
TRUMAN of men OF such stun and valour
Those OF us who stayed AT home did
y our duty: the war could not have been
8 won or the gallant men who fought IL
IrSiren their opportunity Ia win il other.
aAsc; but for many Il long day we shall
think ourselves accurScd were not
therc, and hold our manhoods cheap
& these a; ST Mihiel or Thicrry The
memory Of those days OF triumphant
. la,, VIII go With these f"r,un ,xi,i
have his favoritc memory Old men
Z forget yet all shall be forget but
= bell remember with advantages what
4 fcats he did that day.!
I STRUCK IN FORCE IN
7saG TIME no BRING VICTORY
& 4sTWhat we all thank God for with
in forcc mo Inc line of battle lust al
y The criticni moment, when the whole
i fate Of the world seemed to hang in
\ The balance. and threw their fresh
strrnrth into the ranks of freedom in
time TO turn the whole tide and sweep
Of tho fatcful strugglc-turn ii once
hack, back for their en,mics. always
!, back never again forward, After that
IL was only a scant four months before
Z file commanders of the central cm-
: pires knew themselves beaten; and
Ituw their very empires are in liqui-
!. dation.
silrit of the nation was: what unity
,t6f purpose: what untirinS zeal! What
elevation OF PURPOSE ra" 'nroWIin n rs
"a spienuld uisnlnE 81 w. n;d
That 'i those of us Who stayed ut home
To- do the work of organization and
sunny Will always wish that we had
Ssnp with tn" men whom we sustained
BY our labor: but we can meyer be
,
ut has been an inspiring thing to
he here i'm the midst of fine men, who
; had turned aside from every private
= Whole Of their traineh capacity TO
: the tasks that supplied the sincws of
: the whole great undertaking, The
= ouEhgoing devotion and distinguished
: oapacity that marked their toilsomc la
: bors day after day, month after month,
3 have made them fit mates and COM
ID 80 4 lNa Ia, In "a
: On the sea And not the men here In
: Washington only. They have but di-
i pected the vast achievement. Through
: 5ut innumerable factories. upon innum-
= cradle farms in the depths of coal
!, h,ines and iron mines and copper mines,
e Wherever the sturfs of industry were
! 10 he obtained and prepared, 'in the
: shipyards, on the railways, mt the
! docks. on the sea, in every labor that
y Mas needed to sustain the battle lines,
g Men have We'd with each other 10 do
Is their part and do ii we'll. They can
Y lpoli amy man alarms in tho face and
- say. We also strove to win and gave
- heets and armies sure or their tri-
umph.
WOMEN HAVE ADDED NEW
LusTRE TO THEIR CROWN
"And wha, shall we saw of the wo-
men-of their instant Intelligence.
nuickeninr every task that they
touched. Ihcir capacitv for oryanizn-
49, ~ 90 o,arotinn ,ybicb covc ihni,.
49, 80 at.n;,,i;na nnh nnhnncod ~.
aStion us ~ CIV ,Ger ~,
suec,NehcsS o. cNeiS.n'ne -
teInpteu tHcli Aptit"u' ~ '"."s "
~NhiSn lneS hau hcNoI pe'oiJ i, ~ ,I,i
nahuS' 'hcil IVY, neii ~ "I I
III t,Wnat lheE ulu ahu III VIII NV!
gave. IheIr cohtIipu'Io'i 20 Iht GIrnt
result Is beyond APPRAISAL; lheE nave
added new iuSler 10 'he ah"ais o.
American womahhoou.
The least tribute we can pay lhcm
in political rights as they have proved
themselves equals in every field OF
practical work they have entered.
whether for themselves or for their
! country. These great days OF com
gpleted achievement would he sadly
. :Inarred were TO omit that act OF
( Justice Resft.cs ,ha immense practical
services they have rendered the wo-
men of the country have been the
. -lnoVinC spirits i'm the systematic eco
. uU,nics by which our peoplc have vol
suntarily assisted to supply the suffer-
,ripr peonles Of the world and the armies
snnon nvery from, with food aud every
: thing els; that we had that might