Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-11-14
AMERICAS FRONT
|SFROMN NO MANS
LAND TO PACIFIC
DEPTH OF OUR FoRcRs d
scRleED BY AMERICAN Off.
GER TO BRITISH coMRADE.
II
BACKING LINE WITH B0ND'
support Of Battle Feress 9xtsn0o
From France to Your Own
Doorway.

WYE @~0
tor on the Western front D day last
fall. An English officer was. talking
with an American captain who had
Just come back from o tour Of duty n
the trenches. They were talking mill
tary problems and the nnElishmaa
asked:
what il the depth Of the Amsss-
can frontr
From the German bar I'd wire IN
No Mans Land to the Pacific Coastf
was the American officers answer.
OF course, the Engltshman rsfsrrsd
to a military technicality when hs
asked his question. and yet the Amsst.
can captain was right. He told the
whole story Of American participation
in the wal when he made 1t plain that
all Of America is in the battle front.
America had not been In this war
six months till We all understood II
wal a different sort Of q war from
what we had expected. Years $50 We
all pictured war as a struggle In wash
a few from each community went
away. while the great majority OF the
people stayed on at home and went
about their business and life went
along undisturbed. We know better
now. We realize we are all tn the
struggle.
All Are Enlisted.
Those who cannot fight, who can'
not work In war plants, who cannot
help in Y. M. G. A. huts or Red Cross
hospitals a help nevertheless. The
Liberty Loans offer an opportunity
for every man and woman In America,
for every American under the pro.
tecting shadow Of the Stars and
Stripes to help support the battle front
Of America far across the seas In
Europe.
The front reaches all the way back
to our pay envelopes, to the money
that was brought in for a load OF
wheat. to the returns from = corn
crop. for building a house. for a days
work at the mill or in the fields.
Every bond that Is bought strength
ems the American front by just that
much. 1t makes 1t just that much
easier for the Americans to drive the
Huns back. 1t stiffens the American
line by Just 10 much against those
grim. massed attacks Of field gray
shock troops that Won Ludsndorff
loves to send against the Allied lines.
Every Liberty Bond is helping the
Americans, 1t lie helping the French
and the English and italians. who are
fighting "a they have never fought
before. 1t helps hold all the more
solidly that deep American front that
stretches back Of No Mans Land and
reaches all the way across the At.
lantio, ACROSS the Allegheniss. across
the wide stretches Of the Middle West,
across the Great Plains and wall Of
the Rockies and ends at last at tho
Pacific beaches.
That 10 what the American front -
like for depth, and It is a. wide Is the
country that stands back OF us and -
solid as the credit Of American insti-
tutions.
Must Keep Front Solid.
It can be kept az solid and enduring
as the Rockies by every American lin
ing up to take his share Of the Liberty
Loan that is at hand. It cannot b
kept solid and safe in any other way.
II takes money to. fight war; and sup
port armies. It takes more money to
build merchant ships and Destroyer
and submarine chasers.
Every n of US will have to thtnh
this out honestly and carefully. II
won't do to just buy 90 small q bono
as we can afford to buy. The Amsri
a front is. weakened by that kind Of
patriotism. When the time comes ia
sign up for the Fourth Liberty Loan
take every dollar you car spare and
get into 1t for all you can possibly
afford. 1t is q good Investment, none
better In the history Of the world. ane
II is helping to bolster up that Amsrt
can front that Is going to smash into
the Kaiser's domain Of these day.
and send the whole German nation
~sAN E
crashing down to defeat.
When you buy a bond you are max
inx It certain that the American IRON
Is being supported all the way from
France to your own doorway. It make
you q part OF that magnificent body o.
fighters who are massing over U
. France to put an end to the Kaiser
dream OF fevying tribute from . one
free America.
!. Liberty Day In the Fourth Liberty
Loan campaign will be Saturday. Oct
IL. In former loans Liberty Day wal
observed on the second Friday OF the
campaign Y.
J L. b. Franklin, Director Of Wal
Loans, in a communication to the heat
: of the Liberty Loan Organization pub
licity department. In announcing tn
change, which has been suggested b!
the United States Bureau Of Educa
ton, speaks of the appropriateness 0
the day, the anniversary Of the dis
: coyery OF America, for the purpose.
The Treasury Department. In CO
operation with the United States Bu
! reau of Education, will request ever,
school district In the United States
city, town and countryslde--to arrang
: for the celebration Of the discovery 9
America with an appropriate harvsa
: home festival. /.
" There u.s." says Mr.. Franklin. "
:. logical unity between both of tbes
. ideas and the Liberty Loan. When tn
= people of a community recount til
fruits Of their summers labor the
will naturally ask thswsslvsa> VIII