Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-31

been to so brighten the civilian
population that no one will dare to
raise hand against the superman.
But every bomb that has fallen and
every outrage that has been COM
mitted has only stiffened the de-
termination Of the British people
Herein the Ca~mans display char
acteristic st-..tIIty in regard to the
British physiology. And you
Americans are like us in this, that
you will not think of being down.
Why are you always being
asked for money to carry this
thing through. In order to give
you a better idea of the great ex-
pense and vastness of this titanic
contest 1 will cite some figures
which l know to be correct In
one great battle of about a year
ago, the British attack was pre-
coded by an artillery commandment
which lasted seven days The cost
of the artillery ammunition alone
fired during the first six Jays was
$43, 000,0 900 and on the seventh and
last day. the fire being much more
severe, the value of the smells fired
reached $2O,OOO,000. This great
burden is being borne by the peo-
pie The national debt OF ST. per
capita before the war has risen to
5000. This war is like no other in
history.
"As journey through your
country I am impressed by your
colossal preparations. Everything
here is on such large scale. Your
railroad engines look like battle-
ships, your Pullman cars are like
houses. l have seen motor trucks
coming out of your factories like
sausages out of a grinder, or bees
out of a hive.
And you have got good SOL
diers," indicating the men on the
platform behind him, for l have
been a soldier for 80 years and
know a soldier when l see him.
think you have them here. Your
boys are physically perfect, men,
tally alert, you can see that in their
eyes, and they are going ever with
determination that will make
you proud of them. When your
first troop contingent was in Lon
don we Britens sized them up AMI
found them good. We're not given
to noise and we take things calmly,
but that day London let go. May
the bond of brotherhood that ex-
lists between US now never be sew
cred But stick behind your boys
who go over there. Sometimes
they will be downcast, and nothing
keeps up a mans spirits better
than a letter from home. It's not
the man behind the gun, it's the
girl behind the man behind the
gun.
Fleet Effective.
I'VE are all in now. Our orig
inal expeditionary force of 100000
men we have increased until now
we have, counting white, black,
brown and red in all parts of the
world, 100000 men under arms.
OF these over sixty per cent are
Englishmen from the British Isles
Our fleet has penned the Germans
up and kept them from the rest
of the world, besides making l.
possible to transport over 10000
900 troops and over $4,000 tons Of
ammunition over different bodies
of water. But we have reached
our limit, we are now looking TO
you.
In regards to the tank or land
cruiser as they are sometimes
called, the idea was not new. Even
in the days of Rome the idea of a
moving protection for foot soldiers
was used, although of course In u
crude way. An American farm
tractor In Antwerp gave me my
first idea which finally evolved into
the first tank model.
Tanks have gender, for there
are males and females among these
engines of warfare. The male
tank IS armed with two six pound
ers and is used TO destroy machine
guns. They are of little value Il,
destroying the enemy personnel
The female tank on the other hand,
to conform with the species in real
life, is a man destroyer, She Is
armed with machine guns only.
The females OF the species ara
called Little Luctes,'
THE Germans are at present
trying to break through, They are
attempting to drive a wedge be-
tween the British and French
forces. But they shall fail, We
are not beaten yet, They have
concentrated over 100000 men
drawn from all fronts in this great
attempt. Something may happen
shortly, for our turn Is coming.
However, you are with us; We
are brothers; we're in this thing
together and we will ses this thing
through. Your troops will be TO
us what the tank is to the infan
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