The Parker post., 1918-10-12
In
WAR VETERANS
VISIT PARKER

day in the interest of the Fourth
Liberty loan, and entertained our
people with an interesting and in
structive review of the titanic strug-
gle as witnessed by them during
their period Of active service. Both
men are disabled so far as further
military service is concerned, the one
having lost an arm and the other
sustained bodily injuries Of perma-
nent nature. The distinguished Wis
1tors, who wore the uniforms of their
respective commands, came in on the
train from Phoenix Friday night and
upon their arrival accepted an invita-
tion as guests of Mr.. and Mrs. B. B.
Brown
The following day r. j. Martin,
after introducing them about town,
took them by automobile down to the
Colorado river and showed them the
various sights at the Indian agency
and on the reservation, while our
people, one and all, extended to them
every courtesy and attention in
due acknowledgment of their heroic
sacrifice in behalf of liberty and hu
manity, and their unconquerable zeal
and fidelity to the cause as evinced
in the work they are still pursuing.
In the meantime arrangements
were made for the speaking in the
evening, an improvised platform hav
ing been placed at a convenient place
in front of the Grand View hotel, the
national colors were profusely dis
played, and one of the largest crowds
of our townspeOple, including many
Indians from the reservation, ever
: seen in Parker was present ere the
appointed time for the. exercises to
begin.
At 7:30- O'Clock, District Chairman
Marsh opened the meeting with few
remarks, and, after the song,
America" by the choir, introduced
Lieutenant Dewar as the first speak
'er or the evening.
The soldier lays no claim to orator
ical fame so wasted no time in
rhetorical flights or glitterng gen.
eralities but went straight to the
point of his review, at time thrilling
his auditors with vivid recital of
the events of the colossal struggle,
and again moving them to laughter
by the portrayal of some humorous
incident in which Fritz the Boche
qualified effectively in the role of
pudden-headed clown.
He drew a lurid picture of the ter
rifle human slaughter-of life in the
trenches and on the firing line; of the
wanton devastation by the enemy of
the country through which the hell
ish carnage raged;N of the atrocious
and inhuman barbarities practiced by
the Hun upon helpless women and
children, and civilians generally:
of the bombardment of hospitals and
of cities and towns of no military i'm
portance; of the crippling and dis
figuring of prisoners and civilians
of poison gas and it's horrible effects
in the first Stages of the war; of the
treacherous attitude of the enemy
even after surrender, showing a ruth
less disregard of those sacred pledges
(which even in the dark ages distin-
guished civilized from uncivilized
warfare-a spirit which, through it's
retrogressive moral degeneracy, has
even Obliterated the last faint line OF
demarcation wherein humanity
leaves off and beastiality begins. In
word he made it only too plain thar
in this twentieth century
GOmorrah, in sin, has lost her grip
And Sodom, too, the bowling hounds
.fof hell let slip.
In conclusion Lieut.. Dewar called
upon every citizen to do his utmost
in support of the Fourth Liberty loan,
and denounced in no uncertain terms
those who, while protesting to be
loyal citizens of the United States,
were doing all in their power to
hinder the government and impede
the progress of the war and added,
that if in his statement he were
''treading on the toes of any per
sons present, then the only apology
he had to offer was, that he chopped
to God they had corns"
Private Todd was the next speaker.
He is young man, probably thirty
years of age, and the one who lost
an arm in the conflict While he has
a slight impediment in his speech
and is not as fluent talker as the
other, his review was none the less
interesting. He related his experience
which was Of course different in de-