Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-28

fearless and invincible giants IeauS
to lay down their lives at any mo-
ment for God and their country.
The problem now is how to win the
war. To discuss terms OF peace
while that autocracy is stiii ui-
umphant is to discuss the betrayal OIL
democracy. To find fault Win the
aims Of our government, TO stanc
back with half hearted pledges OF
srudging support, is to give aid ana
comfort to the enemy and 10 strike
our own army in the back.
That starry banner which heats so
maiestically above our heads IS your
flag and my flag. 1t is the rag Oh
more than one hundred million Tree
people. There are sacred memories
in every fold the blood of patriots
has consecrated every stripe ana
every star. It has bean borne on
many a battlefield, but always on the
side of human freedom always In
defence CT the right of the people TO
govern themselves, and--please Coo
it always will be,
1t is our privilege and our duty TO
honor. love. and revere it, to be loyal
l..
and always and to give our hVes lor
it if need be, because 1t represents
the best and noblest ideals of human
| life and government.
And seeing YOU ny, and the boys
marching by,
There's a shout in the throat and
blur in the eve
| And an aching 20 live for YOU always or
die,
IT, dying we still keep you waving on
high"
! Mr.. Dunnack was followed by Gov
ernor Carl +. Mlliken, who was
credited by Major Philbrook accord
ing to the feeling and common re
port in Washington, done more than
any other Governor in the Union
toward ending this war. Governor
Miliken was received with loud APP
plause. He said in part:
Governor Miliiken
First / wish to voice a feeling of
gratitude of all to those who have
made possible this splendid evening
of entertainment for US. II is bat
another instance of the cooperation
all working together for the good OF
all. Each has a part to play and all
belong together. This spirit has
made this evening possible. The
same spirit will win the war.
! | recently talked with a man in
New York who had just returned
from six weeks in France, where he
| had inspected all the armies and ev-
! cry foot of trench from the North
Sea to the Adratic and he said that
with all the splendid armies from the
allied countries, armies which have
done almost miracles, there is no
army like that now going across from
America, either as to the personnel,
the physical condition or the high
moral character, to say nothing Of
bravery. 1t will stand forever un-
approached by any army ever sent
out
A reasonable amount of good. PLAIN
food clothing and shelter for all,
save the rest for the boys who are
fighting for us. The government has
I got to use all the availa BILE resourc 9s.
!, Do YOU realize that in the next year
in the United States we must spend
more for this war than the, United
States has spent in all her other
wars? 1t is a fact and it means that
we must concentrate on saving for
the government. The government
may arbitrarily stop some of the In
dustries considered not so essential
as others, but we can do our part by
saving now and until the war is Won.
| The great danger now in the United
States is not at all the fear Of q mill
tary reverse, for the tide has turned
and it is coming the right way. We
are in danger of a state of mind
/ the insidious propa ganda which may
arise with its too early cry for peace
and time TO stop the war. That will
undoubtedly come and it will come
from German source. Think clear
/ ly when you see and hear it and he
/ fighting till the war is won on It's
merits.
We arc glad to do what we each
can. We will buy the War Stamps
and save all we can. The war will
be won by sacrifice and we at home
will do our part, even as the men
who give even their lives will 10
theirs.
IL you could read the correspond
ence that comes to my office and that
of the adjutant general YOU would
begin to realize the sacrifices already
! being made by our people and would
make even greater ones. You and
must do our part and aid our neigh
bors. And We are no only on the
threshold Of sacrifice. we have done
nothing to what the Allies have done,
Had we done as much as little Scot
land We would now have 1900 600
men in the field. Suffered as France,
we would have had 100000 men
killed and many times that wounded
Yet the man in New York said that
in all his trip through France and
talking with hundreds. he never
heard a complaint That is spirit.
This country is at great crisis
and is coming into its own, where il
can stand upright and do it's share
with its flag flying beside those of the
Allies, across the sea, toward right
eousness and liberty and the right 70
live free and just life.
Whatever our relation to the war
may be, all of: US will want to feel
when the history of this conflict IS
written that we had the right to take
part among those who suffered and
died in order that his task be com