The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-24
Drive For 100 Men by Monday Night Is
Purpose Of National Guard
Company Here
REV. FREESE TAKES
AN ACTIVE PART
Delivers Talk al POcasseI; To Visit
Other Towns Today; Big Meeting
Saturday Night

Realizing that the time is Short
in which to raise the 100 men taaI
must be enrolled in the Grady coun
ty company of the national guard, a
! campaign has been launched for re-
cruits and is already meeting with
success. Yesterday afternoon, Rev
Arthur Freese, T. M Kelly and Mr.
Duffey made Il trip to Pocasset
where a meeting was held and where
Rev Freese delivered a talk Later
the party went to Arcadia school
house where w. s. S. pie social
was scheduled. Rev. Freese also adj
dressed the Arcadia meeting in both
instances, speaking on war topics
and on the need of the national guard
at this time.
The party will go TO Verden this
afternoon and tomorrow will make a
Swing around the circle" touching
Tuttle, Amber, Minco and winding
up at Pocasset Saturday night. They
report good preliminary work at Po-
casset and state that number Of
recruits will come from that place.
In his talk yesterday at Pocasset
Rev. Freese said in part:
This is not q war of armies alone
1t is a war Of peoples. 1t is not a
question of sending so many mil
lions of men to fight, while the rest
OF US continue in the usual way of
living. The sending of men to fight
is only one item among many that
are involved. By the fact of our cit
izenship we are all sworn to support
in every way in our power, the gov
ernment of our country That means,
that we are, all of u.s. to hold our
selves in readiness to do anything in
our power that may be Of any help
in this war. so that victory may be
won at the least possible expense in
lives and property.
eve have given generously, and
will give still more generously, Of
our money for war activities. Our
willingness to give such support has
been proven many times. We have
loaned to the government at low
rates of interest a good deal OF mon
ey. and stand reacy to loan still
more,-all that is needed. We have
given outright a great deal of money
for the work of the Red Cross, the
Y. M. C. A., the Y w. c. A., and
for the relief of refugees in Europe
and Asia. We have gone to some
trouble in changing our manner of
life in many ways We have made
cheerfully all readjustments in our
daily habits of eating and drinking
that have been asked of us. And
yet as people, l think we fail to
recognize the seriousness of our sit
uation, and the need of real sacrifice,
But so sure do l feel of the spirit of
the American people that I am abso-
lutely sure that all that is needed to
bring about an adequate response to
every call is that we should under
stand the need.
Our government is asking us now
to create a new national guard. The
need for the immediate creation OF
this great force is not yet fully real
ized, but I am sure that a full un-
derstanding OF the reasons for this
call will bring an adequate response
Eve know that most of our men OF
draft age, and many both above and
below that age have gone into the
army and navy, and that soon all will
be called in. Realizing that over
whelming numbers are necessary
it is now proposed to create an army
Of five million men; and if that is