The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-04


at home? Are they ever coming
across? Remember, that we were I'M
prepared and that war is the biggest
business in the world as we'll as the
eldest Officially, we are meeting the
crisis in ar efficient and substantial
manner, but much work has been per
formed with a heavy heart for the
great mass of our people did not see
the light quickly and some were doing
tt cir utmost to wreck the machinery
which was being speeded up.
Remember France and Belgium.
''As this war touches everybody il
follows that everyone has duty to
perform. The first lesson we learned
as children was instantaneous obed
fence COG pity the child, which has
not been helped to learn that lesson!
The first law of the soldier is atten-
ton and cbedience; There's not to
reason why, there's but to do and die.
"If this war seems hard for us, let
US keep before us the collective suffer-
ing of Belgium and France and that
we have taken up their load Of sorrow
to ease their pathway through the ag-
opiZing years to come. No such OPP
portunity has ever unfolded itself to
our country One, within our memory,
when an island near our shores was
oppressed we struck a mighty blow at
az old world power, and put an end to
horrible conditions.
"The present is a bigger task, but
we can DO it, if we get together. 1t
resolves itself to a matter OF patriotic
loyalty.
I'VE have the confidence of our ad-
ministration, that it will finish the
work if the hundred million Americans
want it done.
Must Have Two Armies.
THE United States will win this war
but we must have both armies in the
field 1t would do you good and make
you feel proud of being an American
to see the one over across the seas.
at the head of it stands six feet Of
muscles and nerves of steel, topped by
the brains and keen eye of General
John J. Pershing.
'At his side is chief of staff, Cen
eral H1rboard, and their corps of col
leagues and assistants. Then there
sre--but | must not say how many,
but l can say that there will be mill
ions of them, if necessary, of our boys
in khaki from every state in the I'M
ion. They march with a swinging
stride, they shoot straight to the bulls
eye. they thrust their bayonets victor
lously, they cut savagly, these square
shouldered wild-mauered, smooth
faced, clear-eyed American boys with
clear blood coursing through their
veins and they are going over the top.
But there lis no use in going over
the top if the other army should fail
to get into action.
General Farmer Commands.
ut is already mobilizing in our be-
loved America and victory shall be
ours. United States army of civilians
General Farmer is commanding. His
sword is the hoe. His artillery, the
pillow and the harrow, the drill, the
corn-planter, the cultivator and the
threshei.
"At the entrance of the United
States into the war much was said,
more or less justly in individual cases,
Of the Stacker. That real slackers
have been found, is sadly true. but
there mas been less of this spirit be-
tween the ages of IS and 81. than
above tha: age limit. The boys have
been all right.
In the interests of true democracy
and the business in hand, every one
should be loyal and come out into the
open. This is no time for patriotism
which will not express itself in self
denial. The poor mans son is as dear
to his father as the rich mans son.
and it must not be said that money
can purchase exemption from service
Nor leu it be whispered that while
cur boys are undergoing hardships,
While country is at war, while wom-
en- and children in the homes of our
cities are half-fed, that there is a class
in our country which will not give up
iolling ana ease.
I'm a French village, where an Irish
regiment from the States is billeted,
/ was introduced to the chaplain, a
Roman Catholic priest, as a Lutheran
We were both in France at
the call of our country.
Shake hands, brother was his
cordial greeting. In this hour of our
countryS need there shall be one COM
mon destination. Citizens of the Unit
cd States, not Germans. not Sweedes,
not Irish, not NorWegians, not Italians,