The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-19

SS1OuSilcSo tIldt SuiueS lIOill uuIy " of those present like all noble achie "He profits most who serves best" Frank Rushton sounded the keynote of the meeting when he said: If we haven't 1 learned the lesson of unselfishness and | sacrifice in these war campaigns then We have missed the spirit of it all" MT. Rushton announced that Jefferson coun- I tvs total subscription would probably reach s435.o 900 when all the reports were turned in and all outstanding subscrip- | tions accounted for. This, in view of the original quota of .25O Is an oversub- scription of nearly 175 per cent 1 Like all gatherings so far of the all l lied armies, the meeting last night was thoroughly democratic and representa- ] phaszed during the war as Iiever be- 1 fore.
 ITALIAN DIVISION
 The moment the armies filed into the I banquet hall with the band playing and the symbols of all the allied nations fly ing proudly from the balconies above. lit was evident that the meeting would be a huge success. As soon as everyone was seated, in marched the Italian division, bearing the coors that Diaz fought un- der and strutting to their positions with
  have led all divisions in the drive hereD The quartet from the Southside Bap- tist church sang "Ameriea Has Come and were roundly applauded. The Brit ish army interrupted the proceedings by Ipresenting the Italians with a huge mess of their favorite fruit spaghetti. The Italian consul NJ Pandolfo, responded feelingly, declaring that the Americans found this dish about as palatable as the Italians MT Posner's vocal rendi- ticn of "Over Here, the words of which were written by Sidney Lazarus, was also well received
 Gen. John Sparrow, the faithful and brilliant director of publicity, who In the past has enlivened every meeting or the army with his natural wit, was called from the dugout. MT. Sparrow cast off his Touchstone roleas and holding aioft in succession the flags of Belgium, France England. Italy, Japan and the | United States offered beaut1ful toast to each after which the standing crowd rocked the rafters with its cheers. He paid touching tribute to the mothers, to the army of the dead, to the physical lly unfit, the Rainbow division and to the people of Jefferson county. In voice quivering with emotion he said: I GEN. SPARROW'S TOAST Here's to the banner of Belgium, l. 1 until France could rise to her feet It floats again tonight over Brus- l scls.
 Here's to the tri-color of France, | wreathed with the immOrteIles of our love.
 Here's to the Union Jack thnt kept open the seven seas for the 1 allies.
 Here's to the British standard
 held high by thnt little nrmy of
 .contemptib1cs," who built the wall between the Hun and the sea
 with their bodies.
 Here's to Itaiia's flag-thc flag of the mutton that cnst her sword,
 unafraid, into the right when the issSe hung in the balances.
 Here's to the flag of Japan, Nippon of the far eastern shore. | You came clean in the crisis.
 Here's to "Old Glory,- our own
 Star -spanGled Banner. In the dark
 est hour of the, struggle the eyes of the world looked to yOu-and
 did not look in vain.
 Here's to the dearest flag of
 aIl--the flng with the heart throb
 in It. Mother's!
 | Here's to the army of the dead the dead of America, England, France, Italy and tho smaller nu-
 tions linked with us in the battle.
 The dead who sleep In Flandcrs'
 field, in the valleys of the Alps,
 on the plains of MesopOtamia, in
 the depths of the sea-wherever 1t
 yyns given to die In conflict. The
 dead, too, who escaped shot and
 shell, but were smitten by disease in camp and trench, were the
 victims of accidents in the air and
 on land md water. You are ono.
 You arc ours.
 Here's to another army-the
 army that pleaded s.r rifles and
 were given crosses of seeming
 shame. The hest of hiGh-spirited men so eager to go. but prevented by physical defect or other cruel
 cause from service in the field.
 Yours is a hard fate, hut you have
 borne 1t nobly-the finger of scOrn.
 the whisper of slander.l Your mar
 tyrdOm has not been i'm vain. You
 have decpened our trust i'm man.
 hood.
 Here's to the 107tn regiment of
 our line-.-the old "FiEhting Fourthv | Alabama. We knew you would.
 Here's to the allied armies of Bir-
 mingham and Jefferson county. You
 are patriots.
 Here's to the people of our great
 city and imperial county. You are
 tNed and true. MN
 HUGE LOVING CUP
 So we'll had Mir. Sparrow echoed th. Isentiments of those present that 1