The Arvada enterprise., 1918-05-02
Arvada Citizens q
Hear Gen. Wood

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A number of Arvada citizens at
tended the meeting ut the Auditor
ium Saturday night at which Major
General Wood was given a most en-
thusiastic reception. The house was
packed by seven o'clock.
Quite number OF soldiers from
Fl. Logan arrived early accompanied
by the military band and upon their
arrival the boys were given rousing
cheers of appreciation. The band
did its part to make trings lively in
the hour the audience had to wait
As the big automobile which con-
veyed the chief of Uncle Sans great
army swung down the aisle the aud
fence rose to its feet and cheered vo-
ciferously. As he stepped to the
platform he was observed to limp and
to favor one leg, in Difference to the
wound he got while ON the firing line
in France few months ago. He has
but recently returned from the West
ern front and the picture he paints is
not calculated to inspire one in
great degree as far as the length
of the war is concerned or as to wrat
the sacrifice of human life and of our
comforts are concerned. 1--WE are
going to win the war;" said the gen.
eral "but we must not underestimate
the strength and the keenness of the
enemy"
General Woods mission was to
speak for the Liberty Loan, but he
said he noticed that we were already
"over the top" but the burden of his
theme was the sacrifices we who can
not go over there should make in or
der that the boys who go may be
properly equipped to meet their ter
rible foes. He urged that there BE-
no slackers ut home, either with their
money, their time or their loyalty.
do not neglect the families of the
men who are in the trenches" said
he, "for they must never receive COM
plainig or whining letters from the
ones at home, as they are sacrificing
their all. They will begin to ask
themselves what they are fighting for
II they hear tire folks at home arc
not backing them as they should by
taking care of their families and do
ing everything possible to make them
Is comfortable rs possible"
He praised the work of the Red
Cross, the Y. M. c. A., the Salvation
Army, the Knights of Columbus in
their devotion to their country and to
the soldiers. He also praised the VA
rious churches for treir help and said
that the soldiers over there are se-
rious, God fearing and determined
lot Of men and it is the splendid NOR.
ale that is bound to win. "The
American Army, wrich has grown in
one year from few thousand men
to more than a million, is the finest
body Of men that ever walked the
face Of the GLOBE" said the general.
1t Is needless to say that all of his
illusions to the army and the great
progress that has been made in so
short time were greeted with loud
applause.
General Wood was very urgent that
we srould not underestimate the
great achievements Of the armies of.
our allies, which have stood between
Us and the menacing dangers that we
have been facing the past four years.
ut Il they who are holding the lines
today behind which our boys are in
trainig,and do not underestimate the
grand achievement Of the British
Navy, which has driven the German
Navy from the seas and made it
possible, ~ could have been in no 9th
or way for the French to get the coul
and iron from England and the steel
and other things necessary from tho
United States with which to equip its
own army and ours. They have al-
most driven the submarines from the
seas, and with the aid Of our own
splendid Navy they will have them
swept from the seas completely" he
said.
Get behind your government and
help II In every way possible, and re-
member, we are going to win the
war but It will not bo won by talk"
was his admonition. He is n .rm be.
lever In prcparedncss-not for the
purpose Of war-but ~ q means Of
demanding peace.
At the close Of his remarks nm
''honor flag was presented to Cover
or Gvrtsr ~ tribute to Colorado In
view Of the fact that the state
has practically doubled its subscrip.
tion to the Liberty Loan. having cx.
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