The Colorado statesman., 1918-04-27


Club of Denver, the other day by Hon.
c. w. Waterman, members of the G. A.
r. being honored guests at the dinner,
The loyalty expressed by the speaker,
the applause which greeted his patri-
otic utterances, and the way he struck
home on matters of so much interest
to every true American, makes this
abbreviated address of interest to
every man, woman and child in Colo
rado.
In part Mr. Waterman said:
"The President of the United States,
am glad to say, has finally set out
upon the open sea of defiance with
all sails set. and by the Eternal, the
American people are going to stand by
him. The American people are begin
ming to climb to the crest where glor-
ious France and mighty England
stand. American soldiers are mount
ing to heights never before trod by
free man. America has finally started
upon the way to Belgium's tomb, and
the way to Belgium's resurrection lies
straight through Berlin, and we'll go
the route II It takes every American
dollar and every American life.
81 want to say to you, gentlemen,
that wise transcendent craftsmanship
is the need of this hour, and will be
the crying necessity of the future
Prophetic vision must clearly see, and
reason open up the way to reconstruct
the nations of the earth upon the Sc
cure foundation of lasting peace, and
when peace comes the readiustment of
our internal affairs will demand the
wisest and the mightiest men of the
republic to fashion and to direct the
course of our governments activities.
All Are United.
Questions which have heretofore
divided us have either been settled or
been obscured by the clouds of war.
New questions will be rapidly thrust
upon us, imperatively demanding
quick solution, questions involving all
the functions and policies of govern
ment, aye, perhaps the very integrity
of the government itself. These ques-
tions must be fearlessly met, not in
spirit of compromise, but with reso-
Lutte determination to know the truth.
The course of action must be tested
by the compass of reason, and where
reason and truth point there lies the
way to the peoples security.
All Must Be Heard.
Every American citizen with a mes
sage must be heard; every citizen
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feet and climb to the sanctuary of
craftsmanship; every official of the
government must serve his master, the
people; he cannot serve them and do
the bidding of caste or class or avarice
or selfish ambition. He must move
within the sphere of honest, altruistic
effort; he must drink of the clear wa
ters of love and of sympathy and of
Justice.
Universal Training Beneficial.
Universal military training will
provide a physical training and an in
tellectual training. 1t will bring about
an adaptation OF the individual to some
particular department of work so that
he will be OF service to his government
and to himself; 1t will provide an edu-
cation that will fit young men to meet
and cope with their fellowmen and
fit them to take up the trials of life
and of the world and to meet them
fearlessly and well.
"You have seen pictures, presume,
of young men who have been taken
into the service in the last year, men
n1,
panded, uncouth, unkempt, and after
three months only of training what do
we find? We find a man as straight
as an arrow, man who knows what
discipline is, n man who has been
taught to know and to obey; man
who has come to know that he owes
allegiance to his government which
gives him life and protection. That
is what you get.
Must Be Other Training.
coupled with universal military
training there should be manual and
educational training for the several
months in each year during which
they are in service. thus fitting these
young men by selection for the work
for which they are best adapted. You
know that the great majority of young
men twenty-one years of age in this
country today are utterly incapable
of entering upon any business career
of any kind of character They have
not been trained for it, and there is
not, ordinarily, anything behind them
that prods them on to get their daily
bread. We have been too rich; in
centive has been lost.
what are these cantonments,
erected at the expense of millions Of
dollars, to be used for after this war
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