Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-03-12
GUNFIRE IN FRANCE
BUT WAR ALSO IS
OVERHERE, HESAYS
Sergeant Marshall, Francis
Burke and Miss Hill Here in
Interest of Second Liberty
Loan

Sergeant Verne Marshall of the
United States army, One Hundred and
Twenty-sixth machine gun company
Camp Cody, Texas, has seen service in
France with the French ambulance
corps. He has been at the French camp,
where American forces are now IN train
ing, and at Verdun, wnsre the French
stemmed the advance of Germany and
made possible the writing of a victory
recording history of this war He has
heard the roar of battle, the scream and
the roar of flying and bursting shells;
he has witnessed the suffering of the
fighting, the agony of the wounded, the
humiliation and the degradation of the
defeated, and he tells you the war is
not 5000 miles away.
The sun fire is in France" says Ser
geant Marshall, who spoke in Atlanta
on Monday night at the chamber of
commerce in the interest of Liberty
bonds and thrift stamps, but not all the
fighting is being done over there. The
bloodshed, the killing, the slaughter is
5000 miles away, but the war, the fight
ing is also being waged here, in Georgia.
IN Atlanta, as well as in France, ana
the sooner we all recognize that fact,
the sooner the war will be over.
The things we do the sacrifices we
make for the boys who are represent
ing us at the front will bring them
home to us sooner; will bring more of
them home to US. 1 have seen one five
inch shell on Dead Mans hill at Verdun
kill IS men and wound 81 more. Think
what 16-inch shell might. have done
And think of the five-inch and the six
teeh-inch shells we need to defend our
boys and help them fight, and that the
money you invest in Liberty bonds and
thrift stamps is money loaned to your
boys to save their lives, to bring them
safe home again.
Sergeant Marshall in private life is
the editor of the Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
Gazette He enlisted in the French am
bulance corps early in 1915 and return
ed to the United States for service in
our army few months after our entry
into the war His ability as an ora
tor enabled him to raise $4,000 last
summer for the Red Cross and the
treasury department had him drafted"
from the army to aid in the big Lib
erty loan and thrift stamp. drive.
He arrived in Atlanta Monday morn
ing with Francis Burke, who until his
retirement several years ago represent
ed the Pittsburg district. in congress-,
ana MISS fadAldS u NOflldn
speaker of national note, to address a
body of patriotic organizations at the
chamber of commerce last night.
The three speakers Monday morning,
addressed gathering of thrift stamp
and Liberty bond workers at the cham
Der of commerce.
Mr. Burke tells business men that in
vestments in Liberty bonds will mean
an earlier close of the war and insur-
ance against continued business depres
sions brought about by the war;
while Miss Hill tells the women
of the country how their home
service will aid in the fight
abroad Both Miss Hill and Mr.
Burke begin a tour of the southeastern
states with their addresses in Atlanta.
They will speak under the auspices of
the Council of Defense, the chamber CT
commerce, and the state committees of
the Liberty loan and thrift stamp cam
paigns.
The disorganization of business
sooner if business men support the gov
eminent in it's finances as they should"
said Mr. Burke Business cannot go On
as usual so long as the war is pro-
longed. Investment in Liberty bonds
and thrift stamps will give the govern
ment the aid it needs in carrying on the
conflict and terminating it as soon as
humanity possible. IT will be an invest
ment not only in securing the happiness
of humanity for all time to come, but
also in securing an earlier return TO
normal business conditions"