The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-02

and exacting tasks they had under
taken. and they performed them with
an exactly and unhesitRtiug cour'
age that touch the story of convoy
and battle with iuporiahable diRtinc.
tiou az every turn. whether the enter
princ wer- great or sSnaii--from their
great chiefs. PcrshlnK and stnn.
down tn the youngest lieutenant. and
their men were worthy of them
such men na hardly need 10 be coin.
rnanaed. and ro 20 their terrible al
venture blithely and with tho quick
iutoiltErn nee Of thuae who know just
what u n they would accomplish.
Proud Of United states Fightefs
arm proud TO bs the fellow eoun.
tryman OF men OF such stuff and val
or. Tho~c of us who stayed at home
did our duty. the war could not have
t~~en won. or the gallant rncr who
fought Il given their opportunity 70
win IL otherwise. but for many "a long
DAY we shall think oudaeivea ne
curs'd we were not there. and hold
our manhood cheap whilo any speak
that fought" with those nt 81 Mihlcl
or Thierry.
The memory of thosa days Of tri
wnphant hattie will 80 with these
fortunate men To their graves. and
each will have his favoriic memory,
"Old men forget. you shall all b.
forgot. but he'll rcnsmber with al
Vantages what feota be did that day"
What We all thank God for
with the deepest gratitude y that
our men went ln force into the
linz Of battle Just at the critical
usosneni, when the whole fate of
the world seemed 10 hang in the
balance. and threw their fresh
strength into the ranks Of free
dom In time to turn the whole
tide and sweep Of the fatrfnl
strtiggIc--turn u once for all. NO
that hcnceforth II was back.
back. back for their enemies. al
ways back. never again forward
After that II was only a acaut four
months before the commanders 81
the central empires knew themselves
beaten. and now their very empires
are m iiiGilAtpui
And thru 1t ali. how fine the spirit
of the nation was. what unity OF pur
I pose. what untiring zeal
I What leavcn of purpose ran thru
all It's splendid display Of strength.
I rs untiring accomplishment I have
said that those ~ us who stayed at
I home 10 do the work OF organization
a ~ t-ttrt,tts tp1t ,fss-,,,s. 18th tI.t 49,,
had been with men whom we sus.
/ tained by our labor but we can never
be ashamed
An Inspiring Work
II has been an inspiring thing "a
be here In the midst Of fine men who
had turned aside from every private
interest Of their own and devoted the
whole Of their trained capacity to the
tagks that supplied tho sincws Of the
mole undertaking.
The patriotism. the unselfishness
the thorogoing devotion and distin
Fuished capacity that marked their
toilsomc labors day after day, month
after month. have made them M
mates and comrades Of the men In
tHf bFh'ifH ana on iflf h'tA~
Praises Nations Workers
And not the men here in Washing
ton only. They have but directed
the vast achievement. Thruout innu
mcrable factories. upon innumerabls
farms, In the depths Of coal mines
and iron mines and copper mines
wherever the stuffg OF Industry wer,
10 be obtained and prepared. in the
shipyards. on tho railways. at tho
docks. on the sea. IN every labor that
was needed 10 sustain the battle lines
men have We'd with each other TO dc
their part, and do II well
They can look any man-atarms In
the face and say. We also Htrove Il
win. and gave tho best that was IN
us 10 make our fleets and armies
Ccapabloi Of their trlumphsr
Iauds American Women
And what shall we say Of the
women of their instant intclligcnc,
auickening every task that they
touched. their capacity for organlza
ton and cooperation which gave
their action discipline and enhanced
the effectiveness Of everything they
attempted and their aptitude al
tasks 10 which they had never be
fore set their hands. their utter self
sacrifice alike In what they did au,
in which they gave2
Their contribution 10 tho grcat
result is beyond appraisal. They