Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-04-22
.SEVERNA PARK
LIBERTY LOAN RALLY.
Senator Frank M. Duvall Pre-
sides At Enthusiastic Meet
ing In County.
SGT. CARPENTER SPEAKS.
Prof. Washburn Emphasizes Ex-
treme Gravity OF The Situa-
ton After Four Years
OF Warfare.

OF Warfare.
On Thursday at p. NJ. a Liberty
Loan meeting was held at Severna
Park with an audience of about 100
persons
The meeting was arranged ly the
Mems and Womens Liberty Loan
Committees in cooperation. The To-
cal members, Mr.. l.. S, Zimmerman,
Senator f. NJ Duvall, Mrs. Teel and
Mrs Wroe. were indefatigable in pro-
noting the success of the meeting. as
were also Mrs. F. NJ. Duvall, leader of
the Third District. and Mrs. T. W.
Johnson. county chairman for the
ladies' committee
A chorus of well trained voices
opened the meeting with patriotic
songs and rendered the Star-Spangled
Banner i'm closing.
Mr.. Zimmerman introduced Senator
Duvall, who presided. The Senator
gave a short and forceful address and
then introduced the speakers.
The first address was by Prof.
Washburn, of the Naval Academy. He
called upon his auditors to realize the
increasing gravity of the situation
and to anticipate the future TO real
ize war conditions i'm other countries
after four years of warfare, he gave
details of Canada's efforts and illus
trated her spirit by the act of two
Canadian Indians just back from the
Hudson Bay with pelts. One receiv-
ing the gold which represented the
only actual cash they would receive
for whole years work. one invested
an even half i'm the Victory Loan,
which is the English equivalent to the
Liberty Loan. The other gave half
of his earnings to the Patriotic Fund
which compares with our Red Cross,
Y. NJ. C. A. and other funds Prof
Washburn declared that America,
much as she has already given to
charity and subscribed to loans, like
John Paul Jones, has not begun to
fight
The second speaker was Sergeant
Carpenter, an Englishman, who has
lived in the United States 16 years.
He joined the Red Cross and left for
France September. 1914, and spent 1S
months at the immediate front i'm the
neighborhood of Toul and Nancy.
where our boys are now holding the
line. He has been gassed, sent home,
has recovered and on the occasion of
our entry in the war, Immediately
volunteered. He is now at Camp
Meade.
AS a member of the Red Cross
Unit, before the United States entered
the war, the Sergeant had been
among the German soldiers as well as
among the French. He said RAT Kul-
tur" was a word he could not define,
but he made clear to the audience
what il is, for "by their works ye shall
know them" With his own eyes he
had seen atrocities the fruits of that
malignant Kultur. He saw girl cru
Gifted, others who had suffered death
and worse than death at the hands OF
German officers, children with their
hands cut off, soldiers with their eyes
gouged out. He made the point that
if we do not fight Kultur in France we
must fight it on American soil. In
deed, we have the German with us at
home. IL is he who whispers "it is
not our war" who tells the drafted
man, why should you have to fight
for France or England" who tells the
workman, strike"
He described the need of supplies,
particularly hospital supplies which
even now are not adequate. In early
times the dying and the dead had to
be robbed for the sake OF those who
still had a chance for life. The boys
are willing TO give their lives If need
be They understand why they fight,
they do not complain If they are call
ed upon to bear amputation without
anaesthetics or death with no solace
but cigarette. They need TO know
that at home supplies are being pro-
vided to the best of our ability and
that every one at home is backing
them up in every way. Back them up
with your money! Back them up!
Mr.. Zimmerman called for subscrip-
tions to the Loan and with sums large
and small the total OF $500 was soon
reached
Mr.. Beam, of the Maryland Food
Administration, made an announce
ment of prizes for war gardens, and
Mrs. Johnson made an announcement
to the county women of the new rest
room to be provided for them through
the generosity of Mr.. Holiday She
gave Miss Brady credit for suggesting
the idea which the Council is now put
ting through. 1t is a reminder of
Miss Brady's successful year as a
demonstrator for Anne Arundel
County.