The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-28
By RHETA CHILDE DORR.

hundreds IF miles Of territory pehlha
, tho battle lines our men, with haru Nll1
rrueIing labor. have built the lnoustridl
forts that in this nrtctlcai age
necessary to An artny's life Inc! hasc
i, established n hasc or supplies for MIL
lions Of lighting men. They have punt
/ barracks. airdumeS. hospitals ware
houses. factories and repair shops.
They have laid railroads.. built
| wharvcs. drcdGtd great river tnes
have done more. oru men, IMAM nis mem.
selves in trenches over there. They nave
shown Europe and IN" "orio ING ~.
heart and metal nr America. What Trey
have built will remain monument LOT
generations To point 10 and ADMIRE
In Paris there stands n noble monu-
nent 10 our Washington. and a. no great
distance there Is another 10 inc ruEScu
giant. Abraham Lincoln. Each fcoiu-
arv the French people 80 ana LAY
! wrcaths on. these nlonum' ntS. For =:
they have done this. and since April H.
il9l1, they have kept their co!ors en-
twincd with ours there.
Those statues are symbols OF inc MS
toric friendship OF France and America
| like 10 think that after the war. %hen
great ships sail out ~ an ancient port Q.
, France. tho sailors will remember that
i.oncc thty had 20 wait for the h!Ehcst
tide. but that American Drawn and en-
einccring skill Scoopcd out the centuries
OF sand and silt that their biggest trans
ports might pass with case.
| like TO believe that France will grow
and prosper because Of the railroads we
I laid down. the wharvrS and warehouses
We built Not in u spirit OF boaSt.ul-
ness. but If love and gratitude do |
wish tina, France may benefit from the
ihincs We have created on her soil.
like IN think that the France OF to-
morrow and thr belgium which will be
: healthier. happier.
! stronger Of mind and soul Tor the work
Of our Red Cross. for All tn" rcllt1 ana
surcor we have been able tn send there.
They will never forget. those martyred
R"lgians. thns" hard pressed french. Our
troops never pass through a village. our
flag never appear that the children IN
the strccI fail TO salute.
Once they had reason 10 believe. thcs"
brave allies in Europe. thn' "" were
merely generous III money. thnt We WET"
willing to give unly out or our over
flowing pockets Hut since W. began 10
give our men they think otherwise They
know now that everything we have
everything wr arc. is pl"dE"d'In the nEht
against tyranny and tn" worlds woe.
This spring and summer wall sec the
preliminary work of building nm army
, we'll nigh completed. and the men who
: hnvc been handling picks and shovcls.
thns" who have hccu learning the war
Enmr. tho mon IN camps and army
schools will I've rrndy 10 fight. Already
they have won their spurs in II dozen
f!crrr rneaSrmrrts. and not yet has
any fiEht IF theirs brcu lost. Already
American soldiers arc in .AlSncr. Eight
! inG IN what Germany calls her soil. hut
! which will never be hers. even In name.
! n Snin.
t'an yru imagine tho wild joy. the re-
newr, hope the uuiCkrnrd spirit that
fills the hearts ri tn" men who have
hrrn fighting fnr nearly four years:
| Against icrrhlr odds. aEain$: one ally
which German cunning poisoned 10
drnth. almost against hop" our allies
have fought. Thank heaven that We
! came UP In time.
There IL onc question every returned
correspondent IS asked and tho aucS-
| tinr has h"rn put I" me. hut IN these
u RI iclcs | have never answered It.
| When will tho war end: | am going 10
answer II now. Not in terms OF years.
! because !. no moro than tho greatest
general. can do that. Tn" war is going
IL md when II Is won. Not n day. not
an hour before. Much fighting. h0rrIhl"
puffrrinE enormous Snrrificc lie h"-
! tween us and victory. hut victory is
sure
We shall lnsr thcusa nds. hundreds nf
! thousands, Il may h". tiut for every
! American soldier that falls eight Ger