Williston graphic., 1918-06-27
THE CALL to AMERICA
BY E. G. PIPP
Copyright, 1918.)

that is an active army-but she kep
men in until they were we'll trained
then they went out and others wen
in for training, and so it was until
very large portion of the male popu
lation was drilled and ready for &C
ton should necessity arise.
The military policy instituted the1
has been maintained to this day, a.
has the policy of the rulers of bend
ing their morals to their personal De
sires, and, taking the other half Q:
the step, violating agreements IN let
ter as we'll as in spirit.
) That Prussian military spirit die
not subside or even lie dormant. Wher
! others thought they had it paralyzed
it still thrived. In 1848, it had be.
themselves rebelled against it, and
come so strong that many Germans
left the country rather than submit
to its advocates. Hundreds Of thou
sands of others left later.
In 1871 it was even stronger, and
it was then that Germany reaped the
greatest harvest Of its policy, wrest-
ing Alsace and Lorraine from France.
And it is this same military spirit
that the world faces today.
Stronger, more arrogant, grown sell
fish, cold and brutal, militarism is try
ing to fasten itself on the remainder
of the world, to the profit of one ma
ton that became an armed camp
It is the fruit of this militarisn1
that one sees everywhere along the
fighting front in Europe, the mill
tarism that menaces America today
as it menaces every European coun-
try that has fought and is fighting
to prevent its spread.
To understand fully all that this
war means to us and the problems
America has to face-serious prob
lens, more serious than many of us
have realized-we must consider the
situation in four important phases.
They are:
What is it going to take thorough
ly to whip Germany
How much of it can an dwill Eng
land do?
How much of it can and will Eng
do?
How much must America do to fin
ish the job?
We cannot understand what it is
going to take to whip Germany un-
less we get something of notion of
what there is left of Germany to whip
and the method of fighting our men
must face.
In studying war conditions I had
gone into England first, where had
observed all the various activities,
with the view of watching both men
and materials from the recruiting of
the men, through the training in all
branches, to the battle front and back
base hospitals, hospital ships
and into the general hospitals; also
the manufacture of munitions from
the factory to the front and back to
the salvage plants.
This brought me to the British
front the week before the German Of
fensive of 1918 began. Driving thru
all the larger cities north of the
Somme and about rs smaller villages,
at scores of places of ;r.~
terest, I had the opportunity of OBJ
serving all the lines Of British de-
tense and to get something Of an un-
of the terrible sacrifice
that an army must make in an effort
20 break through.
AS we walked through the trench
IS and on into the various lines of
defense the British and German can
non were even then sounding out each
other's guns and trying to silence the
opposition with shell fire.
In one place there was constant
booming for two hours, the shells
flying over our heads with whiz-z-z
and whir, but they were of no great
danger to US, for they were aimed far
enough in front and back of US to
pass safely over US.
At times we stood by cannon as
they were fired at the enemy. Every
where was seen desolation. In BEL
gium and in many parts of France
the ground was all shell-holes, pitted
IN so thick that they Tapped into each
other. They were filled with muddy
water, and with stranded tanks, cam
non, shells, dead horses, helmets,
bayonets, barbed wire, wrecked trucks,
and here and there the body Of Ger
man soldier that probably had been
buried with boots and uniform but
had been blown to the surface again
by the explosion of shells.
BUFORD RED CROSS NOTES
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branch Of A. R. c. by Mrs. F. stiehl of
Mondak is much appreciated.
The same will be used for the uur.
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The geese donated to the ORGAN
ization by Mrs. Harry Scott and NJ
Jon Katy were raffled and netted
$24.50. The winners were Mrs. Alex
Lester, Mondak; Mr.. Charley Arr;va
Mondak; and Mr.. Christ Anderson
Buford.
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