New-York tribune., 1918-01-31

coupl'sh tkat. We arc the most waste
ful, eXtravagant people upon the face
or the earth. Unless we can save ont
, OF our supcrfuity and by well devised
mach'uery give the benefit of our say
ing to our army we shall lose this war
Not Merely Taik-Act
Are we gong to go back to ou,
homes tonight and sit in comfort and
luxury and leisure HHd do nothing while
our soldiers lose their lives for want
Of proper implcmen.s and support If
not. then we must do something Not
merely feel; not merely talk. We must
act. There is nothing so dcmoraliznc
IN this world as sentiment which
finds no outlet in action"
Mr.. Root then outlined the details
of the War Savings Stamp plan for
investment, and box OCCUPANTS, whose
names are to be found in the Social
Register and the Directory of Dircc-
tors, applauded voc;fcrously when he
declared:
Each one of us must save some
thing. Buy less of this. less Of that.
Save the crust of bread. wear one dress
less. one suit Of clothes less, one pair
of shoes less. Say mo- here. and no
there and no elsewhere. and return
from our habits Of waste and thought
fathers"
Commander J. X. Taussig. U. S. n,
recently returned from North Sea pa
troll, told of his experiences in stalking
the willy submarine. Commander Taus-
sig commanded a destroyer which, fol-
loving the entrance of the United
States into the war in April last, was
ordered TO proceed to Queenstown to
cooperate with the British fleet. The
secrecy with which fleet movements are
shrouded was shown by the speakers
description of the manner in which he
received his sailing orders.
Received Secret Orders
"At $3.50 one night I received orders
to proceed TO my home navy yard to fit
out for distant service" he said. "What
vase before us | did not know. Five
other commanding officers of destroy.
ers received similar orders. At o'c lock
the following morning we left Chesa-
peake Bay and were on our way t.
! New York and Boston at high speed.
$50 anxious was the Navy Depart
ment to KEEP our destination secre
| that none of the commanders were in
formed concerning it. We went to th.
navy yard. where the ships were over
hauled. We took on stores and pro
NlSlOuS 10 ldSt tnroc months. In
few days we sailed. My orders were t,
proceed to a point fifty miles east o
Cape Cod and then open my sealed in
structlons. Until | got to that poin
| did not know we were bound 70
Queenstown"
Lieutenant j. s. Smith, of the 77t}
Division, United States Army, sta
toned at Camp Upton, told of his cx
periences on the Flanders firing lin
with the 29th Canadian Regimen,
Lieutenant Smith enlisted with tn
Canadian organization at the begin
nlng of the European war. He nc
ferred to recent charges of "gross i'm
morality" against the American troop
IN France as "camouflage of the wors
kind"
Noted Men Present
The audience included p. s. Hill
president of the American Tobacco
Company; James Lane Warren, vice
president OF the L. w. Bliss Company
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, General viii
lam A. Mann, Darwin p. kingsley
president Of the New York Life Insur
ance Company; William Fellowes Nor
gan, L. II. Outerbridge, president @
the Chamber Of Commerce; Edwar
Reynolds, vice-pres ident of the Posta
Telegraph Company; Haley Fiske, vice
president of the Metropolitan Life In
surance Company; William G.. WILCOX
former president Of the Board of Edu
cation; Peter j. Brady, Mrs Courtlan
b. Barnes, Pierre Jay, L. n. Bethe
Mrs: Mortimer n. Buckner and G. W
Parkhurst.