Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-28


is merely branch of great inter-
national organization, which IS not
only recognized by the statutes OF eacn
of the civilized governments OF the
world, but it is recognized by inter
national agreement and treaty as the
recognized and accepted Instrumental
ity of mercy and succor. And one OF
the deepest stains that rests upon the
reputation of the German army is that
they have not respected the Red Cross.
Members of Great Fraternity.
'That goes to the root of the mat
ter. They have not respected the in
Strumentality they themselves partlci-
pated in setting up as the thing which
no man was to touch, because it was
the expression of common humanity.
We are members, by being members of
the American Red Cross, of great
fraternity and cOmradeship which ex-
tends all over the world and this cross
which these women bore today is an
emblem of Christianity itself
at fills my imagination, ladies and
gentlemen, to think of the women all
over this country who are busy to-
night and are busy every night and
every day doing the work of the Red
Cross, busy with a great eagerness to
find out the most serviceable thing
to do, busy with forgetfulness of all
the old frivolities of their social re-
lationships, ready to curts.il the duties
of the household in order that they
may contribute to this common work
that all their hearts are engaged in,
and in doing which their hearts be-
come acquainted with each other.
One Great Family.
when you think of this, you real
ize the people of the United States
are being drawn together into great
intimate family whose heart is being
used for the service of the soldiers
not only, but for the service of civil
ians, where they suffer and are lost
in a maze of diStresses and diStrac-
lions.
and you have, then, this noble pic
ture of justice and mercy as the two
servants of liberty. For only where
men are free do they think the
thoughts of comradeship; only where
they are free do they think the
thoughts of sympathy; only where
they are free are they mutually help
full, only where they are free do
| they realize their dependence upon
one another and their comradeship in
a common interest and common neces-
sity.
Tells Indian Story.
81 heard a story told the other day
that was ridiculous, but it is worth
repeating, because it contains the
| germ of truth. An Indian was enlist
! ed in the army. He returned to the
reservation on a furlough. He was
asked what he thought Of it. He said:
No much good; too much salute; not
! much shoot Then he was ask:
Are you going back? Yes
"'Well, do you know what you are
fighting for? Yes, me know; fight
to make whole damn world democrat
| ic party
No Party Purpose.
"He had evidently misunderstood
some innocent sentence Of my own.
But, after ALL although there is 10
party purpose in it, he got it right as
far as the word party to make the
whole world democratic in the sense
of community of interest and of pur-
pose, and if you ladies and gentlemen
could read some of the touching dis
patches which come through official
channels, for even through these
channels there come voices of hui
mainly that are infinitely pathetic, If
you could catch some of those voices
that speak the utter longing of \op-
pressed and helpless peoples all over
the world to hear something like the
Battle Hymn of the Republic to hear
the feet of the great hosts of liberty
going to set them free, to set their
minds free, set their lives free, set
their children free, you would know
what comes into the heart of those
who are trying to contribute all the
brains and power they have to thi;
great enterprise of liberty.
81 summon you to the comradeship,
l summon you to say how much and
how sincerely and how unanimously
you sustain the heart of the world"
President Leads Parade
The president marched on foot
through Fifth avenue earlier in the
day at the head of $4,000 soldiers of
mercy.
Then, standing in the reviewing
stand, he gravely saluted the colors as
the women of the Red Cross filed past.
They marched in a seemingly endless
line, bearing their flags as bravely and
wearing their uniforms as proudly as
the nations fighting men.
The miles of whte-gowned women
marchers made mute but heart-stir-
ring appeal to the million who watched
; them for one quarter of the 100000
900 their organization asks from the
, nation to carry on its work of relief
and Succor.
Only One of 1900.
The great procession was described
as 'only one of 1000 parades, with
5,0OO,OO0 Red Cross workers marching
on the same afternoon In the United
( States" to draw from spectators the
dollars which will mean so much to
r the soldiers of America and the allies
} Footsore and weary before they had
t gone half the distance, the women
; trudged along as gamely as any col
2 umn of regulars.
: Those with gray hair-thousands OF
{ them-marched as bravely as theil
D younger sisters, many carrying serv
ice flags, and they marched. amazingly
well.
' With faces aglow with high resolve
: they looked like modern crusaders.
( Probably never before had New
e York seen such a demonstration OF
D patriotism.
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