The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-11-08

to show the recognition of the brotherhood of man, to show that
the division of man into sects or orders is largely imaginary,
than the binding1together in one effort, in one purpose, seven
different organizations? This war is being fought by the
United States not for more territory, not for booty or for spells,
but that the children of the present day and those that come
after them may live the lives God intended for them to live un-
trammelled by the sword and undsmayed by the scepter Of
any king or potentate. Where is the man or woman so power
ty stricken of heart who would not lay his all upon the altar Of
childhood? Breathes there a man with soul so dead or with
ear so deaf that he can not be made to hear the pleading voice
of a child?
But all this aside. Our boys are in the war. Some are in
the trenches. Some are ready to go into the trenches. Some
are in the hospitals. Some this very hour, yea this very min
ute, are dying upon the battlefelds and IN the hospitals far'
far away from home. These boys tell us what these activities
are doing for them. They tell us that the men and women
supported by these agencies are true and noble and that they
are, just as far as it is possible, doing for the soldiers what the
father, the mother, the sister, the wife or the brother at home
would do for them. They are at their bedside when sick.
They are the first to them when wounded. They go with them
into the very jaws of death. Do you want that done for your
boy? 1t may be true that you have no son or blood of your.
own in the Army, but if you are worthy of the name you bear
and the country you live in, you know that every boy over there
is every true Americans boy.
Stand up and be a man or back out and brand yourself
what in your heart of hearts you know the man to be who will
not contribute of what is allotted him to ameliorate the condit-
ions of others.
very own are in the Army. The boys are fighting our fight.
The best argument for these organizations is the testimony
letter from Jesse P. Ross, son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Ross, for
merly of Cascilla, but now residents of Poolville, Texas: The
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France, and appeared in the Weatherford, Texas, Democrat of
October 25th. He is a member of the headquarters company,
258 regiment, Goth division:
There is another thing want to say, that is about the Y.
M. C. A. and Red Gross. Of course, the Red Cross and the Sal
walton Army are doing one of the greatest things that is being
done in the world to-day, and out there in your country you
know and contribute more to it than any other welfare organi-
cation Keep it up. But ask any soldier where he spends
his little time off, where he writes his letters, where he gets
this or that, who braves barbed wire, solid barrages, and hell it.
self to bring you cigarettes, chocolates and hot coffee, who
looks after his money orders, his property, everything he has
outside the Army, who furnishes his music and reading. All
in all, ask him who is his real Army daddy, and he will say
the Y" Some folks will say, ooh, they shouldn't have cigars
and cigarettes. It's injurious to chew tobacco" Just think;
suppose you were ordered over the top at 5 a. m. without any
breakfast and the fight was so hot you were forced to drop
your pack, reserve rations and everything you had but your
weapons and ammunition in order that you could protect your
own hide, that you went so far and fast and tore up the ground
until the kitchen could not stay up with you, that you did it
today, tonight and all day tomorrow, then when the "Y" man
crawled along by your side and handed you a package Of ciga-
rettes, a cut of chewing tobacco or a canteen of hot coffee.
Say, do you smoke or chew, or drink coffee" It's great and
if we had to give them all up but one, am sure the vote would
be for the "Y" to a man. In most of the cities where we have
been the Americans have to get permission from the A. P. M.
military police to enter the hotels and cafes, but you can always
find a ~" or Red Cross or Salvation Army tent where you can
get a good meal from one to two and One-half francs depends
on whether it be breakfast, lunch or dinner"