Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-02
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You have selected, by the con-
gress of the Ns;;o1 and by the
Board of your ~community, to fill
the ranks of tile National Army
Your appointed task is to defend
our country frcm'the force and the
fraud of a ruthless enemy. Begin
now!
Your call to arms is coming, in
due season. Butln the meantime
your very selection by the Board of
your community marks YOU IS pos
sessing already a privilege and !.
duty. You are not only i, hsa'
arms when the time cones Ynu
dre prepare to he worthy AM
capable Begin Now!
The more you think now abou;
the things which a soldier must
know, the mole competent and sa5
isfed you will be W hen actual cell
arrives. What do you know Of a
soldiers daily duties? What do
you know of an army's organization?
What do you know of the work and
the science of it's several branchs
Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, Signal,
quartermaster, Ordnance, and the
rest? What do you know of the
weapons, the tools, and the mater.
ials that each of them uses? What
do you know of the geography of
the great battlefield of Europe?
What do you know of5the nations
arrayed for and against us? How
intelligent are you as to the causes
and objects of this war? Do you
realize that as a good soldier you
have so much to learn, and that the
sooner you learn it the better a sol
dier you will be when you arrlvei
camp? Begin now!
Do you know the man of this town
and county that are to join the ranks
with you? Have you reflected that the
greatest friendship that one man ever
has for another in this world is friend
ship that grows up between those who
have fought, side by side? Have you
realized that all of you. here in this
county, now form picked band of
brothers in arms, destined to see each
other through, in many a crises, in
the days to come? Have you made d
start of their friendships yet? Begin
now!
Have you ever thought that the en-
envy is attaching US, not only in Europe,
but at home? Have you realized that
his especial trickery consists in seek
ing to make men disloyal here in our
own community? Have you tried to
discover and suppress the cnemy's
work here in the peaceful region of our
homes? Since your appointed task is
to act as defenders of our country, why
wait tillyou are calledto camp? Your
time for that has come already. Be-
gin now!
From now on regard yourselves as
a selected fraternity of activepatriots.
Strengthen those who are week. En-
courage those who are timid. Inspire
the Inherent. Inform the ignorant.
Search out the slackers. Begin now
to make every one of you iuto a good
soldier, capable defender of our
country, in spirit, in knoledge, and
in physical fitness.
There never was a war to which men
could give themselveswith greatercon-
fidence and devotion. ThereneverwaS
a war in which a man had less excuse
for holding back. There never was a
time when man could be more deSir-
Gus to be known as a soldier. There
never will be century in the worlds
history in which a mans family. his
townsman, and his countryman, WILDE
prouder to point him out as one of
their men-one of the men who had the
Honor of being in the Army.
This is your war. You are going
to win it by what you are-good Amer
leans and good soldiers. You are
good Americans already. It will take
some time to make good soldiers out
Of you. The sooner you starttho soon
Or you arrive. Begin now
E, Fl. Crowder,
Provost marshal General.