The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-26

This newspaper is member of the
wisconsin Patriotic Press Association
and pledges its incorporated loyalty
to our Government in this war.
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Coming Back Through the Flame.
Kenosha county boys who have held
your place and mine in the line on the
! fighting front, have begun to drift back
"thropgh the flame; They are coming
with the jaunty trench hats, with the
tbars of service on their arms, and the
wonderful story of service on their lips
tand the call to new service in their
l hearts. Some of them have come back
with the silver bar showing that they
felt the sting Of the bayonet and the
rush Of blood as they fell fighting.
They are coming back as a new inspira-
ton to us at home, pleading ''Keep
right on doing your part" They come
with good report. They say "Your
boys are fighting bravely. They are
not firing in the great duty that they
must perform. They are going for
ward, facing the grueling warfare of the
Hun with the understanding that you
people here at home are going to do
your part.
Tho flag has been boosted little
higher on account Of the story of how
we'll these men have fought, of how
bravely they have died. The boys who
come back bring the call of red blood
to red blood.
It's been six months now since the
first of the boys we sent away from
Kenosha went into the front line
marched down singing to bare their
breasts to the enemy of decent civil
cation. We can take an inventory Of
what we are getting for the sacrifices
that we are making and no one who
has heard the story of the returning
soldiers can hesitate for minute to de-
clare that they have given full value for
every sacrifice that has been made,
These boys who have come back are
proving that war is not all bloodshed
and carnage. They are proving that
with the carnage comes the chance for
heroic action, that with it comes COM
radeship and a new union of all men
who fight the common battle of world
liberty. They come back to make others
better able to fight and every one of
them stands ready to go back and again
take his place in the front line. These
boys know what it means to come back
through the flames. They know all
about what war is now and yet with
the supreme devotion to Che cause of
their nation, they declare that they
are ready to start right back and take
the chance all over again.
The inventory that Kenosha is max
ing of war this week will show that of
the thousand men that this city who
have fought and are fighting in France
but five have made the supreme sacri-
fee; less than a score of the Kenosha
men have been carried back to the base
hospital suffering from wounds. Not
single Kenosha boy has given his life
from disease in camp. The men who
come back declare that they are
healthy, we'll fed and well clothed and
that in the heart of every man is still
burning that enthusiastic desire to serve
to the fullest extent.
The report of these men show that
all that Kenosha has done to finance
the war has brought real returns. Their
reports show that the dollars which
have been expended for Liberty bonds
have been used to make the American
army the greatest body of healthy
fighting men that the world has ever
produced. Let's just take some of the
figures ia regard to where our money
goes and when we look at these figures
we must feel that we cannot be slow to
buy this new issue Of the loan bonds.
Since the beginning of the war, we
have spent for army use $37 100000 for
-four; $14,000,0o0 for sugar; $40, 100000
for bacon; $12,o00,000 for beans;
100000 for canned tomatoes, and
$3,00o,000 for rice These are only
some Of the large items in our army S
bill Of fare We have spent $126,000000
for shoes; over $500,000,000 for clothing,
winter and summer; nearly $l50,000,00O
for blankets
Our axes for the army have cost
over $6,oo0,00o; our rolling kitchens
$47 100000 and field range $1,5O0,O00
The army is using 100000 shovels
costing $1.00 piece. Our motor trucks