El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-02

dience TO command and submission TO
discipline.
Many have given up lives OF ease
and luxury and are bending their
backs TO the hardest physical labor.
They have given up all thought Of self
in the service Of humanity. and all
stand ready 10 give up life itself that
liberty may not perish from the eart1-
ssNOu let Us take account Of
what we ut home are giving up.
We are giving MP an extra spoon
full of sugar, or a little white
flour in our bread. We are giving
up our money in fnxes and out OF
our abundance, we are lending
the government. True, many are
giving what Is most precious
their loved Ones-as n vfcarious
sacrifice for Hberty's sake.
That this sacrifice may not be IN
vain, we must lend and lend again,
as often as our country calls How
can we hold back or hesitate when
we look over TO the battlefields OF
France and see not only the wonder
full deeds Of our boys. but the glOri-
Gus spirit which moves them2 Never
since time began has It fallen TO the
lot Of any country 10 wage such war
as this We now Wage-noL for gain
or conquest. but for freedoms sake
alone have we sent our millions OF
men and boys across 5000 miles OF
ocean TO fight on foreign soil
Army Wants Victory.
The world knows that we have
thrown our tremendous strength. our
boundless resources into the balance
to save humanity from the most over
whelming catastrophe which has ever
yet menaced its well being, and We
know that we have an army which,
from its splendid commander in chief
q TeraarH
itself without reservation to the COM
plete fulfillment OF this great task.
Whatever may satisfy US here at
home, 1 know from personal contact
with our officers and men in France
that they viii never be satisfied with
anything short Of absolute and utter
defeat Of Germany: and they want to
90 at Il hammer and tongs and fight
out the issue in open warfare
Spirit Of America Flames.
f7The spirit Of our boys famed up
along the River Marine in the terrible
DAYS of July and made the name Cha
teau Thierry equally immortal in the
history OF liberty and in the history
Of America
Let me read a few paragraphs from
the letter from an American officer.
Can't. Jack Prior. well known in FL
Paso. who lived through those terri
bic DAYS and nights of the second
battle OF the Marine:
"'At the appointed time to the sec
ond. whatever there is in the seventh
hell fell with tenfold its weight upon
the sleeping Boche lines. The sky
was one glaring mass Of squirting fire
and with each flash its charge Of high
explosive, shrapnel or gas. At first
the astounding roar simply engufed
me It seemed a dream to me and
that must shake it off or go mad, but
! fnstinctively looked at my watch
and we had five seconds to wait 1
cIenched my whistle in my teeth, drew
a deeD breath and let her go with all
my power Amid all that roar. /
hardly thought il would be heard, but
I had no sooner started over than the
whole army seemed TO be rushing over
with me. our men were ike so many
furies Some men near me were MT
and fell. others we're badly wounded,
put kept on going like demons from
. the deepest depths.
Pour Liquid Hell.
Then the artillery began TO move
up. Here they came down the ROAD az
q Iuii Eallop- Il was not gallops u
" a mad tear. a race where the lull
power OF man and beast were put
70 70 tHe TEST TO cover the advance OF
---etI IeLoW comrades with the guns
ana pay onets- I have never seen such
Lent "A AAAA AAAAN "a
OF aFtlliery going to beat hell down
road shattered by shell holes, strewn
with DEBRIS; on they came like a liv-
in5 asalahcne- Then they swung into
the field. crossed the wire e1tsngle-
mennts which had been cut by the
tanks: and before one could realize it.
their liquid he'll onto the Roche
lines.
And so It went for five davs Then
others came to take our Mac. -
they are still going on jusf Il, -
had started We fought for five 80
and five nights without sleep ana v-f,t7
damned little Of anything but san
fire. We had plenty Of that. Our
tillery is magnificent. but take M
hat off TO the Boche. They can sr-e
shoot a barrage- Yet, on the other
hand, II did not seem to make anv
impression on our men, Why. they
would charge liquid fire, I believe.
Yes, we lost lots. and fine men
they were, too, but our share Of the