The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-12-27

! each one OF you Tue Messh6e 'A0t
know you are longing to receive from
those at home who love, you can
not do that, but I can tell you how
every one has put his heart into 1t.
So you have done your duty. ana some
thing more You have done your duty
and you have done 1t with q spirit
which gave it distinction and glory.
| "And now we are to nail the fruits
of everything. You conquered, when
you came over. what you came over Tor
and you have done what it was ap-
pointed for you to do l know what
you expect Of me. Some time ago
gentleman from one Of the countries
with which we are associated, was dis
cussing with me the moral aspects Of
this war and l said that II, we did not
| insist upon the high purpose which we
have accomplished the end would not
be justified.
Everybody ut home is proud Of you
and has followed every movement of
this great army with confidence and
affection '.r -''~f' ~
'.The whole people of the United
States are now awaiting to welcome
you home with an acclaim which prob
ably has never greeted any other army,
because our country is like this coun-
try, we have been so proud Of the
stand taken; (of the MrposeD for
which this war was entered by the
United States. -
"You knew what we expected Of you
and you did it. l know what you and
the people at home expected Of me;
and am happy to say, my fellow
countrymen, that do not find in the
hearts Of the greater leaders with
whom it is my privilege now to cooper
ate any difference Of principle or Of
fundamental purpose.
ut happened that it was the priv
! ilege of America to present the chart
| for peace, and now the process OF set
Element has been rendered compare
lively simple by the fact that all the
nations concerned have accepted that
chart, and the application of these
principles laid down there will be their
application. The world will now know
that the nations that fought this war,
rs well as the soldiers who represented
them are ready to make good, make
good not only in the assertion OF their
own interests, but make good in the
establishment Of peace upon the perma-
nent foundation of right and justice.
This is not war in which the SOL
diers Of the free nations have obeyed
masters. You have commanders, but
you have no masters. Your very CON-
manlers represent you in representing
the nation of which you constitute so
distinguished a part.
| "And everybody concerned in the set
Element knows that it must be peo-
pies peace and that nothing must be
done in the settlement Of the issues Of
the war which is not as handsome as
the great achievements Of the armies
Of the United States and the allies.
1T is difficult, very difficult, men.
Ein any normal speech like fhis, to show
You my zeal heart sYou men probably
i do not nealize with what anxious at
a.teAtinh and eAfes We have followed ev-
\ PFys Step you 1hayal ADVANCED and how
fpfds4g*E areI tn fsess'step was in
\ advance and not III Ntreaf; that every
time you set your face in any direc-
ton you kept your face in that direc.
ktionaaFi ts:.issrirt; Is t<&.nsS
"A thrill has, gone through my heart.
as It Nhas gone through the he,lrts of
every America NJ with almost every gun
that was fired and every stroke that
was struck in the gallant fighting that
fyou have DONE, and there has been
only. one regret In America, ana that
H was the regret that every NAH tlArc
ltt6o,n ~ 'c'"''o" - 'Yt'"3'} '%.','"
IA 1T has been d hard thing to perform
the tasks TN the United States; it has
been a hard thing TO fake part in di.
recting what you did without coming
over and helping YOU TO do it. 1t has
taken lot Of moral courage to stay
at home. But we are proud to back
you up everywhere that it was posi-
hle to back you up. And now I am
happy to find what, splendid names
YOU have made for yourselves among
the civilian population of France as
well as among your comrades in the
armies Of the French and it is q fine
testimony to you men that these peo-
pie like you and love you and trust
YOU, and the finest part Of it all is
that you deserve their trust.
Il feel a, cOmradcship with YOU to-
day which is delightful. rs look down
upon M1se undisturbed fields %and
think msthe terrible scenes Trough
which You, have gone and realize how
the quietS7Of peace, the tranquility Of
settled hopes has descended atlpon? us,
And, while 1t is hard. far away from
home TO- bid You a4Mcrry Christmas,
| can. I think. promise you Happy
New Year and l can from the bottom
OF my heart say God bless YOU.
After the review President Wilson
and party went to- Montigny le Roi,
where he and Mrs. Wilson took their
Christmas dinner. rNs
In the afternoon the president visit
ed the troops I'm their billets He re-
turned to Chaumont in time to leave
ut g o'clock for London,