Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-22
SEC, Of WAR BAKER
EXPLAINS At,.ER|CA' s
IMMEDIATE TASK
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There was much speculation as to what
tbe secondary would talk about, with the
cessation of fighting SO recent, that the
country has hardly graspcd ITS slgnihcahee
Rcolizing that his audience represented
those whose ideals and hopes Tor me
f,,t,,re are in sympathy with his own. even
Il not commensurate with ms khoWitoSc
and experience. the secretary poih'cd tue
way knowing that an audience oi on
s,,ri,crs .cagtIc workers and ~NWrat hlH'fS'
gathered from many tatcs III inns touh-
trv and from similar agcncicS IN iorclph
land-. would take up that challenge tor
thr future. that he rang out, and tha' ms
vision for The future would be extended
onJ amnliGed He knew he could look 10
,urb =, gathering TO have his hopes Jnade
ota realities. his prcdIctICnS changed to
a.fs At many points to wAS appiahl'd'
pIi far the most part there was rapt
7Ienrn M one wanted to mss word
rom the American. who spoke 81 Ahefi'a'
INST ISSUING from Il crl>Is, Iust entering
rr,tjr3l period of rcadIustfncni he &C.
caslon was tense and moment"hs
WoRruY on tut VICTORY
..rhe nrohlcm, tie secretary sald,
g. III, ~ da to hc worthy 0t the VIC
tor,- yyc have won Triumph Is valn and
,snl,ss unless the fruits OF Il are cAught
,,d woven INTO our life and unless
mr. lrfc i rnnoblcd and cnuthei hy ~
tni.-,r:i was Il nation gwen 10 ind' StrN
,L .,,,4ncrcc We devoted ourselves 10
.he,u with restless energy We were ~"
million strong, and suddenly cahc itl'
all 10 mobilize uar industrial. nlofal,
,nrlinc mower We were surprised ai
n1r concentration one one purpose. "
st.ggf
were a cosmopolitan pcoTle hul tu' y
mcflt III democracy ran ~ deep hal tN''
differences of race and religion disapicd'a
Emergency brought out strong III
yirllr nation. organized over mEh', HNil
and means gwen tor the saiNtu''i -
principles on which the structure ''N!yn
Na won't from private gam 10 puhhc
,,,t..r,,r;sc N . spirlt as tine rs that with
,b,cb the American youth left the plough
hare for the army
prMoCRtTtc SYSTEM
Ii any there we're who disapproycd
he draft system Their objections were
7hltcrated by the WY ~ Whch 'i'
,ecrttarv Described tic mohillha'loh
We went through tie country ~ PEI
cctlv democratic system. nc sad ",
.0nl 4 cross section ~ the Young 'lI' ~
America There were no 0stllfh'''''>
from d campaign di ftETuttiI
llltv with cuol cicar eve and went from
nr,,i>c1 motNr, The American army
made M 81 farmers. arti>al Il S'h'"
hovs. college boys. participated oi' ,Pi3i
I'm. wifb veterans ii France and Ing
land. who had borne the struggle Tor io,i
wears and had been th'lr Instructors ~
hose last hours they stood sfonldcF I"
.hottl3rr in x1ndicatian III common pun-
,,lrs The \ncr,can army Vas remark
ihle tor its Youth, sturotu'SS and haPIh-
acs. only those who SAN tie Nncrlcan
.aI,I,or SWING along the road. III France
...,,,Ircaliz, the immense elevation al Spiri'
With which that army llvCd ard fought
They learned 70 fight like heroes and
.hev lived like gentlemen.
'@The outstanding thing was the way. n
Shich the American people surrounded
heir army with an environment 81 the
virtues ~ YOUTH VAS the secretary
,cglnning of part Of his speech n winch