Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-31

Manchester, Dec. 30-Tilc text OF
President Wilson's speech ut the Mid
land Hote! lunch follows IN part:
You have again made me feel the
cord ality of your friendship. and /
want to tell you how much | appre-
ciate it, not only on my own behalf
but on behalf of my partner. l; is very
interesting that the Lord Mayor
should have referred in his address
to very vital circumstance in our
friendship. He referred to the fact
that our men and your men have
fought side by side in the Ieat Dat.
ties. But there was more than that
in it. For the first time, upcn such
scale, at any rate, they have fought
Under u common cOmmInde-. That is
an advance which we have made up
on the previous days and what |
have been particularly interested in
has been the generosity of spirit OF
which that unity of command has
been asserted to. Not only had | the
pleasure Of meeting Marshal FCcil.
who confirmed my admiration of him
by the direct and simple manner with
which lie dealt with every subject we
tuikGi tbtlI Out it'ttt the pressure
of meeting your own commander and
| understand how they co. operated,
hccaus" | SAY that they were real
men. II takes q real man 10 suhor-
dinatc himself ana 1t takes u real SOL
der 10 know that unity OF command
is the secret Of success. That unity
OF command did swing the power OF
nations into mighty force. ] think
we all must have felt how the mo-
mcntum which got into al of the
armies which was concentrated mo
the single army and We felt we had
overcome al the obstacles.
with our unity Of command there
are unity Of spirit. The minute we
consented to Cooperate our hearts
We're drawn in together into co-Ope-
ration and So from the military side
we had given ourselves an example
for years to come. Not that in the
years 70 come We must submit to a
unity Of command. but il does seem
TO me that in the years to come we
must plan a unity Of purpose and in
that unity of purpose we shall find
q. great recOmpenSe, q Strengthening
of our spirit in everything that we
do.
There is nothing so hampering
ard nothing 81 demeaning as ieal-
ouSN. II is q cancer. II is a cancer
in the heart, not only that, but in
the countir" room. it is n cancer
throughout all the processes of civil
ization and having now seen we can
fight shoulder to shoulder we will
continue To advance shoulder to
shoulder. and ! think YOU will find
that the people Of the United States
are not the least eager for the pur-
pose. Now that there is no conf
mon enemy distrust the marring of
plans we can all feel the same eager
ness in the new combat and | feel
that there is common enterprise
before us.
I'VE are not men because we have
skill Of hand but we are men because
we have elevation of spirit. 1t is in
this spirit that we live and not in
the task of the day. If 1t is not that,
why is it that YOU hang the lads
musket or sword up above the man.
tle-piece but never hang the yard
stick up? There is nothing discredit-
able in the yard stick. 1t is alto
cether honorable but he is using it
for his own sake. But when he takes
the musket or the sword he is giving
everything and is getting nothing. 1t
is honorable not as an instrument
but as a symbol of self-sacriffce.
"A friend Of mine said very truly:
When peace is conducted in the spir-
it OF war there will he no war When
business is done with the point Of
view Of the soldier who is serving
his country. then business will be as
hstrionic as war. l believe that from
generation to generation steps Of
that sort are gaining more and more
and mon are beginning to see, not
perhaps the golden age but an age
which is conducting them from vic
tory to victory and may lead us to
an elevation from which we can sec
the things for which the heart Of
mankind has longed.'