The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-05-03
THIRTY SELECT men
GO TO CAMP JACKSON
Quota From 0bion County Leave
Saturday-Crowds Gather.

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Board, reported last Saturday and
were enrolled for military duty
They were called together and ap-
peared at the park at l o'clock,
crowds of relatives and friends hay
ing assembled to give them good
cheer and to say goodbye.
The young men were seated on the
platform, together with members of
the Local Exemption Board and the
speakers of the occasion.
Mayor Pittman was the first speak
er, addressing a word of encourage
ment to the young men and praising
them for their patrabtism and 10y
atty. 1t is a credit to the city to be
represented by such stalwart sons as
these who go to defend our liberties
in the great European conflict.
DR.. C. w. Miles was introduced by
w. e. Hudgins, and he spoke regard
ing the cause and the necessity OF
national defense.
The people of the world are facing
"a crisis and that crisis involves the
liberty of the human race. Either
we must submit to serfdom or fight
for liberty. The famous declaration
of Patrick Henry, "Givc me Liberty
or Give me DEATH" was never more
hot SC a time
in the history of the world when the
end of kings must come, or we must
be forever lost. 1t is life or death,
We are now at war with race,
which, as far as history gives us
any record, is noted for its barba-
rism. The first of the house OF
Hohenzollern was a noted highway
man and bandit chief. Down the
march of time these people have had
their periods of savagery. They have
either forced submission from their
own weak dependencies or waged
savage warfare with other nations.
1t has always been in the name of
Prussianism, of military tyranny,
which has no standard but that of
the brute.
1t is this foe we must face, and
in the name of God we must defend
human life and liberty from such
a foe.
Judge Swiggart was introduced by
G. w. Miles, Jr. The Judge spoke at
some length, delivering an interest
ing address including an extensive
history of the war. He traced the
war on down from the time Russia
began to mobilize her troops for gen.
eral defense against the designs of
Germany The assassination OF
Prince Ferdinand and his consort /
was merely an incident. Germany
had been making specific plans for
war months and years before.
Germany with her most powerful
war machine, the greatest in the
history of the world, began to crush
her enemies. First is was peaceful,
unoffending little Belgium. Then it
was Roumania and Servia, and again
it was Russia. Italy was the object
of the next invasion, but the defense
halted it. During the march of this
bloody tyrant in Europe the rights
of the seas were interrupted. Amer
lean citizens travelling the high seas
on peaceful missions were attacked
and sent to death in the deep, all
without provocation, unless it was
they travelled on enemy merchant
men. Our nation waived this bloody
crime in the name of peace only to
be visited by others just as bold and
bloody. The German Government
had agreed to discontinue this sub
marine policy, but events proved that
the agreement was made to secure
special advantages when the or
der was given to continue submarine
warfare, with the enormous areas of
the war zone increased.
Judge swgggart then gave his at
tention to the consequences of the
war. If France and Italy and Eng
land are conquered by the German
army, all Europe will be organized
under Prussian military power
America will be assessed with bill
lions of tribute and the days of
American liberty will be doomed.
It is in defense of this liberty and
opposed to such a Prussian menace
that we go to fight. and if ever man
had cause to strike in the name of
freedom, that cause is moving him
to-day.
Judge Swiggart was put to the
necessity OF speaking against the
noise of the trains, but he was list
ened to with the closest attention.
The occasion was closed with