Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-02-22

mcnt of the interests welfare and principles of the
inhabitants he receives today the homage of the
millions who enjoy the heritage Of the free Amer.
lea for which he fought and which he helped es-
Itabsh.
In this he was at one with other great men bred
lin the new, free spirit and atmosphere of the
colonies He did not seek to set himself over
them, but to work with them contributing as his
part in the struggle his military genius and ex-
iDerence and his carefully trained executive
liability. His ideal was the corumon good For
that he gave his time and strength unst.ntedly
Throughout his the one reward he
sought was that ne might partake ''n the midst
Iof my fellow citizens, the benign influence Of good
Paws under a free government the ever favorite
object of my heart"
Washington although possessing wealth and POI
lstion. although observant of forms and cere-
monies, was In the best sense democrat a man
lwho sought the same privileges and opportunities
for every one of his fellow citizens which he en-
joyed, and who devoted his gifts and energies to
that end
That they might have them he not only ex-
pended freely his energies of mind and body but
he constantly exhorted his fellow countrymen to
prepare themselves for the high destiny that he
lforcsaw for this country first by raising and
'equippng an adequate army, task that FREE
quently hung leaden on his hands, and secondly.
ny properly safeguarding their rights after they
had been won.
George Washington received less education
in sehool-than most lads of poor parentage do
today. He left school before he was sixteen years
old, and, except in mathematics, In Which he had
advanced through geometry and trigonometry, his
education did not extend beyond that which boys
usually get In the grammar grades of the public
schools. What he studied he knew however as
his carefully kept notebooks attest He mani
tested special aptitude for surveying and for
military affairs. This taste led to his having q
royal midy's warrant obtained for him when he
fourteen years old and only because Of his
mothers reluctance to have him go to England
was he spared TO fight for the colonies instead OF
becoming officer in his majesty's service
He had been ouS of school only a few months
when he got his first jol-as a surveyor. 1t was
u good one. too for Lord Fairfax having noted
the lads mental equipment and his ntrepidity,
gave him commission to survey his wild acres in
the Shenandoah valley. So we'll did Washington
accomplish the arduous task that he was made
public surveyor Almost colncident with his en-
trance upon a private career young Washington
identified himself with public interests Fond of
athletics and sports. well as of military afraIrn
ne joined the local militia and when ninssxen
gears old made a major,
When he still in his twenties he won HIS
first colonelcy la his gallant but disastrous first
campaign against the French II was there
that he first tasted the bitter fruits Of unprepared
ness
When Washington went TO Philadelphia as q
member of the Second Continental congress he
wore his provincial uniform. an instructive ex-
precision of his feeling in regard IL the crisis that
was to cOme-in its way fulhllment of prophecy
for during the session he was put at the head
Of the irregular army neGr Boston, He found
aiat army not only without discipline and equip
Mscnt but without powder Men who had enlisted
only for a few months ran away. Washington
ardently appealed to the continental and pro-
ginciai congresses to provide for longer enlist