Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-08-22
How Nation Has Changed.

loving nation, whose SCan0lnB army
on the day of the declaration of war
was ''only police force of less than
2OO,0 900 armed men," to the present
day, only fifteen months later, when
there are 100000 American SOL
diers on French soil.
German had said; The United
States can't get $4,000 men in France
by the end of 1872 Our answer is
that before New Yearday we will
have $500, 900 in France and by next
summers sun, if they are needed, we
will have 100000 men there.
II do not believe peace should ever
come until the allied troops, the
French and British and Americans
and Italians, march through the
streets of Berlin and stand their guns
in Potsdam."
Ship Building Revived.
Ships came next.
"We had almost forgotten the art
of ship building, fifteen months ago.
Today, we have more shipyards in
actual operation than all the other
nations Of the world combined.
"When peace comes, as come it
must, your country and mine will
have the greatest merchant marine
the world has ever seen"
Of the air ships, he remarked;
"When the war was declared, we
had three airships and none of them
would fly.
To-day, we have some of the great
est aviation fields in the world and
have sent over 5000 trained flyers
to France"
He referred to the army conton-
ments as being models for the health
and morals Of Americas young men.
"Some have criticized congress;
'Oh, you fellows are spending too
much money Maybe we have. You
never deal in millions in Washington
any more. We only talk of billions.
/ saw an eight-biIIion dollar bill
travel through theh House in seven
teen minutes and without the neces-
sity of a roll call.
Would Bring Boys Home.
"And, my friends of the sixth dis
trict, if / were sure of bringing back
TO his father and mother and his
home, some young American boy by
spending million dollars, l would
vote it every time. rd say it was
money well spent. So, l voted for
every dollar they asked for and Pm
going to' keep it up-at least until
Next March A."
Who's winning this war?
Congressman Sanders dwelt upon
that thyme. Capital" he said, sis
helping. Men of means are providing
the sinews with their millions. La
Dor, with the sweat of its brow, is
doing its gigantic part. Every man
who produces is helping to win. The
man in the field, the girl in the shop,
the mother at home. And the little
school child, who invests his pennies
in thrift stamps. is a patriot. They
all have tie uniforms and the flag
about their hearts"
When peace comes, in the opinion
of Gov. Sanders, the terms win be
written by Woodrow Wilson and a
blank space left with the injunction
to the kaiser, "sign here"
"They didn't consult us about the
start of this thing, and we are not
going to consult Germany about how
it shall end" he asserted.
Brunot and Grouehy Heard.
Judge H. F. Brunot, district judge.
called the meeting to order, and spoke
of Sanders meeting lie hat attend
ed two years ago, when Endorsement
was given the Governor. He was
glad to lend similar Endorsement af-
Their two years Of excellent service, he
asserted.
Mayor Alex Grouchy was chairman
and briefly reviewed the political ca
reer of Sanders. Twelve years in the
Louisiana house, the last four years
as speaker; four years as lieutenant
governor; four years as governor ;
two years in congress. He referred
to the senatorial incident in his life.
tFOr whatever reason, Gov. San
ders sacrificed the United States SEN
atorship when he held it, we must
say; all hail to Gov. Sanders, who
stood true to his friends when the
acid test was applied
I'm 1916. said Mayor Grouchy,
che had an acute attack Of comeback
ism, and he came back fast"
At the close of the meeting Mayer
Grouchy read message from the
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