The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-07-20

America when you w"r" not ready 10
go on lighting tor Eussa:' asked
In Russia the soldiers never got a
square deal In the American army
they do was the reply. But that IS
rot the only reason. There some
thing about America that makes You
willing IL do anything that is neccs-
sary. I guess it's because cv"ryh"dy.
feels FREE"
But oar army WAS drafted" l suS-
s,.stcd Some people think that wtS
an uifcuS.> against individual freedom
"Draftcd yes" said this real Am"rl-
ran. but drafted to defend thcir indi-
vldual freedom. Can't they 81" that
jeff would b. perfectly happy hEht-
ink for freedom ii h" "u;y Know WHAT
fat,. had b.:fallcn his father and mot her
since til" russian uph"aral. lie. mas
had 40 word from them Sinr" then. an"
h., fears they have fallen victims 1" IN"
blnody-harG,>d B"lSh"riki Ills NM
gray eyes ;i!l"d with tears when ne
spoke ut his mother. whom hc lett whcn
h.. WAS Nttl,> NOR" than boy. IN"
rhancrs arr that h" vii! never STE her
Thousands OF Italians.
We have thousands II Italian youths
In our army. | i:ik"d with il hand
som" Ic:,lian scrrsant we'll educated
young man who had h".'n Il Keller III an
Italian bank in N'rw York.
You know what would make IN" The
happicSt man IN tn" w"rld' he asked
me. 1t would bc to be transferred IL
tn, Italian front with m? whole COM
iauy. | am Il great aHnitrer, OIL Inc
t';>'uch and F.ug!iS h. hut at c"urS' low"
!:aly and !, would u" great II we cuuId
40 t;1"r, and N Am"riHla' uniforms. AMI
under The .A:I"rIcan Lag. help 10 win
back our ltaiia Irrcd"nit. our Alsa""-
lorraine.
'''rh.r.. are only four r1"n in my com
pany VIII" were. not born III lralS. Some
rf them were. born in IN" lost provinces
and were naturalizsd rs Austrau%. iut
they hate Austria even more than they
hate Germany Think what il would
mean 10 Italy to Src h"r sons. who left
her b.cauS" they w"r- poor com: back
with tho american army to hight Tor
freedom on hsr soil.
sincerely hope that these soldiers
will be. given chance I" light III tno
land ~ their birth under tho flag that
means freedom wherever It waves. No
thing would put more enthusiasm into
the Italian army. in my npln"n Rightly
or wrongly. tn" Italians. ar some OF
them. have, falt that n" allies har" neg
ltctrd them u bit or course German
propaganda has worked over time To
make them feet that way but there WAS
At onn time. u slight basis for n" feel
ing. I want 10 sec American troops in
Italy.
I want TO. 500 American troops on
see IA. tz"chS the I:ohrmianS. of whom
we have great numbers in our army.
fighting tho AuStrians. I saw some az
th's" men and they were magnificent
soldiers.
Poles Are Happy.
think tn" most uproariuusly happy
men | saw IN France were IN" Poles in
our army. ON th" night I embarked at
- port in f'r;Lacr" an American trans
port came in carrying b"sid" our khaki
clad men tn" Polish regiment recruited
no." laSt winter. They looked like IN"
chorus at II musical comedy. but If they
can fight NJ we'll AZ they can y"ll. they
" Ill add 4 rnHrl"r Ia tn. history nf tho
War They began t. howl for joy when
n" Sh;I, came into tn" harbur. and th"y
$tr";ti.l"d. down III" crncplank. singing
and cheering Ike mad. | suppose their
blue and scarlet uniforms huT. been put
in moth halls hy now.
"" havr often called America tho
rrtliin@ pot. hut. seeing this great null
ttud" If frrciSn-horn American f,lli"rs
II occurred to m. that "" had not. IN
former years. kept n good enough fire
burning under that pot. We didn't irr
hard enough IN m.lt that mass. L. ANAL
rauHt" il with our Mayftowcr and Huri-
tan d"Sc"ndan tS Why is il that 50
many rnturalZ"d American cit liens
fighting under tn" Stars and Stripes.
speak no English. or very little" What
haV" cur public schools been doing all
,hcs" years. Why havnn'r they extend
81 their night school work Ia include
these young mon:
Russ ans. AustrIans Crooks. Italians
chinese. Syrians. Turks. Africans tthe
American negro is Just another Immi-
Erantl. W" hay" no ri-;h; IN keep Amer
I,,a away from them. "" do wrong to
consider :henl only as '1ahnr" They are
American c:ttzcns. ani for many nc
Them tho draft was tn" first timn Uncle