The Washington herald., 1918-06-18
America Reincarnate.

II the United States is compelled to invest $780,
ooo,oooooo in winning the war future re-
suits will justify the act.
Germany has US slated for much heavier con-
tribution by way of indemnties in case of victory
the allies but bringing the conflict to our
doors or shores, via the unterseebooten does not
the average. normal citizen any loss of sleep
He is not lodging the German tax collector yet,
even in his dreams.
An army of 100000 men, with the noncom-
batant forces attendant increased navy and
restored mercantile marine will put 100000 of our
best blood, Drawn and brain-in training Each
year the coming 2Iers will approximate mil
lion, who to be taught how to become men,
first and soldiers if necessary. The Boy Scout
army will soon go the million mark. The
work fight propaganda will make habitual
workers of habitual shirkers.
National efficiency, capacity and energy will be
more than doubled.
If the shall last two years, or the re-
construction period keep our forces actively en-
poyed for that period shall have recovered from
the laxness bred by two generations of too pros
porous people.
Some millions of those who are to father the
coming generation will have hrst-hand knowledge
of many peoples Prejudices born of a thousand
fool notions concerning the real character of the
French, British, Italian and a dozen other nation
alities, with whose they will fight shoulder
to shoulder will cooperate. The viewpoint in life
will be altered for every who wears the khaki.
He will become disillusioned as to German kutur
and learn that conquest, world domination for
selfish ends is all that actuates the brutal rulers
of the Teuton legions. They alone are fighting
for self, while the allies fighting for right and
equal justice-a world democracy
A soldier remain self-centered. he be
comes considerate for others in spite of himself;
on the battle line he sees men as good as himself
better. The army is regular suicide club for
conceit and egotsm
The who back safe andunscathed
will never to wonder at the miracle, when he
remembers the carnage and slaughter from which
he emerged His life will mean infinitely to
him.
The developing force of the sort of training our
men and officers are undergoing cannot be
estimated Life for these millions of evolved men
will necessarily be serious, their activities
intensive.
The earning andsaving capacity of the nation
will be doubled, if not quadrupled- 1t took France
less than a decade to recoup the losses of material
wealth after the of 1901, and matter Of
two decades should see America powerful,
wealthy and progressive right lines than was
possible had not entered the war.
This will indeed be the UNITED States of
America and not aggregation of States in COM
petition with each other squabbling over the pork
barrel of legislation.
We shall emerge from this of horror and
strife cleaner, stronger, more worthy people, and
those glorious martyrs who gave their lives for
the cause of humanity will not have made the su-
preme sacrifice in vain.
world reorganzed peaceful and benehcent
lines will never cease chanting its gratitude to the
American nation that turned the tide of defeat into
victory.