Evening journal., 1918-01-21
Build SHIPS, AND THEN MORE SHTE

words OF General Grant when he {
that there was a time in every 81
battle when both sides felt they
done everything humanity possible.
that the one that then did somett
else was The one that went over
TOP and won the feht. And You can
that next thing There is nothing 50
tai, Of material things. in this g
struggle as the overpowering neces
Of shlps-ships-ships And. shipbu
ers Of Wilmington. remember the or
the dying Lawrence, seventy-five y
ago. Don't give up the shipn We !
send our boys over there and make
niiions, but above everything else Is
ship TO satisfy the necessity of the
over there, for munitions and food
everything else required
Il have been strangely moved toni
I want 10 say 10 anyone who has
Good bye to a boy going over u
Can you have a better instance I
that boy who has j0st addressed
who has gone through the last Z
years and developed into the hear
Cenada2' As ! have gone through
great cantOnmcnis and camps and
our young men and the spirit :
which they are taking their hard
and trainins and discipline, ] 81
splendid re-birih Of American mani
There Is not a man here who has !
LETT behind but would be ennobleC
the spirit OF those boys That spir
% save their country and the honor
liberty of America.
"This War is yet unreal 10 us,
cause we have net yet bitten or
q small Inouihful q this war. We
know anything about war Great
We don't know what war is, and
won't know for six months or a
until we yet into it and see the
England, France and Canada have
into for you- sake and mine
at the outset. ! believed, the
would last nves years, or pOsslbl
the world was mcky. three. Does
nan here see any foundation FOL
stopping now? Germany today
more free then 10 was three years
There is for grave- menace 10 A
lea tcnioht than there was three y
ago. What would have happene'
us-slceping az ule switch-had II
been for these ENGLISH, French
Canadians? Suppose peace had beer
clared. and Germany had taken
slice Of Canada? Where would
have beer? should Germany b'
sclf-denylnr that She would not
lalen a big bite OF Canada2
we have large numbers OF sol
along the Mexican border who o
90 be M France now Where viii
be II France and Engiand and iltals
not able 90 hold down things unit
can get a million or two Of men az
the Atlantic? DO net be deceive,
talk Of Germany goins down 10 ma
or food, or anything else It I
greater menace today than at any
for the past three yeirs. In The IA
i9li when there WIS nothing left
France and a painfully little, thin,
line Of British soldierY 90 face Germ
Il want 10 say rieli here, so hel
me God, no matter what I may
been TAUGHT in my school books IN
childhood. no man nay say anythin
me against Great Britain
"Thc men from Sbtand and Ire
and Enlland and wales stood up
fought. and 7 take )ff my hat 10
country that can pripare to 1ght,
0ght at the same tine When that
lie red line was stsndlng al Ypres
four DAYS it was sbiected to artii
fire simply 10 wearlthe men out
lack Of sleep. and when the at
came on the mortng Of the 10
dav. they could nj see the Gern
until they were from 80 TO so
from them. That iflernoon dead
We're piled from 5 O fl deep, and
German army could have marcho
the sea with no one to stop them.
God knows we didn't want this
We want no ones land The
ground we want Is iix feet somew
i'm France where W can lay our
and sleep in peace
we I'M our distr}s are going 20 4
YOU steel and pla.f but all our v
win 60 for naughi II you give mp
ship am roins.io set a standar
patriotism for efry person in
mington and ask derry one here TO
that no matter Mat my work r.,
going % be as pafiotic and thorou
unsel0sh in my I've Of country as
pattern YOU hNe in Whining
GEORGE Gray"
Major Boehm ave an illustrated
on the war, Illustrating his rem
by lantern slides showing some OF
photographs from the Canadian
office records lov on exhibition
Eden Hall He too. urged the w
men Of Wilminyion to rush ship
siruciion and old them they sh
such On opportunity an he
second only % serving at the iror