The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-03-08
INDIVIDUAL DUTY TO OBEY
ORDERS OF GOVERNMENT
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democracy but also to defend our cit
liens and our property and our mar
ksets, said. Judge Turner, mo peace
is in sight now and we must fight ff,o,r
q complete victory, to make al f nation
safe from the aggEandizemeptli9f "a
sgsraspipg nation, across the, Atlantic Az
There isypos hope. for the lfuttqqge If we
Do not wip, but 1t may take seyegaal
yea, tt9osaw iH,l9 This NATION IA d
ito Jfighltt afo for years; we ARE able st9
carry on the e,War because the wealptlh.
Of thu United States. Is, estimated atlss at At
,: s2ap ,alAAl 900 900 While taaiiapFIsalopEp
duQtion of wealth isestimatedsat fifty
billion "a year, oWe,i,iase spending
about "a billion dollars q, month ON the
,yars but Less than halbthe ANIMAL, pro
Edpetiony of wealth a. year would peoqrs'
than pay the cost of the war. Little
things have been submerged by the
war. yrhR gpverhlhe ft apd tAet people
think.anSermQof .mihsbns aia bAiona
nav where they eformerly thought in
terms of thousands and hundred thou
sands. But gigantic as these sums
may be, they are but the aggregate OF
small things. Our armies and theil
equipment are but the collection OF
individuals and small quantities OF
material gathered from all sections
of the country.
To make continuation of the big
things possible the people must fee
it to be an imperative duty to do theil
Individual part, in the production o.
crops, cultivation Of war gardens
Knitting for thehsoldiers; contributing
/ to- the w MIC. As.'the Red Cross ant
bother dwarc Gcauses,>G buying y liberty
bonds and war savings 'staanps u ant
lgiving their time, talent and none!
to the government. 1909 y =
h Afleof these things are necessary II
1.-THE Accomplishment Of the primar!
need of the nation. Ships and mor'
ships are. needed. While we havs
been slow in getting our men and ma
terial overseas, the great shipbuildint
forces now have under construction 1,
427 ships with others soon to be be
gun.
Judge Turner summarized the du
ties of individuals, among which wer'
1.-The necessity for caution in utterance
and the suppression of seditious III
mors, no talk of negotiated peac'
but a popular demand for peac
only through victory, refraint from
baseless criticisms of the govern
lment but constructive suggestion
whenever it is. thought possible t
help, realization that there is no cas-
way out of the war but that there |
a. way to- victory, answering loyalt
to every department Of the govern
ment and obedience to constituted al
thority in all things.
Universal military training wa
held up by Judge Turner as a forti
coming blessing from the war. In Ne'
York military training has been adop
ed in the. schools for several year
and it has been the salvation of u
health and morale of the young me
of that state. The people. have a
ready witnessed the transformation
the young men who have been in tn
training camps since the decla-atio
of war. Universal military trainin
would do as much for all all the by
of the land and at the same tim
strengthen the nation for self defens
) in future wars.
Germany's strength was attribute
in a arge measure to the militaI
training of her mem and to her pr