Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26
LIBERTY BONDS AND THE END
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come up and they are always chang
ing.
"Back in the rest camps are
amusements, bands, the Y. M. C. A.,
the Red Cross-letters from home
athletics everything to divert the
boys thoughts from the serious busi-
ness of war. And they are a happy
bunch of kids, too; always ready for
fun, fight or footrace.
always anxious to get back to the
trenches and go over the top. Gee!
our boys are fighters! Haven't an
equal on the battlefelds of Europe.
He has the SPIRIT-the big thing
that counts. Something the Hun
doesn't have. And back here, far
from the scene of the fight, we're
building up that spirit, the Esprit de
corps that stamps the American the
best of them all.
"Wish you could see the boys lined
rows of them, and note red cheeks
and hands, see their manly carriage
and watch them swing past to the
music of the best band in France.
Your heart would swell with pride
and even though you knew not a
mothers son there, you'd say, My
Boys! They are your boys; they be-
long to every mother, wife, sister, and
sweetheart in those good old United
States, who has a loyal heart in her
breast. They are one part that you
women have given to crush the Hun,
and you ought to be proud to give
them, proud that you are the mothers
of such as these. And there's not a
coward in the bunch!
Words cannot describe all this that
/ see, the emotions and sentiment that
it calls forth. Perhaps after the war
| will be able to tell you, but words
fail me now. To really understand
and appreciate the vastness and mag
nitude of it all, you must see it. How
wish you could.
Mothers Cheer Vital
Don't, don't, don't ever doubt the
outcome of this war. Don't be afraid
to let Joe go-be glad that he is in
it. Be glad that he can be in all
this-a part of this vast machine
and be glad that he is your personal
representative over here. If 1 were a
mother and had a dozen boys, l
wouldn't be content until every one
of those dozen were here. That is
the way my mother feels, and I'm
mighty glad. Let Joe feel that you
are glad he's going, and be glad he is
going. Because you ARE his mother
you'd feel bad to have him leave you
You'd be poor mother if you didn't
But, after he is gone, you don't; the
satisfaction that will be yours to
know that you have given of your
own flesh and blood. And send him
away with a smile-a tear in your
heart, if you will, but smile ano
God be with you,' on your lips. Yor
don't know what it will mean to him
when l left there. was no mother
to kiss me goodbye, and l missed it
But mothers letters told me she sem
me away with smile and l love hel
for it. And now she writes me mos
wonderful letters. Letters that make
it worth while to me. And not once
does she fear for nay safety-thers
is no written thought of it in her let
ters. To quote from her last letter
she says: Son, when there is
prayer on my lips for you that yol
may be spared and will come home t,
me, l cannot utter it; for I think O
the sons of millions Of other mother
who are there with you-if you com
back some other mothers son ma,
not. So I put my trust in Him an,
pray that THE LINE WILL HOLD!
Il love mother more, if such
thing is possible, for that little mes
sage. America has a million sons,
million mothers-may each mothe
pray for the million sons.
Gee! we can't lose-there is n
question about it. We're right-an
if we only had million men we woul
win because we know our fight is just
! 1t may be a year before the war
all over; we may not be home unit
Christmas or next year, but we'
; come home victorious.
, Huns Buck Time
, II can't say how many men ar
here now. But all the system is per
/ fected to handle the men who ar
| coming here. Everything has been ser
| in advance of the men to be read
for them when they come, and no,
our organization is perfected and tn
men are pouring in. I can't say ho'
rapidly.
Germany is fighting against tim
Right now we are on the eve of ar
other big German offensive. The
, will probably strike before this le
ter reaches you; but, we're ready
t She doesn't know how well. Each da
that she delays we are better pr
pared. And when she strikes the liz
: will hold. They will probably tai
some ground-it is to be expecte,
and she will pay for it in piles
allied dead. The drive will spend
A self and Germany's last effort will
y a failure. Then everything will
in our favor. We can strike whe
a and where we will-choose our tin
\ and place. l can not believe that OF
v generals will do other than to wa
q until we have the men, munitior
a supplies, and aeroplanes in unlimit,
y quantities, that will insure beyond tt
n slightest shadow of doubt the su
q cess of our drive to Berlin.
X When we go over the top, we
n to Berlin. He'll, high water, and ii
4 German hosts, can't stop US. Oh
d drive may come this summer, fall,
y next spring who can tell? B
n when it does come, it will be the b
4 ginning of the end.
d To-day, our ship production
n greater than our losses-and we
q gaining fast on the U-boats. We ha
a beaten them at their own game, al
y the number of troops and supplies v
y can have here is only limited by o.
z ability to keep our production abo,
a the losses, and our ability to produ
y lies within your ability to buy Liber
81 Bonds.
a There you are-the more Liber
D Bonds YOU buy, the quicker the end