New Britain herald., 1918-01-31
TROOPS ARE There,
MUST Be SUPPLIED
EIihu Root Says Problem Is to
Move Food and Munitions

That the supreme test of the war
rests now in the capacity OF the
! American people to supply the mater
ia]s necessary to ena bic the armies
to go on with the war was the de-
c1aration last night of EIihu Root.
/ nraeiding at the mass meeting in
! C,arneeio hall which was called to
! provide impetus to the war savings
! stamp campaign.
| 1--WE have not enough Of food and
! clothing and raw material for arms,
ammunition and transportation to
make good what it is necessary for
| us to make good if we are to succeed
declared Mr.. Root, amid the storms
of applause which steadily interrupted
his opening address. There is but
one way in which we can accom-
plish this, and that is by being more
careful and saving in our consump-
| ton of things the army's need. There
| is no other way. We are the most
! wasteful and extrava CANT people upon
| the face Of the earth. An ordinary
| American family wastes enough, day
| by day, to support another equally
large family in comfort
Il am not going to talk on why we
are in the war. We all know the
extraordinary, the brilliant, the
| masterful expositions that have been
contained in the presidents addresses
to congress, that have stated not only
for us, but for the whole world, the
reasons why we are in the war. We
are there because it had become plain
that our liberty, our freedom, our
| justice, our national life could not
| continue unless once more we were
| willing to submit ourselves to the
sacrifice and the suffering and the
! loss, and for many of us death itself,
| in order to preserve the land and
| liberty and justice that we love.
eve Cannot Turn Back"
| 1--WE are there and we cannot turn
| back. There can be no submission,
| unless it be submission to slavery.
| There can be no return, unless 1t be
| Of humiliation and degradation. Are
J we not going to give our men in the
| field the clothing and food and the
arms and munitions and all the i'm
plements the best the world can af-
| ford? Are we going back to our
| homes and sit in comfort and leisure
and luxury and do nothing, while
they lose their lives for want Of pro-
per implements and support? If not,
| then we must do something, not
! merely talk; not merely feel but act
| There is nothing so demoralizing in
| this world as sentiment that finds no
| outcome in action. Are we wiling
to let the supreme trial of this land
of ours pass and do nothing for it?''
Mr. Root read a letter from William
G.. McAdoo, Secretary Of the Treasury,
who was unable to attend the meeting,
| urging the purchase of the stamps.
Mr.. Root reused a storm Of applause
when, on finishing the reading of the
| letter, he thumped the desk in front
| of him and shoulted:--
II don't care what party he be-
longs to. He is doing yeon1an ser
vice for the country
The story of the first contingent OF
American destroyers to poin the Brit
ish fleet in patrolling the submarine
zone was told by Commander j. X
Taussig, L. S. N, who was in COM
mand of the American flotilla. AS
the American craft reached the Brit
ish coasts, a British destroyer, he
said, approached and signalled "We1-
come to the American colors.'
From the flagship of the American
destroyer fleet was wigwagged the
answer:-"Thank you. We are glad
of Your company"
How careful the American navy
dlll1oilllCS were III picNShN - " AAheIl
spies from learning the movements OF
the flotilla was revealed by Com
mander Taussig when he explained
that his orders were sealed and thai
neither he nor any of his of1cers
knew their destination until he opened
them at a rendezvous three hundreC
miles off the Atlantic coast. The
fotilla went subsequently to Queens
town, and from thre proceeded tc
it's station for duty.
The other speakers we're Lieutenan
Joseph S. Smith, stationed now a.
Camp Upton, but who served fol
several months in the British army
Mrs. T. Louis Slade, G. L. Baine
Boston organizer for the American
Federation of Labor, and Patlicl
} Francis Murphy.
, Before the meeting was formally
opened we'll known singers sang the
national anthems of each of the al
lied countries. Many thousands O
dollars worth Of stamps were SOLD
in the hall by soldiers, bluejackets
Boy Scouts and other volunteer
workers.