The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-08-29
AMERIcA VOLUNTEERS EN MAssE.


Two events of great importance in the history Of the
war and the world are developing, with striking
contrast of environment One is the triumphant ad-
Of the lately hardpressed allied armies driving
before them like whirwnd the lately insOent enemy
The ramped plains and hills Of Pieardy reyerberate with
the thunder Of freedoms guns and the rushing of nnum-
cradle to battle. The air is filed with prodigous
pOrtents by day and night tempess Of smoke unearthy
glares and winged men darting about sowing deaths
like Seeds The world there to be in the troes
birth out Of Chaos but with hideous explosions
and conclusions such 4Chass and Old Night" never
heard or suffered 1t is the spectacle of humanity break
ing its shackles and making itself free
The other event occurs in the United States without
sound battle ALARM silently as grass grows 1t is
enactment of the law, in obedience to public sentiment
calling out the manhood of the nation between the ages
of 10 and 45 years. inclusive The majesty of this mOb-
izatOn can be seen only with the minds eye There is
no pOmp and circumstance of war to thrill the sou yet
there may be power and destiny en- the mObiza-
ton here than in the fighting there
By vote of 3S6 to in the House and by unanimous
vote in the Senate the United States calls upon its whole
effective manhood to defeat Germany This tremendous
act is the will of that manhood itself 1t would never
be performed contrary to the peoples wi Therefore
in the most literal and direct sense Americas manhood
volunteers masse.
That is of the most sublime spectacres of all time
1t is the visible evidence Of that mpershabe spirit which
makes mankind struggle toward heaven in SPITE of weak
ness of the esh temptation tyranny and ignorance 1t
is the that the cause of Liberty is now to
triumph over every foe matter how strong how cum
ning or how numerous its foes may be- The number
Of who will register under this act is over $4,000 900
and the number of who will annually become avail
able is 100000 From these will be drawn the
army of victorious liberty.
If it be suggested that the enemy nation is almost as
popuous the United States, let the answer be that
America draws upon manhood that is not decmated by
four years war; Germany has had at least 5000 men
put out OF action many of whom have been repaired and
sent forward again to be carbOnzed by the live wire
battle Over 100000 Germans are now part Of the
soil of nations they invaded If all the Americans now
in France should be killed. and if 45O0 900 other Amer
cans should be put out of action the United States would
then be on plane with Germany in man power.
But the Americans and the Germans are not compar-
able the basis of man for man. The American army
in France has proved that it is better material than an
equal number Of Germans Victory has no failed to go
to the Americans whenever they could get the Germans
into battle in approximately equal numbers. If the
Americans slow in learning the modern methods of
warfare if four years Of exhaustng warfare had i'm
proved the German soldiers, the disparity might not APP
pear But the Germans not the men they were four
years ago, and the Americans have not only caught on
to European methods of warfare but have introduced val
liable ideas of their own.
While the gallant allied armies with their American
comrades keep the enemy the move the United States
strips for action scale worthy of the New World
The enemy has been terrible in his crimes and his pun
ishment will be terrible accordingly He took the world
unawares and nearly strangled it. He is an outlaw and
an assassin he has deed the law of God and man and
has attempted to murder liberty. The voice Of God
speaking through the American people, DEGREES his death
Washington Post.