Arizona republican., 1918-01-20
OVERLAND ARIZONA COMPANY PROUD
 OF PATRIOTISM
VICE PRESIDENT HOTCHKISS GIVES VIEWS ON WORLD
 WAR SITUATION

proud of the service flag hanging in the window at 227 North Central. This flag contains five stars, and each star represents a local voluh teer in Uncle Sam's regular army Two other employees of the company made the trip to San Diego at their own expense to join the aviation. corps but on account of physical disability were not allowed to enhs,. Not a single man from this orSaniza- tion has been called by the draft law, and yet it's quota is more than exceeded at the present time.
 According to Nice-president Hotch- kiss, it is up to every man in the organization to do his bit' in one way or another Every employe of the company is the owner of Lib erty bond, while some of them have bought from both issues and are now saving their coin to take ad- vantage of the governments offer ing next month
 Patriotic meetings are held bi- monthly ir the sales room usually presided over by an official of the company. MT. Hotchkiss' talk re- gently aroused a great deal of enthu- siasm. His remarks on the war situ- ation in part were as follows:
 The war will not be over by spring"
 By that time releases on the Rus sian fro1t may enable the Germans to increase their forces on the western front by a million men.
 For us the war has but begun.
 Begun in grim and deadly earnest. Just HOW three thousand miles of sea and the British fleet kept the contest in Europe.
 But our boys are there.
 By spring there may be million of them and soon another million. And behind them two million re- serves.
 millions in training.
 Vast numbers of these boys will lay down their lives that govern ment of the people, by the people 1 for the people shall not perish from the earth"
 The most that we can offer is so very little compared with what they l offer.
 We must be wide awake and alert. We must work hard and create more of everything that is essential, either of itself or to facilitate our progress in the war.
 We must take the Liberty loans as fast as they come and take them with thankful spirit.
 We must contribute to the Red Cross and Y. M. C. A.
 We must pay the war taxes gladly. We must eliminate waste of food products.
 We must. as far as possible, con- fine our consumptioh of food pro ducts to the kind not required for our army and allies armies.
 We must eliminate all unnecessary products made of materials required for war purposes.
 We must do these things as indi- viduals, if we are to win the war.
 Germany is not broken.
 She will not be starved into sub mission.
 She will not dethrone the kaiser. I Germany has been nation regl- mented for thirty years.
 Her entire resources aLd activities are devoted to the maintenance of her army.
 Her power is vast.
 To break it is a stupendous task.
 France has contended gloriously for three years and is practically at her maximum strength.
 Great Britain has confined the enemy to the land for three years and made valorous combat there.
 She is nearing the fullness Of her power.
 Russia's mighty strength of three I years is falling to decay.
 Italys splendid power has been weakened
 The United States entry into the war is more than grim adventure
 It enters life and death struggle between two philosophies of govern ment.
 The institutions under which we live and move and have our being are at stake.
 These are facts with which we have ever been confronted.
 Wishes, hopes and dreams VIII 7no' avail.
 Salvation of the institutions W; cherish depends upon acts-the act' of individuals as much as the act' of government.
 We must be awake and alert.
 We must lend no ear to those whe would betray our country by stayins the progress of the war.
 We can only win by the will tt win.-and the will to vii; means tho will of every individual whose hear is true to his country.
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