Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-28
COLLEGE MEN join
IN ANNUAL FEAST
Delaware Alumni Listen 70 Ao-
dress by Judge Gray
on the War.


,.rrcsentinc the classes from 1875 To
,ai7 assembled for their annual reunion
on saturday night at the City Club.
II was lively inspiring, and interesting
meeting, the CHIEF adar,ss beng by Judge
GRAY. the honorary guest of the evening.
Desrite the war ard the fact that i47
Delaware men, mostly alumni, are with
the colors at the Camps OF on tha battle
field. a large representation was preser {
and helped to make the occasion one long
"a be remembered by the Delaware men.
Iudgc Gray's address was particularly
appropriate Us some of the alumni present
wore their Khaki suits having secured
a DAYS furlough IN order to enjoy the
reunion.
Listen to the speech of the Kaiser
10 his army, at the outit reak of the war"
said Judge Gray:
OR. m ,nber that tic Gcrm1n people
are the chosen of God. On me, Us fmpcr-
or, the spirit of God has descended.
am His weapon His sword His vice-regentl
Death to towards and unbelievcrsP"
That this WAS no sudden. he continued
manifestation oi the Geiman spirit,
occasioned by entrance into the present
war. we have proof In the instructions he
gave several years before, to his troops
about 10 embark for China:
When you encounter the enemy,
YOU will defeat him. No quarter shall
be given, no prisoners shall he taken.
Let all who fall into your hands be ut your
mercy Just ~ the Huns thousand
wears ago. under the leadership of Attila,
gained reputation In virtue Of which
they still live in historical tradition, so
may the name of Germany become Known
IN such manner III China, that no China
Il to lsnl
askance at German.
Here is an extract from a Weekly
Paper for the Youth of Germany dated
January 25, 1913.
War is the most august and sacred
of human activities For US.
too, the great, joyful hour Of battle VIII
one dav strike The openly
expressed longing for war often dcgenor-
ates into vain boasting and ludicrous
sabre-rattling. But still and deep in
the Germ an heart must the JOY in war
and the longing for war endure
Here is something from the pen of
General Bcrnhardi, a prominent member
of the Military staff Iii Germany. written
Just before the war:
"1et it be the task of our diplomacy
50 10 shuttle the cards that We may he
attacked by France for then there would
time would remain neutral.
But VIC must not hope TO tring about this
attack in order TO further their interests.
II We 81 wish to ring aho,t IN
attack by our opponents, we must
initiate an active policy which, without
attacking France will so prejudice her
interests or those Of England, that both
these States would feel themselves COM
PEELED to attack us. Opportunities for
such procedure are offered both In Africa
and In Europe.
These mark you and many Others
were all before the present war and
during the period when the German
mind was being prepared TO support the
war lust of the military class. Here is
another gem from one Of Germanys
intelectua.s:
"'Nhat does right matter to me?
/ have no need OF IT, What | can acquire
by force, that | possess and enjoy; what
| cannot obtain, | renounce and set up
no pretensIons to indefcasihie night,
have the right to do what /
have the power to do.
lis it surprising then, that treaties to
the German Government are srcaps OF
paper. and that the obligations OF inter
national law and the humanitics that
underlie it have been cast aside, and that
the devil work Of frightiulness IS regarded
With the devils Joy at the suffering il
has wrought The shooting In cold blood
of more than SIX thousand Belgian men,
women and childrcni-ali of them, OF
course non-comhatants-the carrying of
thousands of the civil population old
men. women and girls, into slavery, the
destruction of the fields and houses of
that unhappy country and OF whatever
L - Il
the dropping OF bombs on London
and other undefended towns. IN violation
of the plain precepts OF international law,
the cruel murder Of the Red Cross Nurses,
Edith Caveh, and the wanton destruction
of life and property by those asSassins
of the sea-fhe C-boats-are looked upon
with complacency by s people wrought into
madness By the teachings OF their mill
tary and governing class
AT the speakers taoie were Judge GRAY,
J. Harvey Whiteman, OF the class of So
who acted as toastmaster; John s. Nc
Master, President Samuel G. Mitchell, |
Chancellor Charles Nj. Curtis, Judge |
Victor b. Wooliey, George Morgan and |
Henry b. Thompson ]
Those IN the military service who !
attended were Captain Julian c. Smith, |
of the Marine Corps, Navy Yard Phlla- |
ueipnIa, OF the Class Oh IJOs captain A !
L l. Horn, of the Coast Artillery Reserve |
Corps, and Lieutenant William c. Cam, |
OF the Pioneer Regiment of the Infantry /
AT Camp Dix. Others present were:
Robert Il Morrow, class II; A. B.
Eastman, II; William J. Leonard, Ii;
Roland W Taylor II; @. f. Anderson,
Is; John A. Hopkins, Jr-, IL; Harold W.
Dorsey II; Edward Watts IL; Ii. B. /
Beacon, Is; W. J. Cam. Is; w. w.
Price. ID; +. L. Rice. II; w. NJ. Schittler,
Is; William J. Bratton, 10; A. r. du
Bell, II; c. Z. Grubb, IA; William
Edgard, 10; George L. Medill, 90;
John :. Hagner, Ii; Captain A. T. +. /
Horn; c. A. r. c., 40; \. Y. Wright |
, 10; Warren A Singles, 07; JOS. Ii. Pers.irls
'07; Juiian c. Smith, '0i; William i.
HomeWood, OF; Clarence A. WYATT.
c.; j. L. Soper, 05; Bassett Ferguson.
'0i; Stanley Er.ser, Of; Harvey L. Maie.r
'0i; William Nj Francis, '05; s. W. Sawin.
'0S; q. I. Lockwood, 03; L. +. Dutton |
'0i; " +. Harrington, o.; Richard s
Rodney, '04; William ". Steele. o..
Everett johnson, SO; ". O. Shepard
'9f; George NJ C. 1tire, 90; Andrew Marvel
1900; Josiah Hadway, 90; Hugh M
Morris, 'eS; Edwin Krause, '98; Henry
T. Marvel, '98; Edmund S. HeiliDgs
9S; IL. Rodney Sharp, 800, George t.
Townsend, Jr., 500; lloyd p Jones. 90: