Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-09

JUDGE EDWARD L. SMITH.
 State Campaign Director George C.. Hubert and Judge Edward L. Smith, both of Hartford, made two stirring addresses Friday evening at the Unit ed War Work campaign headquart- CTS in the Tlayer building; when the team captains and their team mem berS met at 80 for rally in the pro gress of the local campaign.
 After the speaking all the captains of the mems teams and Mrs. Chan ming M. Huntington, chairman of the woman's teams, were invited to tell how the work was going and each re- sponded that their team members were all hard and faithfully at work and every indication thar they would report on next Monday night that Norwich hal realized it's slogan of Over the Top in One Day." by having passed it's goal of s100,00Q.
 Mrs. Huntington was given three rousing cheers when she briefly ap- pealed to every worker to ''consecrate all the remaining time" to the work and Director Case called 10 the atten- ton Of the workers that this was the plea of a mother with twU sons in the service lover there$'
 Col. c. ". Gale, general chairman opened the rally and introduced Mir Hubert, who was greeted with three cheers at the suggestion of Cam paign Director James l.. Case. who said Mr Hubert deserved t for his success in putting across three other campaigns.
 MT. Hubert complimantAd Norwich on the pace t was setting for the state in voluntarily increasing it's quota and said this example had stirred the whole state and he believed was to have it's effect in putting Connecticut over the top first of all.
 The campaign must not be slowed up by peace talk he said. If the arm istice were signed on Monday we $250. 900, 900. If an armistiee were sign ed it might be late winter or spring before a peace treaty car be conclud- ed.
 Without question not one of our soldiers, and there are almost two and a quarter million now over there. will be started home until the treaty is signed. And in all probability our boys will not be free to come home for a long time after the war ends. Ger many will be compelled to restore the | countries which her troops have wan toniv devastated. They will be made to furnish the man power no doubt | This will require policing on a large | scale. and what nation of the allies can best spare the men tC do this po- licing, but the United States? | Any way we look at it there is bound to be a delay of from fifteen months to two years in the return oi our soldiers. During this delay they will be. largely in the "brealz training i period, the time when most of all times young men need to he kept oc- i cupied with wholesome things. The men lover there need every dollar o1 the two hundred and fifty million. Tc subscribe less will mean another cam paign before next winte: if we al home are t. serve and safeguard then as they need and desire.
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 Judge Smith followed MT. Hubert with a short. earnest address that held the closest attention of his hearers This work. he said, is the expression of the soul America more than the lraising the Liberty loan. Tonight wt are in the fight to win for liberty tc which your president has pledged al you are and have and ever hope tt be. You are engaged in a sacred work. The road to peace is paved with dead mems bones, and the pity Of it is that we have to send our sons and our brothers to make that pave ment Is it to be possible that a hanC of men with a code of ethics never rec
 ognized by civilized society and neve, p~acticed outside of the seventh cir
 world? Is it possible that our glori
 GUS history is nothing but a cheal
 vaudeville show upon which the cur
 tain is to be rune down? Is it possi
 hie that Christianity is but an idl
 tale?
 They looked with contempt upol
 America, too absorbed and too selfish they said, but Belgium knows an
 England knows, and Germany, toc
 knows now that America is actuaIl
 the salvation of the world. You hay
 a part to do to make that a concret
 fact or the story will not be complete l Thank God, declared Judge Smitf ' that my little boy and my little gil
 by the gang or men that entered Bel . siUn, and it is all so because of tn
 men for whom you are fighting in thi s campaign. Should all the wealth c Norwich be piled in one heap. it coul not equal in value what the humbles :, man from this city is offering in tn ; ranks over there. Complete thls cam
 raign so that Norwich may once agai
 live up to it's proud record
 Judge Smiths final eloquent word
 brought his audience to their feet wit
 three; cheers as he concluded. 5 Campaign Director Case delivere : some final words of instruction for tk f team workers who are to turn in a 7 pledges received by Saturday nigh
 
 : their captains on Monday.
 l MT. Case also called attention
 tl:e fine publicity work that IS bein : done by John NJ. Lee for the cam 3 paIgn and there were three rousin cheers for NJ. Lee.
 ' Allyn l.. Brown reported for tn ) Victory Girls and Boys that out of 54
 pupils at the Academy, there haG bee
 @04 pledges made at a meeting hel
 there on Friday and that there wer
 % more pledges. which gave the Vic :. tOrT teams credit for hoUt S1 BOO