The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-04-11
YOUR DUTY is
TO PURCHASE
LIBERTY BONDS
Lieut.. Gambler, of French Artil-
lery, Brings Message from
.#1>" His Country
WILL FIGHT TO VERY LAST
We Will Win This War IL We Have
to Send Every German 10 He'll
g Says Tri-Color Officer

"Do your duty. And your duty TO-
day is to buy Liberty Bonds" This
is the brief message which Lieut.. Gam
bier, of the French Artiilery forces
brought to the people Of Kennewick
this morning. Lieut.. Gambler, who
saw many months of active SER
vice on the fighting front in his own
country, is now training the American
boys at Camp Lewis in modern artil-
lery warfare.
Altho not fluent speaker because
Of his unfamiliarity with the English
language, the French lieutenant in his
brief address deeply impressed his au-
dience with his earnestness. The very
appearance Of the officer as well as his
words very vividly portrayed the spir-
it Of Franco determination to win
over Germany if the victory calls for
the Republics last man and last dol
lar.
"For my country / have but this to
say. We are holding the Zoe and are
going to stay with it until he is driven
back" said Lieut.. Gambler. "We are
not going to stop fighting until the
war is settled the right way, even if
it means that we must send every Ger
man to hell. You are in the war now
the same as we and your duty now like
ours, is to stay with it. Your boys are
over on the fighting front. Their bus
iness is to kill the Germans. Your
business is to back them up by buying
Liberty bonds.
"Just reminder this. This war is
going to be fought until we win. You
have got to do your part. All your
government is asking Of you is that
you lend it your money, not give your
money, but if this war cannot be won
without your money the government is
going to take it. This war has got to
be won. Do you get me?"
Lieut.. Gambler told one story to IL
lustrate the fighting spirit Of his coun-
trymen. just one story, he said, out
Of million that might be told. "A
force of thirty Germans attacked one
of our listening posts defended by four
men. Three Of our men were killed
and the one remaining defender, a 19-
year-old boy, stood against the thirty
Germans. He hurled hundreds Of
grenades at the attackers and shot one
German who was so close to him that
his body fell inside the listening post.
When relief party arrived on the
scene the lad, calmly smoking pipe
was sitting on the body Of the big Ger
man. When the battalion commander
exclaimed, This is a marvellous thing
you have done,' the boy replied, '0h, no
it isn't. You told me to be here, didn't
you? Well, I'm here. just carried
out orders, that's ALL"
Lieut.. Gambler is a member Of the
party of allied officers who accompan-
led by the u. S. Naval Training sta
tion band, are making Liberty Loan
speaking tour of the state. In the par
ty are Capt. f. p. Daw, of the Canad-
ian Field Artillery and Sgt. Major f.
Manning, of the Canadian Overseas
contingent, both of whom have seen
service on the western front.
Owing to the short stop here the
Canadian officers did not have time to
speak. Several selections We're played
by the band. The party's special
coach was attached to N. p. train No.
31S, which was held here 20 minutes.
Altho but a very short notice of the
event had been given a large crowd
was gathered at the depot when the
train pulled in. Every business house
in town closed, as did both the grade
and high schools