Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-06-28
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The country was deeply impressed
when it Was informed, about t"o
months ago. thrt troops w'r" bcin.
( moved uy'rs"a. At ~" rat nf 2"u.
"uo u month Iiu' an achi' v"m"ni
/ Nhich seemed - lr"a' a. IN" tim" =
/ Na. revealed j, mad' to shrink to
RAJ her modest proportions in The
! light of General March, lat's'
.'at,m"nt nr tn" troop movement.
On saturday. Jun" -. General
! March said. during his W"ckly con
ference with III" newspaper corr"s-
pund"nfs, that more than NU",""u
men had been moved overseas.
Speaking 10 them last saturday, Il
W..k later. he put the number az
auu .uun An incr"as" of 100. 900 u
| week indiratc. a movement al Il rat"
uf NOR" than iou.o"o a month So
pnly has tn" movement been dou-
hi"d within thrc" months, bui it has
ho"n increased 80 the point Wh"r" W.,
muy" in one month only lo0,oOo
less than tn" numb"r which. accord
| ing To som" estimates. would be III"
movement for the entire year W"
hav" only to maintain this rate of
transport to have the whole of tn"
fore" already trained. something
like 1.NoU.O0O men, overseas by
Sept / This prospect may shed
som" light on the remark of Con
pressman Caldwell. made after a
visit to General March. that, so far
as the United states is concerned,
the war will begin in September"
Il
without precedent as an exhibition
of energy and organization. makes
most ironic commentary on the out
cry, heard in Congress few months
ago. that our plans had broken
down" Did those who said so be-
licve it? Or were they indulging in
IA bit of Mysteries for the patriotic
purpOs" of decaiving Germany as to
the progress of our preparations"
Whether that was their purpose or
not, it is pretty likely that the Pres
ident and Mr.. Baker derived a good
deal of the forfitude necessary to
s"main silent under false charges
from tn" reflection that the more
unjust those charges became. tn
NOR" they were likely to miSlcld
Germany Dallas News.
4 large number OF the gonl wom-
IN of this community who pledged
themselves to do stipulated amount
of work AT III" Rcd Cross Cross
work rooms have fallen down ON
their promises The work of the
chapter depends upon the work of
hes" individuals. The we'll heing of
our soldiers in France depends upon
this and other Red Cross chapters
Shall our soldiers lack proper care
bccaus" the warm weather we are
experiencing. and the attending
| small diScomforiS. keep our good
| women from the Red Cross?
L"sli"'s Weekly editorially sue-
costs that Americans get ont of tn"
habit of referring To the German
Emperor as the Kaiser" and to be-
Gin with pledges its own columns
in future To refer only tn William
II. L"sli"'s statement. in part. fol
lows "Frciderich Wilhelm Victor
Albert of liohcnzollern. Germany.
is king of Prussia and emperor of
Germany. To many of his own ppo-
pie he is not the Kaiser. much less to
any of us"
| We expect. as a matter of course,
that our soldiers and sailors will do
as they are ordered We Oftentimes
do not think il necessary to do what
our Government orders MS to do.
Why should we rot be just as prompt
in our response? Our men are or
d"rcd to expose themselves to the
guns of the Huns. We are asket!
only to save and loan our savings TO
the Government Can Wa refuse
this request?
The majority of the people of Ok
lahOma do not realize just how big
a man they have in Congress in the
person of Senator Owen. OklahO-
mans should feel particularly proud
of this Senator who is attracting So
much deserved attention from those
who notice big accomplishments.
You who have no boy in the ser
vice probably have friend there
IT so. write him a letter, send him n
paper occasionally, or Il magazine
iou will he doing more good than
You perhaps think. All the boys in
the army like to get mail like to
know that they are being remember-
ed by the folks back home.
+, .
Chas VI Srhwab. head of the
Emergency Fleet Corporation. has
adopted this slogan. More calking
, less talking" More work and less
talk will help MS here AT home in ou,
many war efforts. Some talk is No,
, c"ssary. hut il is WORK that will
put Bryan county's war efforts over
, Colonel Roosevelt would eStah
: lish night schools to teach immi-
, grants the English language. and il
after five years they cannot or viii
not absorb the tongue. would deport
! them. RoOsevrlt's idea is that mar
/, who can't or won't learn our Ian.
: guage isn't entitled to share in on,
= American freedop, and liberty. and
, he may he right