Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-10-31
WINDING UP THE WAR
WILL TAKE LONG TIME
Peace Is Not Here And After 1t,
Comes Months OF De
mobilization
MIGHTY PROBLEMS AHEAD

Don't expect 20 see your boy come
marching of the boat the week after
the Germans surrender" said Nvron
T. Herrick. former Ambassador to
France in an interview yesterday. 1T
took US a good while 70 accustom our
selves to the idea of long war: we
must begin now to accustom ourselves
TO the thought that the process of
winding up a war is also long and
painful; and that whether peace comes
next spring or summer or even before,
we shall still have our boys over there
for a long time"
Governor Herrick was speaking
with reference 10 the United War Work
Campaign. set for November Ills,
combining the appeals of the Y. NJ. c.
A, Y. w c. A, National Catholic War
Council TX OF c., Jewish Welfare
Board. War Camp Community Service,
American Library Association and the
Salvation Army. The amount sought
/ is $170,500.000 and in Governor Her.
rick's judgment this total, and more
will be necessary TO see the boys of
the Army and Navy through to their
homes again.
1T must never be said of America
that she left the slightest de all of
her great task uncompleted," contin-
ued Governor Herrick. only those
of us who have been in France, and
seen the terrible cost of her great
sacrifice, can realize what a stupen-
1 dous problem in reconstruction and
rehabilitation is facing her. In this
task America must have a part: and
the American boys over there are will
ing and eager to help. 1t is our duty
to stand behind them while they are
standing behind the French.
Whether victory comes next year
or even sooner. there will be weeks
and months of inactivity for the
armies during the peace discussions:
and other months of waiting or de-
mobilization. These will be, in many
ways, the most critical period of the
war for our boys They will have
| leisure-and we must see TO it that
the wholesome entertainment which
the War Work Agencies have pro-
vided is continued with increasing eff
| fectiveness They will want to study
and to get back into touch with bus
mess thought and life. We mus. see
that they have plenty of good books,
and plenty of teachers and a constant
stream of good business men going
across to lecture 10 them and guide
their thoughts back into channels of
/ peace.
1T has been the privilege of the
seven great war work agencies to rep
resent the American home, and church
and theatre and gymnasium and IL
brary and club in France. The in
| fiuence of these great institutions will
be needed in an even greater degree
from now on. Let us, as thanksgiv-
ing for the promise of victory, make
the United War Work Campaign the
greatest success Of any campaign of
/ its kind.
Everyone of us engaged in manu-
| featuring, whether an employer or
employee is already thinking about
the problems of readjustment But we
must not forget that the boys over
there are to have their period of re-
adjustment, their months of waiting
| to be brought back here. We have
stood by them generously so far; let
us see the task through to the end
Until the last man is landed safe home
again, we must stand by. Let us do
it by putting the United War Work
Campaign over the top"