The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-16
Big Crowd Gathers at Sugg to Hear War
Work Speeches; Is Patriotic, Rep
resentatiVe Body
MAJOR WHTTSETT
THRILLS AUDIENCE
Tells Of Preparations for War; All Must
Sacrifice; Gabe Parker Talks on
Thrift Stamps

Declaring that I'VE are teachine
the boys at Fort Sill and Camp Don
iphan to thrust the bayonet deep
and sure into the vitals of the
Boches," and Our only thought our
cnly aim time should be to
win this war, aud with the guidance
Of Almighty God we will win it,
Major Whitsett, army officer at Ft.
Gill thrilled the vast audience that
had gathered at the Sugg theater
this morning with his patriotic ap-
pesls and the grim hope which ha
he'd out for all Americans.
The roll call of the chairmen Of
the TAR Gus precincts was made and
nearly every precinct in the county
had SOME one Apresent to represent
them at the meeting
3. B. Barefoot welcomed the great
gathering assembled at the theater in
behalf of the War Savings Stamp
campaign and called attention to the
spirit OF cooperation that was shown
by men and women gathering from
all Parts of the county for commcl
cause,
This shows to me-" he said,
that tile people of Grady county
are ready to do their bit as they
have dare i. in the past and as they
WILL continue doing it in the future.
we raised $92S,OOO in the first Lib
erty lcar campaign and came right
back with another $3SSOOO in the
second Liberty loan campaign. We
have raised $4,000 for the Red
Cross and $4,000 for the Y. M C.
i. We have raised S120O per month
tn sustain the County Council of De-
fanse. Besides this financial bit, we
have sent 150 men from this county |
who volunteered their services in
the national army. Chickasha alone |
has furnished $50 and there have al
ready been 1888 men drafted into the |
service in this county. We have
dtnc these things and more Five
CT the boys Who we're sent from this
Went I'wn on the Tuscania
and to day ih"ro lies buried on for
eign = oras. one hoy from this coun-
t. who will never return again.
When this war is over, we. will have
the boys who have gone
from us and the few who return will
find erected here not only monu
ment to Raymond T. Hurst alone but
to all who fight for the liberty of
After Mr.. Barefoot's address Major
was introduced and thrilled
iro audience with the directness of
lis remarks.
"I have read somewhere where
Victor Hugo said that peace is the
virtue of civilization and war is its
crime. But this taken alone is hard
ly true. War is the results of
crimes that have been perpetrated
ard which are now being commit
ted" the major said
"This war is not of our own choos-
ing. But we have no time now to
talk of the why and the wherefore
Of the situation. 1 believe in the
v ords that were uttered by the great
when he said, No ma
ton can long endure, and should not
srdurs. if it can not give protection
to its citizens wherever they may
be. 20
In speaking of the work that is t.
be accomplished he said that what
this government had to do now was
no school boys job, but that it Is
the job for the grown up men of this
nation which will call for every ef-
tort that they viii be able to put
forth. He said that France is now v