Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-01

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stltution of the United States ana
their favorite essay the emancina-
ton proclamation. Let MS teach
them that loyalty to the ,ap eounts
as indispensable for good American
citizenship. OIL
rms is a war for civilization
and for the advancement of the
human race But there is a greater
issue at stake. Leaders of Ger
man thought have for many years
instilled into the German mind that
might makes right The great issue
at stake is whether mnnarchicaI
form OF government based upon the
divine right of kings shall live.
me last stand is now being made
by the opponents of that theory in.
france. America, typifying its
great principles of government.
could be no where else than where
she Is today, 1t is democracy
against autocracy. and we are
battling for our women and
children, for the sanctity of the
home and for posterity: that hu-
manity. justice and liberty may live
for evermore."
Congressman Foss was loudly
applauded as he concluded. Toast
master Thompson next introduced
Medill Mccormick of Chicago.
Mccormick introduced.
This war is unlike anything
since the beginning of time
stated the Chicago congressman.
1T is an industry of destruction,
nntnrnrfSn Of
full implement of devastation
The speaker secuted the idea of
German ''super-men," declaring
that only remarkable genius for
adaptibility and improvement being
responsible for their progress thus
far attained. Nearly all of the
great inventions which the Hun
nation utilized in her attempt to
dominate the world are the pro-
ducts Of American. British and
French master minds, he asserted.
But they were adapted and i'm
proved upon under German or
ganizatiOn.
Some statisticianS estimate the
German war loss in men since the
beginning of the war at 5000 600, p"
declared Mr.. Mccormick. The
vastness of this war may be some
what appreciated, when it is con-
sidered that during a French in
tensive bombardment of six hours
duration. shells to the value of
100000 were expended. But
when finally the French infantry
advanced, it was calculated that
the artillery preparation saved the
lives of $4,000 French soldiers. APP
proximately $1,000 a man. 1t was
gladly spent that life might be kept
by one man. We should give any
amount, gladly and willingly, TO
save the precious life of a single
American boy. Let us prepare the
way for the boys and drive them
to victory, cost what it may"
Incidents of unbelievable hero
ism at the front were recited by
Mr.. Mccormick, who personally
inspected the battle line in Elan
ders. He told of a young British
officer who lost arms and legs by
throwing himself on live shell,
which unhindered would have
wiped out his entire company. He
told of a French Red Cross nurse,
who was shot by bullets from the
machine gun of Hun battle plane,
and who in talking to General Per
shing just before she died, stated
that she was glad that she might
die in his presence, that he might
know and carry to his people first
hand evidence of the brutal mer
CHESS atrocities of the Hun. He
told also of going over the roll OF
honor of a certain Irish company
with it's commander and reading
the heroic deed of an Irish pri-
vate, who wounded, crouched in a
shell hole and watched a bOChe
machine gun spray his companions
with leaden death This Irish lad
realized that his company. his com
rades were being shot down and
that something had to be done.
Wounded though he was he leaped
up, brandishing his life and
charged the lone machine gunner.
Draining the German handling the
gun, he dragged it back to his
shell hole. No sooner had he
| crawled once more into his shelter,
than he discovered that he had for
gotten his rife Rushing back he
found two Germans quarelling over
possession of the weapon. In a
frenzy he attacked them with his
bare fists, so surprising them that
they surrendered. He brought them
both back to his shell hole, and
later marched them to the rear,
prisoners of war"
In closing Mr.. Mccormick said,
I'VE must fight this war to the bit
ter end. If some must die that lib
erty might live, let US see to it that
liberty might never die that autoc-
racy might live"
William B. Mcintyre followed
Mr.. Mccormick, ard was intro
| duced by the POSTMASTER. Mr.. Nc
Intyre dwelt upon faith, and urged
that America put her faith in the
Divine Being, whom history shows,
he declared, has never once de-
serted the American cause.
DR.. W. F. Taylor, east end coun-
" food administrator, following
Mr.. Mcintyre, cited interesting fig
ures concerning the food situation
among the allies and its relief by
the United States. DR.. Taylor de-
cIared that food must be added to
the three essentials in the Win
ming of this war, as given by Mr..
Foss.
The speaker declared that the
United States is the last reservoir
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