The weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1918-1919, 1918-12-06

Washington, December GLOW
inc : the tcxt Of I'rcsidcll.. Wilson's
d lie : delivered in Congress.
Gentlemen Of Cengr~ 81: The year
hat has elapsed ifnce | last stood
before you TO fuuL, my ccnst4tut onsl
duty TO give 10 the congress from
time &c time lnformat on on The state
II the Union has been 20 crowded
W III great events, great proce- ses
aud great results that | cannot hope
10 give You an adequate pictur2 of its
transactions CT OF The Gar reaching
changes which have been wrought in
the life of our nation and of the
world. You have yourselves witnessed
these things, as I have. 1t is too
snon 20 asSc S them; and we who
stand n the midst of them are less
qualified t,lan men of another gener-
ar!Cr will be- to say what they mean
OF even whit they have been. But
one great outstanding facts are un-
IN stahahi and constitute in senSe
cf thr pub &C business with which 1T
Ia our duty to deal. re state them
10 ct the sage for the legislative
and executive act on which must grow
cll' Of III NJ and which we have set
t. sharc and dcterminc.
/. year aG" VIC had sent li5,91S
mcn 6'cr,,r3a, since then we uava sent
,26G5I;', IN average of 162,542 each
mLn'h, the number ~ fact, rising in
Nay last TO 245,951, IN June 27S,760,
N III : to %07 ,lS2 and continuing to
n i q nd
September August 2S9, $50 and IN
september 15T asa No such move
n."nt Of troops ever took place ne
fore. aero y 1890 M Is of sea, fol
lowed by the 3dequat, equipment and
.-''rplIes and c;rricd safe thru cx-
iraGr6iuary dangers Of attack-dang-
crs which wer2 al Ike strange and IN
iinItely difficult 10 guard against I'm
;tt inls movement only 75S men were
t"st 10y TIC enemy attacks-30 OF
ANON were upon a single English
trsnspprt which w;lS sunk near the
Orkney Islands.
/ nc"d rot tclI you what lay back of
th!S ~" ! movement of men and MA
irr'al. II IS not irsid,ous to say that
u Ok "f - lay "A supporting organic
u nn Of tn" industries of the country
auG AT It's productive activities mola
complete, moro thorough in method
and CHCCtlvc in results. more spirited
ard uH@rs nous III purpose and effort
fhan any othrI- heligerent had ever
t'Can abb ic effect. We profi.et,
'rF"7tiy hy The experience of the ma
tions vh ch had air ady been engaged
&c nearly three Y IrS IN thc 81 rent,
ssez1o - JctlnE bisIne :, their every re-
SpprcC arl svcr-- cti ctiIe proficiency
Laysd to the utmost. We were the
fap Is. Hut We learned quickly and
st n wiih i promrtDcss aaod n rcadi-
&c. Of cooperation that jusI;fy our
agfs,t pride, iiett. VIC were able, 10,
'"r"" :" The void with unparalleled
~ rEy and TIici accomplishment
Eat II : not the physical scale ani
. @thte efficiency Of Preparations,
-1rp'r. equipment and dispatch that
I aid not 9ae upnn. but the metal
and nlality of the officers and men
Nc sent over and cf the sailors who
ut he So -. and the spirit of the
49, "a that stood behind them. No
y v''A> 81 ,i'i'tS ever proved jnhm-
.'lV"1 more quick" ready for the
{. - Of bstiI' u 1cGultted themselves
',''n more splendid courage and
a"hiey"meu; when pui 10 the test
Ik"pe Of Us who played snil" part IN
d,rottlrg tho great rIn,rases by
WITCH the Wa "a, PHI red irrcsis,ahIy
terw&rd II nc ira ,:,u,"r'r ni..v now
irigrt all lhav ana delight eur
th"1rhts W =, ah, Story of what or
ia-U did. Ia ~ p'iIr..-S untl"rs,i o,,d
thc grim and the exacting task they
bad undertaken and performed w
auIacity. efficiency and unhesitating
oaurage that touch the story of con-
Wy and battle with imp riShabIc dis
t'n"t on n every turn, whether the
entcrpI' :" were great or malI-frCm