Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-01
Heroes WON'T FAIL
]. S, SAYS MOORE
Congressman, at Gettysburg
Certain Veterans Will Prove
Staunch in Crisis
'LAuDs STATES SOLDIERS

Gettysburg. Sept. 1.-Congressman
4 Moore, of Philadelphia, was the speak
er this afternoon at the welcome home
celebration. on the historic battlefield
for Adams county veterans Of the world
war.
The congressman paid tribute to the
Veterans and summed up the problems
4 Of Reconstruction facing them. He pre-
; dicted that Pennsylvania soldiers
would rise to the responsibilities of
peace as creditably as they had in war,
and added that when thwo men are ap-
plicants for the same position in public
service and each is qualified, preference
should be given the man who donned
the uniform.
The congressman addressed his talk
TO the soldiers of Adams county and
said. ia part
.sPennsylvania, which, in part. you
Represented in the great world war. is
proud, ms the nation is, of the scrv-
Ice rendered by you in foreign fields.
The state whose banner you held alott
In the most stupendous war of history
Is no mean state. Keystone of the arch
OF the union founded by your rcvolu-
fionary forefathers at Independence
{ Hall. which union was preserved by
the soldiers of Abraham Lincoln in the
struggle which reached its high water
mark at Gettysburg more than half
century ago, Pennsylvania, second in
population only to the great empire
state. is richer in natural resources and
diversity of industries than any other
state.
The Many Ravages of War
..To these imposing monuments of
Pennsylvania's greatness we point,
first, that the world may know the ex-
tent of the sacrifice that was made by
you of Adams county and by all the
! soldiers OF our commonwealth who
fought for the peace of Europe as we'll
as for America and second. to have YOU
know that important work, the work
= OF reconstruction the work of readjust-
ment following the ravages and exac-
Hons of war, awaits consideration at
your hands.
'.The rayages of war are many. There
sre the widows and the orphans of he
roes there are the manned and wound
ed men who were once as blithe as the
best of us. 81,
The e&actious of war are the debts
we have to pay, the loans we pile up
against ourselves and future genera
Gons. There ares the ,.demagogues and
shoulish profteers who prey upon the
people while the soldiers are fighting in
the trenches. {Scs - ~, 4
N But war has its compensatious. 1t
creates a longing for peace and an ap-
hreciation OF the home, y few years ago
\ when the blue and the gray assembled
et Gettysburc to celebrate the tiftieth
annlpersary of that great battle VIC
witnessed a rednidn pfs hearts that had
Peeu taught to hate; and of hands that
bad been taught TO fight
1T was an. inspiring sight dispellipc
the spirit of hatred Ind instilIiug that
Of love, At Bloody Angle yonder had
the honor of presenting to their ancient
foes of the Confederacy the flag of tho
Philadelphia Brigade. those gallant vet
Grams of the Union who resisted and
turned back the memorable charge of
Pickett's brigade.
We saw the boys in blue fraternize
with the boys in gray. They were
taking OF peace, of country reunited,
of country that was beginning to un-
derstapd itself. They wanted no more
pa They wanted to see the country
Pye which they had fought, u heritage
~ light and happiness, a heritage of
opportunity for their successors.
Problems for Veterans to Face
so 1t is and will be with you who
nave come back from France. You have
seen war, you know what makes war
and You know what war makes. You
are young, you are vigorous; some OF
you have come back. MANNED You are
veterans, even as the boys of twenty
yne years who fought the Civil War
were veterans.
Let us, then. understand some of the
problems you must face.
The President has not yet officially
announced that the war with Germany
1s at an end, but most of the 1000 900
sturdy young Americans who went to
tfanee have returned Like YOU of
Adams county they are back upon their
native heath They find the country
heavily in debt for the maintenance of
the war and the fulflment of our obli-
cations to foreign countries.
The four years of war had reached
stage where something had to be |
done to save the Allies and that quickly. |
The appearance of the American troops
young fellows fresh from the farm
3End the worksbop-was an inspiration. !
I1fou were not to daily but to fight,
md when the opportunity came you
+ought Thousands of your comrades
Bald down their lives, but you won
THAT great world war and yours is the
<elory.
You come home now to find your
conntrymen paying the bills, paying