The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-06-09
SOLDIER SENTIMENT

In the Senate, the other day, Sen
ator Fletcher read the following,
which is, we believe, a good expires
sion of our boys who have worked
and fought so faithfully and bravely
for worldwide humanity as well as
their native land:
Soldiers View of Anarchistic Out
RACES
Mr.. Fletcher: Mr.. President, | hold
III my hand copy of the Come Back
of June 4, 1919. The Come Back is
published by and for the patients and
enlisted personnel of the Walter Reed
Army General Hospital, with the au-
thority of the surgeon general of the
army. 1t has, under the title "More
Plain Words" a rather brief state
ment in every way showing the spirit
we would expect In the gallant boys
OF the army, navy and marine corps.
| ask that the secretary may read the
article headed "More Plain Words"
Mr.. Brandegee: What is the news
paper?
Mr.. Fletcher: The Come Back, pub
lished at the Walter Reed Hospital.
The Vice President: Is there objec-
ton? The chair hears none, and the
secretary will read.
The secretary read as follows:
More Plain Words
Under the caption "Plain Words" a
circular, setting out the creed of the
anarchist bomber, was found among
the tattered clothes of the terrorist
who was blown to pieces when he dy-
namited the home of A. Mitchell Pal
mer, attorney general, late Monday
night.
We take those "plain words" of
social sedition, proclaiming "down
with the powers that be-" to repre-
sent the tenets of all the band of
"reds" who tried to murder several
| officials by setting internal machines
and wrecking the homes of their in
tended victims.
1t is time for "plain words" when
bombs are scattered and when "The
Anarchist Fighters" put out litera.
ture announcing at is war, class war,
against the darkness of your laws and
the institutions you call order"
Army men are used to plain words.
Open speaking and to the point is
right in our line. We are just back
from campaign where, "Over we
goi" meant worlds of trouble for the
Prussian lads who had said that our
"so-called order" of democracy was
all bunk
We left several of our best 'fbud-
dies" on the torn fields of France be-
cause we think our "so-called order"
is one of the finest institutions on
earth.
We have come back home with q
deeper pride in the freedom of our
laws because we have seen strong
men die for their perpetuation and
because we have looked upon the
wreckage of other "so-called ORDERS"
We have come back home, some of
Us with empty sleeves and shattered
nerves, to enjoy the peace of freedom,
for which we have suffered through
two red years. We are peace-loving
| lot, but we instinctively reach for ths
musket when we hear SANDER of the
good things for which that old flag
stands.
If there must be house cleaning at
home we are the boys to do it. If the
autocracy of terrorism prowls in the
shadows we are the fellows who are
ready to go scouting for the scowl-
ing face.
We don't propose to allow Columbia
I'd become a mo mans land"; we've
had enough of the "so-called ORDER
of might in Flanders.
Mystic promises of terror don't
worry US. Prussian propaganda made
black threats in more trying days; it
bluffed lots of folks but not our out
fit. We have seen the German men,
ace smashed like an eggshel. We saw
the internal machines of the greatest
war engine in history broken to
atoms and the boosted Deaths Head
Hussars hurled from their holds of
late.
We know how to subdue spies and
Slippers and submarines. We can
squelch the sneaking terrorists.
We don't want any misunderstand-
ing. Our order of democracy and JUS
tice is here to stay. The officers we
placed at the head of our government
are going to stick on the job. "Old
Glory" is going to float over a land
OF folks who do not hide bombs under
front porches.
That is all of our plain words. In
the drive on the terrorists you can
count on those of US In the uniform of
the United States for the frontline
positions.