The spectator., 1919-09-23

SSis ol tHt pdIdue nave uollc di lhat they could to arouse the citizens to a sense of their cheering duty
 Fine Record of the First.
 There is a reason for specially hon. bring the First division. It was the first large contingent of American troops to be dispatched to France, where it went in June. 1917, under the command of Maj. Gen. William l.. Sihert who trained the division for six months in France. prepared it for the front line offensive and took it into its first fight. Later General Si- bert was recalled to the United States to become the chief of the chemical warfare service.
 Other major generals who at vari- 0uS times either commanded or served with the First division are: Robert l.. Bulard, W. S. McNair, F. F. Ely. r. w. Coe. ]. W. McAndrewS. Charles r. Summcrall, Frank Parker and F. r. McGlachlin. All of these major gen erals will have part in the parade.
 II was d part of the First division which engaged in the first warfare on behalf of America, as an American fighting unit under American com mand. The first American blood of the war was spilled at Seichprey, and il came from the veins of soldiers of the First division. Seichprcy always will be name and a place memorable in American history.
 The First division fought all through the war, and it occupies place in the hearts of the French people from which il never can be dislodged. The sentiment of the French for the First regulars is felt not only because it was the first American fighting unit to ar rive in France but because also of it's sterling fighting qualities displayed on many fields
 Mental Unrest in America.
 Members of the administration. and members of congress with them, evi- dently are disturbed over the mental unrest of large numbers of the Amer ican people, an unrest which they de- clare is hurtful and which they also declare is the result of wartime con diuonS Business and labor stability. some of these cabinet officials and leg islators think. cannot be secured until mental stability has been restored.
 From the viewpoint of men here, there are two or three sharp manifes- tatious uf this unrest. One of them shows itself in the inability at present of great many of the returned sol, diers to stay put As it has been put by somebody, many of these sol dicrS want to he where they aint.' IL iS the reStlesSncss which has grown out of their life in France; q life of constant excitement and movement of black nights under uir-raid conditions and of the daily expectation of being ordered here, there or eisewhere-a condition of change which unsettled men ordinarily stable
 Another manifestation seems to be the desire among men and women. who are not soldiers. to let up in their work and to be temporarily, at least. uu- willing to wora aS concentratedly and as long aS they did prior to the break ing out of the war. This condition iS noticeable among the hitherto steady workers of the land, and it probably will take some time. So men here seem to think. to change this condition.
 In part, this sort of thing is held here to be the result of the hard, driy- ing work during the War, when nearly everybody was on his mettle. Washing ton. however. looks with something like concern on the evident disposition of part of the American world of workers to look for life of semi ease. It is recognized that only n com paratiVely small part of the men and women of the country are affected in this way, but, as the legislators and others view it, the part iS large enough to give concern.
 Affected by Unrest in Europe.
 This latter condition of things is at trihuted by many to the unrest in cer- tain parts of Europe. where hoiSheviSm seems to have affected the minds of the people and to have made them be- licVe that happiness comes from doing the least amount of work possible. and this naturally leads, So if iS said, to that further condition or state oi mind which makes shirkers of men and women.
 IL iS recognized by the men here who have given consideration to this coudi- ton of things that when world matters finally settle down into something like normal there may he n readiustment of mental conditions and q change in the viewpoint of those who seem to think just now that work. as work, iS not worth while,
 There are men in different parts of the United States who are engaged in preaching q doctrine of do nothing, or, at least. do very little and telling their hearers that true happiness lies in ease. IL has been said recently by