Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-05-11
WILL THE BOYS MAKE eooD9
Clos Angeles Times)

Four million American boys have come and are COM
ing million boys who through the gates
of down, down into the Valley Sorrows Their
heads touched with silver look
of their for they have supped slept
with Death and fought like devils land and sea-
Many boy has left leg Flanders
field Many have smashed bodies and faces.
Many will be deaf and blind long the breath in
their nostrils. Many will be free pain
their minds etched the terrible Argonne
They been until their lungs fun
ing fire and they have suffered until cold sweat
oozed at every pore What their eyes have seen en1
what their have heard be told by human
tongue
These American soldiers and sailors have come and
are coming homethey fed up bands and the
scream of sirens They have been welcomed with
speeches. bombarded with flowers long
overland trip, They have through streets
rershng Square while Los Angeles trembled with the
JOY of their Homecoming They kissed their fathers
mothers and wives and sweethears but the sweetest
sound they have heard Is the cry Of their children
Papa, oh, papa"
The fatted calf has been the boys from
overseas anxously asking "Wi get my job They
know it is crime to live without labor that half
OF the worlds work is done by those suffer They
too full of grit to to the rearhey looking
for rations silver platter.
They know that people will tire hearing their
story of the worlds great and for only
can they show their tell of their rackng
Experience teaches them that treated
with contempt before their and ten are
ended.
And so our boys asking "Will get my old job?
And employers asking: Twill soldiers and sailors
make good?'
Aye they will make good.
The discipline of camp field trained and de-
veoped the American boy. He has scourged ex-
periences uncompromising poverty and hard
work He has learned to for his body knows
that infringement carries penalty The woes of
the women Of Belgium and France have taught him to
protect women-even against himself.
He went out boy. He has back a man and is
ready for mans job. He can dig and build and pow
and plant for his hardened muscles toll He
can wash and iron and scrub and and like
gentleman if his garments never had the touch
oc woman's hand.
He has acquired the habit concentration and has
come back master of many trades He has how
study military preferment means exhaustive
aration and rigid examinations. He take
he give them His knowledge scientifically accur-
ate and he is qualified executive in the
shock of sudden in battle he has
act upon his initiative and he will surely well
in civilian life. His training has taught him
carry on and he is ready for sharp competition with
decent foe. His boyish oes have burned out in
the furnace of France brain smoked
cut the battlefelds have been ironed
out with balls. He is ready to face business
problems complex German warfare paralyzing
poison gas. The fighting man cannot be analyzed:
but his herosm and valor and the reckless
which he fought will make him dynamo business life
Governmental be given to the blind and
hopelessy crippled every returning soldiers who is
able to work MUST HAVE HIS CHANCE. 1t is all he
asks of the employers the United States GIVE me
chance and I'll make good"
There 29O,OOO,Oo0 acres Of unusued land in
the United States the secretary interior is of
the opinion that if could spend 900 day for
expenses, should willingly spend equivalent
of few days fighting in the tremendously important Job
of making soldiers and sailors industraly independent
by making this land productive The government of New
South Wales has agreed to allow their weekly
allowance during the unproducve period the year. II
also encourages the raising of wool under a
share farming agreement
Our soldiers are coming home wearing Croix dc
Guerre, war crosses and Medaile Miaire; but more
significant to is the little diamond on the lef,
shoulder of soldiers uniform insignia of the
fighting of the American army the Red Diamond
man has fought in the trench batted and made
the navy power on the He went top in
No Mans land and fought with his fists when his car
fridge belt empty.
The American soldier need no more eloquent
appeal than that of their vaorous deeds
Open the door of opportunity to the American army,
What is this American army?
Our precious boys, strong and mighty and vic.
torious in Back stood the God of Battles
They conquerors and blessed flag has nvee,
known defeat is again raised in glory
FAILURE OF GOVERNMENT OWNERSHT