The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-02-14
THE K|NSH|P Of THE
NEW AMERICAN
Aims and Ideals Of the United
States and Canada viii
Soon Be Signed.

Jhe war is over. peace will soon be
signed, the fghtin. nations have
sheathed their swords. and the day OF
reconstruction has come.
What of it,
Hundreds of thousands of men, TAX
en- from the fields Of husbandry. from
the ranks of labor. from the four walls
OF the counting house. and the con
fines Of the workshop. taken from them
10 do their part. their large part. in
the prevention of the spoliation of the
world. and in the meantime removed
from the gear OF common everyday
life. will be returning. only to find in
many cases old positions filled, the
machinery with which they were for
mcrly attached dislocated.
Are they to become aim'ess wan
derers, with h ultimate possibility
of %augmentins IN army Of menacing
leafers? If they do it il is because their
ability TO assist in laying new f"l'Inta-
tons, in building up mucI' required
structures. is underestimate. Men
who have fought as they have fought.
who have risked and faced dangers ms
to finch when ii comes TO the reSto-
ration of what the enemy partially de-
Stroyed. when it comes TO the recon
sfruction of The world the ideals OF
which they had in view when they took
part in the great struggle who's Divine
,rn..y -. lsa, pI.,,f this IN.
construction.
Injured To toll. fhnughtlesS Of fatigue,
trained in initiative and hardened by
their outdoor existence they will re-
turn better and stronger men, boys
will have matnred and young men will
have developed.
They will decide Of themselves lines
Of action and thought. and what their
future should and will be. On the
field of battle they developed alertnes>
and wisdom. and they will return with
both shedding from every pore.
Action was their by-word and it will
stand them IN good stead now that the
din Of the battle no longer Rugs in
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them to the fray. and it will continue
during their entire existence.
But ii they return to find their old
a~vocation gone, their places filled. the
institutions with which they were con
nected no longer exist. new walks o.
life and employment must be opened
4 them. II may be that the countin:
house. the factory. the workshop vii
have lost their attraction. The return
ed soldier will look elsewhere for EN-
ployment: within his reach there is al
WAYS the "Forward-to-the-L.and' ne
cessity. In this lies the remedy tina
will not only take care Of u multitude
of those who may not be able to return
to their former occupations. whose lie
sires are not TO do 20. h healtl
prohibits them from indoor life ol
whose outdoor habits from the pas
one, two. three cr four years hav,
given them SUCH q taste and deSir,
for ii that confinement would be un
bearable. Farm life will thus appea
to them. and the indications are that i
will he taken advantage of by thou
sands. II means much to them as wei
as to the Continent of America tina
provides the opportunity to the worit
at large. and TO the stricken and fam
shed nations Of Europe. who. not onl,
today, hut for years TO come. will re
quire the s~nsteranee that can Oni,
largely be supplied by the Unitet
States and Canada. BY following tn
pursuit of agriculture the returned
soldier will continue the cause he $,
greatly advanced when fighting o. tn
field of battle. Both countries hav,