Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
MAYOR HANLEY
PAYS TRIBUTE
TOU.S. TROOPS
In Address at Court House Square
Praises Spirit That Saved Re-
public In 81 and Is.

J. H. Hanley, mayor of Mon
mouth, paid a splendid tribute TO
the American soldier of all time in
his address at the court house
square this morning. He praised
the spirit that saved the republic in
81 and he praised the wonderful
valor and patriotism that enabled
tie republic to save the world in
1919.
This is a proud day for the fad
ing ranks of Blue" he said. They
saved the republic, and the repuO-
lie saved the world. The sons OF the
north and the sons Of the south met
on the fields of France. They were
commanded by the same officer,
dressed in the same uniform. and
carried the same flag.
They circled around the grave of
him, who long ago in the valley Of
the Hudson, and among historic
hills. fought side by side with
Washington, the great battle FOR
human liberty. And as the great
American general looked into the
faces of that splendid army. com
posed of the flower of the grandest
nation on earth, he knew their
galor and patriotism, and realizing
that they were about to do for
France what France had done Tor
America, in the hush and silence of
the tomb, uttered the imperishable
words, Lafayette, We are here
IF the spirit of the illustrious
dead participate in the concerns Of
the earth. what a scene for Wash
ington, Lafayette, Lincoln, Grant
and Lee to look upon
And then they marched side by
side to the river Marine to hold the
German lines and met the enemy
five million strong, Met them in the
strength and greatness Of the re-
public you men saved.
And in the majesty of those
eternal principles of liberty, justice
and truth for which that republic
stands, met them and held them
and hurled them back in utter dis
aster, defeat and despair, and left
10 God and time a world in which
man is free and justice reigns.
In support of League.
The speaker commended and ap-
proved the league of nations as
means to prevent the probability of
war. but he also declared himself
rnreservedly in favor of a strongly
armed country in order to insure
The peace assured by the league.
Unless the good faith, courage and
moral stamina of the people of the
nation are behind the league it will
not be worth the paper it is writ
ten on, declared the speaker. He
expressed himelf in absolute favor
of the acquisition of southern Cali
fornia and the Gulf of California by
the United States in order to insure
this country against the possibility
of taking up arms again in defense
of the Monroe Doctrine, declaring
that he did not believe the prin-
ciples of no conquest should be so
applied as to hinder the nation in
preserving the doctrine.
The program for this morning at
court house square was as follows:
Bugle call (assembly)-Floyd
Ikerd.
Patriotic selection - Stroehle's
band.
Flag drill and xercises-School
children.
Prayer-Rev. F. J. Rolf.
Song. THE Star Spangled Ban
ner' ?'-Audience.
Ikerd-
Introduction - William McCono-
chic.
Grafton - Hon. ]. H. Hanley,
Monmouth.
Song, Brave Battery Boys" M.
d. quartet.
Song, THE Boys, Khaki and
Bluer-Teresa Evans.
Music-Stroehle's band.
Services concluded at monument.
Patriotic selection - Stroehle's
band.
Song. when Johnnie Comes
Marching Home. M. d. quartet.
Grand Army service-John Bu-
ford post. G. A. R
Song, "Tenting Tonight"-M. D.
quartet.
Salute to the dead-Firing squad
Lincoln's Gettysburg address
Isidore KatZ.
Song, America '-Audience
Taps. Last Bugle Call"-George
Stroehle.
Stroehle's band.
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