Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-08
GENERAL LEONARD WOOD IS
GREETED BY GREAT THRONG
OF NEW MEXICO'S PEOPLE
AMERICANISM STRONGLY URGED
BY GENERAL WOOD IN ADDRESS
THANKING STATE FOR MEDAL

new things at a time when the whole
world is topsy turvy"
! I'VE want to do all we can to build
up a spirit of national solidarity
There is only one loyalty in this coun-
/ try that is loyalty to the people of the
United States"
See to it that the men who come
back from the training camps or from
oVerseas-so soldier, sailor or marine
get the best you can give them !
don't mean that you are to nurse and
coddle them. but see that each man
| has a good position. that he has lost
nothing but has gained by his service
and that he has the position in your
community that which citizen
should have who has offered every-
thing, even life itself, in the defenIa
of the country"
~ ou can't expect the service or the
spirit Of service and sacrifice to per
meate the country unless you see 70
it that the men who exhibit that spirit
who play the game in time of war,
receive full recognition--I don't mean
cCddling-but full recognition from
you when they come home"
There is no room in this country
for the red flag. Kill it as YOU
would kill rattlesnake, 1t is the
enemy of everything our country
stands for. 1t is the enemy of the
family, of the state, of the nation, of
liberty within law, of government un-
der, the constitution, OF all those
things that have made us what we
are, of those things we are going to
maintain"
We don't want in this country, and
won't have, either, an autocraCy of
wealth or an autocracy of labor You
want a real democracy of both char
acterized by spirit of helpfulness, a
spirit of getting together around the
table and talking things over, the
spirit of give and take. The spirit of
justice is just as prevalent in the
masses as it is in the classes, and the
spirit of truth IS stronger than the
spirit of untruth."
'"The figures which stand at the
foundation of the republic are labor
er, the father, the mother and the
teacher. Our teaching profession in
this country is filled now by splendid
men and women who have dedicated
their lives to it because of love of the
cause. What better use can we put
our wealth to than in putting it into
tllC ltttNllllIS n pLGaSlOIl.
Owing to rain, which commenced
soon after General Wood began to
speak, the meeting was adjourned to
the hall of representatives. General
Woods address after reaching the
house of representatives. follows:
General Woods Speech.
''I want to say right now that l
Oh oil hn frla
bers of the old regiment, or the Eigh-
ty-ninth division or the Tenth division,
or any other outfit that were at at
Funston, or anyone else after the talk
is over.
Il had commenced to say something
to you about the men that you sent to
the last war. They came under the
draft, a great bulk of them, the only
just and fair system. They we've quite
willing to come as volunteers. They
came, all classes, all religions, from
all parts of the country, and they lived
up to the best traditions of our mill
tary service. They were the same
fighting type we had in the old regi-
ment. They came without experience
in armies. They came to the training
camps, practically without equipment,
"ltIOuI lIdllluB III lHe early days.
but they put their minds and their
hearts into the training and they did
perfectly splendid work. The Eighty
ninth division and the Tenth division
were brought from oklahoma, Ari-
zona, New Mexico, Colorado, Nebras-
ka, South Dakota, Missouri and Kan
sas, and among them we had many
or your men, many who spoke little
English, spoke only Spanish. They all
made good soldiers
Praises the Eighty ninth.
They came, slow of foot, a bit quiet,
rather reserved. Men from the ranch, |
from the mine, from the range, but
they had the spirit and heart of SOL
diers and you know the record that !
your Eighty ninth division made over
seas. There are men of other divisions
here, and what l say about the Eighty