The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-05
LII Author and Major In Army
e,v.. Something More Than
Sentimental Advice to
Veterans.
4 WELL TO HEED WORD
NJ, show White Feather Now Is
uls Text in Nine Paragraph
Sermon Of Good
Sense.

something considerably more than
".rnmb of comfort" but rather a
,oia cake of comforting. is contain
IN an open letter to wounded sol
|srs written by Major Rupert
,ehes in Garry On" the magazine
the reconstruction If wounded
I,orans. Major Hughes seems 10
70 struck just the right note--as
Usually does in such things and
advice to the soldier who carries
Innd chevrons on his sleeve, and
an more noticeable testimonials to
trips through the bells of No
Isn's Land is most timely.
Keckuk people who know aud ad.
re the major can not help but be
tprested in this open iettc:: Which
given here:
when the founders Of our nation
ate that All men are created free
4 n equal they were not blind to
fact that certain men were taller
Nan others, fatter, ieane'', wiler.
longer, lighter, or darkn.. And
py realized that being free did not
ean that freedom would never Lave
be fought for.
yet they meant what they said
d this latest greatest war saved
er glorious doctrine from ruin.
The war left you injured r.en
ther free nor equal in a certain
nse. You suffered wounds, diseases,
bagements, that hamper your rec
In and your equality. But the war
10 gave you a wonderful superiority
the countless citizens who have
memories of battles to revel in,
wounds to point to as medals of
Btinction, no proof at all that they
| lied to the defense Of mankind.
"You have come home, many Of
u feeling perhaps that you are
| oh only in great hurts as Shakes
are said But you are rich IN more
an hurts: You are rich in pride in
everlasting test of your mettle.
bu fought like tigers; you endured
. ur wounds like patient martyrs;
ID you have established record
American manhood that has
ver been and never can be sur
ssed ~
1.-THE courage that sustained you
the battle and in the worse hells
fore and after battle, will sustain
~ in the purgatory of !. everyday
They say that republics are I'M
Rateful You will have occasion to
" that they are forgetful. But
kope do not mean to forget They
e simply busy. They can spare
bly, little time from their jobs,
i cir families, and their ambitions
celebrating other mems achieve
|ents. And every man, woman, and
bid of us has his own disablements
one kind or another, the richest.
and happiest-look-
g.
you will not expect to be greeted
Flth cheers everywhere you CO.
bur rescue from a feeling that
|her people neglect you is to take
Pre- not to neglect yourselves. Get
bsy!
|" life is battle for bread and but
4 and comfort. You have shown
pat you are not afraid Of anything.
|bu will not show the white feather
ffore the new problems, Having
foved to the world that you are I'M
Pnquerable in war you will show
pat you are unconquerable in peace.
I'VE who are unwounded carry a
Feat wound in our hearts. We envy
Pu Do not envy us. Do not let
Pur courage fail you. nor your han
leaps whip you. To quote Shakes
Pare again, Disable not thysef!'
Garry On" which printed this,
Pspends its publication with this
sue, on account Of the mastering
\ Of its staff.