The sun., 1919-03-09
Urges Importance Of Getting
Jobs for DOughboys Dis
charged From Service.
WARNS OF BOLSHEVISM
"They Have Done Their Work,
Let, Us Do Ours" He Tells
Methodist Gathering.

NeW iork council OF the Methodist Cen-
tenary inNthe Hotel Pennsylvania yes
( terday. Seeing discharged soldiers SELL
ing papers on the streets in uniform is
something that stirs the Generals wrath
and he urged every man present In the
biggest gathering OF church laymen that
the city has seen in a long time to
make It his business to help the dough-
boy to get Job.
"About 1000. 900 men have gone over
seas or gone into the training camps at
home. and less the dead, about 100, 900.
the same men are coming back to us
from the training camps and from over
seas There Is no distinction between
these men. The man from the training
camp Is entitled to just as much atten-
ton, to Just as much credit, as the man
j from overseas for both are soldiers and
both have gone where they were sent.
THE streets OF your city. the streets
of St Louis, the streets of Kansas City.
of Chicago, are full of men without
places to sleep, without food. without
occupation. They are wearing the uni
form Of our country, which is as sacred
as our nag. They wear the chevrons Of
honorable service and of honorable dis
charge. II IL not right that they should
BE- treated as they are.
They Are All Soldiers.
Now they are broken UP. they are suf-
~>fering shell shock. they are nervous.
hascible. they are unreasonable many of
them. but they are all soldiers. We
sent them over with every form OF en-
ooura gement. Our men devoted them
selves to their well being. QUE women
worked to keep them apart from every
thing that was vicious and bad. the
whole country put itself behind the move
ment to give these men a soul, to send
them abroad with the feeling that they
we're crusaders IN a holy war, that they
were going to make a worthy sacrifice
and going to do 1t worthily. They have
done their part of It splendidly. They
have died in large numbers. They
fought with a courage which has put
them on the level with the best in our
country's history.
"And now they are coming home.
They arc coming back from the battle
7 to which we sent them with SO much
enthusiasm and we are not receiving
them with that practical kind OF in
terest which we should exercise. They
are coming homo from the game and
we arc like the crowd coming home from
the game. We sort Of unconsciously
have forgotten that the war is not over.
The most difficult part of II is nowhere.
1t Is the period Of reconstruction. of re-
adjustment These men are mostly
10y Olu OuT COuIIOL IHcy nave TAKEN
their discharge. Some Of them have
wasted their money. Thousands OF them
have been drusged and robbed.
"I found two men the other day on
the steps OF my headquarters In Chi
cago. each with an arm of, who had
been drugged and robbed of everything
they had. Now the men are standing
and selling papers, also soliciting
money in the uniform in which they
fought your war and mine. because 1t
WAS as much our war as the war OF
any other country.
Must Wake Up sleepers.
Imagine the feeling of man who
still has in mind a photograph OF the
great heaps of men in the ArEonne,
coming home robbed. selling papers in
the street Do you know what that
breeds? i breeds a spirit we do not
want to see in this country. We must
wake up all these big. sleeping organ
!xations. We must organize TO receive
these fellows. They will be a bit try
ing to you. some OF them, but let us
take hold OF them.
IF you can send them home in the
right way they will appreciate what
. YOU did, and In every home throughout
this country you will have centre
Of patriotic impulse. You will have
= men telling how their work was APP
preciated and you will be building up
real spirit of patriotism. II you
don't do II you may create a feeling
Of discomfort in many thousands OF
minds, which won't do US any good,
They have done their work, let us do
ours"
Everything that can be done to sta
blize the family. to improve education
ut present will ha safeguard to the
future the Genera said:
I'VE want to teach first the truth and
morality. for these things are common
10 all denominations" he said We
want TO impress upon our people the
significance OF the home. These are
dangerous times radicalsm, Bolshe-
vlsm, everything that pulls to pieces
everything that we hold true and gives
nothing In return. We ought to en-
phasize little more the moral qualities
fiie efficiency of our moral ideas. Get
that straight and sound.
spirit of Nationalisns.
I'VE want to build UP an intense spirit
OF nationalism. We want every man,
every woman and every child to believe
La his own country and TO- try TO be
100 per cent American, We want-to
have but one flag in this country, and
that is the American flag I am sim
dead. 1t was one of his expressions Of
faith.
The red flag is trying 70 get into
America and break up our nation. Just
as the free lovers and light thinkers
are breaking up the social structure.
You have this wretched Bolshevism,
which is nothing but decentralization. try
ing to stick its ugly head into his
country, but we must all stand to-
gether. We want TO give a fair deal to
everybody.
ct think we can DO 1t II we all get
together to build up feeling OF national
solidarity. but mind you, you will never
have any group OF nations which will
stand by any American unless the indi-
Niduals of the group have a strong feel
in1 OF nationality. We all believe in ar
filtration. we all believe in anything
which will control war and reduce II TO
The least possible amount. but II we
want to live as a nation because we be-
.tlieve We can do something in the world
I that IL worth while. and II we want 10
= be an influence for good. do not let any
Y thing. whether II Is a League OF Nations
X or an interna tional court or a Hague
4 tribunal or anything else do not let any
2 thing ever replace rational and sane
I preparedness on our part. All these
other things are added forces for good
2 order and for international peace. but
= mona Of them should ever replace a