Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-30

of South Dakota, a veteran of the war
who won the distinguished service
cross for heroic service in battle.
The galleries were crowded and
there were large groups OF soldiers.
including a number from Walter Reed
Hospital who had lost limbs in help
ing to win the war.
Champ Clark's Eulosy.
Champ Clark. whose own son was
colonel in service in France. was fire.
auently interrupted with cheers as he
told the stupendous achievement Of
the American soldiery in the world
war and pledged American honor
never to be ungrateful for 1t. He
said:
at is eminently fitting and proper
that the Congress in this pubic man
ner return the heartfelt thanks OF our
country to the men who saved her
so valiantly and SO vfctoriouSly In
the most stupendous war in the en-
tire history Of the human race. but
American men. women and children
have already demonstrated this graft
tude and pride in every way which
human ingenuity could devise. We
are only doing in solemn and ofiicial
ing, loving heart of America has ex-
fashion.
what we say will matter little. but
what our soldiers did will never fade
from human memory SO long as the
American prowess in arms to all the
nations of the earth and raised our
country's fame to . pinnacle OF ex-
ceeding glory.
I'm my Arlington speech on Decora-
ton day, 1913. said: America is the
Ia LII
but at the same time is the most mar
tial' The truth Of this seeming para
dox was proved In 1851. when at NE
first tap Of the drum . whole people
sprang to arms.
Exemplihed In Recent War.
'It has been nnarvelously demon
strated In the world war just closed
wherein in a few months we accom-
millions and a half Of armed men
across the sea. who turned the tide of
battle on the red fields Of France. So
long as the world admires courage,
their valor will be chanted In song
and celebrated in story.
while our soldiers in Europe were
winning imperishable renovn we had
100000 more In training camps In
our own country fretting their hearts
away because they were not permit
ted to join their brothers In arms
/ over ther~' Such q Colossal achieve
war.
I'm addition to the 4.5oe. zoo actually
in the Army and Navy esPvioe Of our
country we had enrolled $4,000, goo
more Of military age in reserve. No
such demonstration of warlike PROV
since God said: Lot there be light
Let us fervently hope and pray that
there will never be occasion or oppor-
tunity for q repetition of this az
founding chapter in our history. May
universal and eternal peace ba the
treasure spent in the awful cataclysm
which befell half the world.
Greater love hath no man than
this. that . man lay down his life for
his friend That Is one Of the most
written by John, the disciple whom
Jesus loved This paraphrase of that
sentence Is equally true and philo-
sophical: Greater love and higher
honor hath no man than this. that a
or offers SO to do
'tAll Honor" to Men Of Amsrica.
Therefore all honor, all glory, all
love be to the brave patriotic ana
self-sacridcing men Of America who
buckled on their armor and went
forth to fight at the call of their be-
loved country.
There are tears for the unrsturnins
brave; there are aid and tend>rsst
compassion for the MANNED and those
whose health was broken in the SER
vice abroad or, In home campo; there
Us high .n ssso ayebs to % s, the war
distress; there Is heartfelt gratitude
to the living and the dead; there is
sympathy unspeakable for the fathers
and mothers whose sons lost their
yss In ts: s ,SauI there sas
that he brought US through. the
bloody conflict safe and strong and
hopeful for the future Of our own
country and Of the whole world
Tribute by Representative Towner
How the Americans who turned the
tide OF victory In the world war were
actuated by the same. spirit and the
spired the citis,n armies of the United
States was told by Representative
Horace M Towner Of Iowa, who said:
mot t4sS hnl DsT
of military machine. The pride Of
Rome in her legions. the pride OF
France in the disciplined troops that
many in her vast military machine,
has never been hers. The pride OF
America in her soldiers has ever been
that they were citisen soldiers, called
from their peaceful pursuits to serv-
| ice and sacrifice for the preservation
Of their liberty, the safety Of their
country and the security Of their
homes. They served not for military
distinction. not for fame or glory,
| not for place or power. but IN fu!-
| fillment Of their obligations az ctti-
zens-because they believed that any
der Of all they held dear.
ut is this that has ever lent distinc-
| ton TO their services. 1t 10 this that
has ever made their supreme sacrt-
| Ace so solemn and SO sacred"
Service and Characteristics.
Mr.. Towner then sketehed the ssrv-
ice and characteristics OF the Ameft-
can soldiers in the colonial wars. the
war of the revolution. the civil war.
the war with Spain. and then spoke
Of b the am sslss , q tas
| in this war he said, In part;
"The American soldier of the pres
emit war was Of like character and
conduct. He went into the war with
| a full realisation OF what it meant.
He was not given to speculation as
| which justified our participation in
the war. But he knew that we had
| used every honorable means to avoid
It and that those means had failed.
1 "He knew that we had suffered i'm
diRnities and injuries which no self
respecting nation could ignore. He
knew that the German attack wasn't
only against Belgium and France and
England. but was against civilization
itself. and that, II 1t succeeded, our