Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-11-12
President, Generals Pershine
and March, Issue
Statements.
MESSAGE TO 4. i. /. VETS
Washington School Children Plant
Tree IL Memory Of Quentin Roose-
Wilson Sees Ceremony
From White House Window.


Tuesday throughout the United States
Governors Of nearly dozen states
proclaimed the day legal holiday
while many mayors, through procla
4 nations and public statements, called
attention to the Significance Of thu
day.
#53 President Wilson, in statement ad
dressed to all Americans, declared
\ s..the reflections Of Armistice day VII
be flied with solemn pride in the he
roism Of those who died In. the c0un
try's service, and with gratitude To-
the victory, both because Of the thinl
4 from which It has freed us, and be
cause Of the opportunity 1T has give'
America to show her sympathy Will
peace and Justice In the councils o
nations"
Others Issue Statements.
General Pershing and Secretarie.
Baker, Daniels and Lansing also point
"a out In statements. to the American
4 people the deep and solemn meanin,
Of the day. while General March. CHEZ
OF staff, 10 a message ito the Vet
erans.n asserted
III ssThe first anniversary of the armis
tice finds the country holding In mos
4 affectiOnate remembrance the work
d you performed so cheerfully and gal
{ lantly during your service here and
overseas. The story OF your partici
4 patton In the war win inspire future
generations. r5s-
Some Of you are still In uniform
some OF you are In civilian clothes; re
spect the uniform you wore and honor
the country and nag for which yor
& fought 2,
Washington observed the day will
exercises centering about the planting
: Of two memorial trees In Lafayette
square opposite the White House
4 Members Of the cabinet and Generals
Rershing and March took part in thu
ceremonies. President Wilson yieWed
the exercises from a window in the
White House Il u
Service for, Quentin Roosevelt.
Flags Of the United States and
4 France, which flew over the American
naval Headquarters, at Brest during
the war. foated over the Force public
school here, where Quentin Roosevelt
was student while his father was
president. In memory Of the young
aviator who gave his life for his coun-
tr4 In France. pupils Of the school
] planted a memorial tree, with exer-
cises, at which was read a telegram
sent BY Lieut.. Col. Theodore Roose-
Welt, expressing the appreciation Of
the Roosevelt family for the schools
action.
Message Of President Wilson.
President Wilson's message follows:
ITO my fellow conntrymen: A year
ago today our enemies laid down their
arms In accordance with an armistice
which rendered them impotent to re-
new hostilities, and gave to the world
an assured opportunity to reconstruct
I its shattered order and to work out in
peace new and juster set Of inter-
! national relations. ,fss
The soldiers and people of the Eu-
rOpean allies had fought and endured
8 fer more than four years to uphold
Z the barrier Of civilization against the
aggressions of armed force.
"We ourselves had been in the con-
fiict something more than a year and
half. With splendid forgetfulness
of mere personal concerns we remod-
eled our industries, concentrated our
financial resources, increased our ag-
ricultuEal output and assembled a
great army, so that at the last our
power was decisive factor in the
victory.
4Out of this victory there arose new
possibilities Of political freedom and
economic concert. The war showed
the strength of great nations acting
together for high purposes. ard the
victory of arms foretells the enduring
eonquests which can be made in peace
when nations act justly and in fur
therance of the common interests of
men.
ITO MS in America the reflections of
Armistice day will be filed with SOL
emn pride in the fsroism of those who
died in the country's service and with
gratitude for the victory both because
of the thing from which it has freed us
and because opportunity it has given
America to show her sympathy with
peace and justice in the councils of
nations.
"WOODROW WILSON.
'The White House,
al November. 1919"
Casualties Total $4,000.
Il, the midst of the celebration the
tragedy of war again was emphasized
by announcement of a revised list of
American casualties, showing a total
of 293,OS9.
The list included 3462j killed in
action, including 32S lost at sea; died
Of wounds. 1895: died of disease. D.
692; died Of accident and other caus-
es, 1926; wounded in action, Ola, 4S9;
messing in action. 2.
Must BE Discreet
or course every man ought to be lib
eral with his wife, but there is no
sense in giving her enough money to
hire divorce lawyer.
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