The Springdale news., 1919-02-28

honorable service in battle because for sooth some sensitive official soul, some swivelchair captain, major or colonel, who has been gallantly holding a much-as- saulted sector here in Washington these bloody months since April, 1917, objects to the sight of Sam Brown belts, foreign service caps, and chevrons of gold. Those trappings are so discriminating. Brave as these official, intrepid warriors are who have held the critical Washing ton front from repeated Hun assault from April ', 1917, to November Il, 1918, they actually turn as pale as their lily-White service stripes when they see husky prl- vate who fought at Chateau-Thierry, St. Mihiel salient, and Argonne Forest stride by them on the sidewalk
 If these gentlemen object to wearing the silver service chevrons denoting ser vice on this side they need not wear them if my amendment is adopted; but in the name of justice do not deny to the boy who braved the submarine, who fought the Hun in the air. who grappled with him in the narrow trenches where flowed the blood of the brave who met him face to face in no mans land-do not strip him of the golden insigna which is his coveted badge of courage that he honor ably wears and should continue to wear although objected to by the gentleman from California and the bold, local knights of the garter, the booted and spurred captains and majors and colonels who advanced toward the insolent foe no farther than the bloody salient of Dupont Circle NV
 Yes; in the name of democracy strip these heroes of all that will show that they marched and fought and bled in Italy France and Belgium. Palsied be the hand of any man who would reach out an envious finger to pluck from the coat sleeve of the humblest private the golden badge of glory earned by him in the hard service of his country on the shell-gashed hills and valleys of beautiful France
 1 recall that when the perseeuted and innocent Dreyfus was declared guilty through the unholy machinations of a corrupt military clique in France that they took from him his sword, broke it in two, and cast the pieces of steel at his feet which action was taken to empha- size his disgrace. To strip from the uni form of our returning fighters their saf- iron badges of honor would be on level with the unmerited humiliation visited upon Capt. Dreyfus condemned alike by fair men in both military and civil circles throughout the world
 The gentleman from California, ar gulng further in support of his peculiar position, gave utterance to the following statement:
 l am told that in some of the demo- blllzmg camps the young men who come back from the other side will not salute an officer who has the silver chevrons.
 Horriblei Shades of the great cap tain, of Hannibal, of Pompey, and of Charemagne. Send for the judge advo- cate at once, let him polish his spurs, grind his bayonet, sharpen his maiden sword, and condemn without benefit of clergy and execute at once this presump- tlouS and insubordinate varlet!
 The Harrison Headlight is apparent ly very much distressed at Congressman llllmans $ action in introducing bills for the pubic buildings 'at every cross roads pont m the district, as the Headlight point in the district, as the Headlight the towns included in the Headlights cat egory of cross roads points" and The News ventures the prediction that the postal receipts of the post office at this place far exceeds those of the Harrison office when the Government constructed building in that town which probably cost more than twice what Congressman Illlmans bill carries for building in Sprngdale. 1t has long been the policy o1 the Government to construct these buildings, and had not Congressman Till- man made an effort to secure something for his district he would have failed in hls duty The political proclivities of