Tombstone epitaph., 1919-05-04
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A PROCLAMATION
Setting Aside Tuesday, May 6. 1878. as
VICTORY LOAN VOLUNTEER oAv

ment for the Fifth Victory Loan is
one of the high privileges that belong
to US as free-born American citizens.
II establishes the fac; that the work
of stopping the hellish ravages OF the
Huns was your privilege You were
responsible for calling into being the
mightiest force the world has vet
known to curb.a power thar threaten
ed to overwhelm even America with
murder. outrage and robbery. II was
your choice that prompted the scale
OF expenditures that had reached So
100000 a day when the war ceased.
And now there can be no doubt but
that it was this vast expenditure back
ing the huge army We were throwing
into Europe that brossht discourage
ment TO the High Command of Ger
many II was this expenditure OF
money and man power that made
them quit the contest after initial re-
verses had shown them that a terri
fic slaughter awaited their troops u
timately il the fighting continued.
The lavish expenditure ot thous-
ands of millions of dollars in 1917
.hn ,hA h,-n
Because of this fact. hundreds of
thousands of young Americans are
now returning to their homes who.
otherwise. would have fallen on the
battlefelds of Europe. There should
be no soul SO mean as TO begrudge
this expenditure. ! doub. IL there IS
any American who will not NEE; this
duty gladly Only a creature OF sell
fish and slavish instincts would say
Let some one else meet the bill"
Slaves always look 20 the master 10
pay the current obligations. Who
pays. rules. AS rulers and free men
We must account for as much OF the
>r,oney due as our individual circum-
stances will permit.
This is why say ;ha; 20 nee. thu
obligations of the Fifth Victory loan
is high privilege.
Men with the Arizonan heritage o.:
independence and daring incident to
the free. outdoor life OF the noun
tains and the plains have less of the
slavish in their natures than the dwell
er in the large cities who is more cir
cumscribed by conventions and see
the lines of caste drawn az every
point. Yet Arizona. the free and gen
erous. is still behind in her quota for
the Victory Loan while other states
have already gone over the top. On
April 26th. local committees through
out the State reported the sum o:
si93.5o0 raised. This is only little
more than ten per cent Of our quota
of s4.ss2. 10000
In previous loans. the people felt as
though each dollar were going direct
to some boy who was risking his life
for US and fighting our fight for Us.
We were not only putting up our
money then. We were putting up our
credit, too. And part OF the obligation
We were incurring, was the response.
bility of getting that vast army of
boys home and well started once more
in civil life No honest man will seek
to avoid this obligation to the man
whom we called on TO forsake home
kindred and business in order tha,
the honor and safety Of the Unite
States, as a nation might be protected
and the continuance Of its institutions
insured. They did their part, how
d spiendidly and with that heroism and
devotion the whole world knows. Fo,
what they did. for the blood they shed
we can never pay. But We can pay
the bills and national honor demands
1t should be done with a promptnesa
and decision that will enable us all
to turn whole-heartedly to Affairs OF
Peace and give those responsible fol-
the conduct of the Government an op.
portunity to complete their plans SO
that the whole country can settle
down to its accustomed peace basis
with as little of delay and confusion
as possible.
To expedite this result. !, Nj;
Simms. Acting Governor Of the State
of Arizona. by virtue. of the authority
vested in me by law. hereby proclaim
Tuesday. May S:h, . legal holiday to
be known as Victory Loan Volunteer
Day, and call on all Arizonans to
close their places of business and sus.