El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-02
PerShing Makes
Appeal To Guard
Liberties Well

public utterances OF Gen. John J.
Fershing in his Liberty hall speech
Sunday night His theme consisted
Of a warning and an appeal His
warning was 90 the American people
TO guard their liberties closely
against both autocracy and bOlshc-
vism- Eis method Of defence against
both, and especially bolshevism con-
sists In Americaniziug the naturalizeu
I foreigner; deportation Of the unnat-
uralized agitatOr if he will not be-
come Americanized and military pre-
roredness in the form Of universal
The generals appeal was to ex-
! service men and particularly TO the
American Legion to keep sacred the
Z ideals for which they Dattleu abroad
the legion.
Praises II Paso.
FL Paso was praised for its pa
triOtism. which The general said was
manifested every time the city had
an opportunity to support the eoun-
[ il shown by its enlistments Of men
IN the army, which was greater, he
said, than the allotted quota due to
she large number Of volunteers
The organization of all industries
so that we viii always be prepared
for emergencies was urged by the
general He also declared emphat-
icaIy for universal training We owe
q p
: let them grow up without tralninG
and without a sense OF responsibility
TO their government.
Must Be Prepared.
I'VE must not allow ourselves 10
drift back into our prewar unpre-
paredness- We do not need large
army. but every young man should
be given four or five months OF in
tensive training and then released 10
civil life only to be called back in
event Of war formally declared by
congress-
As to bolshevism. he said: 1--WE
have in America a class of agitators
who openly advocate the destruction
OF this great government Il IS for
us TO firmly resolve to put down all
these tendencies, which lead towards
red revolution, anarchy or bOlshe-
vism- We can aid this by extending
our facilities for educating the ignor-
ant immi grant The time has come
for US TO begin teaching all who do
not understand our Institutions and
government as We understand them
ave should give them n reason
able time TO learn and II they fail
TO do 50, because they do not wish
TO learn our next step should be
TO send them hack where they
come FROM"
A Fort Bliss band gave a concert
a the hall an hour before the gen
erals arrival The civil war veterans
fife and dru:n corps preceded the gen
eral by several minutes. On his ar
rival the band in the balcony struck
up the star Spangled Banner" The
audience arose and after the piece
vas played cheered for fully five
minutes
aaThe Ruffles- Blown.
As he entered the front door OF the
courthouse. about so trumpeters on
the main stairway blew the. generals
"ruffles" while Gen PerShing and
Gen Howe came to attention.
Mayor Charles Davis presided Rev
Fuller Swift invoked the divine bless
ing and lhe audience Joined in on
the Lords prayer Mai Gen Robert
L Howe thsn was introduced and
paid his respects to Gen Pershing
The two generals were schoo mates
After the speech, Gen Pershing
shook hands first with the Boy Scouts.
then with the world war veterans.
and then with the general public
Among those who met him was D. p
Wilkes. who was born on an adjoin-
ing farm 10 the Pershing farm in
Linn county, No.