The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-11-18
ARMIsTICE DAY IS OBSERVED
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snUmIU lUL UHb ~ OOU6sbs LIZ
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ed in sympathy as the sturdy soldier
boy clasped his proud and happy
mother in fond and loving embrace.
There is but one not of sorrow to
mar the perfect harmony Of this JOY.
!, GUS occasion. 1t is the memory OF
the heroic souls who did not return,
for on the hillsides and in the valleys,
famid the lilies of crushed and bruls-
led and bleeding France, seventy tnou.
sand of our soldier boys, bravest OF
the brave and truest of the true, are
sleeping the sleep Of eternity. Rev.
lerently we drop tear to their men,
DRY as we recall their herolsm.
| Great, indeed has been the sacri-
fee in blood and treasure, but thank
God, the sacrifice has not been m
vain. 1t has kindled anew the
lsmouldefing fires of liberty and
awakened unbound enthusiasm for
the success of our country and the
character of our nationality. 1t has
developed and brought to full frul-
ton a spirit of genuine American,
ism that knows but one country ana
one flag. 1t has made us one peo-
ple with one hope, one msplratloh'
with one common destiny, loyal TO our
God. loyal to our Country and loyal
to Ourselves. -. -,
The story of the part played by
the United States in the great "9rlu
war is one of the most marve I'
! in all the annals of history. Wneh
we entered the conflict we had prac-
tically no army, and our navy, wnlle
hiphly efficient, was by no means
adequate to the gigantic task tnat
confronted it. .,
The army sent approximately =
OoO 900 men across the seas, ana over
ree-fifths of this number, or !'oOV,-
ono men participated actively IN the
great conflict. 100000 men we!e
held in the training camps OF Amer
"a waiting orders, but, let 1t De un.
derstood, that those VINO "eie noS
given an opportunity to go aslo Of
were inspired by the same spira. W
natriotism, imbued with the SAM h',
noble and lofty ideals, anlmaoeo Ny
the same thought and purposes, anu
were inst as ready to RESPOND 10 .lle
call Of duty as were their more l0l.
t",n,te borthers. Whether on the
hattle fields of France on in the Train
800 camns of America, whether OH
the trackless ocean, Drawing all the
hidden dangers of the deep, or IN !lie
dreary hospitals of pain, minlster n,s
- +he wants of the wounded ana ny
mo every man did his full duty anu
The world owes them debt OF gra'i-
tude that it can never repay. 4brow
The great war for the overthrow
of autocracy and for the peith e
establishment OF DemoclaSy tho
world over has been won, ana 70 'l -
everlasting credit of our ooys, We af
sa;d. that the impartial historian ~
tha ftnre will record the fact IN ie. v
tars of living light, high on tne
scro,, If time, that the victory Was
,o,;marily and principally due TO the
!,tran;d daring, the .unfiinchlng coul-
ana and the irresistible enthusiasm
." the soldiers, sailors and MARINES
of the American Republic. we nave
- desire to minimize or dlsparage
az. snIand;d work of our allies but re-
s .r,.d For the truth of history 1usti-
nc in the claim that it was onc!e
SANS boys who delivered ~the uv
.;ye blow that set the whole "oi ;tt,
free. The boys in 1913 1ougn' h"roa
the same determination, 1ne .Snse
steadfastnes of purpose as d!u 'i.y Lo
Grand old heroes of the sixties VINO
Sonor MS with their presence mere W W.
.Jov and through whose sacrIiSes
Srovernment of the people, by 1lle
neonle and for the people" was mo-
lp,erp;tted to perish from the Eaien.
Taa h,ess them one and all, living
GOO dae ed CHEERS for the living
tears for the dead" 49,. or
And now, my countrymen, tne wa
= over The death knell OF auco
- has been sounded and the ete!-
nal principles of Democracy are and
,,mphant. In this, the greatest, nv
let us hope, the last OF all -wa are;an
state in this union OF sovele q
states has made more gioliou0, ,r
. a'"r ;nspiring record than has our
~, nro,ld state of Minnesota-Mlh-
W. the state whose soil has pee,.
sanct;fied bv the blood Of those pfa.e
nd hardy pioneers who lost tneli
S;n ,a in the Sioux massacre, MIME.
Mves the ' state who made the first
dandsr of troops to the lmmorta,,
,f,incoln in the dark days Of o. IL Aa of
Whose gallant sons turned Tue .aut q.
], ,ettysburg. Her soldiers pit tI,;e
,ated in the decisive battles OF th,s
d ,ar and their life's blood was spIink a5
y S = Of France. Throughout the
length and breadth OF this gre as
state. whose inspiring patriotism mas
1o, Ia i, como and story, there was