The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1920-01-16
American soldier, stake driver and
a small cart, together with several
wooden animals with moving legs.
Why Friends OF Democracy
Should Join the W. w. v. Auxila1,

zens to lay aside their personal work
if it conflicted with the prosecution
of the war, and if it did not then to
make it more intensive In addition to
this call for service, each nation in
volved in the struggle urged every
one of its citizens to contribute of his
strength, time and money in such ex-
traactivities as Red Gross and hospi-
tai service, public speaking and writ
ing and wide variety of other work.
In short the citizenry of these ma
tons was organized; as never before
in the history of warfare to support
the armies in the field and the navies
on the high seas; and make these
armies and navies efficient and Nigh
ty. Men, women and children per-
formed almost incredible tasks in the
reserve trenches thousand of miles
distant from the physical combat.
That the services of civilians were
of immense value during the war has
been attented to by the ,llied govern
ments too often to make any other
proof necessary. To the teachers CALL
ed to help classify the draft ques-
tionnares, the United States said that
it should consider the service quail to
the work of a soldier in the field; and
to the Four Minute Men who spent
| their evenings spreading the gospel
OF national cooperation and appeal
ing for sacrifice from every person.
their work was appre ciated, and the
women and children who tailored in
countless ways to keep the moral of
the soldiers to the perfect fighting
pitch are deserving of credit in the
victory.
Are the people of the United States
so much advanced in spiritual force
and are they so self-restrained that
they can be trusted to build up arm
les and navies? The people of Mexico
and the other Americas do not believe
so any more than the French believed
Din the right of the Germans to estab-
lish militarism. The psople of tine
United States do not believe SO any
more than did the people of Germany,
helpless in the clutches of the giant
that they had permitted to feed upon
them.
The World War Veterans believe
that the Great War should be the last
war and to this end they ask their
friends to wage relentless war against
Universal Military Training.
Another important campaign must
be waged against lawlessness and dis
order now rampant in the name of
"Americanism. The World War Vet
Grams believe in the Constitution "as
it IS written;" and the right of free
assembly and free speech. Against
this misinterpretation of the Consti-
tuition the World War Veterans offer
their united opposition and call upon
all whom love liberty to resist in
every lawful manner the tyranny of
any press, platform, legislature or
Court that seeks to abrogate the
guarantee of personal liberty of
speech and peaceful assembly.
The World War Veterans believe
that President Wilson's original
fourteen points are the proper basis
of Universal peace; and they accord
ingly ask the members of the auxiliary
to work for such a peace. They are
determined that the people of the
World have too much in common TO
be moved about the checkerboard of
war on the slightest pretext. They feel
that every Nationality has right to
live and develop as long as they do
not interfere with the rights of others.
The World War Veterans believe
that they have no right to prosecute
their work of peace without the CO.
operation of the men, women and
children who are to be benefited by
mt. 1t holds that the glory Of war is
not something to be gloated over in
amp meetings and conventions, that
saiher what glory has come to the
veterans who wore the khaki must be
shared equally by all who served; and
thai this glory is nothing to either
veterans or civilian save as 1t is made
/ to serve the coming generation.
The World War Veteran feels
THAT he is as much the servant Of hu-
mainly now as when he wore the uni
form of his Country. Hence the
World War Veterans are asking civil
lians to Join them in their labor for
the future good Of America: and IN
order to make this request more
than an abstraction they asked that
these civilians pay the Auxiliary fee
of one dollar ($1.OO) and wear the
button inscribed as follows; World
War Veterans Auxiliary ). for Free
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