Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-14

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ceremonies when he paid tribute 10
President Wilson. saying that he had
the patience of Lincoln and the firm
ness of Jackson.
we have met in this historic temple
10 do honor to youth-to courageous
dauntless, audacious, deathless young
manhood" he said 1T is rare that a
whole people unite in a tribute to men
in their teens and in their twenties.
Few memorials tell OF their deeds Not
before have this people come together
to render grateful thanks 10 boys
most OF them were lads-whose valor
and sacrifice freely and promptly given
have illumined and gloriied humanity
and saved the liberties OF peoples of
the world Heretofore when we have
paused to. do homage to man or to men,
il has been in tribute TO the achieve
ments or the character tested in the
crucibla Gf long experience and of APP
preciacioa Of the wisdom born of age.
Nation Looked To Youth
1T was in April, 1917 that we first
fully apprehended the stun of which
American youths are made Until then
we had leaned on the President, that
perfection OF patriotism. who had
sought by every means with regard TO
duty and honor TO keep this republic
in the paths of peace. We depended
upon other wise men. and We thought
out OF the fullness of experience and
the judgment born of years they would
preserve us from the tragedy of war.
But when the Congress declared that a
state of war existed between this
country and the Imperial German Gov
ernment, to what strength OF granite
and interpidity of courage did we turn?
II was not TO men in high places. serv-
ing however so well. but 70 the boys
all about us who suddenly emerged as
The very rock Of our trust They had,
as we mist all recall now. mainly left
to older beads the course their country
was 10 ta&e, but as destiny was crys-
they knew it was their young
feet that must tread the pathway
through fire and death if the decision
spelt war
RecOunts States Sacrifice
Instances Of the sacrifice made by
during the world war
were recounted by the Secretary He
said:
when the destroyer Jacob Jones
was sunk by an enemy submarine De-
cember 6, 1917, three men from Mary
land John Bielatowicz, Ralph B. Will
liams and Francis Jaskolski-were
killed by the explosion, and others on
the RATS waited patiently through the
long winter night until rescue came.
Two Marylanders lionore Clag
gett and Nicholas Wagner were lost
when the little destroyer Chauncey. on
duty in the Mediterranean, was sunk
in collision with British transport.
"One OF the first American merchant
ships sunk during the war was the
tanker Vacuum, and Charles f. Luck
an. of Maryland, a member of the arm
ed guard. was one OF the gun crew who
persisted as a result of cold and ex-
posture in the open boats. which, after
a long struggle. were rowed to shore
There was more thrilling rescue
during the war than that of the sur
vivors OF the Florence H., the munition
ship. which burned and blew up in the
Der of the armed guard, William Rus
sell Clark, was killed in the explosion.
when the cargo transport Ticon-
deroga was torpedoed and sunk. JOS
eph FLAG. Thomas Herbert, Chester
Webb, Harvey Woodbridge, Roy Hieber,
and Franz Huson, Marylanders, were
lost A aumber of others from this
Ham. Frederick Wilson.
Fred Hughes, Roscoe Leonard and
George Thorn lost their lives when
the Lake Moor was torpedoed and sent
down. In the explosion of depth
bombs on the Manley, which came near
costing us that fine destroyer; in the
sinking of the Herman Frasch; in the
burning of subchaser 219; in many en-
with submarines; in en-
counters and emergencies that tried
mems souls. the sons of Maryland
faced danger with dauntless courage,
risking and sometimes sacrificing their
lives in the line OF duty
MarylanderS Win High Rank
I'm the time when We were rush
ing troops to Europe by the hundred
thousand. when victory depended on
putting tie American armies into the
lines at the earliest possible moment.
the greatest of these transports. the
largest vessel afloat. carrying 10000
men at time. the Leviathan, formerly
he Vatefland. once the pride of the
German passenger fleet was COM
handed by an able Maryland officer,
formerly stationed at the Naval Acad-