The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-06-09
PREPARE FOR WAR
PLEA OF PERSHING
He Pleads Youths May Never
Again Be Sent Unframed
Into Battle.

Washington, May 31.-A plea that
by personal ambition or political ex-
pediency" from fulfilling obligations
to less fortunate peoples who con-
fidently look to us for help" marked
the Memorial Day address of Gen.
John j. Pershing, delivered today in
the amphitheatre at Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery where the formal
exercises in honor of the day centred.
ITO the memory of our beloved
dead" he said, I'VE owe duty to
complete the task they sanctihed The
white crosses in France, standing as
symbols of brotherhood in common
purpose against miitarism and op-
preston, eloquently cry out to us.
Are we as a people to live up. to
our obligations? Must personal am
bition and political expediency swerve
us from the true course?
THE appeal that rings in our hearts
must not be in vain Rather let us go
forward courageously and with unset
FISH devotion to the well being of our
fellows as the vital aim reawaken the
fine spirit which made possible our
war achievements Doing our full duty
as patriotic citizens, may we meet our
obligations and give encouragement
and comfort to less fortunate peo-
Piles who confidently look to us for
help.
May this day of solemn meditation
bear fruit to justify the sacrifice of
those who died"
+ The General also pleaded for ade-
quate preparedness. I'm this solemn
presence" he said, land on this day,
my countrymen, | pray you to take
such reasonable measures in times of
peace that never again shall it fall to
the lot of a commander to suffer the
anguish of soul that comes when of
necessity our gallant young manhood
must unjustly bear the burden of our
thoughtlessness and be sent to bat
tie without adequate preparation"
A tribute TO the allied dead also
was paid by the American command
err ito the allied thousands who dur
ing four years of bitter struggle
gloriously fell in defence of their
homes and firesides and who lie
yonder across the seas asleep in quiet
places beside our sons-a mighty host
united in death as they were in life. ;"
Celebration of the day took in all
the cemeteries about the city where
lie many who have held noted places
in American life. For the dead of the
navy and the Lusitania Special services
were conducted by veteran organiza-
tons on the central span of the Aque-
duct Bridge.
Special services also commemorated
the dead of the battleship Maine, and
two noted explorers, Rear Admiral
Charles Wilkins, discoverer of the An
tarctic Continent and Real Admiral
Robert E Peary, discoverer of the
North Pole, were paid honors by the
living A monument erected i'll Arl-
ington Cemetery to Admiral Wilkes
was unveiled with fitting ceremony,
while the Explorers Club inaugurated
a yearly custom OF placing a wreath
on the grave there of Admiral Peary.
Even the wounded and NAMED sol
ders at Walter Reed Hospital partici-
pated in the days remembrance, TAX
ing part in decorating the graves of
the handful of dead who sleep at
battle-ground Cemetery where the
tide of the war between the States
swept closest to Washington.
A few British dead, some of whom
died while serving here during the
war, also sleep at Arlington, and they
were not forgotten. Lady Geddes, wife
of Sir Auckland Geddes, British Am
bassador, placed wreaths on the
graves