The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-10-22
EsyecxPT. EDDIE RIcKENeAckER.
Chapter g.

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3tiis=a solemn thing to 60 out to kill
az nc 'oe killed. Most men do not like
to 10. They go because duty forces
tsa<n &c. Their sense of duty to their
~r<xmt-y rs stronger than their sense of
=R3f-oressrvatiOn. They face death be-
rinse they ought to protect what they
1--we at nome.
That is what makes spirit in an
=zuuy. The West Pointer calls 1t mo-
szzss- without this lighting spirit
>z<Scis8- Is not worth much, and an army
Ss'nc army at all. Every soldier knows
Una Ind so he asks:
slow are you going to get the prop
<srHsfting spirit into American troops
EEs.r, under article 10, they will be
-zck.eS TO fight for Poland against Rus
sEz, ar for Rsumsr!s against Bulgaria.
sE fsr Greece against Turkey?"
vE,h1t Is there TO nerve a man against
s1r1h In the thought that by his death
ia Viii help enc of these foreign coun-
rx-ses ressin a territory as big as Long
us=<se end prevent another country
g-sza getting 1t? VIII that thought con-
>zssss NM ~zsen his mind turns to the
szsHssr or wife In American Is there
sEzF txSpiration in lit Does a man die
Er+szF ffor anything so foreign and so
ssHs7f,9
Tsc soldier who has stood by the
<-.ssrr.S desh and bones Of a comrade
essess Ebere is no spirit or consolation
SA.zxF .ef these things. He knows that
Vnn -cznnst fy willingly into the face
~fzsssth for any such causes.
Zae whole thing is impossible. To
~isexbS9 Of the line it is simply I'M
9Sussszble. 10 him all the talk about
an4klzg TIE world safe for democracy
SN EgatiE1 boundary wars all around
sfse giebe means just nothing at all.
Ngz D<zskt as well tell him to die for
S4se &spe SKY as to die for boundary
Sks,s everywhere and for democracy
IN s-1orrsi
& aza<e never seen a soldier or an
suu1y that could get the fighting spirit
IN -such a cause as that. Neither has
sH4T Suher American soldier. An Amer
Ss-Un army that had no other inspira-
eisE Nssild be an army without spirit,
ssz,tksz1 morale; 1t would be no army
-.N-zL uSefy any soldier to imagine
n nssnIng American army under these
N1sBArions
I'm August, 1918. Is American avia-
Esxx were lined up at Ciaremont.
Efezz<oe. 20 go to the front They shook
fSaEt< with everybody and said good
ey- -11a engineer officer asked the
!-zpsxin In charge Of the aviation
x,szs- why all this gioomT The
Szssky was. ~well, those American ma
>zin1es have no protection; as soon as
a Anzkset hits that gasoline tank 1t Is
S4z-Sttz IL will take fire Immediately
lsaxf ,ise men have no chance to get
sxsszx "A month later the engineer
sxzzz met the captain and asked II
rsese usen came back. They never
szaEse back" was the simple answer.
They nsxer came back!
tn men do these things as they go
rzsB sy.akfast or board a street cart
ne Sssy 40 these things for political
tCfDs<rsss vor for general principles or
t3<- Il miserable piece OF land that
sszsns. foreigner covets and some other
xnzsEeaer will not give up?
JsSka .you expect any soldier, who has
ssexn usen do what those 16 did. to be
Oar the League Of Nationsf Can you
anzxEsne bis wishing such sacrifices to
"a aks6e On the orders Of foreign
s-ssuzLrF? Can you picture TO yourself
ARA Azserican army sent overseas by
f1Ss American people to enact such
TuaSsikes? Or. IL sent, can you think
II s,sssibie to inspire an army to brave
,sie<tS on such hollow pretensesf
q cannot No soldier can. That is
WHY the soldier is against the League
OF NztionS-