The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-06-02
KenOsha Joins Nation in Tribute to the Men
Who Died That Nation Might be United
and Its Work Amplifed
RANDALL PLEADS FOR DISARMAMENT
Thousands of Patriotic People of City and County Join
in Annual Tributes to Soldiers, Living and
Dead, in Notable CeremOnials.

lief, and human rights were in the bal
ance, your sons and the sons of your
opponents, answered with equal alac-
rity the call for volunteers, and under
that starry banner, at San Juan Hill,
at Manila Bay and at,Santiago drove
Spanish tyranny forever from the west
ern hemisphere. All honor to the
men who remembered the Maine.
But our minds irresistibly turn
from the lines of the fading blue and
the glories of other days to the per-
sistent present. | need not remind
you of those months from 1914 to 1917,
when America, filled with indignation
protested against Germany's ruthless
warfare; against her butchery of wo-
men and children; against her break
ing promises and pledges; against her
placing bombs in our factories and the
holds of our ships; against her in
trigues and propaganda. | need not re-
mind you of the sinking of the Lusi-
tania and the destruction of American
lives, and of the time when the self
respect of the United States demanded
that the lives and property of our citi-
heroes of other days who died for lib
erty, demanded that freedom be pre-
served, or else that we cowardly sub
nit and surrender ourselves to the
domination of Prussia and permit "gov-
eminent of the people, by the people,
and for the people," to perish from
the earth.
"The Answer of America"
"You know Americas answer. Uncle
Sam, like a mighty giant, awoke from
troubled dream, rubbed his drowsy
eyes moment, and girded his loins
for the contest. Indifference vanished,
debating ceased, unity of thought and
purpose became the watchword of the
hour-the time for action was at hand.
The people of the United States
the children of liberty-the disciples of
Washington and Lincoln-marshale
their hosts and resources. Our coun-
try's call to arms was answered from
every village and farm. The best of
our youth came from shops and fac
| tories, from the cornfelds of the north
and the cottonfelds of the south, from
the prairies of the west, and from New
England's historic mills, and college
! boys and cowboys marched side by side
/. following the flag. We see them as
! they train at home in the training
camp, as did the boys of 81 and '98.
We behold them as they cross 5000
miles of sea infested with submarines.
We see them training again in the
I tot
/ 1000 years ago. We behold them upon
the cory fields of that great war. We
see them meet death in new and dread
full forms. We hear a thousand
death dropping planes hum and wheel
above them. We are with them at
Chateau Thierry, St. Mihiel and the
Argonne Forest. We are with them in
the trenches running red with blood.
In the whirlwind of the charge. where
men become iron with nerves of steel.
We will never know what they suffered
end endured; we will never fully APP
preciate the privations that they un-
derwent and the perils that they en-
countered until victory came.
Hhus were born the Veterans of the
World War. We committed the flag of
our Republic to your care and keeping
on foreign soil and all it represents
the flag that has never known defeat.
You brought it back to us in honor,
without stain upon its folds, and in
blaze of glory.
Fought Greatest War in History.
"You fought in the greatest war of
all history. You not only stood be-
tween US and the overthrow of our
| government and the loss of our lib
critics, but you saved the civilization of
the world. You rendered a service to
mankind that will live until the sun
grows cold and the leaves of the Judg-
ment Book unfold The Hapsburgs
and Hohenzollerns are gone-autocracy
has fahen-democracy is triumphant
| and Gods course is marching on. All
hail to our brave boys who fought for
and saved civilization and liberty. All
hail to the living Veterans of the
| World War, and all hail to their brave
comrades who sleep somewhere in
France under the illles and the pop
pies.
"As we honor our soldiers, living
and dead, we should remember that we
honor them most by having their ex-
ample teach US to iove our country
more, to value its dearly purchased in
stltutlons more, to prize its manifold
! blessings more, ana to advance its
greatness and true glory more.
AS we recount the sacrifices made
and the cost of this greatest of all
wars, we should realize as never before
that war is unnecessary and barbarous
and has no place in civilized life. We
| should remember that men and peoples
should dwell together in peace and
unity. But we mast also remember
that if righteous cause calls us to
defend our institutions and our faith.
then we must not falter. The blood
shed by the heroes of '61, '9S and 1918
is seal to the covenant with the liy-
/ ing that we shall preserve what they
so dearly bought
ITO my mind, international disarma-
ment is an issue that overshadows all
| other economic issues at this time A
modern battleship costs approximately
40 millions of dollars, yet the nations
of then world, including our own, are
| engaged in a mad race in battleship
building. 1t is estimated that the cost
of maintaining our army and navy for
1922 will be more than all government