The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-01-24

Fcn' yesterday afternoon, at the
raj services Of one who had
Q the supreme sacrifice. appealed
he citizenship Of the country. for
hving. and TO carry out the prom.
Which were made them at the
they left for the battlefields,
fh by many "haye been shameful
forgotten
nose who made the supreme sac
Re, stated DR.. Davidson. have
Fht their fight, they have finished
r course and have been mustered
For them, nothing can be done.
hr wonderful work, their heroic
ifices. and their martyred mem
and revealed by an inspection
the records which they made
hing that is said now can help
n.
I is my desire to do something
the living. ! am an American.
bve American and Americans. My
er and grandfather were Ameri-
+. | love the American flag and
American country, and because
this great love which / have for
erica, 1 am going to say just
It |, as an American want to say
afternoon.
There was q great difference be-
ZEN the going and the coming of
boys who entered the service of
r country, and the treatment
ch they received since they have
irned. When the boys left home,
dear they were to us! The
lights of the perils which they
e about to face, the thoughts Of
Fther or not they would return to
the thoughts of whether or not
would conquer the Hun or
Ether the Central Powers would
victorious-all these thoughts fill
our minds, when these heroes
lt away, and how we admired these
(erican boys by the spirit which
y showed when they left to help
|n the tide of danger! We were at
depot when trains filled with
bps stopped for fifteen minute
|iods while passing through our
We were all there, serving
nr with rolls and hot coffee. The
)iness men then found time to go.
the depot and join with us in bid
g God speed and good cheer to
boys on their glorious mission.
expressed ourselves then in a
inner which implied that to the
mory of those who fell and would
return, We would erect monu-
nts, and for those who returned
unded we would provide proper
Re and treatment. and to those who
uld return ablebodied, We promised
best places we had to offer. TO
ri them in a profitable business,
Id houses for them, and see that
Iy receive cooperation in the prop
manner.
|THe boys have not realized these
bmises. We have forgotten them.
( may have been over-1ellous
On we made the promises, l don't
|pw about that. but we are forget
4 all of them.
I"rlN man who stayed at home.
Sped the reward while the war was
|ng on and after the war. They
Sde riches. The boys who entered
b service of the country, for a
|huneratiop which scarcely supplied
em with knick-knacks during the
bnths. some of whom were killed,
he of whom We're wounded, and
|ne OF whom were fortunate enough
remain unscatched-al came back
|ndicapped. The lawyers who had
tered the service came back and
Ind their clients had become the
ents of other lawyers; the doctors
|mc back to find their practice
|ne: the business man came back
find his patronage gone: and so 1t
$ with all men who entered the
|vlce. We find that doctors who
III served are moving from their
me towns In order that they might
establish a practice, lawyers are
wing so that they might reestablish
clentage, and so on.
Those who stayed at home made
bncy as they never made money be-
BE-, and incidentally are keeping 1t as
cy never kept 1t before.
|War Is brutal and is u brutalizing
siness. 1t takes long time after
war for the boys who participate
II to settle down to normal times,
cthods, and conditions,
THE most hcart-breaking thing
nich has ever confronted an Amcri-
IN. IL the treatment which the
lmdcd are now receiving In this
untry. There are three things
ilch the government promised they
,uld do for the wounded and which
q absolutely necessary They are,
cdlcal care and treatment. vocational
aiming and financial support And
o have failed In all Of these prom
rs In a most shameful manner.
BOYS have returned To us who
q suffering from nervous and men
/ disorder They are shell-shoCked.
,oso boys are unqualified Tor any
rn of business. They are not in-
NO any more than YOU or i, but
e suffering from mental collapse
another manner. The government
,ric no provisions FOR the care and
eatment OF these boys. There are
ore than 5000 of them who have
turned In this condition. Today
any OF them are locked up In Insane
ylums. There was such "a boy re-
aimed from an asylum at Oklahoma
tv last week by some women. These
omen rented home and are pro-
ding for the care and treatment
that boy. This boy Ia not insane
I'd yet he was confined TO a luna
, asylum. ls it right that these
sroes be confined In an insane
Iylum. so that the stigma Of such
cling to them through
cir lives9
,.We have indeed been unfair 10
n boys.
aNp,ny Of the boys who have re-
. ,,,ffafinp with tlberCu-