Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-04-07
MILITARY FUNERAL MONDAY
ATTENDED BY THOUSANDS

ylelulASt Splrlt OF SaCrlnce to the last
limit that we might make good what
we said to the world that we would
do.
My dear friends, if the silent forms
could speak, what things they could
tell; they could tell of things so ter
rible, so hard, things that never, or
scarcely ever, pass the living lips of
our boys who came back because they
feel that those things are too terrible
for speech. These silent forms repre-
sent the history of Company G. from
the day the company left home to go
to the Mexican border, to the day
when these two boys were gloriously
mustered out by the angel of death.
What a splendid history for us to
be proud of, for it represents the man
hood, the devotion and patriotism of
our boys. These boys embody the
glorious history of that company that
never failed, that was never found
wanting from the beginning to the
end of the struggle, and Oh, surviving
members of Co. G., land future mem
bers of Company G., these two, with
their other comrades who have fallen.
have carried to the other shore, and
carried to benefcient ear, the his
tory OF your struggles, of your sacri-
fees; they have told, where a favor
able hearing will be granted, the story
OF your Company. Their lips are
sealed here but. they are eloquent at
better Court, and given a better
| hearing than could be given them
here, and as long as the memory of
these boys remains with us, the glory
of Co. G. will be secure in time and
in eternity. They represent more than
that, because they represent the thou
sands of other boys equally devoted
and patriotic as the members of Co.
G., inspired by the same ideals and
sacrifices, who also went and suffered
and died or were ready to suffer and
ready to die. They represent the trials
as well as the devotion of all the
thousands of our boys here from Wau-
sau and Marathon county, and the
trials and triumphs of our 100000
boys, our four million of sturdy man
hood ready to go forth and make
every sacrifice for America and for
humanity. | say 1t is we'll to recall.
these days, well to recall how this
peace loving land because of the de-
votion of her young men. because the
spirit OF our fathers that never died,
and please God, never will die, was
able to raise such vast army, such
a powerful army and carry it thou
sands Of miles, to take its place in
the battle line of America.
A Cartoon
THE other day came across a car
toon in my library; this cartoon was
spread broadcast throughout Germany
in July, 1913, showing how impossible
/ it would be for America to take the
place of Russia. and accomplish any
thing in the world war; how impos-
sible it was to transport a respectable
army over seas, and yet by that time
July, 1918-these boys and other Mara
thon county boys had given up their
lives. and other thousands had given
up their lives, and thousands more
We're leaving or every ship, leaving
these shores until one million Two
hundred thousand of the flower and
beauty, and the brain and Drawn. of
Americas youth were over there at
that very time. That was the spirit
| that broke down the opposition and
won the war.
CAS- / said we are inclined to get
away from the war, to forget about
the things that were worth while.
The confusion of the peace terms. and
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tend in some places to belittle the
work of the soldiers, but there is one
thing we must never forget and
that is the pure mindedness. the
whole-souled devotion of our soldiers
that went into that war They had
no selfish motives; they were actuated
by no worldly impulse. Never mind
about the politicians. | am talking
about the soldiers They were anmat-
ed by the desire to serve the country
even to death and they followed the
Flag as their fathers had followed 1t,
and died for it. There was nothing
mercenary about them in that time
OF danger and trial. and there should
be nothing mercenary now about us
IN these days of peace, when IL comes
to dealing with our soldier boys we
must remember the kind of service
they gave us, and we must see to t
that they are honored and looked after
when they need IL, otherwise we shall
fall far short of the measure of de-
votion they have shown.
Place Beside Veterans
What a splendid record! That we
can say of them that Notwithstanding
the fact of their hurried training, our
Thy to take their stand beside the hero
veterans Of the allied armies, and
great as was the bravery of the allied
armies, ii was not any more staunch
and worthy than that Of the boys who
left farms and homes in America, and
went with very little training into the
hell of the battle field, and this re-
mains today the wonder of the world
"They were not professional sol
diers, they were men Of peace, men
whose ambitions lay in the paths of
peace, but when the time came they
were able to show the high bravery,
and endurance, and perseverance of
the best regiments of the old coun-
tries.
my dear friends. shall not detain
you much longer. This vast assem-
blage honors these boys, whose OBJ
sequies we celebrate today, and their
family and IL honors yourselves, be-
cause it shows TO the world that your