The New York herald., 1921-11-01

preserve their integrity. Great peace
loving nations. immersed in the pursuit
Of their domestic affairs, rallied TO meet
the danger. raised mighty fleets snd
armies and stood shoulder to shoulder
in the path of the aggressor.
The spirit of comradeship which anil
mated our fghting men must animate
our whole nations SO that. they may
without let or .hindrance engage In the
friendly riyalry OF commerce. to their
mutual advantage and to the betterinent
OF conditions Of life.
Legionnaires Must BE Prophets.
The one great lesson. therefore that
we have learned through bitter expert
ence and the sacrifices that have been
freely made is the value of comra de-
ship" continued Lord Beatty. "The
American Legion. like its counterpart,
the British Legion. is well equipped with
knowledge and experience to press home
! this fundamental truth. The spirit of
comradeship must be kept alive II
must become gospel 10 be preached
throushout our countries and the ieeio,i-
aries must be the prophets.
Those OF us who nava Been IN tiabt
| places together recognize that the sue
cess or failure OF their enterprise
Depended upon complete unity and com
radeship. and that the smooth working
! OF the Machine as "a whole was onfv
secured by such loyal cooperation.
.Mig:it j quote as an instance OF true
| comradeship and unity OF purpose in
my own experience:
| When a, magnificent squadron OF the
American Navy Joined the Grand Fleet
ard served under my command. they
were commanded by distinguished
officer WHO recognized to the full the
necessity OF fulfilling these requirements
lie .irnhued this doctrine and spirit In
/ those under, his command and such was
| the earGestness of his gallant men that
this task was simple.
! They absorbed his Interpretation OF
comra deship so thoroughly that in an in
| credibly short time this American squad
ron was as much part OF the great
machine as any other unit. and in the
operations which took place in the North
Sea British ships We're as often under
the command OF the American Admiral
as American ships were under British
Admirals.
There are indeed many instances OF
a similar character I'm other spheres OF
the great war. That was the spirit
which made victory possible, and TO
those who infused that spirit, and to
those who Loyalty accepted it the world
owes great debt which can never be
| repaid
! 4 say again to YOU who learnt this
great lesson, in the Bitter experience OF
the great war that you can earn still
greater debt. of gratitude by inculcatins
the same spirit in those .epgaged in the
important pursuits OF peace and Sc per
form q service OF great MAGNITUDE to
the lands We love and the generations
to come "
Messages From the Mnrines.f
Major Gen lie Jetine, commander in
chief of the United States Marine Corps,
told the convention what it meant TO
be Marine during the. war.
He was followed by Gen. Robert Nc
Bride OF Indianapolis, senior vice COM
! mander ana REPRESENTING the command
er in chief OF the Grand Army of the
Republic, who delivered Il message OF
greeting on behalf Of his organization.
4. we. are proud OF what you did as
soldiers he said. We are hopeful OF
What you may do as citizens"
message from the United Confed-
| crate. Veterans WAS delivered by r. A.
Pearson OF Kansas City, wearing his
uniform Of gray.
4 mixup, happened Just before adj
| Journment this afternoon when, by mo-
| tion of q Missouri delesate, permission
! was sought for representative of the
| Missouri Women's Christian Temper
| ance Union to address the convention
| The nation WAS rejected by an aye and
! nay vote on the ground that q speech
| dealing. with temperance would be par
| tisan and improper. Later j., ". liner
! o. Chattanooga, national, chaplain Of the
| Legion, took the platform and explained
fhag tlie Missouri VIC. r. T.. merely
wished 70 extend lis greetings ard did
net expect to touch upon the question
| OF prohibition. The convention then
voted to reconsider it's original motion
and hear the speaker.