Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-08-25
FRIDAY, AUGUST IS. 1922.
Victims of the War

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ia the Winchester Star
on the recent death of Private
Oldham and we are republishlng
it at tie request Of a subscriber.
The former Commander Chief |
of the armed forces of the United |
States is just as much victim
of the Great War as was Private,
Hubert Oldham, the son of Mrs.
Callie Bruce Oldham, of Winches
ter. who died recently in Cahfor
MIA, aud who was buried here III
Mount Hebron Cemetery yester-
day evening.
Woodrow Wilson did not want
America to go to war with Ger
many-he knew the cost IN life
and tears and human misery and
even after the sinking of the Lu-'
sitania, when the public clamor
for war was at white heat, his
cool head and his calm Judgment
prevailed, and the blood of Am
erica's Young manhood was not
added to the blood of the other
nations then being poured out in
red torrents on the frightful fields
of Flanders.
But, nearly two years later
when the great War President be
came convinced that the German
Empire was launched upon an
organized career of slaughter and
destruction in order to realize her
mad dream Of world dominion,
his hand was turned to steel, his
brain became a vitalized force to
fight the great battle Of humanity
and he hurled America S impatient
1egions into the vortex of carnage
The blood of A merica's youth
drenched the already sodden soil.
Of France, but Mr.. Wilson, now
fully alive to the worlds dir
need stood inex0rably at the helm
and defed the brutal enemy with
his clear call Force Force to
the Utmost -
In the history that will tell to
unborn generations the tragic
story of the Great War, there will
be the chapter that will be black
with the treachery Of those high
placed towards who, behind his
back, conspired to defeat the
great leader who had poured out
Americas blood and treasure to
make the world safe for Democ-
racy, only to have the fruits of
his glorious victory snatched from
his grasp.
This chapter will show that
envy and hatred and malice COM
blned to destroy him and break
his heart and ruin his health.
And uow-with those same
treacherous towards seeking TO
purge themselves of the consci-
enceless betrayal that will forever
stain their souls, and with Am
erica and the whole world accord
ing to Woodrow Wilson the love
and admiration and gratitude
that are his due-the stricken
lion is fighting, in his home in |
Washington, the last great battle |
of his life. He is vic tim Of the |
War.
Private Hubert Oldham is also |
a victim of the War. He was
one of that fearless band of young
Americans who served their coun-
try overseas, only to be gassed |
and to come back home to die
He was in the flying corps. as
as any branch of the
service. He was one of thousands |
who have lived for months and
years a living death, from the
tuberculosis that has so often f
followed the gas that was first l.
used in battle by d detachment
If fends from hell. |;
For nearly four years he had Is
made brave fight for life, Just +
Is his great leader, Woodrow
is now fighting for HE ;
ife. Hubert Oldham was tool
'oung to die, but in dying he gave 1t
lis life for his coun try, and in n
lis soul-that has Joined the
shadowy legions of the heroes
Who have gone before there were
and high COURAGE aud s
ove of truth and things that are Il
lean, and the modesty and S
trength of character of a gentle n
IAN. q
Those who loved Hubert Old q
am need not weep because he is u
cad. Their pride in him and in
hat he did should dry their IL
.ars, for his name is written for 5