The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1922-06-17

in victory upon the ramparts of the
enemy at Chepultopec. At that time,
excepting those of the civil war, not
a returned soldier in the grand
triumphal procession of this day had
been born. He has seen the army of
his time fade in their march to that
eternal camping ground from hence
none have ever returned. On this
dissolving view, he, alone of his con-
quering comrades, saw in the ranks
following him the dozens of Civil
war veterans, hundreds of the Span
ish-American wars and thousands of
the World war of 1918, and he re-
flected that in three quarters of a
century hence scarcely one of them
would remain alive. When time in
such peaceful manner can remove
practically the whole population of
the world together with its spites,
rancors and resentments, both per-
sonal and national; why then do we
have wars which slay, and murder
and deplete the treasures of the
world when all could be accomplish
ed by providential means without
marauding, sensual or militant spirit.
The men of '61 with their wives
and gray haired sons and daughters
rode in automobiles. They were a
CHEEKY lot and acted the part of
those who had settled the differences
on the battle field, buried all ami
mosities with the slain and started
life anew. Noticeably the Spanish
war veterans are going, for part of
them were gray and as they trudged
up the long slopes accompanied,
some of them, by their grand child
ren, it was evident they were not
in the boy scout class. But the
boys from overseas presented the as
pect of sober faces such as form un-
der hard service. Fresh in their
memory are the days when they
marched off with keen interest to
their camps preparatory to partici-
patton in the most cruel war ever
waged on this earth. They sustain
ed the honor of their country in the
face of such fury, terror and des-
truction of life as had never been
experienced on any other battle
ground. This brief example of war
crs,.;r
They are glad to enjoy the appre-
citation of their countrymen, but will
be satisfied to let the younger gen
geration fight the next war. "Home,
sweet home," to them means more
than it ever has to any of the sur
vivors of other wars. The Gold
Star mothers were many. Their faces
gave token of their recent grief
which was shared by everyone.
But the soldiers who will fight the
next war were there. The boy scouts,
ranging from ID to 20 years, clothed
and equipped in military togs were
3 in the march by brigades. Too young
for service four years ago, they are
now fit as a new saber and full with
desire to carry arms like their ell
der brothers. Despite the apparent
disposition of our people to eradi-
cate militarsm, these youngsters in
the hope that soon in their time
there may be war, so they may
avail the opportunity to saturate the
altar of patriotism with their blood,
are in active training.
1rOvertopping all of the martial
color came a fleet of airships. Real
fighting planes that carry men and
artillery and an effecutally place
charge of explosive calculated and
capable of sinking the most power
full battleship produced by any navy.
!, In deed the airship is the instru-
6ment of warfare that has made dis
armament vital and economic neces-
sity. It's supremacy over the army
: and the navy, not sentiment, prompt
r ed the junking of the fleets OF the
sea. With the realism of this won
derful pageant before us, we are led
to wonder if the ambitions of man
to achieve sovereignty over his race
must fail, or has the time come to
us to rise above the savagery OF
= physical conflict and enter the
millennium John B. Slater.