South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-22

ica. the Beautiful" There's a Long.
Ions Trail. Battle Hymn of the
Republic" and Columbia the Gem
Of the Ocean
Owing TO the illness Of Miss Jose
phine chandler. the reading. CLAY
Shattered Doors" was not given.
Francis Walton substituting with an
impressive reading entitled. The
Homeland" which was greatly APP
plauded The Mishawaka Boy
Scouts repeated their oath Of allie
glance. and gave a demonstration OF
the human signal tower used in the
Regular Army
Miss Lois Sackman. assisted by
Merritt Farrar Augustus Stearns
and William J. Coats. presented an
effective and thrilling tableau. with
7 The Ceremonial OF the Flag
Veterans OF the Civil Spanish and
World Wars lent their aid 10 this
number. adding 20 its impressiveness
and appeal. The Military CeremO-
NAL Of retreat. by Company I. In
diana National Guards Captain
Hartwick commanding. concluded
the program. with the singing of the
Star Spangled Banner By the audi
ence
AssaiIs Partisanship.
Mr.. Barnhardt was introduced by
Major Blair. and he went at once
10 the heart Of his address by set
ting forth his hopes for the cOun-
/ try. torn and distressed as it Is with
/ the problems. social political and
/ . 10 n
I Of the war. He stressed particular
= the dangerous influence on the
/ thought and feeling of the country
which partisan politics has had IN
. the past, ass -rting that much Of the
national unrest Of the present IS due
entirely to the custom OF violent and
unreasonable warfare between Op-
/ posing political factions.
we much get away from this
7 everlasting autagOnisms OF feeling
toward those OF different political
Faith before We can hope TO reach
the ideal I'm American government
said the speaker He told OF the
solemn hour which followed the
sinking of the Lusitania, when
President Wilson called together the
House of Congress for the historical
night session which sealed America
To send forth her sons i'm the cause
OF international Justice and peace.
Speaking If the soldiers bonus
act now before congress. the speak
er said in part:
And now that il is ali over SO far
as the war is concerned we hear
much talk of paying a bonus TO
those who were conscripted to go
and fight for their country, at $50
per month. while we who were older
or excused on some other ground
were permitted TO stay at home and
make monev-lots of tiff we we're
up and doing. And how grateful
and proud every patriotic man and
woman was that we mustered four
million fighters into the service so
quickly. so efficiently and SO enthus-
iastically that we scarcely got into
. the fighting until the kaiser saw de-
F feat surely rushing upon him and
unfurled the white flag and the
World war Of four bloody years was
ended.
And then what? The politicians
+ commenced jOCkeying for party al
vantage and 10 required more than
three more years TO get peace with
the enemy declared and an addi-
tional year TO formulate even the
beginning OF international and in
dustrial peace
I'm the meantime the young men
I who had gone 20 do our fighting dis
covered that everybody who had
STAYED at home had opportunity to
make big money. and made it, while
the war lasted and afterward for a
year and then just as the soldiers
were being mustered out American
business hunl<ed and thousands
I found themselves unable 10 secure
. positions and those who did soon
/ aalized that money making had
/ Iwindled greatly from what IL was
while they were At the front risking