Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-12
3OOO Pack Lamar Street Witness White Way Celebration
Sen. HOke Smith LaudS World Var
Veterans In Arn1iStiCe Address
Also Pays Tribute to Confederate
Veterans; Was introduced
By w. T. Lane

You boys whipped the Germans.
you won the world war, but for YOU
the Germans would have taken Paris
and the English would have been
forced across the channel, but that
wasn't the greatest thing you bows
did in the world war; that wasn'ti
your greatest service to America
Your greatest service, the finest you
boys accomplished was the alIaving
forever of the prejudice between the
sections of this country. You ce-
mented the North and the South and
that was your greatest service to
your country and mine"
Looking squarely into the face of
the commander of the local camp of
the American Legion, Ex-senator
Hoke Smith, in words that rang
throughout the spacious square in
front of the Windsor hotel Wednes
day paid a glowing tribute to Dough-
boys of America.
The speaker was introduced in an
eloquent speech by Hon. w. T. Lane
who recounted the manifold public
service of the Senator to his state
and nation.
But for the arrival of the Amer
lean troops in France, the Germans
would have been in Paris and the
English forced to cross the channel"
said Senator Smith in opening his
Armistice day speech in Americas.
close of=histtA ~ Mr.. Smith exa
pressed his pleasure in being able to
meet the ex-service men of this sec
ton and stated that he would be glad
to serve them in any way that he
could at any time.
Following Mr. Smiths adders, ].
E. Poole was called on but declined
to speak on account of his poor
health.
Colonel Pace was next called and
in an eloquent manner expressed his
appreciation to the American Legion
81 was member of the senate MILL
tary affairs committee and | recall
the confidential messages to the pres
ident and to Congress that came to
Us from General Pershing. "Persh-
ing told US i'll the beginning to stopI
our boys from practicing trench war
fare, to train them in open fighting.
Pershing was right, for so far as |
know there was never a battle in |
which our boys entered, where they
were led by American officers that
they failed to win victory or fail |
ed to hold what they had Won They !
went to France to whip the Ger
mans and they whipped them,". de-
clared the speaker. The senator
then recountcd the battles from the |
first to the last in which American |
troops participated. He declared that
General 2ershing old Marshall
Foch that unless the American sol
diers were given a sector of their
own that he would request the Con-
gress and the President to recall all
the American troops. He then recit-
ed the success of the Doughboys
when they were given their first so
miles of front and how from that mo-
ment until Ludendorff asked for an
armistice, that the American Sol
der steadily drove the Germans
backward.
"No you didn't go over there to
lie in trenches, you went with the
sole purpose of ending the war,
whipping the Germans and yu did
and l defy any man to prove other
wise, said the senator. "The German
general staff piled their choicest
troops in front of you and you boys
went right thrugh them until you had
our guns commanding both the rail
road munitions supply centers of the
German army Then, and not until
then did the German general staff
ask for a truce and then and not I'M
til then did Marshal Foch agree to
hold you back. That was on the
7th day of November and on the 18th
the armistice was signed and you had
whipped the Germany army and won
the world war" That's why l say
you won the world war, because you
did Our million men did the work.
They saved the Allies and we are
here to pay this tribute to you"
"What did you accomplish" asked
the senator. "Why you deposed the
Hohenzollerns, you crushed the war
lords of Germany and you made it
possible for the German people to
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