The Washington times., 1927-01-20
Photo by Harris and Ewing

with Professionals Catholic and Protestant Jew and Gent
marshaed under the banners of George Washington Catho
lie and Protestant jew and Gentle died every field of
the revolution
Catholic and Protestant, jew and Gentle manned the
ships of 1872 fought throughout the war; touched elbows
behind the cotton bales New Orleans and mingled their
blood in stream that victory might gorify
American arms.
Catholic and Protestant Jew and Gentle bore our flag
the plains of Mexico and planted in glory above
the castles of the Montezumas.
Catholic and Protestant Gentle in the fratrcida
of 1861 rallied the standard of the South and rallied
to the banner of the North according to the sectional
lines that divided hem and with equal galantry and
laid down their lives upon the CORY fields Of that awful
struggle.
And Sir when the war with Spain came Catholic and
Protestant Jew and GENTLE rushed the coors and charged
to death amidst storm Of Spanish bullets On all these
CORY fields the Protestant and the Catholic sister
alike mnistered the dying and cared for the wounded
Bending above the bodies Of soldiers whose souls
departing the Catholic priest with his and like
wise the Protestant minister with his Bible.
THEY CAME ONLY AS AMERICANS
Then came the last great We saw the soldiers
they called from farm and factory from office and
university from cabin and from palace They did come
Sir Catholics Proestants, Jews Gentes they
as American citizens.
They marched away with the manly stride with the
CLEAN Of their eyes, the hot flame OF
patriotism burning in their hearts-Jews and Gentle
Catholic and Protestant On the CORY plains of France they
fought and died togeher-Jew and Gentle, Catholic and
Protestant amidst the storm Of shot and she'll through fog
bodies of Protestant comrades and Protestant boys with
equal forude gathered the helpless bodies of Catholic
boys in their arms and carried them to safety.
In camp and field in trench and hospital the Young
Mems christian Association, the Salvation Army, the
Knights Of Columbus and the Jewish societies labored in
cooperation to ameorate suffering ITO pain Catho
lie priests and Catholic nuns Jewish rabbis and Jewish
nurses Protestant cergymen and Protestant nurses to-
gether with physicians of all religions and Of religion
with equal and heroism aevated the hardhps
of the field and the agonies of the hospital.
THE SAME PAIN TO ALL MOTHERS
There the day Of peace The brown columns began
The march, the godstar mothers gathered gaze
the gaps filled by their gallant dead So they
Stood Jewish mothers and Gentle mothers Catholic mothers
and Protestant mothersthe pain their heart the
tear in their eye The gallant survivors heard the
syery music of welcoming bands; the cheers of mighty
multitudes that and broke like the of
ocean--cheers for the soldiers Of liberty
In that moment the returning heroes found some CON-
pensation for their sacrifices Their bosoms thrilled with
pride that they had helped and sancty Flag
every star OF which proclams liberty for ALL equality for
all justice for ALL the right worship God according the
dictates of conscience
They mustered Yet they had scarce turned their
faces toward their homes until the Catholic soldiers heard
the serpent hiss of prescription and men massing who
proposed to prescribe and prosecute him because he
SHIPPED God according to the tenets of his church
WHAT LIBERTY REALLY MEANS
my country anything to me- Sir it means that its
Constitution broad enough to protect every in the
right to his faith every the right to his opinion
every In his liberty of speech right of peaceabe
assemba and in his privilege print his honest thoughts
this country to live then these fountain springs
Sesg the pure waters OF Liberty must not be polluted with