The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18

special leader. . the flag.
The army is by the people
because it usually does what the
people think should be done.
In the War Between the States
you may think that some of the
officers didn't follow the flag but
that is not true. There were some
officers who, when the war came.
resigned and came south, a d
there they re-enlisted in the South
ern army.
The army has never had a
dictator. It doesn't go to congress.
1t is subservient to the people.
1t operates under a civilian presi-
dent and a civilian secretary of
war. Congress dictates where
camps shall be, how large the
army shall be. We can't de-
clare war without congress.
Cross Section
Nov you have a small section
of that army at Holly Ridge. 1t
will be a cross section of the
people. .laborers, farmers, doc
tors, clerks and perhaps even some
ministers. - ~s~ IS
when they come to town each
will seek his amusement in his
own particular way; but by ana
large they all have one thing In
common. I remember the old say
ing that even pig will keep clean
If you keep straw in his sly. These
soldiers are proud of their uni.
form. They are proud of their
flag. They are proud: of tn eli I
mothers and their fathers and they
don't want to return tainted. Il
you offer them something clean in
your town, they will return clean.
II want you to- think of your
sons in other camps. If all the
cities would afford soldiers some
opportunity for clean living, the
morale of the entire army would
be improved and the army is
interested in morale.
Lets 60 back a minute. Holly
Ridge is 80 miles from Whining
ton; How many men will come to
town a day I don't know. A SOL
der makes $50 a month and it de-
ponds on the transportation
charges and how long it takes him
to come down.
If on a pay day you have 1000
or 1000 come down, it is going to
be a strain on your transportation
facilities and the. conveniences of
your town. . . Fayetteville had to
build comfort stations. You can't
put 1000 men through two or three
conveniences like that.
Long before you have any
troops you will have the same
problems with the men who are
working there. Where will they
go? There will be 10, 1000 working
there a day at an average of SIS
a day, making $50, 900 a day or
$500. 600 every SIX days. On Satur-
day night they will want to come
tc town to spend their money in
your stores, but they are not COM
ing if there is no place to park, if
there is no place for them to eat
or if there are no stores they a
get into. If you prepare for them
you will be preparing for the SOL
diers when they come.
Force Enlarged
Fayetteville had a good police
force for a town of 1000 people.
Yesterday I had 81, 900 people at
work. They added a few police
men at first, then they added some
more. Finally they put on IS. The
mayor said it would ruin his bud
get. The people downtown said
TO hell with the budget
These r real problems. You
can't wait. If you need ten more
policemen, put on ten. If you need
five, put on five, but get them now
so they will be prepared.
"Who reaps the first benefit
from the money of the soldiers?
1 read the other day OF a woman
who was wanted in court and
they had a subpoena out to find
her. They couldn't find her at
first and they finally located her
in Fayetteville, operating a house
of prostitution. They asked her,
What are you doing here?' and
she answered, Everybody comes
here, this is a boom town.
"The merchants will Lave to en-
large their stores. AS a rule they
are rather conservative and wait
until it is damned down t e r
threats and then they say, We
do need some more ROOM But
the jiukek joints and beer parlors
GRO r1,ick IN snrinp I'm Won have