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SOLDIERS’ TRIBUTE PAID MEN OF MATTHEWS WHO FELL IN FRAY. STEER CLEAR OF COURT MAR TIALS. Sergeant George E. Woolard and Private Calvin Gates took part in a most impressive memorial event at Matthews, Sunday. The two men were called upon to pay a part of the trib ute to two Matthews soldiers who have fallen in action in France. The exercises-were held in the First Presbyterian church of Matthews. Pri vate Gates sang “The Holy- City” as the first of three vocal numbers. He is one of the most finished singers of the camp and his smooth tenor voice brought the usual expressions of admi ration. Sergeant Wollard delivered'a brief address on the general subject of the purpose of America’s fighting force. At the close of his talk he presented a silk service flag, dotted with blue stars and holding two gold stars,_ to the community in behalf of the Ladies Aid Society of Matthews. An excerpt of the speech by Ser geant Woolard follows; “In addressing you today I am speak ing from the viewpoint of a soldier who has stepped out to aid in uphold ing America’s spirit of democracy and to insure democracy for the world. “Some of us were called quite soon after reaching Camp Greene, others later, some are still waiting to be call ed, but each .and every one of us goes over with the sole determination to play the game, and to see it through to the victory that must inevitably be ours, and-if it is God’s will, we will gladly give our lives in this great fight for Freedom and Justice. To call it a sacrifice to gi76_ uP one’s life in such a cause as this is a gross misnomer, it is an honor rather than a sacrifice. “We make absolutely no sacrifice, it is the dear ones we leave behind who make the sacrifice. “Don’t grieve for those of us who may be called into the valley of the great shadow, we would not have you do so we do not wish for sympathy, we are not to be pitied, but those who go surely are to be envied. All the honor and glory in the Heavens and on earth be theirs, they die safe in the knowledge that they have laid down their lives, in saving the world frohi the ravages of the arch fiend in Pots- “We are now marching on toward a Victorv that was always ours, we are ccine to prove to this beast in human form that Might is not Right, we are goin-' to prove that the exception here is the rule, we are going to reverse that maxim, and make it read that Right is Might, we are going to whip the Kaiser and bis Horde of Barba rians to the point where they wiL never again be able to wage a war oi lust, hate, pillage and piracy. We will do so cheerfully, and happy in the knowledge that those who have fought so valiantly and died have not Hven up tbeir lives in vain. “For upward of 2,300 years the Teu ton race have been the barbarian an tagonists of civilization, and of all tne peoples of the earth who ha^ve stood for the higher and purer things, and The following bit of verse, with its chanting meter like the cowboy songs of the plain , or the unexplainable bal lads of the far north, was delivered to The Caduceus office in a greasy envelope on Thursday. The poem was “made up by the boys in the stock ade” according to the writer and it appears to have slipped by the cen sor. It Is because of the homely, heart felt warning to shun the guardhouse that we print the shred of native rhyme on— NORMAN & S[[VENS Restaurant LIBERTY T>ARK Camp 4. THE STOCKADE. On the outskirts of a city, Knowm as Charlotte, Caroline, Lies a guardhouse lone and dreary. Where the lawless, they confine. Camp.Stockade is its name. With its sentinels alert; Discipline is its game. And its law all but mirth. In the morning your name is called. Answer “HERE” and step right out; “Slop detail and pick and shovels,” Is the Provost Sergeant’s shout. It’s all wrong with Court Martials, ’Tis what the prisoners always say, I would make a better soldier. If they’d just give me fair play. There is sick call In the morning. For the lazy, sick and lame, C. C. Pills and Castor Oil, Makes the inmates all but tame. Ufe in the “JUG” is not a joke. It’s peeling spuds and digging rears, “$30” per, and always broke. And you do without your “BEERS There were times in “CIVY” life. When brooms and shovels you would scorn, . High stiff collars and silk shirts. For blue dinum they are shorn. So you fellows all take warning, This stockade you all must shun. For these sentries are live wires. And it’s all work without fun. unless we all put our best foot forward thev will be the dominators of the world for the next 2,30() years. “All we ask is that those of you who stay over here will so live and act that when we return victorious, for we shall return that way or not at all we want each and every one of you to be able to take us by the hand, look us square in the eye and tell us that while we were offering up our lives over there, in order that the world may be made safe for democra cy, you were not only doing your bit over here, but were doing everything that lay in your power. “In conclusion I would ask you once again not . to waste your sympathy- on the boys, they do not wish it, Ims no time for pity, or sympathy; theirs is a just and ri.ghteous cause, and they are to be envied rather than pitied. H. A. WEBBER Manager. Special Dinner Best Service, Food and Prices in the Par\. MESS SERGEANTS ATTENTION! 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