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RK;-" . ** Hg^. ^i?Mg?i ruMUhed weekly at the National Campi 8?;* | I Boom 504, Pall k : l N?w_Vor / JOHN STKWA Ml Chainnan of Advisory Board Mm (["amp and Location Ne' Mm Camp Rt-aarecard. Alexandria, I,a New Ol / Si I r*n>P Bowie. Fort Worth. Texaa Fort W ;*Kj I a Mm I Carlatrom Aviation Field. Arcadia. Fla.Tampa ?' M /UjJ | Camp Cody, Coming. N. Mex El Pas< a //All I r*?mr? r.i.i,r ii-tn? pwk Mieh .Battle fffiw dViWm Camp Devena. Ayer, Mass Boston 11 m / ,U MB Camp DIx. Wrlghtstown. N. J Trcntoi ; jiV /vj HB Camp I>onlphnn. Fort Sill. Okla Oklaho mL\ BmmL Wfk Camp Forrest. Chickamauga. Oa Chattai 1 \finml mM Camp Fremont. Palo Alto. Cal San Fr I Mm 1 MM Camp Funston. Fort Riley. Kan Topeka Mms t j^M Camp Gordon. Atlanta. Oa Atlanta fl y/V Camp Grant. Rockford. Ill The Ch e //MM Camp Greene. Charlotte. N C Chariot k // y K Camp Hancock. Augusta. Oa August; B Camp .lackson, Columbia. S C Culumb Camp Johnston. Jacksonville. F!a -Jarksoi II If Camp Kearny. Linda Vista, Cal Ix>s An ' Camp I^ee. Petersburg. Va Rlchroc Hjm v JM\ Camp Lewis. Tacoma, Wash Taromi HIM JMI I J Camp I.og^n. Houston, Texas Housto: kJMMf \ ( Camp McArthur. Waco. Texas Waco 1 QlH. ] \ Camp McClellan. Aaniston. Ala Blrmlnj Kfl wuKl V Camp McPherson. Atlanta. Oa Atlanta Mr Camp Meade, Admiral, Md Wash.. M Camp Pike. Little Rock. Ark Arkans I l Camp Sevier. Greenville. 8. C Oreensl K Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg. Miss New Oi V, |OT Camp Sheridan. Montgomery. Ala Montgo Ku 3nBt Camp Zachary Taylor. Louisville. Ky . . Louisvl Kn _ Camp Travis. San Antonio. Texas. .. ) ~ . HI Kelly Field and Camp Stanley ( BH .vOf^r *" Camp I'pton. Taphank. L. L. N. Y Now Y Camp Wheeler. Macon. Oa Macon Charleston Naval Station Charles j Buffalo Military District, embracing j QO(fai0 Published under the auspices of the Natlt United States, with the co-operation of the al YOUNG MEN ANI By CHARLES Managing Editor of Tl An eminent professional man more than eighty years old said to me recently: "Never before in all my life have I been so proud of being an American citizen as I am today." These words express what is in the hearts of all of us. The access of pride in our Americanism is due, of course, to the fact that we see our people ris wj?j$ a \afll thought of material gain, to beat down Ff lp If organized evil and thus refute in the I w MW* only effective way certain hateful ar-j I f M guments that threaten to destroy the | I very soul of humanity. I M\^ Through those arguments?which AM jut undertake to justify robbery and op. AM ^ pression by advancing the claim that W ^ the perpetrators of those crimes are a F J race superior in intellectual merit and A achievement to all other races?unre. |L M strained militarism has established 3k M domination over a great empire and its MH Mz subject nations. ?iF Mzzz These accordingly have put aside all M? - considerations of honor and justice, all ?:?sentiments of mercy, that they may r?M engage in the desperate adventure of ^world conquest for their own material ? Old errors die hard. Each generation in its turn is induced to accept a r multitude of them as a part of the 0^ accumulated wisdom of preceding gen?5 erations. /ga Because of the strong bonds that custom forees as years Dass. hope of | KrfcBi progress must rest mainly on the young men. Theirs are the generous hearts and theirs the wide horizons. Some of them go far, even in times when life ^^ all about them is cast in molds of precedent and convention. The young men of today find the - ? Speaking before any of the present =-=?belligerents had declared war, before - -- "7^= the Potsdam Conference was held, beEEEjjiayiSre fore war clouds were generally perceptible on the world horizon, President Wilson said: "/ do not know that there will be a v* Declaration of Independence and of ^ grievances for mankind, but I believe / that if any such document is ever drawn it will be drawn in the spirit of the American Declaration of Inde^ pendence and that America has lifted Jl l:-L ,l. t:?L, ,..7/ untn nil generations and guide the feet of mankind to the goal of justice and liberty The occasion of the President's address was a Fourth of July observance in old Independence Hall, Philadelphia. His words have a new significance on this Independence Day. I They are seen to be something more than high-sounding abstractions such as fall from the lips of many Fourth of July orators, and the President is seen to be a prophet of the immediate With the historic injunction to beware of entangling alliances; with a comfortable sense of remoteness from the theatre of European misunderstandings and only a jealousy for the Monroe doctrine to foreshadow any trouble with the Eastern world, America looked confidently forward to days and years of peace and prosperity. & CAMP i and Cantonment* for lb? soldier* of tho *d quarter* tsrr BaUdiflf k CUy KT BR YAK of Co-oper*ting Publisher* V nn paper PobUihe* -lean* Time* Picayune D. D. lloore :orth Star Telegram. Amon C. Carter Time. D. B. McKay > Herald * H. D. Slater Creek Enqulrer-Newi A. L. Miller Globe Charlea H. Taylor. Jr. i Time* James Kemey ma City Oklahomatr E. K. Gayiord loojra denn.) nmes aH... , anclaco Bulletin -..R. A. Crothon State Journal Frank P. MaoI.ennan . Constitution Clark Howell ! Icago Daily News Victor F. Lawsou te Observer W. P. Sullivan a Herald Bowdre Phlnlzy la State W. W. Ball aville Times-Union W. A. Elliott fHes Times Harry Chandler >nd News Deader John Stewart, Bryan l Trlbnno F. S. Baker a Post Gough J. Palmer i dornkng News Charles E. Marsh I gham (Ala.) News Victor H. Hanson i Journal J. S. Cohen D. C-. Evening Star Fleming Newbold | as Democrat Elmer E. Clarke Ule Daily News B. H. Peace leans Item James VL Thomson raery Advertiser C. H. Allen lie Courier Journal Bruce Haldeman itoalo Light ' Charles a Dlehl ork World Don C. Soitx TelecraDh W. T. Anderson iton News and Courier R. C. Singling i Evening News Edward H. Butler >aal War Work Council, T. M. C A. of the bove named publishers and papers. > OLD ERRORS H. DENNIS ie Chicago Doily News world in conflagration through no fault of theirs. Into this, their heritage, Attila has broken again to ravage and possess. They are rallying to the defense of all that free men hold dear at the command of their own souls no less than at the call of the neglectful, the foolishly unprepared, the long uncomprehending older generation that holds the places of authority. Young Americans, indeed, have been fighting by thousands in the armies of Britain and France almost from the beginning of the war. The comprehending heart of youth told them long ago what to do and they did it. "" ?? r>f hie -a r?rl fh* VT UCU IUC JUUIlg IUVU v. ? other democracies shall have rescued the world from its present peril by their heavy toil, their heroism and their blood, they should straightway possess it spiritually, the Hving and the dead?for bright valor cannot die. Possessing their heritage in the sense that they?not old forms *of error?rule it, they will, I predict, administer it in the spirit of flaming justice that they now carry with them to the war. Youth fights for immortal things?human liberty, human equality, the universal right to happiness. These and kindred blessings youth shall uphold with unconquerable determination when it returns bearing peace to this dear land. I see daily among the young men in khaki or navy blue a remarkable number of strong, serious faces, faces prophetic of new days that shall be better days. Most affectionately, most trustingly, I greet these young men. They have tasks of enormous hardship to perform in the days to come. In their faces they bear the proof that they are equal to those tasks. 1, 1918 Even our Mexican difficulties had not assumed the alarming proportions of the next few months. It was felt, when the President's address was read throughout the country, that it was a beautiful example of his mastery of the English language. And the address seemed quite innocuous. In other words, it was a document that would have done credit to a monarch in those hair-trigger days of European suspicion that preceded the war. Four years have gone since the address was delivered-?not long in the life of a nation, not long in international relatipns which often are predicated upon a century of anticipation. To-day the man in the street reads I again the American Declaration of Independence and sees between the lines the terms of the covenant of peace. I That Declaration of Independence I was the charter of American liberty. It was a document that instantly took its place with Magna Charts. In the broader sanctions to which h is pointing there is in its introductory sentences a warning to the Germanic Allies and an inspiration to the American people, for therein it ii stated that a "due respect for the opinions of mankind" demands the statement of the reasons for the action of the Colonies. It is that due respect for the opinions of mankind which Germany hae ignored. Those opinions which Germany held in contempt are founded upon a higher law el which Germany was not Ignorant, hot which she appraised too lightly. It is that due respect lor the opinions of mankind which America has heeded. America, unlike Germany, is not outside the family of civilisation, and when her conscience spoke the I knew that it was the voice of man; kind. The opinions of mankind, which Confessions C (This is the sixth of a series of called from his civilian pursuits by It is a frank, outspoken record of his which, perhaps, have been shared by in training. These diary entries ai National Army as a truthful portraya Into soldiers of "the finest army eve: The writer is Ted Wallace, a luxuryhas no settled convictions, except selfli purging process of war into a red-bloo Sept. 6. I am in unuorm. i~wo nunareu ut us came to camp yesterday. We were escorted to the train by a great cheering crowd. The trip was not unpleasant. It was only a two-hour run? for our camp is not far from home. That is a consolation at any rate, for I am told that we can receive visitors and occasionally can go on furlonghs if our behavior is good. The cantonment is a revelation. As far as you can see there are buildings. They seem well constructed and there are good shower baths. We will live in long barracks that are like dormi"You certainly are in fine physical shape." tories. Everything possible seems to have been done for our comfort. Yesterday there was so much excitement that you did not seem to mind the waiting very much. Though, as I came to look back at it, I realized we must have spent two hours in the broiling sun waiting to be classified and assorted. Those who came from home were directed to an enclosure bearing a sign* telling them to assemble there. Young officers wore seated at tables filling out what they called our service records. Then we made out blanks assigning our payclaims in case we were killed in action. It was not a very cheerful performance. But it was all so novel that we did not appreciate just what we were doing. Again we were examined physically and the surgeon who looked me over said. "You certainly are in fine shape. You've kept up your athletics, haven't you?" When it was all over we were very hungry. We were given mess pans and cups and told to get our "chow." Some of the men ate theirs with great relish. I couldn't go mine. But this everything tasted good. It was a new experience to me to have to wash dishes. Somehow I always despised the man dishwasher. But here It is different. If your dishes are not washed clean you will be punished. There is a kind of punishment known as kitchen police and it means cleaning op the whole kitchen if you don't clean your own dishes. None of that for me. This morning we "drew" our unl, forms. I have everything from socki , to hat. Even my underwear is provided by the Government It is odd underwear. It is made of some kind of cotton goods with webbing dowt ! the sides. It looks cheap and feeli cheap. But I bet it will wear lik< i iron. What is there about a uniform thai makes you stand straighter. I an ?mr? t don't know. But I am con ( scions that I am more erect. And 1 . most admit that this evening, whet . they had a ceremony called "retreat' ! and lowered the dag, I had a creep] sort of feeling as "The Star Spanglet . Banner" was played, i 1 am not quite reconciled to serv . ing In the army. I am resigned to it I But things must take on a new slg ... alone conld pronounce judgment upon the actiona of the Colonists, will be 1 the final arbiters of the present con- 1 Before that bar America now, aa in 1776, haa not the slightest fear aa to IB the verdict, for abe a till lifts high "the light which will ahinc onto all generations and guide the feet of mankind to the goal of justice and liberty and I peace." ? >f A Conscript J diary entries written by a young man " ? selective draft. own feeling*, thoughts and emotions, 7% other American men now overseas or e commended to the soldiers of the I of the process of converting civilians r called to the colors by any nation.'* loving young man, who, at the ontaet ih ones, and who is transformed by the Jed patriot.) nlflc&nce from now on. I am In the * '-lis army and the flag is more than my flag. Tonight we were called to the General's headquarters. A man who said he was a conscientious objector was there. He had been called in before the General early in the day when he had said flatly he would not fight. J The General was not rongh with him; ^30 instead he reasoned with him. And m% the upshot of It all was that we were called to headquarters to hear " JjJJ the story from his own lips. A The General introduced him. As j?; nearly as I can remember his speech, ftit was like this: "Men, this young man was called, like you. But he had Bi; a conscientious objection to war. Also ..SB let me say that he had the courage ' of his convictions?a good quality in 'tfjjjfm anyone, and especially in a soldier. P ljut let him tell you his story." The' young man stood out by the General. He was a good-looking young chap, and he, too, was all enthusiasm. "Fellows," he began, "when I came here I made up my mind that no government could com- * 'tfg pel me to fight. I said so. The General heard about and ordered me to * -3 "3? his quarters. He pointed to his uniform and said he was proud to wear It and that nothing he did should ever shame it. He said he too abhorred war?as war. But he loved to fight for the right. He told me he was willing to resort to force when it was .Ql'aaHl ? ??IrnH ma whv f. too. '"'jffflMl could not be proud to fight even as he was proud for the finest of flage and i$W| the highest of ideals. Somehow, fel- S$|jS! l '? ? tn mn to have to wash dishes. rM |U lows, 1 came to see things in a new light and I just want to tell you that conscientious objector though I was, I, too, am proud to fight against violence and against vileness. From now on I am a soldier." He was tremendously cheered and so was the General, and I came to my barracks thinking very deeply. My mates seem like very decant i chaps. Of course, they have not all come from as nice homes as I have had. But they seem all right. And I have made up my mind to get along with them as best I can. In the building with us are six offl cere. The Captain is a young man 1 only a short time out of West Point . J&n and the others are graduates of the I inuuiiig vornvo. >?w I decent chaps, too. One of the lleui tenants was inclined to be very short } i In his dealings with the men.^ The > Captain touched him on the shoulder. We could not hear what he said. But '?$1 t the Lieutenant lost all his shortness i and became very pleasant. Tonight, just before "Taps," I [ think that's what they call it?the i Lieutenant came upstairs. He want- 'Wli ' ed to know it wo had tnough blanr keta and called out good-naturedly, 'jfcd I "Don't get lonely on this first night away from~bome. The army Is not - a half bad place and this army la or- . . ganlsed to do a groat Job. Oood ^
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