Show Soldiers in Peace NO 0 DOUBT the thc returning soldiers look upon the 1 N period o of reconstruction with more concern than any other class of citizenship Certain it is that they have Im more at stake than thon the individuals who stayed at nt homo home when the thc fighting was thickest and the war menace menace men men- ace oco was darkest Our American soldiers are arc returning home to begin lift anew Some Sonic of course will begin they left off others will have to make a 1 new I start In ether cither event the they labor under under a 0 handicap as asa asa asa a result of time timo lost Jost in their service ice to the government Notwithstanding that our soldiers soldier have moro at nt stake in iii the reconstruction it is a ri a praiseworthy fact that they offer less complaint than nay any other group I Few y of them refer to the hardships of war and the rc- rc adjustment problem meets them as something simple supple when compared to tho the complexities of war Pacifists f r 1 Socialists I I. I W. W Ws and ild cry for radical changes in ill our ont form fonn of government go g but the boys hoys who did dd the fighting are arc quite content to lo trust their welfare wel weld fare to lo the character of government go the they offered their lives live to sa save War has hns left its traces in every ery city eit and town in inthe inthe iii the country Civilian populations have c not escaped thoI tho the I demands of conflict and to today ny they face hardships j I which did not confront them before They complain in tones but the thc soldier who mad the real sacrifice I is morn more reserved il It Jt is not because lie he is completely I satisfied or 01 has no grounds rounds fo for criticism but hut because he lie has 1135 th that t faith in the the will of the majority that guarantees guar guar guar- I him a fair deal in the process of readjustment The readjustment is a cumbersome process because it I must be he guided 1 by the voice ice of the people and this voice oice asserts i itself self slowly Nevertheless it moves mo solely on OH the desire to Americas American 1 liberties and American Ameri Amen can institutions in in accordance with the will of the ma ma- s |