Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-05-25 | Page 4 | Baker Praises Fraternity Men

BAKER PRAISES ERATERJTV IS Greek Letter Soldier Heroes Extolled by Secretary of War. NEW YORK, May 24. National headqliarlcrs which the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity has decided to erect in this citv will servo not only as "an altar of memory" to members of the Greek letter society who died in the war, but as an "altar of inspiration, " declared Soeretary of War Baker in an address hero tonight. The dinner at which Mr. Baker spoke was one of thirty held by members mem-bers of the fraternity from coast to coast. As soon as ho bc;;an speaking, word was flashed to the olher banquet halls, and simultaneously copies of his address were read to the other diners. Referring not only to the 0(KI "Fijis" who enlisted for the war, but to other soldiers, sailors and marines, whether college, men or not, Mr. Baker extolled Americans who had done their duty "whatever the cot. " "The great American army on land and sea is our common possession and our common pride," said Mr. Baker. "America is not only a greater nation by reason of the devotion of her miu-frled miu-frled sons, but sho is inore self-conscious, she knows of more courses of strength and counts more confidently upon her future, because of the qualities quali-ties which she has discovered in the men and women born and reared under her institutions. "The primo qualities of men spontaneously spon-taneously flower into deeds of personal heroism and sacrifice; the great in battle do more than duty. When all that can be foreseen is provided for, tho unexpected happens, and out of it arises the test of the individual quality of the man. Huch decisions frequently call for sacrifice beyond the call of duty. The object is plain to the hero, the cost immaterial, and out of such heroisms come the sacrifices which mark the greatness of a people and insuro victory to its cause."