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Show LjinnffiiBKiiiBi HELD IN HSSTOBY OF BMAM The Patriotic Meeting Held in the Commercial Club Rooms Wednesday Wed-nesday Evening Was the largest in the History of the Camp Sergeant Wilson Explained the Atrocities of the Germans and Urged the Young Men to Get Into the Uniform East and WTest Compared as to War Savings and Other Patriotic Duties Perhaps the largest crowd that ever , assembled In the Commercial Club rooms was there Wednesday night to ' hear the address of- Sergeant Joseph ... C. Wilson, who is now In Bingham se- curing recruits for the army and navy, i Q. 33. Kelly, president of the club,', .presided at the meeting, made mostj appropriate Introductory remarks, and presented the speakers. ,. Sergeant Wilson gave a Teview of the war and spoke feelingly of the atrocities committed by the Germans in Belgium. He stated that the one great reason this country was in the ' war was for self defense, and that but for the English fleet German soldiers might already be on American soil. Me laid special emphasis on the matter mat-ter of enlistments Especially of boys between the ages of 18 and 21 and men from 30 to 40. He said there were lots of slackers in those classes. He said, with reference to some of the boys in this state, that he had noticed that ome of them had quit growing older. That a boy would get to 17 and a few months of age end never get any hold-x hold-x er. He insisted on the men who were not subject to the draft to show their patriotism by enlisting. Sergeant Wilson spoke for more than an hour and his address was well received by the crowd. -lH. Cole Evans, of Salt Lake, made E? an interesting talk on the matter of saving. He said that while the people In the 'East were denying themselves V necessities - that out here the people ' were buying and spending as if no , war were going on. The matter of the war savings stamps was taken up and discussed and expla'ned by Mayor Kelly. . On a whole this was the largest and most enthusiastic patriotic mass meeting meet-ing ever held in Bingham. |