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Show fl JBIGUfflNG SPIRIT. H Urta tlie testimony of those who have scon much of the B iaKiWV National Guard men, also of the newly drafted H aqft?, that a splendid military spirit is being developed H ! surging them. The former militiamen are described as H Iwtofi even eager to get over to France and begin busi- H iiesS. Fellows who before there was any expectation of H Avar joined the militia companies did not do so from mere H love oa! sport, comradeship, or military exercises. H They were men in whom the American spirit runs H ligli, and in whom there is an exceptional interest in sol- H dicvly achievement. When a man of this temperament is fl pat ihj against the present proposition, he reacts quickly. H JIc.ifesents insults offered our flag and citizens. He H reatScs that the only way a nation can acquire honor and H safi'wr is to show that it does possess some virile force H aiiajLbat it is capable of defending its rights if it has to. fl The jpfrit of the drafted men is not so much differ- H - onf. Tf& many of them the war problems are new. But B in fiQ&tmosphore of camp life it will be difficult for them B to.JrqrifciSn outsiders in sympathy. They will soon learn M that wo hay? a real cause to fight for. Not many of them B ivilj, Tavor the idea that the American people should lie B doiVn and say "Please kick me." B 'TJie soldiers who are described as eager to go are no B ..ihoj anxious than anyone else to lose their lives or run B seedless risks. But like the man who has a tooth to be B .pulled, they know there pan be no comfort until the bad B job is tackled and done. They want to get it over as B quickly as possible. m Also it sticks in the crop of the normal American young 1 man that our enemies aro laughing and chuckling over H America's "wooden sword." They should do their laugh- m 5ng right now when they can do it, as they may not get 1 . a chance later. When our boys go "over the top" in m ( Prance, there will be things doing that Fritzy does not H anticipate. BB o |