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Show ROUSING FAREWELL GIVEN TO , THE SOLDIER BOYS ON THEIR . DEPARTURE FOR CAMP LEWIS t A rousing farewell was given to 81 drafted men leaving Ogden last night for Camp Lewis, American L.ake, Wash. The boys were dined at the Stlmson cafe and Jlstened to addresses by Msgr. P. M. Cushnahan of St. Joseph's Jo-seph's church, and President Thomas E. McKay of the Ogdon stake. The two speakers gave short, pithy addresses, ad-dresses, hammering directly homo to the embryo soldiers advice which should stay with them on their Journey Jour-ney and help them to make good soldiers sol-diers and strong men. Msgr: P. M. Cushnahan told tho boys to let tho strength of their blows be felt. "When you hit, hit hard. Hit like hell," he said and the burst of applause ap-plause which greeted the advice fairly made the room vibrate. Return Better Men. Father Cushnahan reminded the boys of the great principle for which tho country had entered the war and told them to ever bear strongly before I them the, fact that they were fighting for humanity and justice, and that It is their duty to stamp out the onrush of Prusslanism and tho military philosophy philos-ophy which dominates the ruling class of Gormrfny. Ho exhorted them to remember their mothers and wives and to keep clean and strong and return better men. President McKay assured the boys that they were fighting a fight which had the moral support of thousands and thousands of Germans. . "If the truth were-- known," ho said, "you would be welcomed in Germany, if you came as conquerors vanquishing the pftllcy of the militaristic class of that country. There are thousands and thousand of German people who hate with all the intense hatred of long suf fering victims tne iron-hand or Prusslanism Prus-slanism and the autocratic tyranny of the Prussian war lords. You will be looked upon as deliverers and saviors when you enter German territory, as you will stamp out a system of autocracy autoc-racy which is despised by the great mass of German people." War of Principle. President McKay told briefly of the German character and reminded the boys that they were not fighting a warfare of racial extermination but a warfare against an obsolete policy a policy which sought to gain for the kaiser the domination of the world so that his crippled frame could occupy occu-py the throne as king. The German people wero all right if they had tho proper government, he said, and It "was to change that, to obliterate the false system maintained by the Hohenzol-lerns Hohenzol-lerns and their crowd which the boys ought to keep before them as their goal. "I know whereof I speak," he said, "for I know those people and I know their thoughts. I havo been In Berlin. I have been in jail" thore and I wish I could march with you into that town and go with,you right up to Alexander Platz and help you blow It to pieces." March to Depot. Police Chief Thomas E. Browning acted as chairman of the meeting.ln addition to the speakers others who' attended at-tended were Chairman A. R. Heywood and Secretary Walter Rlchey of the Ogden board, A C. Call of the county coun-ty board, Police Chief T. E. Browning, Captain O. II. Mohlman, Detective Robert Chambers, Burt Litzenberg, and representatives of the local and Salt Lake papers. After tho dinner the boys formed in parade in the avenue and awaited the arrival of the band. One hundred draftees from counties cast and south of Weber joined tho local contingent before the march started and then with all in line and the Southern Pacific Pa-cific band leading, tho march for the depot started. Thousands of people nau gatuereu at mo oepoi io oiu me boys farewell and as they approached a cheer went up and they were greeted greet-ed everywhere with shouts and hand clasps. The train left at 9 p. m. The list of those leaving on this call was given in Wednesday's Standard. |