Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 227, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1916 — Soldiers On Border Not In Sympathy With Administration. [ARTICLE]

Soldiers On Border Not In Sympathy With Administration.

That the American soldiers now on the Mexican border are not in sympathy with the policies of the present administration is illustrated by an amusing incident, which occurred recently. A track and field meet had been arranged among all of the various state troops. On the night previous to the meet a mass meeting was held, and was being addressed by a prominent officer. Following his talk the offictr asked, “Is there a democrat present?” Not a single voice answered in the affirmative. After a stillness of several seconds, a big red-headed Irishman far back in the crowd raised up and said: “Sure and if there is I can lick h... out of him.”