Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1917 — THE FLAG [ARTICLE]

THE FLAG

By KENNETH MAC DOUGAL.

The die is cast, the time lias come. The eagle screams* once more. The Stars and Stripes again shall wave Upon a foreign shore. Behind the flag of freedom. Sweep on our fighting men. To crush the Prussian eagle. The peace dove bring again. Regiment, brigade, division And corps pass smartly by: Pressing to crush oppression, That the flag of right may fly. Men who were known as hyphens. Russians, Frenchmen, lads from Spain, Germans, Austrians, Italians, Are Americans again. To the flag, then! To the president! A toast: We’re in the right! Forward, march! We’ll show the Prussian That we’re not too proud to fight.