Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1918 — WE ARE UNDER PROMISE. [ARTICLE]

WE ARE UNDER PROMISE.

When our home boys marched away to war, we who remained behind sent them away with cheers and with, promise that while they were fighting for us we would to the utmost stand behind them and in every way that would hearten them in their task of beating the Huns. We have been redeeming this promise with the same unfaltering determination as the soldiers are showing in braving the dangers of the trenches. We have written cheering letters to the boys in khaki, have extended to them our help through the Red Cross and through the Y. M. C. A., the Knights of Columbus and other welfare organizations we have been giving the men of the army and navy many comforts and pleasures that they could not possibly have if we did not give to these war funds. Just as the soldiers and sailors have enlisted for the period of the war, so we who are safe at home are under moral pledge to give them our most cordial support during the strife. Penalties are provided for the solier who fails to meet his obligations to his country, and there are conscientious penalties which we at home must pay if we fail in our obligations to our fighting forces. The Knights of Columbus come to us with an appeal for funds to enable it to go on with the work it is already doing and to expand its activities in training camps and on the firing lines. It offers the public another opportunity to meet its promise of support to the soldiers and sailors, and it is a promise which must be redeemed. We should put into the subscription to the Knights ,of Columbus fund the same rousing cheer that we gave the soldiers when they marched away.