Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 164, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1918 — Ten Commandments Adapted to the Soldiers and Sailors in Service of Uncle Sam [ARTICLE]

Ten Commandments Adapted to the Soldiers and Sailors in Service of Uncle Sam

V The Lake Division News, official publication of the Lake division of the Red Cross, which includes Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, contains what it calls “Uncle Sam’s Ten Commandments” In a recent Issue. The “commandments,” submitted by an Ohio chapter, follow: “1. Thou shalt not evict for nonpayment of rent a soldier’s dependents, under penalty of SIO,OOO fine. “2. Thou shalt not cut off a soldier’s life insurance because of delayed premiums. “3. Thou shalt not foreclose a mortgage on a soldier’s property. “4. Thou shalt not take away a soldier’s home on which he has made part payment. “5. Thou shalt not sell a soldier’s property because of his failure to pay the taxes, national, state or local. “6. Thou shalt not settle a lawsuit against a soldier in his absence. “7. If a soldier is sued, the courts shall postpone action until he can attend to it. “8. If a soldier have a mine, timber or farm claim, assessments on which are overdue, shall be held for him. “9. Honor thy soldier and thy sailor that thy days may be long. “10. No man hath greater love than that he offer his life for the world’s sake, and It Is commanded that lawyers, loan sharks and tithe gatherers shall not fatten on him.”