Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1919 — WANTED DEMOCRACY; GOT INFLUENZA AND PROHIBITION [ARTICLE]

WANTED DEMOCRACY; GOT INFLUENZA AND PROHIBITION

New York, April 19.—(Special) With the arrival here today of the One Hundred and Tenth engineers on the transport Von Steuben, a new light was thrown on the attitude of some of the soldiers toward their fight to make the world safe for democracy. During the voyage several of the civilians abroad delivered addresses to the troops. It was related that former Attorney General Gregory was urging the men to adjust themselves to peace conditions upon their return home, when a “doughboy” in the audience caused much merriment by shouting: “We fought for democracy and what we got was prohibition and influenza.”