Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1918 — THE GIANT IS AWAKE [ARTICLE]

THE GIANT IS AWAKE

The giant is avab at last. H has taken a year of sustained effort. : and the m-obilizins of an army or,, close to two million men. hefertf we. awoke from our slumber, IMj we are wide awake at last. as* doing things—with a big D. Government departments are running smoothly, and tie great xna-j chinery of war is at last forgirg I ahead. Huee stores of su: r<lses o? t every conceivable description are.: being rushed across ihir Atlantic: | army after army is being trained a and dispatched, until the Americas a forces and equipment on the otSerl side are fast attracting the aiie®-| tion of the world ami sending e*H| shivers up and down the G trim* I spine. The kaiser’s boast to Mr. Gerard. I that he. had German re-| servists in this country, and ready I to take up arms at his word, ofj Command, has the ring of a huge i joke. If they are least know how to wheSe skins. We have hit our stride at last. and"now let's keep it up tin wx- * plete victory is ours. ivaisereom.

sfta Rs attendant train of evila, acx-st perish, from the earth. Ax.£. let. as got for one moment f»rz« that AMERICA IS THE DECUMNG FACTOR IN. THE WAR.