The American Legion Weekly [Volume 2, No7 (February 13, 1920)] . s will be the most important inthe nations history. In the advance calculations a newgroup of the people are being taken intoconsideration. In former years the wisecampaign manager gave due considera-tion to the German vote, the Irish vote,the Catholic vote, the Jewish vote, thelabor vote and all other real and imagi-nary class votes. This year they addto their lists the soldier vote. Theyinsist that the soldier and sailor votemust be courted. THERE were more than 4,000,000men in the uniform. The war didmany things for these men;
The American Legion Weekly [Volume 2, No7 (February 13, 1920)] . s will be the most important inthe nations history. In the advance calculations a newgroup of the people are being taken intoconsideration. In former years the wisecampaign manager gave due considera-tion to the German vote, the Irish vote,the Catholic vote, the Jewish vote, thelabor vote and all other real and imagi-nary class votes. This year they addto their lists the soldier vote. Theyinsist that the soldier and sailor votemust be courted. THERE were more than 4,000,000men in the uniform. The war didmany things for these men; the servicewrought many changes; it shaped manylives anew. Just how much the armyand navy influenced them can best beanswered by the 4,000,000 one result, however, all are million better Americans came out By LEO R. SACK of the war than went into it. Fourmillion men today have a greater andfiner conception of their duty as citizensof the United States than three yearsago. Four million men feel that thisis Gods country more than ever. // / was willing to stake my life for a principle,says the veteran of the Argonne, why shouldnt anoffice-holder risk his job when he is right? before. This is their own UnitedStates, as much theirsas it is yours ormine. The returned soldier and sailor, listen-ing to honey-voiced orators pickingbouquets from the skies, is informed thathe and those like him, who wore theuniform in the countrys time of peril,will shape the future destinies of theUnited States. In France he was toldthat the country was just waiting untilhe returned in order that certain radicalchanges could be made. He was re-minded of the influence wielded by theGrand Army of the Republic and theUnited Confederate Veterans. He wasso fed up on soldier vote stuff that, hadhe been inclined to take it seriously,he would have marched from Hobokenand Newport News straight to Wash-ington to demand toot sweet actionat the White House and the Capitol. But—and the
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