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You are directed to bring to the attention of every officer
and enlisted’ nan in your command, the desire of the Secretary
of V/ar that each officer and enlisted nan write a letter to
his home on .Mothers' Day, the second Sunday in Hay’, May 11th,
1924, as an expression of the love and reverence we owe to
the mothers of the country#
By order of the Secretary of V/ar,
Robert C. Davis,
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xhe Secretary of War, in causing the above order to be issued, has
shiwn the Nation’s desire to pay tribute to the mothers of the men who con
stitute the national defense* The qualities of body and mind passed on by*
these mothers to their sons, determine the quality of the Array; arid its loy*
alty and patriotism are built on the principles instilled during childhood
by the mothers of the nation#
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Not only is the quality of the Army, but of the industrial and pro
fessional life of the Nation similarly dependent upon the quality of Nation
al motherhood; an lin so far as America can be considered a great nation, it
is due to the splendid character of the typical American mother#
The other nations accuse us -'mericaxis of silly sentimentalism, which
they say pervades our art, our -literature and our social relations# Perhaps
this is a true charge; but if so let us none the less thank God for such
part of our sentimentalism as unites mother and son in ties of love and re
spect,. in most cases in ties of confiding comradeship — bonds of affection
of which other less ”sentimental” nations can not know#
is true that not all mafchers are equally endowed with wisdom, char
acter and foresight; but Nature has, with only the rare exceptions which
prove the rule, endowed all with an exceeding care and solicitude for their
children, a nother love 'vhich causes them, at any sacrifice, to do their
best for the little ones to whom they have given life. And this effort for
the best, this struggle to give each succeeding generation a higher place
in the world, has unquesti o.iably been by far the greatest factor in raising
humanity from a barbaric animalism to a supremacy over Nature whic and a
quality of soul second to the Divine.
Vfhen the Nation sets aside a day of honor to American motherhood, when
the high officials of the Army recognise this day personally and in orders,
it is little for ach of us to do to carry out our share in honoring the
mother who bore us by writing a letter hone.
MR. PRANK SAUCER, of Haines, has returned to his home from the Post
Hospital, where he was undergoing treatment for middle ear trouble.. ,■
MR. R.Li. ODELL, of Haines, fell on the slippery sidewalk last Tuesday
and was painfully infrared.
1HE ROUND THE WORLD AEROPLANES are expected to reach Sitka the'latter
part of this week. Governor Scott C# Bone will be at that place to wel
come them. The American Legion convention for the Alaska Division will
also be insession at Sitka.
Buglers of the post, having reached a point where they can “get by”
in the ordinary duties of a soldier, are now taking a little professional
wind jamming practice each morning from 10’*3Q till'-11:30.
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JiiribaU is now enjoying an epidemic of the measels. Some of the younger
soldiers of the post had better postpone their furloughs until later.