Word: soldier
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...living but of the dead; of the mistakes of a beloved leader whose virtues were many and whose lapses were few-of a leader who left behind him a long catalogue of notable achievements and who gave his life for you and for me as truly as any soldier who ever died in battle. When any man for campaign purposes or to gain a partisan advantage undertakes to disturb the repose of that leader, I brand him as a political ghoul and declare him to 'be unfit for the society of decent people...
...Secretary of War, promised that the Army Council would investigate all the questions raised. The amendments were then snowed under: 1) Proposal to abolish the death penalty for desertion, cowardice and similar offenses in war time, by a vote of 239 to 120; 2) Proposal to give a condemned soldier right of appeal to a civil court, by a vote of 193 to 120; 2) Proposal that a holdier, upon enlistment, may choose to refuse duty if called to aid the civil power in connection with a trade dispute, strike, etc., by a vote...
...bonus. The trouble is that beyond a few stout supporters, the President is surrounded by a flabby party. At present the Democrats are fairly leaderless. Their strongest champion and the only one to set up a platform a very wide straddle of reduction in taxes and a soldier's bonus has been badly smirched in the oil battle; Senator Underwood has never been strong; and Senator Ralston is known to most people only by the fact that he is a candidate for the Democratic nomination. It therefore seems probable that more than ever before the presidential race next fall with...
...much will the proposed soldier bonus bill cost?" asked the Senate Finance Committee...
...they object to being called "mock martyrs" they can easily convince the nation of their sincerity provided they do not lack one quality courage. A soldier, fighting for his country, is not ashamed to wear the uniform which identifies him with his cause. Would you, pacifists, heroes of a nobler (and safer) strife be ashamed to put on some uniform which would identify you with your principles?--a uniform say of bright yellow cloth with a cap set off by a gallant white feather...