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"Sonic you Imys wliii read this were thcro with us. You know. Your
folks know. Iicrausr you w role 'and told tjicni. The Doughnut (lirls the Sal
vation Anny were there, too. They were up in front, whether they hutf
douuliiiut or liaked us a lialeli of hiiiiie-made liread. Hay, how they did it, I
don't know. It made -us think of ma and sis, and, shucks! the jjirl back home
waiting until we got hack it we ever did. They were always there, folks
right .out in front where t lit Krit.ics had the exact rantfe, and they never
quit, even when they had to droi the d ouglinuts and lie up our busted legs,
and bandage us up generally. t ,
"I got a jolt or two, but. I got back. Some of the Salvationists wilt nev
er come back.' It's something I didn't, know before; they've been doing this
same tough work here at home for years and saying nothing about it.
They've been down in the slums, in the back alleys..
"They've got a slogan. It says: 'A Man May l!e Down;. Hut He's Ncr
er Out.' It worked in the trenches, all right. They never quit us wheii wc
.were down.
"We're, back, home now. We have conn; to know the Salvation Army
better. They are going right back to their slums and the back alleys to save
fellows that'nobndv else bothers about. That's their job. They need money.
And we're all here we boys from Hospitals who know tu' back them up!
"What, are vmi folks going to do that had to stay home on aeeouui of .the
wife and the kiddies'? You'd have been there, otherwise.
"Say, 1 bet you're going to write a ticki-t on fit-: Salvation Arinj) straight.
'hev want in 1'nioii enmity, 171 HI. J hey ve started-out to get it.
"Whether it's a .copper cent from the kiddies' bank, or whether H's.a ten
thousand dollar bank note from your own bank, .bring jt or send "it tt the
headquarters, ('has. I, llardingj' Treasurer, at the -United States National . .
l'.,Hik, I,a tirandc, Oi'cgon, and back us boys tip, because . we're telling you
right. 'They wiin't talk for t liemsel ; -s. -They's busy bark nl thfir old joij It
the slums. I lot they need the money and Vre here to, talk foi- thnj.
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'They Were With Us Over There-----We
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