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Sherwood Eddy. With Our Soldiers in France
With Our Soldiers in France
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ILLUSTRATIONS
The American Y.M.C.A. Headquarters in Paris … … Frontispiece
FOREWORD
CHAPTER I
AT THE FRONT
CHAPTER II
WITH GENERAL PERSHING'S FORCE IN FRANCE
[Illustration: The "Eagle Hut" in London.]
CHAPTER III
A DAY IN THE "BULL RING"
CHAPTER IV
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY
[Illustration: Harry Lauder Singing at a Y. M. C. A. Meeting. The Officer seated at the extreme right is Captain "Peg."]
CHAPTER V
LIFE IN A BASE CAMP
[Illustrations: Wholesome and Entertaining; Home Refreshments in London.]
CHAPTER VI
THE CAMP OF THE PRODIGALS
CHAPTER VII
RELIGION AT THE FRONT
[Illustration: Three Thousand Soldiers in the Crowboro Hut.]
CHAPTER VIII
THE WORLD AT WAR
APPENDIX I
EXTRACTS FROM "ETERNAL PEACE"
BY
IMMANUEL KANT
APPENDIX II
EXTRACTS FROM "THE TREATMENT OF ARMENIANS" BY. VISCOUNT BRYCE
APPENDIX III
LINES WRITTEN BY A SOLDIER IN THE. ENGLISH ARMY ABOUT MARCH, 1916
APPENDIX IV
LETTER FROM LORD KITCHENER TO HIS MEN
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Sherwood Eddy
Published by Good Press, 2019
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There must be a turning to God in our own national life. We speak of the menace of German militarism, but what is militarism but armed and aggressive materialism, the deeper principle which lies behind it? And what is materialism but organized selfishness? Materialism and selfishness are the dangers of our own land as well as of Germany. And the war is a call to set our own house in order.
America can no longer live to herself alone. She is fighting for the freedom of humanity. Here on the very field of battle, at the throbbing heart of the conflict, we ask ourselves, What is the real issue of the war? What are they fighting for?
