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While Heads, Are flared. -

lEUTENANT ELY, it is ours revemntly _ to
acknowledge .the 'service you have
rendered.

To your country and ours, you gave all you

had to give, a life, young and buoyant, offered
fwhenwyou had 'but just arrived at life’s fullest
understanding—and more than this no .man
can give. ‘ ‘

But in the giving, sir, you gave as well the outpour of
your stout young heart—that all of us to whom you pass
along the touch might offer prayer, and carry on in better
understanding of that ennobled cause for which no sacrifice

shall be in vain.

Some of us are far behind the fighting lines of France
today. For circumstance has made. two battle lines, and
there must be therefore those gone to fight, and others kept
behind to carry on at home.

But as you say, both lines bring chance for deeds well
done, and greei investments too.

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Little did you know, Lieutenant Ely, when you went to
the post that'day, that your last letter to those proud parents
you left back home contained a message not alone for them,
but, simple and sincere. for all your countrymen as well.

ladid, indeed, for you uncovered the heart of all America
when you wrote, “I want to say in closing, if anything flap-k

pens to me let’s have no moui'ning in spirit or in dress, for

like a Liberty Bond, it is an investment, not a loss, when a
man dies for'his country.”

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The Fourth Liberty Loan is now announced.

Do you think, Lieutenant Ely,_that we :shall soon“ forget
your. admonition—or ' that we shall not proudly subscribe
for all we possibly can of your country’s Liberty Bonds,g A
which you so nobly glorified.

Indeed, we can do no less, for it seems to us that each
subscription blank must hear your parting salutation—
“for like a Liberty Bond, it is an investment, not a loss,
when a man dies for his country.”

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