The Reading Militia in the Great War (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Reading Militia in the Great War The transmission to posterity of the record of honorable achievement at a time of great crisis is a task which should commend itself to every citizen. The great war brought to us, as to all men, privation and woe. It left a path of blasted hopes, of young manhood maimed or sacrificed in a glorious cause. But it was not without its compensations. It showed us that the old time zeal of this martial county could, on the occasion, again burn high. It evoked in us qualities to which we had long been strangers. Our people displayed a spirit of unselfish sacrifice, a self abnegation, a devoted, united and tireless activity for the common weal which surprised ourselves and earned the admiration of our neighbors. High traditions count for much whether in families or in bodies politic. The proud military record of fifteen centuries steeled the arm of a sensitive, high strung people, called upon to defend Verdun. And doubtless the Berks boys who fought in France in the trying summer of 1918 were conscious that they were maintaining the high standard set by their forefathers in the Revolution, in 1812, at Chapultepec and on the Rapidan. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.