reat have been
remembered because of the show of Might, on every hand. The meeting of
President Wilson and President Poincare in Paris on December 14, 1918,
will never be forgotten because it was the greatest demonstration the
world has ever seen of the power of Right.

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Truth forever on the scaffold,
Wrong forever on the throne,--
Yet that scaffold sways the future,
And, behind the dim unknown,
Standeth God within the shadow,
Keeping watch above His own.

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.

SERGEANT YORK OF TENNESSEE

People will always differ as to what was the most remarkable exploit of
the World War. Major General George B. Duncan, one of the American
commanders who helped to drive the Germans out of the Argonne forest,
has said that Corporal Alvin C. York, a tall, red-headed, raw-boned
mountaineer from Tennessee distinguished himself above all men in the
achievement of the greatest individual deed in the World War.

[Illustration: Sergeant York wearing the French Croix de Guerre and the
Congressional Medal of Honor.]

Because of his brave acts, Corporal York was made Sergeant York, was
given the Croix de Guerre with a palm, and the Congressional Medal of
Honor. His own state has made him a colonel for life on the Governor's
Staff.

Before the officers of York's division, the 82d, Major General C. P.
Summerall, a soldier not given to over-praise or exaggeration,
commended him in these words:

"Corporal York, your division commander has reported to me your
exceedingly gallant conduct during the operations of your division in
the Meuse-Argonne battle. I desire to express to you my pleasure and
commendation for the courage, skill, and gallantry which you displayed
on that occasion. It is an honor to command such soldiers as you.
Your conduct reflects great credit not only upon the American army, but
also upon the American people. Your deeds will be recorded in the
history of this great war, and they will live as an inspiration not
only to your comrades, but also to the generations that will come after
us. I wish to commend you publicly and in the presence of the officers
of your division."

Corporal York was about thirty years of age, six feet tall, and weighed
a little over two hundred pounds. He would not be called handsome,
although he was really a fine looking man, with keen gray eyes that
could become hard and penetrating when he was greatly moved. He was a