ing the face of benevolence and clothed in the raiment of Heaven.
There were feasts of which the German people knew nothing, and to which
foreign ambassadors were not invited. At these feasts the wines were
furnished by Belial. They were occasions for the glorification of the
German god of war; of greed and conquest; ambition and vanity; without
pity, sympathy or honor.

Ruthless, vain, arrogant minds met the same qualities in their leader.
Some knew and welcomed the fact that the devil was their guest of honor;
perhaps others did not know it. Deluded as they all were and blinded by
pride and self-seeking, the same handwriting that told Belshazzar of
disaster was on the wall, but they could not or would not see it. There
was no Daniel to interpret for them.

German madness for war asserted itself in the ultimatum sent by Austria
to Serbia after the assassination at Sarajevo. Sufficient time had
hardly elapsed for an investigation of the crime and the fixing of the
responsibility, before Austria made a most insolent demand upon Serbia.

The smaller nation avowed her innocence of any participation in the
murder; offered to make amends, and if it were discovered that the
conspiracy had been hatched on Serbian soil, to assist in bringing to
justice any confederates in the crime the assassin may have had.

[Illustration: NEGRO SOLDIERS ON THE RIFLE RANGE AT CAMP GRANT,
ILLINOIS. BEING TAUGHT MARKSMANSHIP. AN IDEAL LOCATION RESEMBLING BATTLE
AREAS IN FRANCE.]

[Illustration: MEDICAL DETACHMENT 365TH INFANTRY. A REPRESENTATIVE GROUP
OF MEDICAL OFFICERS AND THEIR FIELD ASSISTANTS. THIS BRANCH OF THE 92ND
DIVISION RENDERED MOST VALOROUS SERVICE.]

[Illustration: BAYONET EXERCISES IN THE TRAINING CAMP.]

[Illustration: SPORTS AND PHYSICAL EXERCISE IN THE TRAINING CAMP.]

[Illustration: NEGRO TROOPS DRILLING. SCENE AT CAMP MEADE, MD., WHERE A
PORTION OF THE 93RD DIVISION AND OTHER EFFICIENT UNITS WERE TRAINED.]

[Illustration: AN EQUINE BARBER SHOP NEAR THE CAMP. ONE OF THE DUTIES
INCIDENT TO THE TRAINING CAMP.]

[Illustration: TROOPERS OF 10TH CAVALRY GOING INTO MEXICO. THESE HEROIC
NEGRO SOLDIERS WERE AMBUSHED NEAR CARRIZAL AND SUFFERED A LOSS OF HALF
THEIR NUMBER IN ONE OF THE BRAVEST FIGHTS ON RECORD.]

[Illustration: TENTH CAVALRY SURVIVORS OF CARRIZAL. DESPOILED OF THEIR
UNIFORMS BY THE MEXICANS THEY ARRIVE AT EL PASO IN OVERALLS. LEM
SPILLSBURY, WHITE SCOUT IN CENTER. EACH SOLDIER HAS A BOUQUET OF
FLOWERS.]

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