The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-30
ROOSEVELT URGES AMERICANS TO STAND BY PRESIDENT WILSON IN
 PRESENT WAR AND FIGHT r OUT
Former President Calls Upon People To Make Wilson's Message
 a Good One.
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ment. we put the flag upon the fir ing line, and keep it there, over a constantly growing army, until the war closes by peace which brings victory to the great cause of democ- racy and civilization, the great cause of justice and fair play among the peoples of the world
 We Americans are at war Now let us fight. Let us make it real war, not dollar war Let us show that we have the manhood to pay with our bodies, and not merely to hire other men to pay with their bodies. Let us fight at once Let us put the flag at the front now at the earliest moment, and not merely announce that we are going to fight year or two hence.
 'I most earnestly and heartily stand by the proposal of the Presi dent to raise an army on the prin- ciple of universal obligatory mailitary training and military service, de- manded as a right, not as a favor. from all the young men of the coun- try capable of bearing arms. |" #
 "For Our Own Sakes"
 "So l ask that we at once send a force over to the fighting line primarily for our own sakes. Even if the Allies asked us merely to fur nish them with foodstuffs and mon- ey, such request would imply so galling contempt for our manhood that would with equal scorn re- fuse it.
 By all means let us set our house in order here at home Let us obey the Presidents exhorta- tion and put a stop to waste Let us do as he outlines in furnishing money and ships and food to the Al lies. Let us furnish the warcraft nee sary to hunt down the submarines wherever the British Admiralty deems that this service can be best rendered and in whatever manner it desires. Let us, if necessary by governmental action. see that the fullest use is made of the soil and the largest production obtained there from *
 Wants To Fight
 q have asked leave to be allowed to raise a division to take to the front in the first expeditionary force, under the commander of the force; division which. after two or three months preliminary training here. can be taken for intensive training Ito France. and then put in the trenches at the earliest possible mo- ment that the allied generals deem it fit to render service I ask that be allowed to join with others who feel as I do in making good the Presidents message.
 T have led regiment in battle and commanded a brigade in active service, and since then I have been the Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States. Let me raise "a division to serve in an army corps, under it's chief, or to serve in command of brigade un- der the division chief.
 ''If we are true to our souls, we shall show that like our forefathers, we are willing to pay for our prin- ciples with our bodies. not merely with our dollars. We fight for our own rights and for the rights of mankind. The future of all free in stitutions of the world is at stake l ask that we send fighting force over to the fighting line at the ear Hest possible moment. and I ask it in the name of our children and our children's children so that they may hold their heads high over the mem ory of what this nation did in the worlds great crisis"