Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-26

I.- coN0aGosMAN ENGEMAN
 ADyocATee coNocnlpTsoN esxs lts Adsr1len VIII Assaes Milf
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 Special to The BuIIetin.}
 Wasffnefon, D. C.. April 26<--The adoption of the policy of conscription by this con11e.s will asgqxe our miIi- tefy 1eaeel1 that they have behind % as .a nsss ss.ssss sey z sss ans ss es Republic. said conertssnsn fsichard fore conSress at , ocIoci< tonisbt. Con- ersssnsn Trssmsn st5gnsiy , sHyceatsd with sat eonseripsios which he referred so sisters of those now h the regular sy ss and 1ssp, ssss 1cs .f .s ss sss Ssasr 5a,s , win not b6 called upon to make all the saerf1ces And that everyA other able bodied Azn4rican win be made ready tc come tc the assistancs of auire. Coneressmsu Freedan's speech was as follows:
 Since the paa1aee of the war resoiu-. ton on the nfth of April the sole all s1sy .sr yass sses i ss rgRsS s Sas sage the better it us to aid our allies and overcome our enssnise7 Apply fng that test fe the pending bill I al Judgment of the wsF college and ths general staH ratber than the untrained amateur 5udGmsnt of ths majority of the members of the committee on r1ii1- ssry s9.irs; ,,,,s rr,eT fo sns p,ssrss sd cf to exerciss his individuai Judgment as to whether or not by any vote of his h@w~ yA~s~ef fnr ff4A snnr sw11n f0ffo~s2 that well known advice. Beware of entrance to . quarrel" | despise t11s man who ignores the Balance of ft.
 sst a being ,s ss.r t 4 s ssss sls:s ss sss ss congress was called tcGsthsr in extra ordinary session, the exact situation was placed bef6f1 us, and to us was given the choice of submission or re many. with the pstriotic words Of the pres5dsnt ringing fn our ears and echo ink in our beartS; There ts one choice we cannot make, ws are incapable Of of subnission.. this house decided up- on the course Of resistance by an over whsinnins majority
 The question nov presented Is; Shall we conduct this nTht standing up or lying dovn7 As our coninaaBder fn chief the president has asked Us to take immediate steps not only to put the country in c more thorough state of defense but also to exert ali It's pow CT and employ ai1 Its resources to bring pire to terms and end the war.
 Tn denying now to bfm the army bill he seeks. the bill his military ad- vfsors deem absolutely necessary are we dedicating "our lives and our for tunes. everything that we are and ey- that we have undertaken? Great armies of men and vast sums of mon ey win be needed in order that this war may be ended and peace be re- we intend to enforce its collection. We might have secured this money by ask Ing voluntary contributions to the war funds. and in time, perhaps, the gen. erous, might have responded in sum- s s,ess ssha wsssy ras ,ook inc he necessary men by voluntary enlistment and in time. the brave and patriotic might respond in sufficient numbers. But the war is already on. our allies and no time should now be wasted in doubtful uncertain experiments. The adoption of the policy of conscription by this congress will assure our nilf- them and their military plans the full power and strength of the American republic. I labor under no illusions as to where our armed forces may be sent. war like men and that our armies win be sent where in the judgment of the general staff they may strike the hard est most effective blows for the restoration and preservation of those American rights which by the Ger ruthlessly and brutally violated (Ap- plause.) If any troops go abroad in all probability the regular army and the National Gu9rdsnen will be the 6,-@k N> t~ a Sey not right. it Is not fair or just to send a single American abroad. be he a reg ular, a National Guardsman, or vol unteer, not even Col. Roosevelt him self. or anyone else without the knowl. military age will be compelled to do his bit to sustain that American sol dier with food. to equip him with mu- nitions and to reinforce and relieve and trenches. (Applause) Only by the adoption Of conscription can this be absolutely assured. The more that go the easier will be the task of each individual. the less will be the risk of tain the restoration of peace through victory. It has been truly said that God is on the side of the heaviest bat talions and that battles are won by the right spot in the quickest possible time. In this peace loving commercial age of ours there Is altogether too much of the spirit of Let George do it." Yesterday in the course of debate the Gentleman from Oklahoma asked if the volunteers failed in 177. in 1s1a. in 1888. Let me tell him General Wash tngton pleaded with the Continental Congress time and again for a contin- uance supply of trained men for the adoption of e uniform and we'll di- gested" military policy. Of the mili- tia that was raised from the several as occasion seemed to require. he said. ''rf were required under oath to say whether they were the greater help or hindrNnce I should be obliged to say the latter" In the war of 1872 except upon the seq. there was very little of which to ee proud. and much to regret. We suffered an unbroiSen series of humiliAtions on land because of our untraincd militia. outnumher- ing the British to we abandoned and surrendered this beautiful city of to the enemy with . total loss of but fs men. If the North in the beginning of 1881 had had the