Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-05-23
Rico day for registration will be named in later proclamation.
 All Must Co-operate.

RICO day TOT registration will be named in later proclamation. All Must Cooperate.
 .'The power against which we are arrayed has sought to impose It's will upon the world by force. To this end it has increased armament until it has changed the face of war. In the sense in which we have been wont to think of armies there are no armies in this struggle. There are entire na- tions armed. Thus, the men who re- main to till the soil and man the fac tories are no less a part of the army that is in France than the men beneath the battle flags. It must be so with us. It is not an army that we must shape and train for war; it is na- ton. To this end our people must draw close in one compact front against a common foe. But this cannot be if each man pursues a private purpose. All must pursue one purpose.
 ''The nation needs all men, but it needs each man, not in the field that will most pleasure him, but in the en- deavor that will best serve the com mon good.
 Tt is in no sense a conscription of the unwilling = it is rather selection from nation which has volunteered in mass.
 "The day here named is the time upon which all shall present them selves for assignment to their tasks.
 Ut is essential that the day be ap- preached in thoughtful apprehension of it's significance and that we accord to it the honor and the meaning that it deserves. Our industrial need pre- scribes that it be not made techni- cal holiday, but the stern sacrifice that is before us urges that it be car ried in all our hearts as a great day of patriotic devotion and obligation when the duty shall lie upon every man, whether he is himself to be reg istered or not, to see to it that the name of every male person of the des ignated ages is written on these lists of honor.
 By the president:
 ROBERT LANSING,
 "Secretary of State."
 Division Ordered to France.
 President Wilson directed that an expeditionary force of approximately a division of regular troops, under command of Maj. Gen. John J. Persh ing, proceed to France at as early a date as practicable. General Pershing and staff will precede the troops.
 A division contains approximately 2S,000 men. It is understood that at least 10000 will be infantry.
 The war bill was carefully gone over during the day by Brigadier General Crowder, judge advocate general and provost marshal general.
 It was announced that all existing regiments of the guard will be called into service by August 5, and officials estimate that with from a month to six weeks intensive training these troops will be ready to go forward for final preparation behind the fighting lines in Europe for the fighting that Is before them
 Presidents Statement.
 The president issued the following statement at the White House:
 "I shall not avail myself, at any rate, at the present stage of the war, of the authorization conferred by the act to organize volunteer divisions.
 ''To do so would seriously interfere with the carrying out of the chief and most immediately important purpose contemplated by this legislation:
 ''The prompt creation and early use of an effective army would contribute practically nothing to the effective strength of the armies now engaged against Germany.
 "No Time for Compliments"
 q understand that the section of this act which authorizes the creation of volunteer divisions in addition to the draft was added with view to providing an independent command for MT. Roosevelt and giving the military authorities an opportunity to use his fine vigor and enthusiasm recruiting the forces now at the western front.
 "It would be very agreeable to me to pay Mir. Roosevelt this compliment and the allies the compliment of sending to their aid one of our most distin- guished public men, an ex-president, who has rendered many conspicuous public services and proved his gallan- try in many striking ways.
 Seeks Advice From Both Sides.
 "The business now in hand is un- dramatic, practical and of scientific definiteness and precision.