Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-04-16

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sonal appeal addressed tonight TO his
fellow countrymen President Wilson
calls upon every American citi2cn--
man. woman and child--to join to-
gether to make the nation a unit for
the preservation of its ideals and for
Triumph of democracy in the ~otlu
war
The supreme test Of the nation has
come" says the address. I'VE must
all speak, serve and act together"
Putting the navy on a war footing
and raising great army are the sim.
plest parts of the great task ahead
the president declares, and he urges
all the people with particular empha-
sis on his words to the farmers. to
concentrate their energies, practice
economy, prove unselfishness and
demonstrate efficiency. The address
follows:
Text of Address.
t"My Fellow Countrymen;
The entrance OF our beloved coun-
try into the grim and terrible
war for democracy and human
rights which has shaken the world,
creates so many problems OF
national life and action which call for
immediate consideration and settle
ment that I hope you will permit me
! to address to you n few words of
earnest counsel and appeal with re-
| gard to them.
I'VE are rapidly putting our navy
upon an effective war footing and are
about to create and equip great army
| but these are the simplest parts OF the
! great task to which we have addressed
| ourselves There is not a single sell
! fish element. so far as | can sec, in
the cause we are fighting for. We are
| fighting for what we believe and wish
| to be the rights of mankind ana FOR
the future peace and security of the
world To do this great thing WORTH
| ly and successfully we must devote
ourselves to the service without re-
| gard to profit or material advantage
| and with an energy and intelligence
that will rise to the level of the enter
prise itself. We must realize TO the
full how great the task is and how
many things. how many kinds and
elements of capacity and service and
| self-sacrifice it involves.
What Must BE Done.
"These, then, are the things we
must do and do we'll besides fighting
the things without which mere
fighting would be fruitless.
1--WE must supply abundant food for
ourselves and for our armies and out
seamen not only but also for large
part of the nations with whom we
have now made common cause, II
whose support and by whose sides We
shall be fighting.
1--WE must supply ships by the hun
dreds out of our shipyards to carry
to the other side of the sea, suhma'
rines or no submarines, what will eV'
ery day be needed there and abund'
ant materials out of our fields ano
our mines and our factories witt
4 which not only to clothe and equiv
our own forces on land and sea, bu
also to clothe and support our people
for whom the gallant fellows undel
arms can no longer work, to hell
clothe and equip the armies will
which we are cooperating in Europe
and to keen the looms and manufac
tories there in raw materials; coal t
keep the fires going in ships at sc;
and in the furnaces of hundreds o
, factories across the sea; steel. out o
which to make arms and ammunition
, both here and there; rails for worn
!, out railways back of the fighting
, fronts: locomotives and rolling stool
to take the place of those every da,
going to pieces; mules, horses. cattl