Evening star., 1917-04-10

The Star today begins the pubfica-
tion of a series of articles. prepared in
cooperation with the military and de-
fensc authorities of the United States
and the representatives of the official
relief organ nizations. showing how each
citizen can serve the republic IN this
time of war
The President has said that all The coun-
try's power shall be exerted and all its
resources employed "t6 bring the gov
eminent of the German empire to terms
and end the war" His use of the word
call" indicates that every ounce of
power and every atom of resource are
summoned to the nations battle for
democracy against autoeraty.
The government has been engaged in
taking stock of all the power and re-
sources-man and materiaIthat can be
used for a ll-power fight. Through
its various departments and bureaus, the
Council of National Defense and the
timated the needs of the fighting line,
on sea and land, in men and equipment.
It has considered the problem of train
ing hundreds of thousands of men. pro-
ducing vast quantities of equipment and
munitions in standard forms and in con-
tinuously steady stream and of trans
porting men and material TO the fight
ing line. 1t has planned for caring for
the wounded by the best surgical and
nursing skill of the nation and for the
keeping in comfort OF the families whose
breadwinners have taken up arms
The girding of the nation for war
proceeds in three main lines: Military,
industrial, relief The details of this
preparation have, of course, not been
thoroughly worked out as yet. The
military and relief plans have assumed
definite form, but not 50 the industrial.
So far as it has proceeded, the indus
all kinds and to work out co ordinated
system whereby, when a specific need
sIises in the pushing of the war, the
government will know Immediately
where it can command the raw ma
serials, the factories, the transportation
facilities and the operatives necessary
TO meet the need. For instance, the gov
eminent has been seeking to learn
where it can get Standardized equip
nent for its fighting line, how much it
can get and how soon; how the supply
can be Increased; how additional faeili-
ties for manufacture and transportation
can be obtained and how and where the
raw materials and the skilled men can
be most quickly and most efficiently
gathered
The Star, through its series of articles,
will endeavor to point cut how the gov
ernment expects to use the talents,
training and resources of each individ-
nal in this gigantic but single task. The
series viii aim to show what both men
and women can do, what lines of ac-
tivity each person can take up most eff
6ciently. what steps are necessary to
begin actual work at once, to whom to
apply for service and in general what
the service will consist of. It will aim
to present the opportunities for patri-
cite service, for instance, Of the ma
ehinist, the matchmaker, the school
teacher, the chauffeur, the engineer, the
farmer, the skilled and the unskilled,
the rich and the poor, every one, ae-
eording to his measure. 1t will aim to
tell the owner of motor boat or of a
motor cycle how to put himself and
such property at the disposal of the gov
eminent, or how that man who knows
the inner secrets of the automobile can
help.
In the general plan of service there
is place for each loyal resident of the
United States and Uncle Sam expects
each one to find that place and be ready
and willing to fill it promptly and eff
eiently and thoroughly. Some will find
their places through recruiting stations,
some through the doors of Offices or fac
tories or hospitals, or on farms or back
yards; others through the work of their
hands or brains or money in the line
OF their daily tasks. For some the op-
portunities are open today and should
be seized; for others the opportunities
are still to be opened, but they can be-
GIN at once to prepare themselves,
through training and study, for meet
Ing them in the near future.
1t may be assumed that April has at
last ADVANCED suficiently tn hermit The