The Sentinel=record., 1917-04-22

ihNShihclS dutHOiADluS tut uIdIl Oi 500,000 for the first force and of the additional 500,OO0 will be put in opera. ton at once.
 Tt will require. according to the testimony of tile secretary of war be- fore the military committee, at least three months 10 complete this regi tration. ..... In the meantime if II president sees fit he is authorized Q call for volunteers, and upon the com pletion of the registration he has the power to decide whether he will take an army of volunteers or organize one by draft.
 The bill provides that orgauiza tions of all forces other than the regular army shall be composed cf men who come from, and officers ap- pointed from. the same state or local. ity as far as practicable
 Both the volunteer and the draft features of the bill authorize the pres ident to refuse to accept either by enlistment CT draft the services of persons needed in she industrial pur- suits of the country
 Secretary Bakers letter included in the minority report was written as a final plea from the military branch cf the government in behalf of the administration bill
 "I have a deep conviction that any compromise of the principles govern ing the bill submitted by the depart- ment for the raising of a new army would he attended by unfavorable re. suits he wrote, The bill as drawn spirit as can be preserved wthoul embarking on the experiment. of q mixed system of draft and volunteer. ing. It makes place for several hun. dred thousand men above the age of 25 who may be m5ved L. volunteer. and ,.g eQuali2ing the terms and con dition of service in the regular army, national guard and additional force gives such volunteers entire equality with all others in the national forces.
 The drafting proposition starts at the outset a process by which the f rces f the country can be called as they shall be needed, according to an equal and just system. and if has these merits:
 Ut spreads the burden of mill. tary preparation equally throughout the United States.
 "2-It is certain in it's operation, for after the registration is made every man in the country will know whether he is to be called and when he is to be called upon, allowing those wh.} are not to be called or whc SC call is postponed to continue their normal pursuits undisturbed by uncertainty as to their duty and unagitated by neghborhood pressure or misunder. standing.
 '3--lt starts at the beginning of the accumulation of these new forces and has none of the character of a penalty which attaches to the draft when it is used after volunteering ha been tried and failed
 "I have studied every report I can secure of the use of the volunteer system abroad and in cur own coun. try and l believe it to be true that in C rv place where it has been tried, whatever success it has had. has been due to a system of compul5ion more harassing and almost as drastic as the provisions of a law itself. In the countries of Europe where the volunteer system has obtained those resp nsible for it were excused be. caGse they could not have foreseen at the beginning the results, but we have their experience to guide US, and believe that those responsible in this country for repeating the cost ly errors which have been made abroad will not be able to make ex. planation.
 the rights and practice of judgment of the committee and the house, still feel obliged as secretary of war, and. therefore, your responsible advisor on this subject to urge the passage of the bill a. drawn. This, the greatest war in the history of the world. our participation in it is as yet unde. termined in many of its modes and wholly as to its duration and extent, but we are called upon to !naugurate a system which in any event or con or ,,.-.. - will place our country in alues at ......-.....,.' "
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