The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-07-03
ARE PATRIOTS ALL
THOSE WHO REGISTERED FOR
NEW ARMY SHOWED SPIRIT
OF VOLUNTEERS.
PLAN TO KEEP THIS ALIVE
War Department viii Take AdvsN.
taos Of Psychology Of the Occasion
and Move Quickly In Matter 81 De.
ieetions and Exemptions
sy EDWARD Q. CLARK.

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washington.--And still the wonder
r. growing here at the results Of Reg
| istration day. There IL an inlowing
stream Of kilograms and letters from
| the country, most Of which give In en-
thusiastic description the marked serv-
ice spirit and service desire with
which the young men Of all sections
Of the country went to their duty.
Belief is strong In Washington to-
day that the war department will take
| advantage of the patriotic psychology
| Of the occasion to move quickly with
selections and exemptions and thus to
give the country Its new national army
in short order.
1t Is known that officials believe in.
stant preparation for the rest of the
| work should be made and that no more
time than Is necessary should be given
TO allow the ardor Of youth to cool.
There was a volunteer spirit evident
everywhere Registration day, and II IL
this spirit which quick action, Wash
ington believes, will keep alive.
II is realized that President Wilson
has difficult and delicate task In the
outlining of industrial class exemp-
lions. Unquestionably he studied the
matter for long time, advising almost
daily with Provost Marshal General
Enoch II. Crowder and other army
officials as to just what form the reg.
r'ations of industrial exemption
should take.
No Glasses Of Industry Exempt
There are still evidences in Wash.
ington that men engaged in certain
pursuits in life take it for granted
ors. N "1r,e soct'o nS of the country
formers h""" been told by persons
/ uorant of the facts in the case that
they will not hr ca"ed. ssg
No elias 80, '1.''ry are to be ex-
empted aS Whole. The law Is man.
dntory only as 1t affects persons Of
religious creeds which contain definite
announcements against arms bearing
That many industrial workers will be
tempted Is certain, but every means
will be taken to determine definitely
that the exempted ones will be OF
more use at home to the army and the
country than they will be in service
abroad. at
From some Of the Industrial centers
where munitions, machinery and tex
tiles are manufactured there have come
reports that a large percentage of the
workmen expect the nature Of their
calling to exclude them from the army
ranks. The percentages will not be
heavy anywhere. 1t Is only those
whose services cannot be spared from
the pillow, the bench or the desk who
will be told that until another day
they need not carry the rifle.
Army officials already are looking
forward TO the day Of the raising Of
the second army. Washington real
ICES, II the rest Of the country does
not, that the strong probability Is
America must send contingent after
contingent across the water to make
certain the triumph of democracy,
For long time In the capital there
was keen anxiety because Of the re-
curing evidences that the country as
a whole did not realize the immensely
and the intensity Of the war that Is to
come. Since Registration day the
minds of the officials seem to have
been lifted from their depression.
VIII BE Finest Of Armies. ,
A ranking officer Of the army has
said that he believes that the first
half-million men raised for service In
this country would be the finest army
ever produced by any government on
the face OF the earth. The officers
who will have command In the com.
panies, the captains and the lieuten-
ants, II was said, all will be men of
intense patriotic spirit and OF Il lust
for service, fact evidenced by the
desire of the multitudes of young
men to enter the officers training
camps. II is from these camps that
the younger commissioned officers of
the new army largely will be recruited.
Further than this, with the latitude
In exemptions and with the desire to
get all the best for the first forces,
IL is virtually certain, according to
army opinion, that the first half.mil.
lion will be young men of fine
physique, fine spirit and fine solderly
qualities generally. .l
Washington officials desire that the
work which began on Registration day
shall be completed quickly. The pres
ent spirit they say Is the spirit that
honors, and quick action will help to
keep the flame burning bright.