New Britain herald., 1917-05-08
ROOSEVELT LEGION
 GROWING BY LEAPS
Leaders Expect @o,oo0 Volun-
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 New York. May slRecruitinx for an ovsfseAs forcs for early service at the front in France went on with re- newed vigor yesterday at tho head Quarters Of the Roosevelt Division" !" 7S3 Fifth avenue. About 200 men, 90 Dor cank. of whom were college gradu- AtsA applied in person at the offices. and more than 1.500 applications were received by mail or telegraph. It was estimated that . total of at least 2b0.- 600 names would be on file by the end of the week at the present rate. more than 30o.0o0 having been previ- ously enrollad.
 Ssvsral of the offers received yes- terday were for fully equipped units. They were al1 placed on flel and the work of investigating reference and other information supplied was taken up at oncs. Of the men who applied In person. all but one were able to pas tho preliminary inquisition of Captain W. E. Dame, the former 
 headquarters. He expressed the be- men n any who had some forward since the declaration of war.
 HAllot Alsop Borrowe. who served under the colonel as rough sider' in the Spanish war and had charge of the ''dynamite gum which the regiment took along, was ono of the first to report at the Fifth avenue 2 headquarters. He wanted to serve. and said he could tell the colonel where he could get 60,000 fine horses within twenty-four hours. He has been engaged during the last two years in obtaining horses for the AL Hes. <,
 Another rough rider who enrolled was Ralph A. Adams He had a sur- gica1 operation performed in order to meet the army requirements. A. R. Elliott. proprietor of The New York Medical Journal, said he was ready to serve In any capacity, and that . num- Der of men wanted to send an ambu- lance unit with the colonel.
 Prince Jean Paleloxue of Rumania, who said he was cousin of a former French ambassador to Russia and had taken out his hrst papers to become m American citixen. wants to go along. He has lived in this country seventeen, years.
 From Plainnsld. N. J.. the head quarters receivSl an offer of the choice of . string of thoroughbred horses owned by Charles. w. Mo- Cutcheon for the use ,ofsf1t colonel If the force should be pefs1itJed to go to France.
 ExIscJ:t.on Described.
 Extracts from an article by! the colonel. headed. .'Put the Flag on the Firing Ane." which will appear . in the aJune Metropolitan Magaxine, were H.ads public yesterday. q1n 1t he de-- scribes his proposed expeditionary fierce to France, and outlines some of the, peace terms on which. he be- licves. the enemies of Germany should Insist. In part he writes: 2
 The Prussianixed Germany of the Hohenzollerns has shown itself even more the enemy of freedom and hu- n,anity and Justice and international right than was Napoleon's France. Let us strive for the peace of justice and Of international right. Did they but know 1t, the German people them- selves would benefit by our victory, and especially the people of South Germany and of Austria. who would be frce from the tyranny of Prussia. and would be guaranteed in all their r:ghts-surely more than an offset for not being allowed to wrong others
 Belgium ard France must have ali that has been taken from them re- stored. The Turk must leave Europe "a democratic Russia at Constanti- rcple will threaten no one. Armenia should be freed and autonomous. Austria is not a country but a knot of nationalities. of which two tyran- n.se over the others. Let the Illus sarians keep Magyar Hungary, and the Austrians Germans Austria. Let the Italians have the Trentino and Trieste. Let there be great Serbia, a great Bohemia. great Rumania.
 Poland should once more be a na- tion, which would include all the Po- lish lands. and have an outlet oh the Baltic through old Polish Prussia, old West Prussia. East Prussia. which is German. would be unavoidabfy sep orated from the other German lands; but it could not keep united with them politically; and also commercial ly by arrangements for through rall- way traffic such as we have with Can ada as regards our international rail- roadc. The Germans would keer Germany, would lose nothing except the right to oppress others, would suf. fer no injustice. Ireland Should have home rule.
 The colonel also points out whad he believes are the important dutie. of the private citizen when Amerscs Is at war.
 WREATH ON LINCOLN's TOMB. 1aars,,al Jonre Pays Ttfbuse to ''Grea'