The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-04-27

try, the Army and Navy and Our Al
IIes-cltes Need ier More Efficiency
Washington, April 17.-In personal
appeal addressed on Sunday night to
his fellow countrymen President Will
son calls upon every American citizen
man, woman and chlld-to join to-
gether to make the nation a unit for the
preservation Of its ideals and for tri-
umph of democracy In the world war.
"The supreme test Of the nation has
come" says the address. I'VE must
all speak, act and serve together"
Text of Address.
The address follows:
"My fellow cOuntrymen:
"The entrance of our own beloved
country 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 settlement that l hope you will
permit me to address to you a few
words of earnest counsel and appeal
with regard to them.
"We 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 single selfish ele-
ment, so far as l can see, in the cause
we are fighting for. We are fighting
for what we believe and wish to be the
rights of mankind and for the future
peace and security of the world.
'These, then, are the things we
must do and do well, besides fighting
the things without which mere fight
Ing would be fruitless:
eve must supply abundant food for
and for our armies and our
seamen not only, but also for a large
part of the nations with whom we have
now made common cause, in whose
support and by whose sides we shall
be fighting.
Must Supply Ships.
eve must supply ships by the hun
1reds out of our shipyards to carry
10 the other side of the sea, subma-
ines or no submarines, what will every
lay be needed there, and abundant
out of our fields and our
mines and our factories with which
lot only to clothe and equip our own
'orces on land and sea but also to
,lothe and support our people for
whom the gallant fellows under arms
AN no longer work, to help clothe and
,quip the armies with which we are
in Europe, and to keep
he looms and manufactures there In
aw materials; coal to keep the fires |
,oing in ships at sea and in the fur
laces across the sea; steel out of |
which to make arms and ammunition
9th here and there; rails for worn
ut railroads back Of the fighting |
ronts; locomotives and rolling stock
o take the place of those every day
ding to pieces; mules, horses, cattle
or labor and for military service;
with which the people Of
,ngland and France and Italy and
tussia have usually supplied them
elves, but cannot now afford the men,
he materials or the machinery to
lake.
Need Greater Efficiency.
"It is evident to every thinking man
lat our industries, in farms, in ship
ards, In the mines, in the factories,
Iust be made more prolific and more
ficient than ever, and that they must
e more economically managed and
etter adapted to the particular re-
1irements Of our task than they have
cen; and what / want to say is that
le men and the women who devote
leir thought and their energy to these
lings will be serving the country and
the fight for peace and free
)m just as truly and just as effective
as the men on the battlefield or in
Ie trenches.
Appeal to Farmers.
Thousands, nay, hundreds Of thou
nds Of men otherwise liable to mill
ry service, will Of right and of neces-
ty be excused from that service and
signed to the fundamental, sustain
g work Of the fields and factories,
i'd mines, and they will be as much
Irt Of the great patriotic forces of
e nation as the men under fire.
II take the liberty, therefore, of
dressing this word to the farmers
the country and to all who work
the farms: The supreme need of
r own nation and of the nations
tn which we are cooperating is an {
undance of supplies, and especially S
foodstuffs. The Importance of an !
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