The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
Rico day for registration will be
named in later proclamation.
All Must Cooperate.

RICO Gay LOT registration Will De
named in later proclamation.
All Must Cooperate
1.-THE power against which we are
arrayed has sought to impose its will
upon the world by force. To this end
it has increased armament until II
has changed the face of war In the
sense in which we have been wont TO
think Of armies there are no armies
in this struggle. There are entire ma
lions armed. Thus. the men who re-
main TO till the soil and man the fac
tories are no less part of the army
that is in France than the men beneath
the battle flags. 1t must be so with
US. 1t is not an army that we must
shape and train for war; it is a ma
ton. To this end our people must draw
close in one compact front against a
common foe. But this cannot be If
each man putsues a private purpose.
All must pursue one purpose.
''The nation needs all men. but il
needs each man, not in the field that
will most pleasure him, but in the en-
deavor that will best serve the com
mon good.
1T is in no sense a conscription Of
the unwilling = it is rather selection
from a nation which has volunteered in
mass.
"The day here named is the time
upon which all shall present them
selves for assignment to their tasks.
"It is essential that the day be ap-
preached in thoughtful apprehension
of its significance and that we accord
to it the honor and the meaning that
it deserves. Our industrial need pre-
scribeS that it. be not made a techni-
cal holiday, but the stern sacrifice
that is before US urges that it be car
ried in all our hearts as a great day
Of patriotic devotion and obligation
when the duty shall lie upon every
man, whether he is himself TO be reg
istered or not, to see to it that the
name Of every male person Of the des-
ignated ages is written on these lists
of honor.
"By the president:
ROBERT LANSING,
Secretary of State"
Division Ordered to France.
President Wilson directed that an
expeditionary force of approximately
a division of regular troops, under
command of Maj. Gen. John J. Perish:
ing, proceed to France at as early a
date as practicable. General Pershing
and staff will precede the troops.
A division contains approximately
$4,000 men. 1t is understood that at
least 10000 will be infantry.
The war bill was carefully gone over
during the day by Brigadier General
Crowder, judge advocate general and
provost marshal general.
1t was announced that all existing
regiments of the guard will be called
into service by August 5, and officials
estimate that with from month to six
weeks intensive training these troops
will be ready to go forward for final
preparation behind the fighting lines in
Europe for the fighting that is before
them.
Presidents Statement.
The president issued the following
statement at the White House:
II shall not avail myself, at any
rate,sat the present stage of the war,
of the authorization conferred by the
act to organize volunteer divisions.
''To do so would seriously interfere
with the carrying out of the chief and
most Immediately important purpose
contemplated by this legislation:
"The prompt creation and early use
of an effective army would contribute
practically nothing to the effective
strength of the armies now engaged
against Germany.
"No Time for Compliments"
II understand that the section of
this act which authorizes the creation
of volunteer divisions in addition TO
the draft was added with a view to-
providing an independent command for
Mr.. Roosevelt and giving the military
authorities an opportunity to use his
fine vigor and enthusiasm recruiting
the forces now at the western front.
1T would be very agreeable to me to
pay Alr. hOOSeN6lI julS COI1 EJlILucIII anu
the allies the compliment of sending
to their aid one of our most distin-
guished public men, an eX-president,
who has rendered many conspicuous
public services and proved his gallan-
try in many striking ways.
Seeks Advice From Both Sides.
1.-THE business now in hand is IN
dramatic, practical and of scientific
definiteness and precision.
Il shall act with regard, to it at
every step and in every particular I'M
der expert and professional advice,
from both sides of the water.
1.-THE first troops sent to France will
be taken from the present force of the
regular army and will be under the
command of trained soldiers only.
1.-THE issues involved are too i'm
mense for me to take into considera
ton anything whatever except the
best, most effective, most immediate
means of military action. What these
means are know from the mouths of
men who have seen war as it is con-
Quoted, who have no illusions and to
whom the whole grim matter is a mat
ter of business. / shall center my
attention upon those matters and let
everything else wait 7 ShGuld he deem