Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-05-30
INDIVIDUAL WARTIME DUTIES.

INDIVIDUAL WARTIME DU11Eo'
Practically every resident above II
or IA years of age can perform
specific wartime duty for the nation
viii YOU do it? Challenges are Of
fered upon every hand and whatever
Individual fails to render one of sew
eral specific aids to his government
now is in a degree a Stacker"
Those who know the situation best
tell us there will be two or more
years of war. Only those who are ig-
norant of conditions across the ocean
say the struggle is nearly at an end.
Some do not serve their nation
through ignorance of needs and meth
DDS. and the Monitor desires to point
to several definite things that may be
done.
1. Military Service. This is al
ways first thought about in war time
but not all can serve in this capacity.
Our physically fit young men are to
be conscripted on a selective basis for
the regular army, but volunteers up
to the age of so are wanted for home
guard duty in call by Governor Ora
ham. After the boys who are now
guarding our bridges are gone, guard
duties must fall upon new shoulders.
With the needs of the army, navy,
cavalry, aviation corps, home guard,
ambulance corps, engineering depart
ments and the various branches of
each there is room for every able
bodied man who, will offer his SER
vices.
2. Buying Bonds. After military
service comes the financing of that
service. The nation finances its ar
mics by loaning money from its citi-
zens, giving a promissory note as it
were, to pay the amount back to the
owner of the note, or bond, at q Civ
en- time. This is exactly what the
Liberty Loan now widely advertised,
is. 1t is a United States government
loan, and he who cannot serve with
body may render the next greatest
service to his nation by helping to
finance the war. The desire to have
the loan. spread over the entire nation
in small amounts so as not to ham
per agriculture, commerce and all
business, has inspired the govern
ment to solicit loans in as small sums
as $50, payable in installments. Loan
ing your government money is spe-
cifc service.
8. Red Cross Support The Red
Cross organization (explained in de
tail elsewhere in this issue) is official
Iy recognized by the government as
the greatest and most efficient relief
body in our land In times of war its
needs, duties and service are enlarged
a thousand fold. Itcares for the wound
ed soldiers Its call is not alone for
money lit costs 81 per year to be-
long) but for material of all kinds
and labor. For those who cannot bear
arms, or purchase government bonds,
the Red Cross affords means Of spe-
cific service either in contributions of
81 or more, or IN giving labor and
material
4. Food Production. With fight
ing men, thorough financing and
equipment, and completely organized
relief, there is yet work to be done.
Without good food and plenty of it,
armies and citizens suffer and perish.
Therefore, last but not least, is the
specific service to the nation of in
creased food production. Not alone
does our nation need food but the
world needs food. Many there are
who can best serve their nation by
planting additional acres.
And so we find four rather specific
and distinct methods of aiding our
nation in this time of the nations
need 1t has protected us and now
we may return to the nation our
thanks in a material way.
Who cannot bear arms, or loan the
government money, or aid in relief
work with timeu or pennies, or pro-
duce more foods !? The Monitor would
Ike to see some methods of public
recognition for every one Of the four