Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-05-30
GOVERNORS CALL
FOR VOLUNTEERS
MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND
NEEDED TO Full UP GUARD
RANKS.
DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH
Doings and Happenings That Mark
the Progress of North Carolina PEG.
pie, Gathered Around the State
Capital.
Raleigh.

Raleigh.
Governor Bickett's proclamation
alling for more than five thousand
volunteers to fill the ranks of the Ma
tional Guard follows:
The Wal Department has ordered
he North Carolina National Guar
20 be recruited to full war strength.
TO meet this requirement the follow
ing recruits are necessary:
First Regiment
9etohu regiment .l,l0O
Third Regiment 200
Other organizations 1900
These other organizations include
the Coast Artillery, Cavalary, Engi-
ueers, and Sanitary Troops. 1t is seen
that over 5000 volunteers are needed
to bring the National Guard up to
full war strength. 1t is apparent,
therefore, that any nj who may have
opposed the selective draft because he
lid not like the thought Of being cor.
scripted is now given a chance to vol
unteer for militry service.
Then, too, there ~-a Several distinct
advantages in enlisting in the National
Guard:
l. While those who enlist in the
National Guard will be required to
register they will be exempt from
l!aft.
,. He who enlists has the privilege
Il selecting the command and branch
{ service he desired to enter.
}. He will serve under officers he
Knows and among his own friends
md acquaintances.
4. \ person volunteering for ser
vice in the National Guard will be re.
Of the war.
). A permanent roll of those who
enlist will be preserved and the names
will be published daily in the news.
papers.
c. The man who volunteers for ser.
vice in the National Guard has a bet,
ter chance for promotion than he who
IS taken into the army under the
5elective draft.
Considering these advantages TO-
gether with the appeal the country
makes for men, l confidently expect
the patriotic young manhood of North
Carolina to quickly fill up the ranks
# the National Guard. History does
not show where a nation has ever
made a worthier appeal than our coun-
try makes to it's sons today. This Re
public has unsheathed it's sword in de-
Tense of humanity and to prove that
Republics have a right to live. Amer
ia has planted the emblem OF liberty
and democracy in the pathway OF the
tyrant and the autocrat. And she now
ais upon her sons to keep it there.
We like to sing Of the "sweet a n OF
liberty and "the home Of the brave
and the free" But the time has come
when it is not enough to sing only
We must back the sentiment with act
ION in order that that which gave birth
TO the sentiment shall not perish from
The earth.
America has lifted her arm in de-
sanse of Christian civilization and she
now calls upon her sons to save that
civilization. This is no ordinary war.
1t is a war of ideals. For in 1t a CIV
5lization that exalts love and service
Ditted against civilization that ex-
Its power and s~elfishness. A clvlllza-
Ion in which the strong must serve
the weak is at war with a civilization
in which the weak must serve the
strong. 1t is, in short, a wal to de-
5ermine whether the ideals OF Jesus or
The ideals of Thor shall dominate the
world. We like to pray, Thy KING
dom come" But. the time has come
when it is not enough to pray only.
Now, therefore, I, Thomas waiter
3ickett, Governor of North Carollna'
10 hereby call upon and urge unmar-
RED men who are fit for military ser
vice to enlist in the organizations 10
~ated in the community in which mey
reside. And the people OF all com
nlunities in which the various com'
ganies are located are earnestly urgea
10 take an active interest in n
~ the organization to their lull wal
'trength.
No citizen of the State should be
content until this is done. Never yet
3as the nation called and failed 10
~aaeiye prompt answer from the peo'
lie of North Carolina. Let us not
'o"get that in every crisis IN the ne
mlblie's life, from Kings Mountain 10
The present m%omentous hour, the peo'