The Washington herald., 1917-10-07
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Organize Hike Corporation.
Overcoming seemingly insurmount-
able obstacles with wonderful agfl-
ity she has organized Just as one Of
her thousands OF enormous corpora
tioas typical OF the nation would
organize for business She has or
ganized and standardized for the
business Of war and liberty. Already
she is turning out sirplsnes as a
baking company would turn out bis
cults; she is building a merchant
fleet in a similar manner, counting
hundreds Of vessels from one mould;
soldiers she is producing by the hum
dreds Of thousands. while Germans
oontemptuously declares she cannot
raise an army; munitions and equip
rnent. are coming from the factories
in staggering Quantities. and by the
time her forces are ready 10 fight.
the man on the firing line will have
not the seven rifles a year that the
present war is eating Up, but a score
OF rifles il he needs them.
One hundred millions OF people
have been marshsled organiEed into
nshting Unit How this has been
accomplished is told IN an official
resume Of the achievements OF the
government since the declaration oc
war and issued yesterday by the
Committee on Public Information.
The transition from conditions OF
peace to those OF war. from the
STANDPOINT of rspidity and thorough
ness. is without parallel in the his
tory o. democracies
When war was declared six months
ago, the United States was distinctly
on peace footing. Our peace army
: barely formed nucleus upon which
TO build the army required TO make
this nation effective in the world NVsr.
The industries OF the country were not
orga nized for the purposes OF war
fare. The American people, devoted
10 peace, wera about their daily vo-
cations
The transition from conditions OF
peace 10 those of war-from the stand
point Of rapidity and thorouShness-
Is without precedent in the history OF
oemocidcies. Every governmental
I agency, American industry and the
/ people OF an entire nation answered
speedily and efficiently the call TO
arms. Six months from the day war
| was declared finds the United States
mobilized FOR the supreme task ahead.
While IL is impossible to describe
here all the multiplied activities OF
the government during the first six
months OF warfare this resume treats
OF the major achievements by Con-
sress and by the various executive de-
partments, ano cooperating commits
sions and committees
Congress-
! The extraordinary session Of the
! SiNty-ntth Congress has enacted more
4 legislation Of Importance than anv
! preceding session in our history. Re-
spending pstrioticelly TO the demands
OF war it has broken all records in
the enactment OF great appropriation
bills and laws bestowing power upon
the Chief Executive and his assist
ants. Here are a few OF the imper-
tant legislative enactnents:
Joint resolution declaring war
against the Imperial German Govern
mcnL approved April G.
The FIRST wartime general deficiency
, appropriation bill carrying in round
figures s1sS.coe,000 Of which sIo0Oco oo9
was to be expended by the President
for national security and defnse
The first bond issue bill authorizing
the Secretary OF the Treasury to sell
5000 .0o0. 900 worth Of bonds (of which
amount 5000. 90 000 was for loan 10
our alliesl. and s.. 600 in one
year certificates Of indebtedness.
The army. military academy and
sundry civil appropriation bills which
had failed in the Sixty-fourTh Con-
sress, Total appropriations carried
about si22. 10000.
The selective draft law. providing
for the raising OF an army OF Loo. 900
men by the draft.
A. bill authorizing the President "a
take over any vessel owned wholly
o. in part by any citizen. corporation
OF subject of any nation with which
the United States may be at war.
The first great war budget. appro-
| priating $s.2S1 ,el0.eo0 for the military
and naval establishments on account
OF war expenses.
A bill temporarily increasing the
strength Of the navy and marine
corps.
The espionage bill and. the bin au-
thorizing condemnation Of lands for
i-ilitary purposes.
Authorization for an aviation serv-
ice and an appropristi0n OF $50 10000
4 therefor.
The food control bill" and legisls-
tion making more effective the War
Risk Insurance Bureau.
The second bond issue bin. author-
izing aa>~issue OF $1,000 coocee addi-
tionsl % meet loans 70 foreign gov
| ernmerits, s. yooo. COZ. 900 OF one-yesr GER
tincates Of Indebtedness, and s, ,ooO.-