The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-06-01
A THOUSAND YEARS FROM NOW THE WILL SON STATEMENT ON THE SELECTIVE DRAFT MAY BE RECOGNIZED AS THE MOST IMPORTANT IN AMERICAN HIS TORY

ed in history as she is writ. And thousand years from now it is possible that the event in this century which will be remembered will be the following proclamation of President Will son in connection with the selective draft, says the Arizona Silver Belt:
 ''The power against which we are array ed has sought to impose its will upon the world by force. To this end 1t has increased arma- ment until 1t 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 entire nations armed. Thus, the men who remain to till the soil and man the factories are no less part of the army that is in France than the men beneath the battle flags. 1t must be so with us It is not army that must shape and train for war; it is a nation. To this end our people must draw close in one compact front against common foe. But this cannot be ii each man pursues private purpose. All must pursue one purpose. The nation needs all men; but it needs each man, not in the field that will be or most pleasure to him, but Ill en- deavor that will best serve the common good. Thus, though sharpshooter pleases to oper- ate trip hammer for the forging of great guns, and an expert machinist desires to march with the flag, the nation is being served only when the sharpshooter marches and the machinist re- mains at his levers. The whole nation must be 8 team in which each shall play the part of which he is best fitted. To this end, con- gress has provided that the nation shall be organized for war by selection and that each man shall be classified for service in the place to which it shall best serve the general good to call him.
 eir Of ha stated It is new thing in our history and landmark in our progress It IS new manner of accepting and vitalizing our duty to give ourselves with thoughtful devotion to the com mon purpose of us all. It is in no sense con- scription of the unwilling it is rather, selection from a nation which has volunteered en mass It is no more choosing of those who shall march with the colors than 1t is selection of those who shall serve an equally necessary and devoted purpose in the industries that lie be- hind the battle line.
 ''The day here named is the time upon which all shall present themselves for assign 1nent to their task It is for that reason destln- ed to be remembered of the most con- spicuous moments in our history. It IS noth- ing less than the day upon which the manhood of the country shall step forward in one solid rank in defense of the ideals to which this na- tion is consecrated. It Is important to those ideals no less than to the pride of this genera ton to manifesting it's devotion to them, that there be no gaps in the ranks.
 Ut is essential that the day be approach ed in thoughtful apprehension of its slgnlhc- ance and that we accord to it the honor and the meaning that it deserves Our industrial need prescribes that it be not made technical holl- day. but the stern sacrifices that are before us, urges that it be carried in 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 registered or not, to see to It that the name of every male person of the de- signated ages is written on these lists ot honor
 Viewed from any standpoint that we will the above is a document of tremendous lm- portance. It is an acknowledgement from the chief executive of the United States that change is going in this country and that no matter whether we like 1t not that this queer old world of ours will never be the same again after the great conflict which Is now raging.
 The thing for every American to do 1n this hour of national peril is to stand by the president and fight and work hard for land and race
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