The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-10-16
President Announces Date Call
ing for All People 10 Pledge
Their Support.
SHOW FOE OUR STANDING.
Great Demonstrations Expected
to Aid Second Liberty Loan
When All the Nation Will
Participate.

Washington, Oct. l5,-PresidenI
Wilson, in behalf of the Liberty loan
tonight issued d proclamation setting
aside October "a as Liberty day and
urging the people OF the nation Il
assemble on that day in their re
spective communities and pledge Il
one another and to the governmen
that represents them the fullest meas
ure of financial support"
Let the result be so impressive ant
emphatic the president urges. tina
it will echo throughout the empire o
our enemy as an index of what Ameri
ca intends to do to bring this war t.
a victorious conclusion"
The presidents proclamation fol
lows:
BY the president of the United
States of America-A Proclamation
THE second Liberty loan gives the
people of the United States another
opportunity to lend their funds to
their government to sustain theil
country at war. The might of the
United States is being mobilized and
organized to strike mortal blow at
autocracy in defense of outraged
American rights and of the cause c!
liberty. Billions of dollars are re
quired to arm, feed and clothe the
brave men who are going forth tC
fight our country's battles and to as
sist the nations with whom we are
making common cause against com
mon foe. To subscribe to the Lib.
erty loan is to perform a service o1
patriotism.
Nov. therefore, |, Woodrow vii
son, president of the United States OF
America, do appoint Wednesday, the
14th of October, as Liberty day, and
urge and advise the people to assem-
Die in their respective communities
md pledge to one another and tC
The government that represents them
The fullest measure of financial sup
port One the afternoon OF that day
I request that patriotic meetings be
throughout the land, under the gen
eral direction of the Secretary of the
Treasury and of the immediate dlrec-
ion of the Liberty loan committees
which have been obtained by the Fed
eral Reserve banks. The people re-
,ponded nobly to the call of the first
liberty loan with an oversubscription
If more than so per cent. Let the re-
5ponse to the second loan be even
greater and let the amount be so
large that it will serve as an assur-
ance of unequalled support to heart
en- the men who are to face the fire
Of battle for us. Let the result be so
impressive and emphatic that 1t Will
echo throughout the empire OF our
enemy as an index of what America
intends to dc to bring this war to
victorious conclusion.
For this purpose of participating in
Liberty day celebrations all employees
of the Federal government through
out the country whose services can
be spared, may be excused at II
o'clock, Wednesday, the Gath of Oc-
tober.
"In witness whereof, have hereun-
10 set my hand and caused the seal OF
the United States to be affixed.
Done in the District OF Columbia,
this 18th day of october, in the year
Of our Lord one thousand nine hun
dred and seventeen. and of the indie
pendence of the United States OF
America, the one hundred and forty
second.
(Signed) WOODROW WILSON.
'By the President:
(Signed) ROBERT LANSING,
Secretary of State"
An appeal to the wage earners OF
the United States" to invest in the
bonds was issued tonight by Secre-
tary Wilson, of the Department OF
Labor. Hhe said
"The workers have more at stake
in their conflict than any others, be-
cause it is only in democracy that
the common people can come into
their own. The great privilege Is rot
given to all of us to serve our coun-
try on the battlefield or in the trench
es, but there are other ways in which
we can serve and assist those who are