Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-15
DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL cHAiRMEN UNITE
IN AN APPEAL.
FOR MAKING or NEW ARMY
Urge All Committeeman to Continue
to Work Together for the Common
Cause Of Democracy and Liberty
Against Despotism.
By EDWARD 3. CLARK.


Wilcox, chairman of the Republican
national committee, engaged in com
municatiOns to the public of diametri-
cally opposite character. The one was
urging support of the Democratic
ticket on the ground that only the cleo
ton of Woodrow Wilson could save
the country" and the other was do
ing the same thing in behalf of
Charles r. Hughes. whose election he
was quite convinced was the only way
ito save the country"
Today things are different. The ma
ton is at war with a despotic mon
archy seemingly bent on destroying the
liberties of the world. Perhaps for
the first time In political history the
chairmen of the national committees
of two great political parties have
Joined in a common document of ap-
peal to The American people to stand
by the cause of the country and to
help in every way possible to make the
course of the United States in war
smooth, and effective to the end of
victory.
Newspaper correspondents in the
city of Washington for the first time
in their lives received in the mail a
few days before registration day. a
Joint communication from the head
quarters of the Republican and of the
Democratic national committees. II
was patriotic appeal concerning it
self largely with registration day, but
1t is known that the chairman of the
great political committees are to con-
tinue their work together through the
days of the raising and the drilling of
the new army and through all the days
that are to come until the war hap
PLY Is ended with a victory for their
country.
Almost a Political Epoch.
While registration day has passed,
the appeal which the two chairmen of
the great political parties have made
holds its interest and probably will
continue to hold 1t because 1t marks
an event that almost rises to the dig
nifty of an epoch in political history.
Here Is the explanatory statement
accompanying the appeal:
THE chairmen of the Republican
and the Democratic national commit
tees have united in call to the party
committeeman throughout the country
appealing to them to do everything
that is feasible and possible to help
in the work of registration day They
do this because of the fact that such
committeeman are experienced IN the
work of registration and canvuSsing
and therefore are in position to he
of practical assistance to the officials
conducting the registration"
Plans have been made to continue,
wherever it is possible. the co-opera-
ton of Democratic and Republican
committeeman throughout the United
States in all proper work to expedite
the campaign which the republic is
making against autocracy, In the APP
peal which the committeeman have
made attention was called TO the non
partisan ,naracter of the support in
congress for the law under which the
new national army is to be raised.
Information for conscripts.
Now that registration day is over
the governmental activities concern
themselves with matters of exemptions
from conscription. with physical exam
nations and with the repairing of
camps fcr the new army.
Strangely enough, there is still con-
fusion In hundreds of places through
out the United States concerning the
matter of exemptions. Thousands
upon thousands of letters come in
daily, each one setting forth certain
conditions and closing with the query.
us my son exempt?" 1t is not al
ways the son. of course, concerning
whom inquiry is made. Sometimes 1t
is husband, sometimes it is brother.
1t does not appear on the surface
Of things whether or not the sons, the
fathers and the brothers are putting
their dear ones up to the letter writ
ing, but 1t is perfectly evident that
those who are subject to service do
not care 10 write in their own behalf.
fact which shows that the average
young American does not wish to
nave MS name HtluCHeu 10 anything
which looks like an attempt Ito get
out of IT"
Provost Marshal General Crowder
has issued an official bulletin concern
ing exemptions, exclusions and dis
charges. Interest in the first para
graph Of the bulletin largely is lost
now because registration is over, but
the two last paragraphs of the docu-
ment continue to hold their strons
interest.
Draft and Exemption Methods.
Here they are:
"From the list of persons 50 regis
tered names will subsequently be
drawn by lot by the fairest system
TINT can be devised Parsons whose