Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-07-05

AND LESSONS OTHER LANDS AFFORD
The American people approaching the real test
OF seectve conscrpon means Of forming the new Ma
ona created by act Of Congress to meet the needs OF
this nation in worldwide The day of conservation
devoted the task Of registration merely the
% will Vfs the actual service Of
OF the nearly 100000 registered as the first contingent
Tor service Others may be called later. ,., g.
the guidance Of the local boards published IN our news
IS to be taken to guard against psrsy drawing
of seective conscripts # each man is assigned
Be the slightest possibility any undue discrimination
the Of n n1s ar 1 Sspa SSn'po will in
connection with the work the board granting exemp
sni from Sc that &
even to favor or antagonze particular
70 % a
must be decided within five days that prompt action is
The United States government is evidently determined
to avoid the mistakes made by Great Britain in connection
It discovered that host Of those who had volunteered
in England could be Of service Ell in other fields than in
fighting when they needed in engineering
ss s that in
he 5 Ss" uS not be Ne from fss ~% to
national service will be used for lighting The army will
need host Of auto TRANSPORTS and and men to
much as bullets and Shells
The European belgerents confronted by the prob
With Industrial and ether dsSsop%snt glance It The
to its for the sake of the counry future
Men having young children dependent upon them for actual
military service The boards be actually shown that
for n e saS By Se
necessity of aavits with all the penalties of perjury in
The whipping into shape of great army of 625,O00
Americans will not be the long task supposed by some
sent enlightened citizens Of the United States where
and PHYSICAL and sent to our training camps are trans
formed into efficient soldiers in surprisingly short time
of the S, men s already physically fit
The fathers of the Revolution the
ns p rs Of y by
with Mexico broke out in 1916 it did not require long time
On the anniversary of the birth Washington February
vi 1S the ms to the roll Of the drum
months before engaged in the cangs of civil life met
the well trained Mexcans in force nearly five times their
ate struggle Of ten m hours completely routed them:
od our Civil War the finest and most efficient armies the
al! caings in life of peace, will be the $4,000
s o es the neessv o for sn Then
ent host Of people were trying to block preparations
kin dsuss land din in bloo our
At the time I'VE have the
Of education for years with reference to the
whole matter Of this conflict and its meaning Our young
CnaC nave mace the Kaiser an utter
impossbiity for world of peace. Moreover the whole
country is behind the new National army.
We have only to glance at the attending the draft
riots in New York city which continued for week july
1863 to realize the advance have made The feeling Of
Rioters rushed into the draft Offices and the to
shreds The draft wheel and other paraphernaa
co. and the ncendary fires involved loss of $20OOOOO
who were regarded Of the chief of the
draft were shot to death in considerable number
and coored orphan asylum burned.
Governor Seymour issued proclamation and the militia
joined the police in effort to restore order Finally
Fourteenth Fifteenth and Sixteenth regiments of the Yer
mont troops were added to the military forces the
persons killed wounded during riotng but the
drat finally prevailed and New York did part noby in
helping save the Union.
is significant that Canada, which sent an army of
$4,000 to Europe and which has 100000 in training finds
CONSUMPTION to provide the additional 10000 to
100000 recruits needed to repair wastage struggle
in progress the Dominion Parliament the draft
measure Quebec being overwhelmingly opposed to it, The
favored there are 10 20 to 40 that the