Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1918-05-23
NO LIMIT TO MEN
GOING OVER THERE
EVERY SHIP THAT SAILS WILL
TAKE FIGHTING MEN AND
THEIR SUPPLIES.
MORE Than FIVE MILLION :?
President Tells Great New York Gath
erins That Every Eenergy and
Every Resource Must Be concen-
trated to Crush the Horrible Hun.

GNCTy NGSOuTCc MUST DC SOnCcU-
trated to Crush the Horrible Hun.
The Presidents speech in full fol-
lows:
"Mr. chairman and fellow country
men: should be very sorry to think
that Mr.. Dawson in any degree cur
tailed his exceedinly interesting
speech for fear that he was postpon-
ing mine, because am sure you lis
tened with the same intent and init
mate interest with which 1 listened to
the extraordinarily vivid account he
gave OF the things which he had re-
allied because he had come in contact
with them on the other side of the
waters.
There are two duties with which
we are face TO face. The first duty is
to win the war. And the second duty,
that goes hand in hand with 1t, is to
win 1t greatly and worthily, showing
the real quality of our power not only,
but the real quality of our purpose
and Of ourselves.
First Duty Is to Win.
"Of course, the first duty. the duty
that we must keep in the foreground
OF our thought until it Is accomplish
ed, Is to win the war. / have heard
gentlemen recently say that we must
get five million men ready Why
limit 1t to five million?
Il have asked the Congress Of the
United States to name no limit be.
;ause the Congress intends, am sure,
as we all irtcCd, that every ship that
can carry men or supplies shall go
laden upon every voyage with every
man and every supply she can carry.
And, we are not to be diverted
from the grim purpose Of winning the
war by any insincere approaches upon
the subject OF peace. can say with
clear conscience that have tested
those intimations and have found
them insincere. l now recognize them
Tor what they are, an opportunity to
nave free hand, particularly in the
east. to carry out purposes of con-
quest and exploitation.
To Stand by Russia.
Every proposal with regard to &C.
commodation in the west involves a
reservation with regard to the east.
Now, as far as I am concerned, | in
tend to stand by Russia as we'll as
France"
A voice from the audience inter
rupted with:
God bless YOU"
The helpless and the friendless are
the very ones that need friends and
succor; and IL any man In GERMANY
thinks we are going to sacrifice any.
body for our own sake, 1 tell them
now they are mistaken.
For the glory OF this war, nv fel.
low citizens, In so far as we are con-
cerned lis that 1t is. perhaps for the
nrst time In history an unselfish war
could not be proud to fight for a
seinsh purpose. but l can be proud to
night for mankind. II they wish peace.
let them come forward throuph ar.
credited representatives and lay their
terms on the table. We have laid
ours. and they know what they are.
Force to the Utmost.
But behind all this grim purpose
my friends. lies the opportunity to
demonstrate not only force which will
De demonstrated to the utmost. but
the opportunity to demonstrate char.
acter, and II is that opportunity that
we nave most conspicuously in the
work OF the Red Cross. Not that our
men In arms do not represent our
character, for they do, and 1t Ia a
character which those who see and
realize appreciate and admire: but
thelr duty is the duty OF force The
duty or the Red Cross Is the dutv of
mercy and succor and friendship
Have you formed a picture In vour
Inauguration OF what this war is doing
Tor us and for the world? In NV
own mind / am convinced that not a
nundred years OF peace could have
knitted this nation together "a this
single year OF war has knitted Il to.
sether; and better even than that q,
possible. 1t is knitting the world to-
gether.
Look at the picture. In the center
OF the scene, four nations engaged
against the world and at eyerv no,nt
OF vantage, showing that u,ey are
seeking selfish aggrandizement. and
against the 2S governments represent.
Ing the greater part of the population
OF the world drawn together in a new
sense OF community of purpose. a new
sense Of unity OF life.
Great Day Of Duty.
MY friends. great day of dutv
mas come, and duty finds a mans son,
as no kind OF work can ever find IL
May say this? The duty that
races Us all now Is to serve one an.
other. and no man can afford to make
fortune out OF this war. There are
men amongst us who have forgotten
that' II they ever saw it. Some of
you are old enough am old enough
to remember mon who made for.
tunes out OF the civil war, and you
know how they were regarded by
their fellow citizens. That was war
20 save one country-this is q war to