Evening journal., 1918-07-09
PLACE FOR ALL IN
WAR. SAYS DANIELS
I'VE Can Go Up TO co." He
Adds, If Men of 81 Can
not Win II
AIDS DRIVE OF THE
N. Y. Y. NJ. c. A.

NEW YORK, July 9.-"There is n
law OF the Medes and the Per
sions" as to fixed military age In thi
country, and II the young men OF
cannot win this war 1--WE can go up I
sixty" declared Secretary OF the Nav
Josephus Daniels last night at Carnegl
Han. where he spoke before a patriotl
mass meeting Of Young Mems Chrlsusl
Association workers and their friends
The occasion was the drive FOR 100
workers to so TO France for IN
Y. NJ. C. A.
"There is a place for every man AMI
woman and they must find it, Secre
tary Daniels asserted, because thl
young man between 2i and 81 whit
avoids his responsibility Is no more
Stacker than the man Of 50 or 60 WHIT
is not doing his duty and contributing
everything he can TO win this war
Secretary Daniels said that while
more than a million men are now II
France, a million more are preparing
"And II need be, we shall prepare ten
million more to go across" he added as
the house burst into applause. Paying
a tribute to the late Mayor Mitchell, the
Secretary Of the Navy said:
Before the world Is made safe Tor
Christian civillzation-for we are light
ing for more than to make the world
safe for demOcracy-we shall have TO
pay heavy toll. Within the last few
days all the world has been In sym
pathy with the people OF this great city
in the loss OF that splendid former
Mayor OF this municipality. He set us
an example Of putting love Of country
above love Of life, and trust and know
that this city and this country VIII
erect a memorial that for generations
shall stimulate other young men to Ike
deeds OF yalor."
The audience rose in tribute TO the
words Of praise Of the former Mayor.
The speaker was greeted with a roar
of applause when he said that there
was no place IN this country for any
men OF any age except in the service OF
the country. In his plea for support
of the Y. NJ. G. A.. Secretary Daniels
said that so long as the boys at the
front know that the tolks back home
ARE with them heart and soul they
viii never cease TO fight until they
come back victorious in this war"
For the first time in the history OF
war" he continued, "a government as
a government has laid emphasis on the
fact that in war physical purity and
morality were essential. We have
learned that II a man would shoot
straight he must live straight. On our
ships and in our camps and in the
trenches the government as a govern
ment Is throwing around these youths
every possible safeguard and seeking 10
protect them from evil.
'The selective draft administered as
IL has been with wisdom beyond the
conception Of those who drafted II and
advocated it, has made democratic
army, and today we have In our ranks
men from all calllngs and professions
fighting together In the cause OF genu-
inc Americanlsm. We have not only a
legal selectlve draft wherein young
men are called as they are needed and
where the young men Of skill In max
ing munitions and in building ships
and IN making needed military sup
plies are serving their country and
helping win the war just as truly as
those on the firing line or on the ships
but we have a voluntary selective draft
for the men over the military age.
"When ] say the military age ! mean
the age which Congress has fixed, and
which for the present gives us all the
men we can equip and furnish and
transport. There is no place anywhere
in America for any man Of any age
except in service to win the war.
so that we have need for men.
some must remain at home. Let me
speak here a word about what the
farmers OF America are doing-truly
winning this war. The records show
that Is, the crop reports-that this
year. with hundreds OF thousands OF
their boys In the army and the navy,
the farmers viii raise 300,0o0OO0 more
bushels OF wheat than they have ever
raised before In the history Of Amer
lea
get us not forget that we are de-
pendent for victory in this war upon
Sins. more ships, snd still more ships,
and give credit 70 the skilled men, who,
through cold and rigor last winter, sent
ships into the water TO carry men and
munitions 20 win this wa.
'sWe have the call at home for men
in Industry. for men In the professions,
FOR home makers 10 devise ways and
means not only for the material
strength OF the army. but TO keep here
the home fires burning, and to give a
leadership and a voice, and q direction
that will keep the spirit Of America in
the white glow OF patriotism. Men IN
the pulpits, men In the press, men IN
their homes are on the fighting lines.
Let US never forget that the first line
OF trenches IS not alone in France;
that the first line is not alone on the
transports and destroyers, but that 1t
is also in our homes"