South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-30
WANT FIVE MILLION MEN FOR THE
ARMY RIGHT AWAY? WELL, YOUR
COUNTRY NEEDS YOU!

OOONl M NEEDO IOO.
abstract proposition. the raising. training,
~ equipping and transporting 100000 men tn
France and the raising. training and equppins
OF 100000 more is just easy falling
on a log.
let there be light and there was light"
and consequently, the raising. training. equpping and
transporting of such army. TO those who believe In
enactment OF such slmc Of His infinite power seems
a comparatively easy matter.
Mai. Gen. Wood returns from France and asserts
a. possible."-and 100000 reserves at home, quick
As available.
We wish ma sal double number. Maybe
would shake some OF these people who imagine that
soon possible" and quick available ought to
mean last summer. of claiming many exemptions
for themselves, their sons, their sons sons.
Indeed. yes. W William Jennings Bryan made
the wild assertion that If needed an American army
OF 1o.OOOOOo would spring night consider
ably oVerestmatcd the patriotic spirit of the American
people
We IN war a year and including the
regular army and national guardsmcn of a year ago,
with subsequent voluntary enIistmcnts. have
army of 100000. This H. exclusive OF the sclcctive
draft. Col Bryan about 100000 on his esti-
mates. and, doubtful indeed If they all democrats
who have been stacking"
Really. one wanted To eondescend To the low
level of some republican reasoning might be
said that such shortage ITALICS pretty close the
S,53S.221 popular in Mr.. Charles
Evans Hughes-whc OF the 9,1296O6 who voted
for Wilson least $4,000 had enlisted against
republican enlistmcnts OF 1921.
but goes to show that voters of neither have
broken their necLs volunteering to save country
anSthin like Col. Bryan's nnticipations.
OH YES we're all patriotic will, our mouths-but
~ "let George do it," Col Bryan had much
faith i'm sincerity.
To make up an army of 5000, OOO-whether %
France reser'es-we have had resort to the seec
tive draft and the president had a difficult time with
congress To get permission 10 do that.
Under the first call 100000 were accepted so
WCro fbp md tbn
physically unfit.
Under the second call. examinations under which arc
going the commander in chief hopes bring
his selected army TO 2OOOOOO: expanding consider
ably first draft experience.-but the physically
unfit and the exemption claimants still with US,
both perhaps rightly 80 in the main, but with
we get 5000 900 soldiers out or the 10 600 900
regstrans Of last June, bringing national army
REGULARS guardsmen and select-men.-up to 1900, OOO
still 100000 short of Mai. Gen. Woods highest esti-
maes viii PC doing about the best possible under
present Iaws-n the absence OF more volunteers
above and below the draft ages
Wy THEREFORE, Mr.. Partisan Flannel Mouth; maybe
w you're below 10. and above 81, or If you are Of
draft age and have been eXcmptcd-iE you
anxious that army of 5000 900 raised-day be-
fore ycsterday,-why don't YOU enlist?
Or if you are physically unfit for the army you may
still have brains enough push a drive Nails
and they need shipbuildcrs to build ships ships per-
feet bridge of ships-frOm Washington to Pcrshing
Use your intellect little what needs to be done,
has been DONE and the dinculties involved In doing
lt-ncluding the material to do with; meanwhile do
ing full share-and will have more sense and
something else TO do, besides cT1tcise
"Give 'pitiless publicity this condition of
things" why haven't already-at once, and long
agO-al that Mai. Gen. Wood anticipates we should
have, "sOon pOssbIe;" demandeth the critics!
Well here you have It, but Of course, this kind of
publicity Is & OF different color
The American people do not like To he told that IL is
they themselves. who the slaCAcrs" Politics de-
mands the responsibility all he placed upon the
regardless of the lack OF popular response
\ government demands.
Had American manhood responded the "can
arms" for instance: yes Col William Jennings
Bryan. in his super-fat anticipated they would AMI
had American industry. inventive genius and the
American congress. unsclfshly backed them up.
might have today somewhere 100000 men train
ed for European serviCebut American manhood didn't
respond
You, sir. Mr. Stacker whether i'm a military n
mental, industrial agricultural n bond buying
way, OF the material that the president the
ary war. and others OF the administration. in
Guiding the -buiIders-Iave had deal with i'm
the construction Of our machine!
Want 2.5OO.OOO men for France and 100000 re-
right away: today yesterday tomorrow. do you
Why not contribute yourself it way: some
how? Help raise the army help make it-or, III they
won't have YOU around i'm the ranks, fight anyhow.
Work! Give!
Put up shut up. and If you a patriotic Amer
lean. YOU will shut up and put up-using your sense.
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