The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-23
They Will Be Ready Before
Another Summer, He Tells
Rutgers Alumni i
MANY DESTROYERS
FOR GUARD DUTY
Never Again, He Declares, Must Our
Commerce Be Carried in Foreign Bot
toms-Must Have No Doubts as to
the Results of the War.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., May "a
The United States is ready to draft men
from Is to 60 years old, if that is nee
essary to win the war, declared Secre-
tary of War Daniels in a speech at the
alumni dinner of Rutgers college. His
declaration was loudly cheered He
predicted "before another summer we
will have enough ships to carry not
only million, but millions, to France,
and enough destroyers to carry them
there in safety" This brought another
outburst from the 600 men listening to
him.
Every reference to increased ship
| ping to get men to France was cheered
and applauded. There was demonstra-
ton when Secretary Daniels said Ameri-
can soldiers and sailors will own the
country when they come back and that
Americans would give it to them glad
ly.
In addressing the alumni, Secretary
Daniels said in part:
/ 81 am happy to come to this city
which has given to the American navy
in its hour of supreme need COM
mander whose name makes his deeds
compare with the stars. | refer, of
course, to Commander Arthur s. Car
penter of the Tanning, an officer typical
of the navy, the story of whose judg
ment, valor, and courage will be, when
we come to write the story of these
DAYS of strife, one. of the most illumi
mating and inspiring pages. In all oul
wars our navy has played a glorious
part from the time of John Paul Jone.
until Carpenter captured the first Ger
mans taken by Americans and went out
after more, and he will capture NOR,
before the war is over
Almost every day in my official ca
pacity | am now called upon to give
name to ship, and we are going II
get them out faster. We are going t,
! get ont 1.-THE greatest naval ships PRO
Il dnced. the destroyers on which men d
not sleep for days and do not eat ex
| eept standing up. | have knowledge o
! one destroyer which conveyed III ship
safely. Admiral Sims, when he cam
| upon this particular destroyer in har
| Dor. expecting to find the boys tired o
their duty, found them fresh and askin
no questions except Admiral, where d
II we go next?'
Il "4There are SOC. 900 men in the nav
now and there will be 100000 soon. The
| are enlisting so fast we have to as
Il them to stay at home for few day
Il until we can build new ships for then
n We have no common seamen any more
II they are all common heroes. Since tn
II war began 800 men have been Pre-
II NOTED to be officers, and to see thel
II you would believe they had come u
Il through Annapolis. The young men G
II today have shown that they will enlis
sacrifice, win victories, and give the
III lives for their country s sake. The fir.
men to enlist when the call came wei
II college men. They were supposed to
II soft, and high brows, but every tin
II / go aboard a ship and see those sta
Il wart young men ] am impressed wit
the astonishing manner in which the
have proven they have the stuff.
Our men are receiving commend
tory remarks from every side, from Il
French. the British, and the Italian
The only obstacle in the way of Anne
ica's participation in this war is to-
/ mage. If we had had the vision, yea
ago, to have a merchant marine, '
II would not have been so handicapped
the outbreak of war. Out of this w;
we must learn that our commerce mu
y never again be carried in foreign bo
- toms.
1.-The great drive of the Prussians
he month ago was made because the Gle
a. man Emperor well knows that VIII,
- America gets enough ships to carry ov
~ her forces, the end has come. We a
IL building ships, but we cannot bui