Arizona republican., 1918-05-22
BOMBSHELL FROM GOVERNOR GIVEN
 TO LEGISLATURE

Continued from Page One) enrolling and expressing clerk; B. l.. Whitesides, doorkeeper; Fred Gardner, janitor; P. Aepli, postmaster; stenog- rapher to the speaker, Mrs. Driscoll of Pima; page, Miss Carrie Young of Greenlee. Clerks. Mrs. Golze Miss Hammond of Yuma and Mrs. Stewart of Yavapai; night watchman, William Gibbons of Apache.
 Committee on Notification
 Immediately the senate was called to order a committee composed of Messrs. Campbell, Sutter and Mahoney was ap- painted 10 notify the governor and an- other, Messrs. Winsor, Colter and Rutherford. 10 notify the house. A corresponding committee of the house was composed of Mrs. O'Neill and Messrs. Cook and Cureton. The house members of the joint committee to wait upon the governor were Mrs. Marsh and Messrs. Green and Flake. When the committees had reported it was ar ranged that the houses should meet in joint session at ? o'clock to receive the governors message.
 At 2 o'clock the galleries of the house were crowded and when the gov ernor arrived he was received with ap- plausc. The shcaf of manuscript he carried confirmed the rumors that the message was a lengthy one. The first part of it was given to a recounting of the achievements of Arizona in the war:
 Governors Message
 "Of the sacrifices which our state has made and of the services which she has so cheerfully rendered, in response to the appeal of the president and con- gress, l shall speak in only a cursory way, lest we appear vainglorious. Suf- flee it 10 say with honest and pardon able pride that Aribona has heavily oVer-subscribed her quota in each of the three Liberty loans. crowning her efforts with an over subscription of more than one hundred per cent in the campaign just concluded. Her grand total of dollars contributed to the fed eral government for war purposes, | through the medium of Liberty loans war savings certificates and thrift stamps, has mounted to many millions during the first year of the countrys participation in the war with Germany How proudly may we affirm that Ari- ! Zona, youngest of the sisterhood led all the states of the Union in the third Liberty loan campaign. And however readily she may have given her dollars, Arizona has been just as lavish in her 1 contribution of brains and brawn and | blood to the army and navy which the | government has mobiliZed, as if by magic, for the utter destruction of the | ild-murdering, mother killing, world | devastating spirit of the Hun wherever | it may rear it's ghoulish head among | civilized people, In the first year of the war, Arizona has cheerfully given | ten thousand of her sons to the army and navy, eXcellins thereby the record of any other state in proportion to population.
 Praise for Volunteers
 "To ArizOna's greater credit be it said that thousands of her men did not await the draft: they volunteered for active service with the first declar- ation of war, or just as soon thereafter as they could put their affairs in order for a prolonged absence-eXtending perhaps into eternity. Hundreds of others became assiduous workers in such indispensable war organizations as the Red Cross. Thousands of our best workmen have turned deaf ear to the entraties of civilian employers and have given their services to the government, in shipyards, the munitior factories, and the other multifarious enterprises on which success in this war directly depends. Even as I survey this Legislature, 1 note the absence of two of it's youngest members-men who, though exempted by law from al military service, nevertheless con- ceived their field of duty to be some where in France" and suited their ac- tion to their conscience and their coun- try's need. May ultimate victory and a safe return reward their readiness tC serve, their valor and their patriotism than which there is none greater.
 To Back Up the Army
 The primary purpose of this specia session. as 1 have heretofore said, is tC back up our brave men in the trenche. with all those supplies that are neces- sary to warfare, so far as it become. the states duty to furnish them; tC protect each soldiers interests in hi! absence; to ward off the grim spectre of woeful want from every soldier! household, comforting his mother, wifi, or hild that their courage may with stand the grievous burden imposed b, ! llit SNtln EOu Ol war. The most Una we can do is so little as compared witt 2 that supreme sacrifice which we re quire of every brave soldier in France Tt would be Unpardonable to fail, il this connection to pay fitting tribut to the women of Arizona, who hay worked so arduosly in the Red Cros and food conservation movements dur ing the past year. In every city of tn state, and in many of the smaller com munities, women's auXiliaries, workin . in close cooperation with national an state organizations, have been estab lished. The results Of such patriot . effort on the part of AriZonas wome are increasingly apparent from day { day. During the indictment months C
 the past winter, thousands of knitte II garments were sent to Arizona's me | in military encampments. Large ship ments of surgical dressings for the us C of the Red Cross have been prepare l and forwarded through Red Cros !. channels 10 the military hospitals i |. l BRITISH PLANES