Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-05-29
mo LIMIT SET ON
u. S. ARMY, SAYS
THE PRESIDENT
Wilson Opens Red Cross Cam
paign With Speech at
New York.
OVER 100000 MEN WILL
GO TO FRONT, IF NECESSARY

Declares America VIII Not Be Divert
ed From Its Purpose of Winning the
War by Insincere Approaches on the
Subject of Peace-Urges All to Con-
tribute Generously Towards $780,
10000 Red Cross Fund-Condemns
Those Who Attempt to Make Profit
Out of the War.
New York, May 20.-President Will
szon, opening the s10O,000,OOO Red
Gross drive at rally in the Metropol-
titan opera house Saturday night, de-
..Ssared for an unlimited army, greater
akalan 100000, if necessary. In the
afternoon he marched in a parade Of
$4,000 Red Cross workers. and as he
walked down Fifth avenue he received
zG1e greatest reception ever accorded
-Dresident of the United States. At the
~upera house he was repeatedly
5Cleered.
81 have heard gentlemen recently
sisay," said he, that we must get o.
100000 men ready. Why limit it to
= 100000? l have asked congress to
name no limit, because congress In
tends, l am sure. as we Ill intend, that
4very ship that can carry men or sup
trBIies shall go laden Upon every voy-
.tage with every man and every supply
she can carry"
The United States, the president de-
cleared, will not be diverted from its
Purpose Of winning the war by insin-
-s3are approaches on the subject of
Iseace.
Dwelling on the duty of Americans
ito give'to the Red Cross, the president
declared no man could afford to make
money out of the war.
The audience was composed of dis
dEnguished men and women, most Of
fvvhom have been leaders in the work
OF the Red Cross.
Text of Presidents Speech.
The presidents speech in full fol-
laws:
''Mr. Chairman and Fellow Country
Raen-I should be very sorry to think
tfnat Mr.. Dawson in any degree cur
4fs4iled his exceedingly interesting
speech for fear that he was postpOn-
8Ifzg mine, because l am sure you
4Estened with the same intense and in
climate interest with which 1 listened
$50 the extraordinarily vivid account
alSe gave of the things which he had
REALIZED because he had come in con-
-tact with them on the other side Of
the waters.
eve compass them with our imagin-
4ation; he compassed them in his per-
rszsonal experience. And l am not come
There tonight to review for you the
work Of the Red Cross.
II am not competent to do so be-
cause 1 have not had the time or the
opportunity to follow it in detail.
81 have come here simply to say q
few words to you as to what it all
seems to me to mean, and it means
"A great deal.
Won't Limit Army to 100000.
There are two duties with which
we are face to face. The first duty
sis to win the war. And the second
duty, that goes hand-in-hand with it,
Sis TO win it greatly and worthily,
showing the real quality Of our pow
er not only but the real quality of our
FpurpoSe and of ourselves.
"Of course, the first duty, the duty
afhat we must keep in the foreground
of our thought until it is accomplished,
is to win the war.
Il have heard gentlemen recently
say that we must get 100000 men
ready. Why limit it to 100000?
81 have asked the congress of the
United States to name no limit be-
cause the congress intends, am sure,
as we all intend, that every ship that
can carry men or supplies shall go
saaden upon every voyage with every
siman and every supply she can carry.
Peace Offers Insincere.
"And we are not to be diverted from
1the grim purpose of winning the war
yDy any insincere approaches upon the
sisubject of peace. / can say with a
sicIear conscience that 1 have tested
Sthose intimations and have found
sthem insincere.
II now recognize them for what
they are-an opportunity to have a
free hand, particularly In the East,
ito carry out purposes of conquest and
exploitation.
Every proposal with regard to ac-
>commodation in the West involves a
reservation with regard to the East.
Nov, so far as 1 am concerned, 1 in
tend to stand by Russia as well as
1Erace."
"a voice from the audience inter,
Srupted with: God bless you."]
THE helpless and the friendless are
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