Bisbee daily review., 1918-05-19
PRESIDENT ISSUES PROCLAMATION OF SOLEMN MEMORIAL

WASHINGTON, May 1S.-National Memorial Day, Thursday, May 30, is designated by President Wilson in a proclamation issued today as a day of public humiliation, prayer and fast ing. The people of the nation are asked to gather that day in their plac- es of worship and pray for the victory of the American armies, which will bring a peace founded upon mercy, justice and good will.
 The proclamation, issued in response to a resolution by Congress, follows:
 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE
 UNITED STATES
 A Proclamation
 WHEREAS. The Congress of the United States on the second day of April last adopted the following reso- lution:
 RESOLVED, By the Senate (the House of Representatives concurringl that it being a duty peculiarly incum- bent in a time of war humbly and de- voutly to acknowledge our depend ence on Almighty God and implore his aid and protection, the President of the United States be, and he is hereby respectfully requested to rec ommend a day of public humiliation, prayer and fasting, to be observed by the people of the United States with religious solemnity and the offering of fervent applications to Almighty God for the safety and welfare of our cause, his blessings on our arms, and a speedy restoration of an honorable and lasting peace to the nations of the earth; and
 WHEREAS, It has always been the reverent habit of the people of the United States to turn in humble ap- peal to Almighty God for his guidance in the affairs of their common life;
 NOW, THEREFORE, l, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Thursday, the thirtieth day of May, day already freighted with sacred and memories, day of public humiliation, prayer and fasting, and do exhort my fellow citizens of all faiths and creeds to assemble on that day in their several places of worship and there, as well as in their homes, to pray Almighty God that he may forgive our sins and shortcomings as a people and purify our hearts to see and love the truth; to accept and de- fend all things that are just and right, and to purpose only those righteous acts and judgments which are in con formity with his will; beseeching him that he will give victory to our armies as they fight for freedom, wisdom to those who take eounsel on our behalf in these days of dark struggle and perplexity, and steadfastness to our people to make sacrifice to the utmost to support of what is just and true, bringing us at last the peace in which mems hearts can be at rest because it is founded upon mercy, justice and good will.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF. have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be af- fixed.
 Done in the District of olumbia, this eleventh day of May, in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighteen and of the Independence of the United States the One Hundred and Forty-second.
 WOODROW WILSON.
 By the President.
 ROBERT LANSING,
 Secretary of State. The Federal Council of the Churches 1f Christ in America, the general sec retary, Rev. Charles s. Mcfarland, would contribute to carry ing out the Presidents proclamation by preparing a common program for all Protestant churches for use on Memorial Day. The Roman Catholic churches will ssue a message to their parishioners.