Arizona republican., 1918-06-09
Arizona's Credit for War Service

That Arizona is to be given credit for the excess Inf it's contribution already made to the national army Is inc result of the energetic effort of Representative arl TIavden to have the draft distributed as to fall proporonately upon all the states on Aprl l@ Inc delivered in congress strong speech so strong fact in relation the of the first draft that a co1learue asked him if he was calling Provost Mar shal General Crowder liar. Mr. Hayden dlscialineu arv intention of doing so but he persisted in the statement that the bureau denied making the preposterous estimate of Arizona's population on which our draft was based though the provost mar sha general had stated that he received those figures from the bureau.
 Mir TIavden showed that population had been do,b1cd for the purposes of the draft and that to make matters still worse considerable part Of our nopulaton Gin some districts, a majority Of lt) was alion and which not subject to the dratt. AS result of this circumstance and the swollen esuae' Arizona had sent to the national army about four times as many men would have been required or it under any equitable arrangement He was not complaining that Arizona had done too much under this arrangement but that other sates had not done proportionately much.
 At this point in his remarks hA vas interrupted oJ ono or two members who opposed to the pro- nosal to give credit 60 states for of contrbu~ t,iona by enlistment or draft. They took the view hat for the purposes of the war; there should be no vato boundary lines; that the country should be re- garded as whole; that soldiers were to be regarded as coming not from any particular state but rom the United States Reduced to it's real meaning this iboorv was that no state and section was to be protected against draft. Yet these gentlemen were from states which entitled to no credits for texcess of contributions and which states would be rallcd upon for more soldiers in the succeeding drafts Fir credits were allowed those states entitled to them fIt was convenient therefore them, in the circum sances and it protective of their states to con- isder the country a whole and not as made up of Estates among whom the burden of the was to be distributed proportionately.
 We are all for the war We suppose it is true that Eovaltv is pretty evenly distributed through all the gstates and all communities. But communities and sections look upon themselves as such and they lee' a specal concern in their welfare and special sprde in their own achievements. In that respect they fare distinct though they desire to coordinate their factivites with those of other communities.
 A team of two horses is a team and as such, a fcertain amount of work is expected of it. but however tmuch either of the horses may do if the other does
 less than 1t ought to the expected amount of work will not be done
 ' We have to raise money well as soldiers for the war. We do not think any patriot would be sd broad and brazen to declare that any community because we are one country as a whole. In evying upon the country for the purchase of Liberty bonds Or for gifts Cross the burden is distributed with tho greatest exactness possible So it should bt
 with the task of contributing men.