New Britain herald., 1918-01-04
PULLIAR -& NIVEN
INAUGURAL SPEECH
 OF GOV. M'CALL
Bay State Executive Features
 War Problems in Address

Boston, Jan. 4.-Gov Samuel w. Mccall in his third inaugural address yesterday said in part:
 Gentlemen of the General Court:
 sF We meet today. under the shadow of great war, which casts it's sober ing influence over us all. It touches more visibly the many thousands of households out of which our patriotic young men have gone to the camps and the battle line, but there is no one of our people who does not in his heart feel the supreme call which ,nls country makes and who does not rec ognize her cause to be his own.
 The war imposes responsibilities far from light, not only upon the of fcers of the National Government but upon those who are charged with the work of conducting the government of States. l feel sure that you will agree with me, gentlemen, that it is our first duty to see to it that the Common wealth shall do her full share, as she has always done whenever the Nation has called upon her.
 'We must rigidly safeguard our credit, and carefully husband all our resources in order that what we have may be available for the support of the country. l feel sure that we shall Cooperate with each other and shall scrutinize most carefully all appropri- alton bills-cutting out expenses that are unnecessary and conserving every resource of the Commonwealth No : one can foresee the extent of the de- mands the war will make upon us. They have already been great. They may become greater. But when everything is at stake it would be worse than idle to count the cost.
 Let us remember that the s1OO,- 100000 or more of war taxes that the National Government levies each year upon Massachusetts come out of the same pockets from which come the taxes that support our State govern ment. By making our own taxes light CT we shall render it easier for our people to meet the calls of the Nation. We have one duty before Us and that is to maintain the position which the Commonwealth has always main- tained in times of national danger, and do all in our power that our coun- try may emerge victoriousIy from the trial through which she is passing
 up to the first of January more than S0.000 of the young men of Mas SLCtn uSGICS Ildu UoS1l mustered 1TCO different branches of the military and naval service of the nation. Our Ma tional Guard was sent out well dis ciplined, and through an appropria- ?, tlon by the general court at the last session, made available for use by the executive, it was very we'll equipped.
 Conscription Machinery
 The elaborate machinery for the enforcement of the conscription act was created; the enrolment of more than 350,000 men subject to the act Thoroughly made-the arduous work of selection and exemption performed and the quotas called for by the act were furnished when they were due. Important things have required attention in addition to the furnish Ing of the soldiers and sailors.
 ''We require more than 30,000,0 900 tons or coal each year which must be brought to us over long railroad hauls, or after a long voyage upon the sea. The jurisdiction of the com- monwealth is not broad enough to Jgive us mastery over the supply of e&uel and food, and we are greatly