Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-11
CALL TO WOMEN
FROM DR. SHAW
A New And Imperative Call To
Loyalty Respond In Appeal
To Help Registrants
ENCOURAGE MEN TO WIN

Miss Katharine Walton, Acting
Chairman Maryland Council of De-
-fnse OF Anne Arundel County. has re-
ceived the following letter from DIR.
Anna Howard Shaw. Chairman of the
Woman's Committee of the National
Council of Defense:
Council of National Defense,
Washington.
"Woman's Committee,
"1S14 n. Street N. w.
ITO the State Chairman;
"A new and imperative call comes
to the women of our land from which
at first there may be a spirit of shrink
ing. but the splendid response which
the patriotic womeun of America have
made TO every call of their country
assures us of willing and courageous
compliance with this. the greatest and
most important demand made upon
the loyalty of our people since the be-
ginning of the war.
You have tirelessly sold Liberty
Bonds, Thrift and War Savings
Stamps; you have eagerly and with
infinite patience produced and con-
served food; you have been unweary-
ing in the service Of the Red Cross
and relief societies; you have recruit
ed young women by the thousands for
our civilian and army nurses training
schools; and in numberless ways you
have rendered voluntary service for
the material support of the war
But OF what avail is il that we have
money, food. ships, munitions and hos
pital supplies If we fail to mobilize a
sufficiently large army to win the war.
Congress has now called for the reg
istration of the man-power of the ma
tion between the ages OF Is and As
years, of which there are estimated to
be 100000, not all of whom will be
called into active service, but from
whom the two million or more will
be selected TO complete the army of
100000 men which we have pledged
to the Allied cause.
These will belong to Glass 1, made
up of men without dependents and in
non-essential- industries, and no fami-
ly will be disrupted or deprived of
proper financial support and the in
dustries of the country will not be
unduly disturbed. But every man of
the 100000 is in honor bound to
register. We women know who these
men are, and every woman is equally
in honor bound to inspire, encourage
and urge the men of her family to
perform their patriotic duty.
This is the service of sacrifice and
loyalty which the Government asks
of the women of the nation at the
present critical hour; and the Wo-
mans Committee of the Council of Ma
tional Defense takes up this duty with
spirit and enthusiasm, realizing how
much depends upon our attitude to-
wards It,
Provost Marshal General Crowder
writes to the Chairman of the Wo-
mans Committee, saying: II am
much impressed with the Importance
of ayailing myself of the assistance of
the women OF the country as repre-
sented by your Committee; with full
knowledge of the situation, tits GER
tain that they will be ready to assist
by all appropriate means"
cannot too strongly impress upon
you the absolute necessity Of getting
this message to every unit Of your
State Division as speedily as possible.
ITO inspire us in our task. we have
but to remember this: WE MUST
WIN THE WAR. WE MUST WIN 1T
IN THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE
TIME. 1T CAN BE DONE ONLY
WITH A SUFFICIENTLY LARGE
ARMY TO BREAK THE MILITARY
POWER OF GERMANY. THIS ARMY
CAN BE SECURED If WE DO OUR
DUTY.
Every consideration of honor, of
patriotism, of love of justice and hope
I for future peace of the world calls us
I to this sacred service.
Faithfully yours,
"(Signed,)
ANNA HOWARD SHAW,
Chairman, Woman's Com
mittee, Council of Ma
tional Defense"