The Sentinel=record., 1918-05-19

New York, May lS.-To win the war the United States is determined to set no restrictions on the number of men to be sent to France, President Wilson declared here tonight, in a speech re-affirming the purpose of America to set no limit on it's efforts
 As many men will go over seas as ships can be found to carry them, tho president said after referring tc statements that have been made that five million men should go
 The United States, he said, will mol be diverted by iusincere talk of peace from the TeutonIc powers. Their pro posals. be declared, spring from a de sire to have free hand in the east
 q intend 10 stand by Russia, as wei as France he said
 Tho presidents speech in full fol lows:
 "Mr. Chairman and Fellow Country men:
 | T should be very sorry to thinl that MT. Davidson, in any degree cur tailed his exceedingly interestin2 speech for fear that he was postpon ing mine, because 1 am sure you list ened with the same intent and inti- mate with which l listened to the ex- traordinarily vivid account he gave oi tho things which he had realized be- cause he had come in contact with them on the other side of the waters
 We compass them with our imag ination; he compassed them in his personal experience, and l am not come here tonight to review for you the work of the Red Cross; l am not competent to do so because I have not had the time or the opportunity to follow it in detail l have come here simply to say a few words to you as to what it all seems to me to mean and it means a great deal.
 There are two duties with which we are face to face. The first duty is to win the war, and the second duty that goes hand in hand with it is to win it greatly and worthily, showing the real quality of our power. not only but the real quality of our purpose and of ourselves.
 And of course the first duty the duty that we must keep in the fore ground of our thought until it Is ac- complished. Is to win tho war. l have heard gentlemen recently say that we must get five million men ready. Why limit 1t to five million?
 Iatra aglnJ aF tI. United States to name no limit be- cause the congress intends, I am sure as we all intend, that every ship that can carry men or supplies, shall go laden upon every voyage with every man and every supply she can carry.
 And we are not to be diverted from the grim purpose of winning the war by any insincere approaches upon the subject of speech. I can say wun clear conscience that l have tested those intimatiOns and have found them insinCere. 1 now recognize them for what they are, an opportunity to havo a free hand, particularly in the east, to carry out purposes of con quest and exploitation.
 'Every proposal with regard to ac- commodation in tho west involves d reservation with regard to the east. Now, 50 far as I am concerned, I in tend to stand by Russia, as well as France"
 A voice from the audience interrupt cd with: "God bless you"
 "The helpless and the friendless are the very ones that need friends and succor. and if any man in Germany thinks we are going to sacrifice any body for our own sake, tell them now they are mistaken.
 For the glory of this war, my fel- low citizens, insofar as we are con- cerned, is that 1t is perhaps for the first time in history of an unselfish war. could not be proud to fight for Ia selfish purpose but I can be proud to fight for mankind. If they wish peace, let them come forward through accredited representatives and lay the terms on the table. We have laid ours Iand they know what they are.