History of Camden County in the Great War, 1917-1918 . fill the vacancy, and hetook the oath of office on March 7, that year, servinguntil the following general election in November, whenhe was elected to finish the unexpired term of Although a life long Republican, Mr. Baird voted forevery measure advocated by President Woodrow Wil-son, deemed essential to win the war, even to the Over-man Bill, which gave the President unlimited powers. Mr. Browning has been a member of Congress sinceMarch 4, 1911, and like Mr. Baird, supported everymeasure advocated by the Administration advanced
History of Camden County in the Great War, 1917-1918 . fill the vacancy, and hetook the oath of office on March 7, that year, servinguntil the following general election in November, whenhe was elected to finish the unexpired term of Although a life long Republican, Mr. Baird voted forevery measure advocated by President Woodrow Wil-son, deemed essential to win the war, even to the Over-man Bill, which gave the President unlimited powers. Mr. Browning has been a member of Congress sinceMarch 4, 1911, and like Mr. Baird, supported everymeasure advocated by the Administration advanced asnecessary to bring victory to the allies regardless of per-sonal views. Both Senator Baird and RepresentativeBrowning devoted much of their time at Washington as-sisting dependents of men in the service to secure allot-ments from the War Risk Bureau and the War Depart-ment. Lieutenant Colonel Harry C. Kramer While Camden performed every obligation imposedupon her by the nation in the raising of troops, the sale CAMDEN COUNTY IN THE GREAT WAR. II5. [Photo by DAVID BAIRDUnited States Senator from New Jersey PROMINENT MEN. \\J of Liberty Bonds, the contributions to the many or-ganizations which were each carrying its burden in thewar, she had another and a peculiar part in the coun-trys defense, which probably is not equalled by any othercity in the United States, and that was the prominencewhich her sons took in the administration of the workof the Provost Marshal Generals office during the war. It is historical that the volunteer system of the UnitedStates failed the country when it called for men to fillits armies, and on May 18, 1917, Congress passed a lawknown as the Selective Service Act, the administration ofwhich was to prove one of the greatest triumphs of thestruggle. This law provided for the making of regula-tions by the President which were to set in motion theselection of men for the battle line. Its success wasdoubted by even the optimistic; its fail
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