The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . LorisleSaunier THE UNITED STATES EXTE:RS THE WAR his Staff would precede them to France. This announce-ment came with news of the signing of a Selective Con-scription Bill by the President, which in two years couldgive the United States an army of at least 2,000,000 men,and did give us many more. At the same time that hesigned this bill the President gave his decision against theraising of volunteer divisions by Colonel Roosevelt, assign-. TIIE FLAi; OF
The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . LorisleSaunier THE UNITED STATES EXTE:RS THE WAR his Staff would precede them to France. This announce-ment came with news of the signing of a Selective Con-scription Bill by the President, which in two years couldgive the United States an army of at least 2,000,000 men,and did give us many more. At the same time that hesigned this bill the President gave his decision against theraising of volunteer divisions by Colonel Roosevelt, assign-. TIIE FLAi; OF AMERICANS WHO SERVED IX THE FOREIGxX LEGION At the luTaliJes this flag, on July 4, 1917, was presented to France anddeposited in the Mus^e de IArm^e, men who had served in the ForeigaLegion now joining bodies of American troops who were coming to France ing as his chief reason that it would interfere with thecontemplated system of raising troops and would contributepractically nothing- to the effective stfongtli of the armiesnow engaged against Germany. He-also issued a formalproclamation naming June 5, 1917, as the date for the regis-tration of all male citizens of the Uniterl States between theages of 21 and 30 years, from whom would be selected the V. IV—10 137 ox THE WESTERN PEONT first increment of the new army. Points emphasized in thePresident .s proclamation were these : It is not an army that we must shape and train for war; it is anation. Our people must draw close in on,fe compact front againsta common foe. The whole nation must be a team in which each mansh
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