Plain Issues of the WarCommittee on Public Information, 1917 - 15 pages |
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23 Wall Street activities allies American Red Cross applicant appointed Belgium bonds Building called Cavalry cent chaplain City Civil Service District colleges commission cooperation Corps Examining Board Council of Defense Council of National Departmental Army Headquarters district board division duty emergency engineers Enlisted Reserve Corps enrolled Federal Land Bank Federal Reserve Bank forces France Government hospitals industrial Infantry J. P. Morgan John Moffat July July 15 Labor Bureaus large number Marine Corps Medical Reserve Corps ment military months National Army National Defense National Guard Naval Auxiliary Reserve Naval District Headquarters Naval Militia Naval Reserve Navy Yard necessary needed Ordnance organization paragraph person personnel President production qualified Quartermaster recruits Regular Army Relief Fund Reserve Corps Examining second lieutenant Secretary SERGEANT serve Service District Headquarters ships soldiers Street supply tion training camps treasurer United States Army Washington women Women's State Chairman York York City
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Page 199 - ... and means of production, and availability of military supplies; the giving of information to producers and manufacturers as to the class of supplies needed by the military and other services of the government, the requirements relating thereto, and the creation of relations which will render possible in time of need the immediate concentration and utilization of the resources of the nation.
Page 63 - ... great temptation of the present price of cotton and helping, helping upon a great scale, to feed the Nation and the peoples everywhere who are fighting for their liberties and for our own. The variety of their crops will be the visible measure of their comprehension of their national duty.
Page 103 - All retainers to the camp and all persons accompanying or serving with the armies of the United States without the territorial jurisdiction of the United States, and in time of war all such retainers and persons accompanying or serving with the armies of the United States in the field, both within and without the territorial jurisdiction of the United States, though not otherwise subject to these articles; "(e) All persons under sentence adjudged by courts-martial ; "(f) All persons admitted into...
Page 199 - ... increase of domestic production of articles and materials essential to the support of armies and of the people during the interruption of foreign commerce...
Page 199 - Defense is hereby established for the coordination of industries and resources for the national security and welfare...
Page 155 - It shall be unlawful to sell any intoxicating liquor, including beer, ale, or wine, to any officer or member of the military forces while in uniform, except as herein provided.
Page 81 - Congress, be unlawful — (1) for any alien to depart from or enter or attempt to depart from or enter the United States except under such reasonable rules, regulations, and orders, and subject to such limitations and exceptions as the President may prescribe...
Page 45 - This let me say to the middlemen of every sort, whether they are handling our foodstuffs or our raw materials of manufacture or the products of our mills and factories. The eyes of the country will be especially upon you. This is your opportunity for signal service, efficient and disinterested. The country expects you, as it expects all others, to forego unusual profits, to...
Page 142 - Quotas for the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia, or subdivisions thereof, shall be determined in proportion to the population thereof, and credit shall be given to any State, Territory, District, or subdivision thereof, for the number of men who were in the military service of the United States...
Page 45 - Small profits and quick service'; and to the shipbuilder the thought that the life of the war depends upon him. The food and the war supplies must be carried across the seas no matter how many ships are sent to the bottom. The places of those that go down must be supplied, and supplied at once. To the miner let me say that he stands where the farmer does: the work of the world waits on him. If he slackens or fails, armies and statesmen are helpless. He also is enlisted in the great Service Army....