A story of the war and family war service record, 1914-1919 (1919) (14597627807)

Identifier: storyofwarfamily00stpa (find matches)
Title: A story of the war and family war service record, 1914-1919
Year: 1919 (1910s)
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Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: St. Paul, Minn., Mackey, Smith & Stiles
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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had adjourned it was announcedthat congressional action was unnecessary, and the?^ guns and gun crews were placed aboard Americantrading vessels. Fuel was added to the fire of American indig-nation when the state department gave out, Feb. 28,some intercepted messages from the German for-eign office to the German minister in Mexico. VonEckhardt, the minister, was instructed to inviteMexico into an alliance with Germany and suggestan alliance with Japan, for an attack on the UnitedStates. Mexico was promised as a reward the recov-ery of New Mexico, Texas and Arizona, which hadbeen lost in the war of 1846. The date of this com-munication was Jan. 19, and in it notice was givento Von Eckhardt of the submarine campaign soonto break out, with a prediction that England wouldbe starved out in a few months. President Wilson called an extra session of con-gress, April 2, and asked for a declaration of a stateof war with Germany. This was passed by con-gress and signed by the president April 6.
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M^>^ -^;V^^ ^T\ ^,^ 0: A Story of the War 79 ^^■S CHAPTER FOURTEEN.Whole Nation Volunteers. 4/ ^A M The United States began the war under a planby which every man, woman and child in the coun-try was given service to do. The whole countryvolunteered. Some were chosen for military dutyin the field and on the sea, others to manufacturethe supplies for the fighters, others to produce thefood to maintain the armj^ and navy, some to con-duct the management of the war, many to admin-ister to the comfort and happiness of the soldiersand sailors and the rest to carry on those civilianoccupations which were indispensable to the life ofthe nation. The Red Cross, the Knights of Columbus, theY. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A., the Salvation Army, theJewish Welfare Board, the War Camp CommunityService, the Boy Scouts and numerous other organ-izations did their part, all sacrificing their time and \y(f,labor, many giving up their lives that the armymight be the most contented and best cared for that