Forward: "Wisconsin in the Service of the Nation."

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State Council of Defense, 1917 - World War, 1914-1918

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Page 56 - Whoever, when the United States is at war, shall willfully make or convey false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States...
Page 56 - States is at war, shall willfully cause or attempt to cause insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty, in the military or naval forces of the United States, or shall willfully obstruct the recruiting or enlistment service of the United States...
Page 5 - Organization, acting in pursuance of the authority vested in him by the President of the United States of America, have signed the present Agreement.
Page 5 - You are undertaking a great duty. The heart of the whole country is with you. Everything that you do will be watched with the deepest interest and with the deepest solicitude not only by those who are near and dear to you, but by the whole nation besides. For this great war draws us all together, makes us all comrades and brothers, as all true Americans felt themselves to be when we first made good our national independence.
Page 1 - President, to blockade these ports, is a violation of the spirit, if not of the letter, of that clause of the Constitution which declares that " no preference shall be given, by any regulation of commerce or revenue, to the ports of one State over those of another.
Page 5 - SEC. 5. (a) Commissioned officers, warrant officers, pay clerks, and enlisted men of the Regular Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Public Health Service, the federally recognized active National Guard, the Officers...
Page 8 - To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to meet the emergency caused by the...
Page 5 - Let it be your pride, therefore, to show all men everywhere not only what good soldiers you are, but also what good men you are, keeping yourselves fit and straight in everything and pure and clean through and through. Let us set for ourselves a standard so high that it will be a glory to live up to it, and then let us live up to it and add a new laurel to the crown of America. My affectionate confidence goes with you in every battle and every test. God keep and guide you ! WOODROW WILSON.
Page 7 - In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done in the District of Columbia, this...
Page 2 - Industry published by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce of the Department of Commerce. The report, issued in 1917, gives data for an earlier period, the fiscal year 1913-14.

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