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shall bo for the period of the emer
gency, unless sooner terminated by
discliargo or otherwise. Tho Presi
dent ia hereby authorized to dis
charge any officer from tho office
held by him under such appointment
for any causo which, in tho judgment
of the President, would promote tho
public service; and the general com
manding any division and higher
tactical organization or territorial
department is authorized to appoint
from time to time military boards of
not less than three nor more than
five officers of the forces herein pro
vided for to examine into and re
port upon the capacity, qualification,
conduct and efficiency of any com
missioned officer within his com
mand other than officers of the regu
lar army holding permanent or pro
visional commissions therein. Each
member of such board shall bo su
perior in rank to the officer whose
qualifications are to bo inquired in
to, and if the report of such board
bo adverso to tho continuanco of
any such officer and bo approved by
tho President, such officer shall bo
discharged from the service at the
discretion of tho President with one
month's pay and allowances.
Section 10. That all officers ana
enlisted men of tho forces herein
provided for other than tho regular
army shall bo in all respects of the
sarao footing as to pay, allowances
and pensions as officers and enlisted
men of corresponding grades and
length of service in' the regular army;
and commencing JUno 1, 1917, and
continuing until tho term'nation of
the emergency, all enlisted men of
the army of tho Un'ted States in ac
tive service whose basd pay does not
exceed $21 per month, shall receive
an increase of $15 per month; those
whoso base pay is $24, an increase
of $12 per month; those whose base
pay is $30, $36, or $40, an increase
of $8 per month, and those whose pay
is $45 or more, an increaso of $6
per month. Prov'ded, that tho in
creases of 'pay herein authorized
shall not enter into tho computation
of the continuous serv'co pay.
Section 11. That all existing re
strictions upon tho detail, detach
ment and employment of officers and
enlisted men of tho regular army
aro hereby suspended for tho period
of the present emergency.
Section 12. T,h.at the President of
the United States, as commander in
chief of the army, is authorized to
make such regulations governing the
prohibition of alcoholic liquors in or
near military camps and to the
officers and enlisted men of the army
as he may from time to timo deem
necessary or advisable. Provided,
that no person, corporation, partner
ship or association shall sell, supply
or have in his or its possession any
intoxicating or spirituous liquors at
any military station, cantonment,
camp, fort, post,' officers or enlisted
men's club which is being used at
the time for military purposes under
this act, but the secretary of war
may make regulations permitting the
sale and use of intoxicating liquors
for medical purposes. It shall be
unlawful to sell any intoxicating li
quor, including beer, ale or wine, to
any officer or member of the military
forces whilo in uniform, except as
Herein provided. Any person, cor
poration, partnership or association
violating the provisions of this sec
tion or the regulations made there
under shall, unless otherwiso pun
isnablo under tho articles of war, be
deemed gu'lty of a misdemeanor .and.
be punished by a fino of not moro
than $1,000 or imprisonment for not
more than twelve months, or both.
Section 13. That tho secretary of
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Approved May 18, 19 17.
ROOSEVELT FREES His VOLIW-TEERS
Roosevelt announced tonight that
tt" mc" w" "ad volunteered to
serve with him under the American
flag in France had been absolved
from all further connection with th
movement, and that the only course
wyeii 10 uiem now Is to enter the
military service in some other way
i if they are able to do so, and if not
10 serve the country in civil iife.
Loyally Obey Decision
"As good American citizens," said
Colonel Roosevelt, in a formal state
ment, "we loyally obey the decision
of the commander In chief of the
American army and navy. The men
who have volunteered will now con
sider themselves absolved from all
further connection with this move
ment." "Our sole aim," the statement
continued, "is to help in every way
in the successful prosecution of the
War and we most heartily feel that
no individual's personal interest
should for one moment be considered
save as it serves the general public
interest.
"We rejoice that a division com
posed of our regular soldiers and
marines under so gallant and effi
cient a leader as General Pershing
is to be sent abroad. We have a
right to a certain satisfaction in
connection therewith."
"I wish," said Colonel Roosevelt,
"respectfully to point out certain
errors into which tho President has
been led in his announcement.. He
states that the purpose was to give
me an 'independent command.' In
my last letter to the secretary of
war I explicitly stated that if I were
given permission to raise an army
corps of two divisions to be put un
der the command of some general
like Wood, Pershing, Barry or Kunn,
I desired for myself only the posi
tion of junior among the eight bri
gade commanders. I would not
have been 'independent.' I would
have been in precisely the position
of all the other brigade command
ers except that I would have ranked
after and been subordinate to the
rest of them. ,
"The President alludes to our pro-
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The Eyes of America
Turned on Her Farmers
ZT last the American farmer oc
cupies his rightful place in the
esteem of the 'world. Manufac
turers, merchants, bankers and city
dwellers of all hinds heretofore have
taken their food for granted and
have overlooked the man behind
the plow the man who feeds them.
Conditions today are such that the
producer of foodstuffs is recognized
as the mightiest force-not only in
the welfare and prosperity of the
nations of the world but in the
very existence of nations and their
peoples.
A noticeable feature of the situa
tion, which has shown the Ameri
can farmer to be on a high moral
plane as well as holding an import
ant industrial place is the fact that he
has not taken advantage of conditions
to extort unreasonable prices from
his fellow Americans. He has pa
triotically increased his production
in order to prevent famine prices
instead of keeping production down
toforce prices up.
He has shamed the food speculator
though unfortunately his example
has not been followed by all manu
facturers particularly among the
makers of so-called luxuries; though
. ...
many big manufacturers m this
country liave followed the farmer' s
lead.
One of the most noticeable cases
among those who have kept faith is
that of the makers of Coca-Cola.
In spite of the enormously high
price of cane sugar the principal in
gredient of Coca-Cob and in spite
of the higher cost of its other in
gredients the Coca-Cola Company
have not raised the price to con
sumers nor lowered the quality of
that delicious and refreshing bever
age one iota. Like the farmers they
have kept faith with the people to
their own cost.
Perliaps the lessons of fair-dealing
and helpfulness tliat the heads of
that institution learned as boys on
the farm (for they are products of
the soil) have strengthened them
to stand firm in this crisis. So let
us remember that the beverage
Coca-Cola, known as the National
Beverage because of ita great popu
larity, has proved itself indeed na
tional by doing its bit to keep down
the cost of living.
posed actions as one that would;
have an effect 'politically' but not
contributing to the success of the
war and so representing a 'policy of
personal gratification or advantage.'
I wish respectfully, but emphatical-j
ly, to deny that any political con-j
siderations whatever or any desire
for personal gratification or advanti
age entered into our calculations
Our undivided purpose was to con
tribute effectively to tho success of
the war.
"The President," continued th6
colonel, "says in effect that to com
ply with our offer would bo mis
chievous from the military stand
point and adds that the regular
officers whom I 'had asked to have
associated with me are 'some of the
most effective officers of the regular
army' who 'can not possibly be
spared' from the 'duty of training
regular troops.'
"One of the chief qualifications
for military command is to choose
for one's associates and subordin
ates 'the most effective officers' and
this qualification the President has
stated I possess. As for my with
drawing them from tho 'much more
pressing and necessary duty of
training' tho troops, I wish to point
out that I have asked for about fifty
regular officers from lieutenant col
onels to second Jfeutenants for thje
first division.
xiiia wuuiu
bo only about one- or their loyal
tenth of tho number who would go
with General Pershing's division,
which the President announced is
to be composed exclusively of reg
ulars. Therefore, tho recent plan
will take from 'pressing and neces
sary duty' about ten times as many
regular officers as would bavo been
taken under our proposal. It has
been stated that the regular officers
are opposed to the plan. As a mat
tor of fact 'the most effective' offi
cers have been eager to bo connect
ed with or to have under them tho
ptroops we proposed to raise.
"The President condemns our pro
posal on the ground that 'undramatic
action is needed action that , 'is
practical and of scientific defin'ite
ness and precision.' There was
nothing 'dramatic' in our proposal.
It is true that our division would
have contained sons and grandsons
I. of men who in the civil war wore
tho blue or tho gray; for instance,
tho sons or grandsons of Phil Sher
idan, Fitzhugh Lee, Stonewall Jack
son, James A. Garfield, Simon D.
Buckner and Ada Chaffee. But
these men would have served wheth
er in command or in the ranks, pre
cisely like the rest of us; and all
alike would have been judged solely
by tho efficiency, including the 'sci
entific definiteness' with which, they
'did their work andseryed .thesag,
or their loyal dcvotlbWo3'
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