Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-06-27 | Page 6 | Quakers Contribute Men to World War

QUAKERS CONTRIBUTE MEN MEM TO Till WORlD RL WAR LONDON June Juite 26 The The Quakers notwithstanding their peaceful tradition tion tiou have havo contributed men to tho the British army array and ond navy and forty forty- three to tho the army medical corps In addition three forty have Joined the home guards and fifteen are serving erving on recruiting committees figures aro are taken from the annual meeting of ot the tho Society of or Friends The society's book of or discipline discipline dis dis- dis declares Its members rH must an nn unequivocal testimony against war This Is a vital principia plo pia of or Quakerism Accordingly about fifty of or tho those c enlisting sent Mont in their resignations but only thirty of or those these were accepted Besides the soldiers tho the parents pl of or the soldiers openly sympathize with the war The These e may all b be properly expelled but the feeling among the mt members is against taking severe cr measures Opinion on tho the subject of ot war was 18 I much divided at the tho annual meeting I hut but t discussion was a voided avoided