Show IES WILL E 01 CROWDER SOUNDS TAPS TO VOLUNTEER SYSTEM OF RAISING TROOPS IN WARTIME 1 s declares that men sent from america ha have v e P proved r oved t the h e equals of any veteran fighters H yew X e byork boik taps to tile die volunteer olun teer ill nf if 1 flishie armies lit in gor time by b the united St Sti itts ittes wits as here heio hy fly major le leprell cn pral Prill L 11 oell 11 II Cr provost iii arshal ge lit in an 1111 eldres 4 it to the alto retiring iiren ibers or of now kw york draft boards life un ear eai aly that hint tit alin service oystein should beco melic pm per of calsing arcille 3 lit in tile alio future general crowder ciomber doc declared lared mat lint service law hall enabled tin tile government in ili tills lifts war air to re gisler americans put into file ho field helal fighters and ta ilva ve I 1 in 11 readiness to en on nove er 11 when the was sl ell morn soldiers nil ditl n it 11 period of eighteen months it would be a calain ity he said for tile united states to revert to the volunteer system in ili view of such it success fill test of selective service adding unit the alic american conscripts aind ad shown the valor aggressiveness anti anil initiative of tile most lost Feas geason Onel cd troops what of the lie army you yoi have raised asked general crowder referring to the drafted men who had been sent overseas the answer comes cants back front from prance france in no uncertain tones these men you have sent 10 0 o the colors have proved themselves the equals equal s in 11 lighting fighting and soldierly hearing bearing of tha th ve ternna or of france and eakland angland Rn En gland kland general crimiti cro dera 0 speech wasi was tin on exposition of tile lie successful work of thep lift selective service law which lie said had responded so smoothly and SO HO well to our dual form of state gorcin rovern allent find and national control that it would bo be calamitous it it should not become it a r cognized c part of our governmental system for the raising of armies lit in time of war tile provost marshal general con can trusted trat pd the draft methods of tile the united states sante 4 with those of ingland Rai gland find showed how tills country tim had profited by le mistakes made by tit the british who lifter after three years of I 1 rill rial with tit the volunteer system and the alin als 11 R organization of industry were obliged d to 0 o adopt conscription |