Show wilson envies dratted ed men washington agton sept 4 president dent wilson feels ali g n icille envy foi the dratted dint led int men ii inho ho will go 0 4 to fight freedo freedoms niB battles hatt les A cettei floell plesta wilson made public today by the white howie bouse address ed to thomas L chadbourne jr ot of the anois committee on national defense new york leada as follows please say to the nien men on oil sept 4 how low entirely my iny 0 healt is ia with them and liow how my thoughts will follow them across the sea with confidence and also etli anith genuine envy for I 1 should liko like to be with them on the field and in tile tien benches clies the real and final battlo battle foi the independence of the united states is to be fought alongside the other peoples of the struggling like ourselves oui selves to make an end of those things which have the integrity of their territory the lives of their people and tile the deiy character and independence of their government bid them godspeed foi me from it a vety full heart |