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Show GREETING M : ! ARSIYBTWILSOH PRESIDENT ASSURES DRAFTED : MEN THAT THE HEART OF THE COUNTRY IS WITH THEM. i Declares That This Great War Draws Us All Together, Makes Us All Comrades Com-rades and Brothers. Says Eye of World Are Upon Us. I Washington. On the eve of their mobilization, I'resideut Wilson on September Sep-tember 3 addressed a final word to tha 1 drafted men who will make up Anijjr-! Anijjr-! lea's first great national army. The president's greeting follows: "To the soldiers of the National army : "You are undertaking a great duty. The heart of the whole nation is with ! you. Everything that you do w ill be I watched with the deepest solicitude I not only by those who are near and dear to you, but by the wliole nation-besides. nation-besides. Drawn Together by War. "For this great war draws us all together, makes us all comrades and brothers, as all true Americans felt j themselves to be when we first made good our national independence. "The eyes of the world will be upon you because you are in some special sense the soldiers of freedom. Let it be your pride, therefore, t& show all men,' not only 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 11 p to it and add n new laurel to the crown of America. "My affectionate confidence goes with you in every battle and every test. "God keep and guide you." V |