Word: drafting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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According to the rulings laid down by President Wilson in his draft proclamation of May 18, all members of the University between the ages of 21 and 30, inclusive, who live in Cambridge must register on June 5 at places to be designated later. Those who live outside of Cambridge should apply as soon as possible to the city clerk at the City Hall in Central Square for instructions as to how they may be registered by agent or by mail. President Wilson's statement in regard to this point was as follows...
...noteworthy that the draft bill provides for the exemption of conscientious objectors to military service. That is a necessary, although theoretically not just, provision. Like the proverbial horse which refuses to quench its thirst, a man who will not fight, will not. Not Mr. Roosevelt, nor patriotism, nor the fear of death may force him. The burden of defending the irreconcilibly peaceful must be borne by those who prefer existence to peace...
...draft bill takes some shape of life from the primieval slime out of which Congress created it, we are able to see a little more clearly what manner of men will form our new armies. It has been estimated that ten million men will be of the age subject for conscription. That is almost as large a total as Russia might offer. It is larger by two-thirds than the whole forces the German Empire has put in the field. Yet her men have been able to hold half the world at bay. The power in numbers of our nation...
...going to call on a half-million from that vast aggregation which is now rendered by law liable to draft. That is a proportion of one in twenty. If anyone, having reached within the last ten years that age which presumes to manhood, is fearful of undertaking those duties which he, as a courageous and honorable citizen, owes his nation, he may allay his fears for the time. The chances are nineteen to one against unwilling individuals being taken. Such over-whelming odds do not even partake of the adventure which hinges to a sporting chance...
...chosen twentieth should regard themselves as privileged above those of their own age whom the draft passed over. They will be called upon to set a standard in honor, in fortitude, and in strength that other armies, following after them, may look to as an ideal...