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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...that the Liberty Loan is fully launched, the question of individual responsibility confronts each one of us. The great financial and industrial organizations of the country have subscribed millions of dollars without hesitation, recognizing a duty which they would not avoid. But the extent of their support is limited. They have another obligation, quite as real, that they should keep the channels of business and banking open for the use of the nation...
...clear that without the support of the entire American people, the Liberty Loan may fail. Gradually, through the press of the country and other mediums, this truth is being established in the minds of thoughtful men and women. The question to decide, therefore, is not so much an academic discussion of responsibility, as "Do I want the Liberty Loan to succeed?" Few individuals who profess the title of Americans would answer anything but "Yes," and the only honest yes, when it is possible, means actual, material contributions...
...guide us. We knew we must have a national army raised by conscription. We knew we must conserve our food supply if we hoped to live and let other nations live. We knew we must have prohibition not only of the manufacture, but of the sale of intoxicants. Without the first measure we could not have armies commesurate with our greatness; without the second we could not feed those armies; without the third we could not maintain the men of these armies in the highest state of ability, nor make the utmost use of our resources at home...
...many wars more men have died of contagious disease than of wounds. Many battles on the other hand, have been lost by a failure of the supply of ammunition--not ultimate supply but supply at the crucial moment. One function of the supply officer is to provide required ammunition without overloading men and wagons...
...work of supply officers begins where that of the officers of the Quartermaster Corps ends. Though the supply officer of the line gets his supplies chiefly from the Quartermaster Corps, he has relations with other staff organizations, for he must handle other supplies and property sent to the line without passing through the Quartermaster Corps. This responsibility for goods and property received is one which no supply officer or quartermaster can take lightly. The Government is concerned not only to provide supplies and property but to get the maximum out of them. The Government demands strict accountability for all supplies...