Universal Military Training: Statements Made by Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood Before the Senate Subcommittee on Military Affairs and the House Committee on Military Affairs, on a Bill to Provide for the Military and Naval Training of the Citizen Forces of the United StatesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1917 - 236 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 995 - ... any form and whose religious convictions are against war or participation therein in accordance with the creed or principles of said religious organizations, but no person so exempted shall be exempted from service in any capacity that the President shall declare to be noncombatant...
الصفحة 972 - In the reserve, under the conditions prescribed by law, unless sooner discharged by proper authority. And I do solemnly swear that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America and to the State of , and that I will serve them honestly...
الصفحة 972 - I will observe and obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the Rules and Articles of War.
الصفحة 1084 - If war be forced upon us in spite of our long and vain appeals to the justice of nations, rapid and vigorous movements in its outset will go far toward securing us in its course and issue, and toward throwing its burdens on those who render necessary the resort from reason to force.
الصفحة 1084 - For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.
الصفحة 1056 - Affairs, 1914, prescribes the organizations desired from each State as part of the local tactical division, and only these organizations will be accepted into service. It is requested that all officers of the Adjutant General's Department, Quartermaster Corps, and Medical Corps, duly recognized as pertaining to State headquarters under table I, Tables of Organization.
الصفحة 977 - of the draft, which simply is involuntary or enforced service, is not new. It has been practised in all ages of the world. It was well known to the framers of our Constitution as one of the modes of raising armies. ... It had been used just before, in establishing our independence, and it was also used under the Constitution in 1812.
الصفحة 977 - I do not say that all who would avoid serving in the war are unpatriotic; but I do think every patriot should willingly take his chance under a law made with great care, in order to secure entire fairness.
الصفحة 998 - War may, in his discretion, detail one or more officers of the Army to report to the governor of such State or Territory for duty in connection with the organized militia. All such assignments may be revoked at the request of the governor of such State or Territory or at the pleasure of the Secretary of War.
الصفحة 1081 - ... within the power of the Cantons ; but the Cantons shall be credited with the expenses therefor, according to a regulation to be established by federal legislation. ART. 21.