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Title: In Our First Year of the War
Messages and Addresses to the Congress and the People,
March 5, 1917 to January 6, 1918

Author: Woodrow Wilson

Illustrator: Wilfrid Muir Evans

Release Date: February 22, 2008 [EBook #24668]

Language: English

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IN OUR
FIRST YEAR OF WAR

MESSAGES AND ADDRESSES TO
THE CONGRESS AND THE PEOPLE
MARCH 5, 1917, TO JANUARY 8, 1918

BY

WOODROW WILSON

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

Frontispiece from drawing by WILFRID MUIR EVANS

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CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

FOREWORD v

I. THE SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS 1
(_March 5, 1917_)

II. WE MUST ACCEPT WAR 9
(_Message to the Congress, April 2, 1917)_

III. A STATE OF WAR 26
(_The President's Proclamation of April 6, 1917_)

IV. "SPEAK, ACT AND SERVE TOGETHER" 32
(_Message to the American people, April 15, 1917_)

V. THE CONSCRIPTION PROCLAMATION 40
(_May 18, 1917_)

VI. CONSERVING THE NATION'S FOOD 49
(_May 19, 1917_)

VII. AN ANSWER TO CRITICS 54
(_May 22, 1917_)

VIII. MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESS