Out of the billions we are spending to carry on this war. let us provide a fair basis of pay for those who must go to the front and possibly into the trenches. and upon whose shoulders will fall the heaviest burden of this war. Let us raise the basis of pay for the noncommissioned officers as well. so as to hold out encouragement to the young men of the country whom we are asking to sacrifice everything. even life itself. for the common welfare. I. too. am a descendant of an immigrant from that mountainous Republic so eloquently referred to by the gentleman from Nebraska. which has maintained its freedom and independence as a Republic for a thousand years while surrounded on all sides by monarchies. And I am not unmindful of the tact that she has kept her land free from invasion in this war by mobilizing the citizens of the Swiss Republic. each one of whom issubject to universal military service. on her fiontier. und has been prepaied to prdveht invasion at the point 6f the sword If necessary. We are all trying here to take such steps as will best meet the needs of this trying hour. and I have faith in the American Congress to meet the problem which now confronts us. and that we will from this bill formulate the legislation necessaryr to put our country in a thorough and adequate state of preparedness.
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