On May 1.2. 1917. the Army appropriation bill was approved. providing for the support of the increased forces and for the National Guard. On May 18. 1917. the whole military policy of the United States was remodeled and made universal and democratic by the draft or conscription law. It was an amazing spectacle to see such a great country as ours. composed of so many elements andpeopled by immigrants from every country under the sun. adopt. with so little friction and opposition. a system of placing a share of the burden of national defense upon the shoulders of every free man of qualified age. It was a triumph of democracy. Intelligence. and patriotism.
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