Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1917 — T. R. Wants U. S. to Send Force as Soon as Possible [ARTICLE]

T. R. Wants U. S. to Send Force as Soon as Possible

New York, April 30.—CoHoniei Theodore Roosevelt, upon this return ftom Chicago here today, declared the hoped as Marshal Joffre had urged', that the people in thi* 7 country would realize the necessity for sending without delay an American force to the French front. “To keep ail our men here being trained by regular army, national guard and Plattsburg officers far a year and then try to send them over as one army would mean, in the first place, a discreditable failure to do our duty during this year, and furthermore that the army when sent would be inefficient,” asserted Colonel Roosevelt. He added that those in congress wlio opposed the raising immediately of “some divisions of volunteers’ for such service, “will be repudiating the adlvice of Marshall Joffre, will be voting against speedy and efiknent aeteon by the United States and wiH be riding to the extent of 'their action to make a paperwar—a which we make speeches and let other men <so William Rowles was a Chicago goer this morning. , ___

Max Kepneris shetland pony, Queen Esther, foaled a fine block and white spotted mare colt last night Mr. and Mrs. Peter McDaniels have been called to his farm near Wheatfield. Their son, Lawrence, who has charge of the farm, has the measles and Mr. McDaniel® wiU have to take charge of the farm work for two or three weeks.