Report On Organization And Activities Of State Councils Of Defense June 18 1917 PDF Download

Excerpt from Report of the Wisconsin State Council of Defense: April 12, 1917 June 30, 1919 This is not a history of Wisconsin in the World War. It is a record simply and concisely presented of the State Council of Defense - its organization, method of procedure, and principal activities. Source material for the future historian of Wisconsin's part in the Great War will be found here, as well as numerous suggestions which, followed out, would open up vast stores of information for his use. Neither is this an exhaustive account of any single activity connected, directly or indirectly, with the war. It is only an outline, a mere sketch of the general field. The specific work, the detailed accomplishments, of the seventy-one County Councils of Defense could not be included. These bodies received their legal status through the State Council, and suggestions and general directions were given by the parent body, but it is to the resourcefulness and energy of the individuals in the County Councils of Defense, of the officers and members, that full credit must be given for the magnificent record made by Wisconsin in non-combatant military activities. Their records, as well as those of the State Council, have been carefully preserved and should some day form the basis of the permanent and official History of Wisconsin in the War. Nor is this an account of the accomplishments of individuals. To include only the names of state chairmen in the reports of the various committees and thus imply that they brought about the results accomplished would be manifestly unfair to the thousands of men and women throughout the state whose patriotic and self-sacrificing voluntary service alone made possible whatever was done. Furthermore, there was no self-seeking. All labored toward the common end of strengthening Wisconsin and the Nation to win the decisive victory which came to Allied arms. A list of all the individuals serving in this "home army" would be virtually a roll call of the population of Wisconsin. No individual called upon for service, no matter how menial the task or how insignificant the station, ever failed to respond with full measure of devotion. To attempt to name them all is manifestly impossible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.