08/18/1919
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"The Power against which we are arrayed has sought to impose its will upon the world by force."
"It is rather, selection from a Nation which has volunteered in mass."
"Our industrial need prescribes that it be not made a technical holiday."
"In accordance with a request of the Secretary of the Navy, concurred in by the United States Shipping Board, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to transfer the German vessel Atlas, now a..."