Woodrow Wilson: “We must hold steadily in view their ultimate independence, and we must move toward the time of that independence as…”

I am not convinced that the method proposed is wise, that the benefits, if any, would offset the evils which would result, or that the same or larger advantages cannot be secured without resort to Government intervention.

A court shall not, by a single sentence which does not include dishonorable discharge, adjudge against a soldier:

I shall adopt twenty of these children as my own temporary wards.

The burdens of war are not lifted when the fighting ceases.