Excerpt from History of the Lawyers Club Secretary, deserves more than passing comment. I refer to them hereafter. It was on April 6, 1917, at P. M. That President Wilson signed the joint resolution of Congress declaring a state of war to exist, and at that moment the United States went upon a war basis. On the same date, seventeen minutes later, the Club held a general meeting and appointed its War Committee. Ours was the first Club in the country to act along these lines, and remarkable results were achieved by this Committee. The War Committee's first meeting was held on April 12. Among the recommendations of the sub-committee on Plan and Scope was one to the effect that the President of the Club should officially communicate to members of both Houses of Congress the Club's sentiments as to universal compulsory military training, etc. In conformity therewith I prepared and sent the letters. There were many very cordial and encouraging replies, including one especially so from President Wilson. There was one reply, though, which challenged my patriotism, and incidentally became the subject of widespread publicity and discussion. The letter in question came from Congressman W. E. Cox of Indiana, and, in View of the real facts in the case, is distinctly humorous. 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.