But there is one thing which we must keep in mind, and that is this problem is such a huge one that there is not a single man in the world whose efforts are capable of mastering it. If Napoleon came back now, he would be a small personality in the presence of the problems which we have to fight and to solve. This thing is such a big thing that no man, however strong, however intelligent, in any country, mind you-no man can do that alone.

Therefore, what are we to do? What you have done here, in your business world. You are to concentrate your energies, you are to build up and you are to remedy this impossibility by not leaving things in the hands of any one man, but by building up an organization in which everything will be turned to the needed purposes.

Therefore, let us start in this war with this idea: we are to mobilize, not only the armies-much more, we are to mobilize the nation. But everything, as I said in the beginning, the stones, the steel, the men, the women, the children, every particle of energy, every atom of intelligence, we must draw to us and try to turn it to the use which is needed in this cause; and therefore, when you find men, when you go to those who represent this country, if they be in industry, in commerce, or in politics, we must only have one idea, to try to enlist them in the movement, to try to draft them— that is the military term-to draft them for the war which we are waging now.

We have only one thing to do, which is to consider that we have not the right for one moment to leave aside a single one of the men who now are necessary to carry out the work to its victorious end. We are doing it for the men in the army. We have done it in our countries for the women and for the children. You will have to do it in every sphere of activity of your life.

It has been my privilege and my pride that at this minute and this hour I have been allowed to come over to the public men of your country and to explain to them what was really the purpose for which we entered this war. I hope that later, when all things are going to be oragnized a little better than they are now, you will see what has really been the idea, the inspiration, I may say, of our country in our dealings with the Allies. We have unfortunately lived so long apart that I understand there are many

things which we have to explain. I have come over here and I am going to try to do my best for the time I will remain; but, at all events, I wish you to understand that if there could be something which is the reward of a man, who, like myself has been entrusted with some mandate like this in these difficult times, that the privilege of addressing you gentlemen and telling you in very plain terms what are the aims of the French, with whom you are fighting, is a sufficient reward.

There is one thing for which I can find no words; it is to express to you the sympathy of the people on the other side of the water for your nation. At the times we may have been saddened at the thought that we were not together and that probably because we did not explain well enough, all that was not settled in the first days of the war; but there is one thing which remains, and one thing which will remain forever: we know what you think of our country; we know what is the feeling of fraternity which unites us. It will have been one of the few things to be gained by this war, that we will have been able to know our friends.

Sir, I will say no more. We have learned to respect and to love you so much that nothing, and no words, will ever express it in the mouth of any Frenchman.

War Census of the Society

The War Census of The Pennsylvania Society has been prepared to show the activities of its members in the War. It comprises five sections:

1. The members in the war service of the United States.

2.

Allies.

3.

Members connected with the National Guard and other military and semi-military organizations.

4. Sons of members in the war service of the United States. 5. Civilian service.

Material for the War Census was obtained from a circular sent to the members requesting information as to their own activities and as to their sons in military service. Although many replies have been received, many engaged in real work for the war, especially in civilian work, may have made no reply. But the record that follows is as complete as the responses permit. The Editor has ventured, in a few cases, to include some names and give some information obtained from other sources than the member himself; but it has manifestly been impossible to carry on this extra-editorial labour to any considerable extent. The military records are of November, 1917. Changes in grade occur frequently, but it has not been possible to check these up to the last moment of going to press.

*, **, *** prefixed to names indicates one, two or three sons, as the case may be, engaged in the War.