Excerpt from The South Carolina Handbook of the War
This Handbook was authorized by the South Carolina State Council of Defense at its meeting in Sumter, September 6. The committee in charge of compiling it consisted of Reed Smith, Chairman, Columbia; William Banks, Columbia; Christie Benet, Columbia; William Elliott, Columbia; Hunter A. Gibbes, Columbia; C. O. Hearon, Spartanburg; Robert Lathan, Charleston; Joe Sparks, Columbia.
In the words of the National Security League"s Handbook, "The task to which this book is meant to contribute is a task more fundamental than any other, when a democracy prepares for war - that of informing the understanding, of awakening the moral vision and the moral passion, of the entire people, concerning the cause for which they fight. It is essential to bring to the mind of every honest and loyal citizen the momentousness of the present crisis; to make him or her understand what deep concerns of humanity are at stake; to bring all to feel that America has never entered upon a more just or more necessary war."
Incomparably the finest utterances on the war are the great State Papers of President Wilson. These are available through two booklets issued by the Committee on Public Information, "How the War Came to America" (containing as appendices the President"s address to the Senate on January 22, his War Message of April 2, and his Flag Day Speech of June 14) and "The War Message and Facts Behind It," an annotated text of President Wilson"s message of April 2. Copies of these pamphlets will be furnished by the South Carolina State Council of Defense.
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