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 1706 PROCLAMATIONS, 1917. .L°"°".__“·‘°"· .- BY mn Pnssmnrrr or mm Unrrnn Srrsrns or Aumuca A PROCLAMATION. The Second Liberty Loan gives the people_of the United States mother opportunity to lend their funds to their (}ovemment_ to sustain their country at war. The might of the United States is being mobilized and organized to strike a mortal blow at autocracy in defense of outraged American rights and of the cause of Liberty. Billions of dollars are re uired to arm, feed and clothe the brave men who are going forth to (hght our co¤mtry’s battles and to assist the nations with whom we are making common cause against a common foe. To subscribe to the Liberty Loan is to perform a service of patriotism. wmsaay, cache NOW, THEREFORE, I, WOODROW WILSON, PRESI- @,,Q’;,;§,§’,‘{,‘{’,°j,‘§,‘$ DENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, do appoint ggggs =¤¤l;¤¢¤ ¢¤ M Wednesday, the twenty-fourth of October, as Liberty Day, and ' urge and advise the people to assemble in their respective commiuuties and pledge to one another and to the Government that ispresents them the fullest measure of financial support. On the ternoon of that day I request that patriotic meetings be held in every city, town and hamlet throughout the land, under the general direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and the immediate direction of the Liberty Loan Committees which have been organized by the Federal Reserve Banks. The people responded nobly to the call of the First Liberty Loan with an oversubscri tion of more than fifty per cent. Let the response to the Second) Loan be even greater and let the amount be so large that it will serve as an assurance of une ualled supplrt to hearten the men who are to face the fire of battle for us. t the result be so impressive and emphatic that it will echo throughout the Empire of our enemy as an index of what H Kd mm d Americahintends to do to  this_waribto a vgtorioiisbconclusionli V9 BY °¤ jf_ For the purpose 0 partrcipat m ert a ce e rations, a gg-mmm mpi y employees of the Federal Govemliiiint througlirout tilie country whose services can be spared, may be excused at twelve 0’clock noon, Wednesday, the twenty-fourth of October. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE in the District of Columbia, this twelfth day of October in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and [smh.] Seventeen and of the Independence of the United States of America the One Hundred and Forty-Second. Woomzow Winsor: By the President, Ronrar Laxsnve, Secretary of State.