*taken from the introduction...
At the inception of the patriotic crusade for Uncle Sam herein described, face to face with devastating horror - and the Road to the Right - these elemental questions posed themselves:
Since the Men of '76 patriotically risked their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor for this Republic, can true citizens endowed with so royal a birthright do less in time of National Peril.
Should not every American on whom it bestowed surplus wealth, hold such in trust and devote it to needed defense when danger threatens the Republic?
The only answer to each question was an emphatic YES!
