Public Statement Issued by the War Department 1
It has be en brought to the attention of the War Department that the military commission of the National Department of the Polish Central Relief Committee, located in Chicago, Ill., intends to start, on October 7, 1917, an active campaign for recruiting for the Polish Army now fighting on the western front in France.
The War Department has been advised that no individual of Polish nationality resident in the United States who is in any way subject to the draft will be accepted as a recruit by this military commission.
Having in mind the attitude of this Government toward a united and independent Poland, the War Department is glad to announce that it is entirely in accord with the proposed plans of this military commission.
- The Official Bulletin, Washington, Oct. 8, 1917 (Vol. 1, No. 127), p. 3.↩