,4, MESSAGETO THE CITIZENS OF CONNECTICUT

FROM GOVERNOR MARCUS H- HOLCOMB

On Aprii 16, 1917, untler 1ii|lr:cr vested in me by Chapter 44 of the lrublic Ar:ts of lgl;, I appointerl

tlrc Cr.rnnccticut $tate {,auncil *f Dcf*nse by proclarnaticn, "lvith tre ;rnd under nl1' tiirectir"rn tu conduct

the pr*secutir-rn of the rvar so far as conc€rns this st;rtc ani.l n"itlr pc.'rver tu co-eiperate niill othcr:tates and

rvith thc Fer:leral Govcrntlrcnt."

I;or m,:re than six mr:nths this C*uncil has becn i:erf*rming tlre tasks frrr rvhir:h it rvas argarrircd. Iirvas clearly rhe intentio* r:f tire Ferleral {i*v*rnr:rent u,hen it asLeri lllc tu;rJ;pt,int t}ri: Couticil, rrnd it rlas tr:y

rntcntiorr in crrrf irig aut thlt reqr:cst, that the Corrnecli{. ut Statc ('rruntil iif I), fe nse shauld hir.e fuil

rril-rcr-r.-i:iun o\ t:r Cunrtcrti, ut s ir.rrt in tiie cir ilien acrivit;t'. t:alh-ri fur b1' thc lrrtrsr"'cutirrrt rlf tlie rral'.

*,{uitiplicit;, of orgeuizuticrns atten}Fting to rlo the same thing results in rJuFlicatir:n and rv;istc. I{ r:ur

*t;rte i* tr-r pcrfi:rn: its 1:art t* its fullcst efflcicnc1,, tlere must l,:e no lvaste" and, thr:refiirc, n{} duplicaticn.

I nrgently tlesire th;rt the citizens a{ (,onncctiLut er-}-olitrat* fully r.r'illr tltc Lonrrecticut St;rte Lnuncil

rlf l],:lens*;rnd undertakc nr.r *'ar activity *'ithout con:r.rllirg tirt eorincii, rvhir:h li*s its r:ffrces in the Statr-:

C;lpit*I, I-trartfurd. Er.e rr. orirlce rif iruwer tli;ii lhere is in cur statc nltirt i;* rler'*trd tr; the task *f rvinnisg

the war; ct:ery irit nf iniliviriiral eflort rc hcl1r AIrrrrir:lr's c;rusr i.< rl'clcontr:d and ap,preciatcri Lry your

{lclttrnor. lt is to seiri re tht: grrak:-''t ilorver fi'cinr thc cftlrt e;;rcndecl that I ;rsl; tltc pr:c;rle llf r:ur state t*

c*ttsuit the Cannecticut Si:rte Council of Delensc l:*fiirc they inaugur;itc an1. nen'ef{*rt. in *rder that t!'re

tvlrr-ilc crga*ixation of the Ceruncil rnay bc nratJc alailal;I,"r to eyer) desirahlc unclertakir:r:- and th:rt tlrere mav

bii il{i riupiicatiar-r af effcrt and rv;rstld r: nrrr'\..

I mai;e this airpeal to thc llurlplc i;f Lcnur:cticut, fe*ling certain tirat they u'ill sre the irnportance rll

tiri: c:l1l io their iratrii:tisrrr. rinri rvill rcspr:*c! to a rriiurst r,hicir is int*nderl t* kctp Cannccticnt a ieader

itnliin$thr: st;:lcs in tht r{iir.ielicy and r';riue to tire (,lrlerrrruent of hcr re*i,}on:e l* the N;ltiun's ca}lfeir servic*"

GAC,,tymtsr.