The Web

The Authorized History of The American Protective League
The Web
By Emerson Hough
Author of “The Mississippi Bubble,” “54-40 or Fight,” “The Magnificent Adventure,” etc.
A Revelation of Patriotism
The Web is published by authority of the National Directors of the American Protective League, a vast, silent, volunteer army organized with the approval and operated under the direction of the United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Investigation.
The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago
Copyright, 1919 By The Reilly & Lee Co. Made in U. S. A. The Web
To THE UNKNOWN AMERICANS unnamed, unhonored unrewarded who made this history possible
THE CALL OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
“It is a distressing and oppressive duty, Gentlemen of the Congress, which I have performed in thus addressing you. There are, it may be, many months of fiery trial and sacrifice ahead of us. It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts.... To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know that the day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured. God helping her, she can do no other.”
THE ANSWER OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES