By the 4th, still prior to the declaration of war, news of conscription was hitting. An army numbering 500,000 men in strength still seemed to be the one that was contemplated, and which Wilson had indicated as anticipated in his speech. It'd turn out to be much larger than that.
1st Battalion of the Wyoming National Guard was also being called up, it appeared.
Right away anti sedition measures were being contemplated, something that would occur and which is shocking to read about now. We're used to thinking of the terrible example of Japanese internment during World War Two, but we've forgotten the anti sedition efforts, and even the enemy alien internment, of World War One.
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