WHEREAS, The Imperial German Government
has committed repeated acts of war against the Government and the
people of the United States of America; therefore, be it
Resolved, by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That the state of war between the United States and the
Imperial German Government, which has thus been thrust upon the
United States, is hereby formally declared; and
That the President be, and he is hereby,
authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military
forces of the United States and the resources of the Government to
carry on war against the Imperial German Government; and to bring
the conflict to a successful termination all the resources of the
country are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United
States. |
