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Show OVERSUBSCRIBE LIBERTY LOANS BI HUGE SIS Apportionment for First Issue Is-sue Is Increased 50 Per Cent and for Second 62 Per Cent. By J. E. MIL LEE. - T is ;i;.iOMiHi ic that war's muurge is. f, ways proihirtu-o of wounds thai : a iiuiM.-i-ailv.'ly .irtiiainl ivllti'; It la si-lf-i.vliltTii Ui;it. Ui.- Imu;e- the conflict,, ill m-v.uvr liu: area ov'ir which it-rxl(iifJ:i, it-rxl(iifJ:i, the. augmentation "I' intensity and determination with which It is, unseed, tho greater and morn imperative will tin the demand for succor. 1 No iMT.iuii willi r-upiu'ltv for language und thought. In nil this land, hut pos- : wuhch moiiio knowItdgi however slight, of iho riLrugglu that now involves the uifilor piirt uf (liu civilized world, that is; ,-aliliiK Into action the best and most hmhlv-tntinivl minds, that in requiring Iho best blood, 1 1 ut t 1h taking the re-htiupv-s of all who an: parlies to the btrlte and having it;; dire edVd upon the million mil-lion who, ay yet, stand apart and i Judder. No lui. nan udnd ran grasp, no language can paint, ihu magnitude and horror oil this world war, hul it hut. 1 n some dc- grp, left iiH Impress upon us ail. and, ro-ordlnairtd with this, is tlio Impression. far, far fain a r Indeed, that relief ia a demand a nd a necessity. Five Divisions. Dealing broadly with the development of war relief in' all itn branches, great brevity Is requisite in the treatment of any phase of ihe question, which seems iiuturHlly nnd logically to divide under Ihe following heads: ji'trst, Libert v bonds: second, Red Cross; third. conservation: fourth, soldiers' sol-diers' weliure work; fifth, Armenian relief. Talting the divisions of war relief in their order, the promptness and generosity generos-ity with which the people of the nation responded to the emergency calls for the vast sums necessary to carry on the war, was publicly pronounced by President Wilson as '"a new indorsement of tho high principles tor which America en-tered en-tered the war." For tho first Liberty loan the government asked for $2.OU0,-ihn),000 $2.OU0,-ihn),000 : the subscriptions amounted to more than $3,UU0, 000,000. making neces-tiarv- .c prorating of some of tho larger subscriptions For the second Liberty loan, called for last October, the amount asked for was 000,000,000, an oversubscription oversub-scription being the patriotic response, the total being in excess of $-i,500,Ouo,l)00. Utah's Loyalty. In answer to both of these calls for funds Utah came to the fore without, hesitancy, hes-itancy, proving a loyalty, zeal and devotion devo-tion that compelled the admiration of all who made vhemselvcs familiar with the record. Tho apportionment given to Utah for (he first Liberty loan was designated as $ti,500,000. Figures are reputed to bo cold and soulless. soul-less. but Utah's answer makes them elo-uuent elo-uuent and burning. The state subscribed S!, 100.000. the largest amount raised in proportion of any state in thiy federal reserve re-serve district. MUtnrv ivncatpd Itself when the second Libert v loan was consummated, "Utah's minimum apportionment being fixed at Sdn.Oi'O.l'OO, and. when the books were closed at the end of October, Utah had subscribed ?i. "00,000. The campaign was carried into every county of the state, the Liberty loan executive ex-ecutive committee being headed by Clarence Clar-ence Bamberger, chairman, and J. David Larson of the Commercial club as secretary. secre-tary. Virtually all of the state and national na-tional banks in Utah qualified as agents for the receipt of subscriptions. In the case of both loans, as the reports re-ports from every section of the state were received at headquarters, ono fact that impressed itself most strongly upon the heads of committees was the response cf the men and women of small means, '.-w-fiay laborers, the vast number of employee's em-ployee's whose salaries do not permit of. laying uT-aue. any considerable sum of money. Patriotic Demonstration. Tho subscriptions in bonds of the smaller denominations is a demonstration of patriotism of the masses, of willingness willing-ness in many cases to undergo much self-sacrifice self-sacrifice in order to have a part In aiding aid-ing the nation. While the lowest denomination in which a Liberty bond may be purchased is $50, the government realizes that there are millions of persons, particularly particu-larly boys and girls, whose circumstances are such tru't tho accumulation of the ?a per month required to keep up the installments in-stallments on even the smallest of the bonds is beyond their reasonable power, yet thev desire to do their bit in the great cause for which the civilized world is struggling. To meet this emergency the "war saving's sav-ing's eert i: ieates" and the "thrift stamps" plan was devised and put into operation. Briefly speaking, it gives to the patriot, young or old, the opportunity to exchange his pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half dollars and dollars for stamps or certificates, every penny backed by the full responsibility of the United States, until the accumulation is sufficient to secure a government bond. George T. Odeil is the state director of the plan, every postofrtee and nearly all the batiks are reviving agencies and; Zion's Savings bank has been designated j as the depositary of the funds so raised. : "While the thrift campaign is as yet only in its infancy, the results already , apparent are ample evidence that this i conserving of a myriad of mites will j bring to the nation many millions to aid i in its hour of need. And the tiniest child who saves his pennies for Uncle Sam receives the same pro rata of in- i teresc as does the person of wealth who ! contributes by hundreds and thousands, j American Red Cross. j First orga :.i;:ed as a national institu- I tion in lSl, ihe American Red Cross has 1 been an active agency in the lessening of human suffering in America and abroad, specifically potent in times of calamity, but it required the bringing i home, as it were, of the "world coniliet to the hearts of all Americans to induce a phenomenal growth in the size and power of the organization. In the mid- . summer of 1 9 n, when the nation was on a peace basis, there was a membership member-ship of about -''O'OO. with about 200 chapters. On July 15, 10 1 7. three months afT.-r Ihe United States had entered the war. tho membership had grown to 2.5','-.- t Oho, with rwr r:y l.S'iO chapters, while on i November 1 of the same year the membership mem-bership was in excess of ."..O'V", with 'A':7 chapters. As a result of the won-rb-rful membership drive. inaugurated December 17 and continuing until raid-night raid-night of Christmas eve. the National ll'-'d Cross of America now has mor1 rhn FJ.nMH.Nnip memhtrs, actively cn-jc.t'j-ed in service. Tlu- principal purposes of the American f --rl Cross in its work in the United ,-uai-'-s art oflicially summarized as follows: fol-lows: First To take such measures are necessary, in co-operation ulth I nOME heads of departments in Utah war relief work. Left to right Mrs. J. L. Franken, supervisor surgical ressincrS; Mrs. ; i W. W. Riter, supervisor canteen, chairman extension worg; Mrs. Robert C. Gemmell, director bureau of instruction; Mrs. ! Ida R. Smith, chairman Primary association Red Cross work of Mormon church. Utah's War Relief Work in Figures FIRST LIBERTY LOAN. Apportionment $6,500,000 Amount subscribed $9,500,000 SECOND LIBERTY LOAN Apportionment $10,000,000 Amount 'subscribed $16,200,000 RED CROSS WAR FUND Apportionment $350,000 Amount raised $520,000 SOLDIERS' WELFARE FUND Apportionment $100,000 Amount raised $100,000 Y. M. C. A. WORK AT FORT DOUGLAS Apportionment $10,000 Amount raised $10,000 ARMENIAN AND SYRIAN RELIEF Contributed from various sources, including schools; sent December 1, 1917 $1,750 CONSERVATION Gain through additional seeding (estimated) . $3,000,000 the armv and navy, for the protection protec-tion of the health and welfare of soldiers in camps and cantonments, and of civilians whose welfare is involved in-volved in war conditions. Stimulate Volunteers. Second To stimulate and griide the volunteer work of women in the manufacture of supplies and comforts needed for troops and civilians abroad and by men in training in this country. Third To co-operate with the government gov-ernment and with all relief agencies in caring for the dependent families" of men v in the military and naval service, and to relieve suffering caused by any disaster. Fourth To maintain at the lowest i cost consistent with efficiency ma- j chincry to assure the uninterrupted j performance of these duties and of I the relief work in Kurope. So rapid was the growth of the Red Cross following the entrance of the United States into the war that it was found necessary to change the method of chapter administration in order to maintain effective co-operation between the chapters and the national headquarters headquar-ters at Washington. Accordingly the (United States was divided into thirteen sections, in each of which all operations of the chapters are now centralized under un-der the supervision of a division manager. mana-ger. Utah is in the mountain division, he other states included being Colorado, Wvomlng and New Mexico. In the great membership drive which closed Christmas eve. Utah "&s again in the front rank, furnishing 65,000 memberships, member-ships, while the state's quota was only 40,0t0. Headquarters in Denver. Headquarters of the mountain division are located at Denver, with John W. Mo-rev, Mo-rev, a oromlnent merchant, who serves without pay, as general manager. Chapters Chap-ters are organized in twenty-four of the twenty -seven counties of the state, and the Salt Lake county chapter has four branches and 102 auxiliaries. Entrance of the United States into the war led to the creation by the president, who is also president of the Red Cross, of a Red Cross war council of seven members, intrusted, according to proclamation, procla-mation, "with the duty of responding to the extraordinary demands which the present war wiil make upon the services of the Red Cross, both in the field and in civilian relief." Henry F. Davison of New York, of J. P. Morgan & Co., was named as chairman chair-man of the council and is now serving ia 'hat capacity. T'a war council nn-Ltcaook nn-Ltcaook to raise $lniVXiXV''0 for the Red Crr5- war fund, obtained more than ' tvS.Ooo.'X'O in cash and pledges that bring the total up to more than the $100,000,000 requested. A nation-wide organization was effect-led. effect-led. wi;h an American Red Cross war ! finance committee (represetnlng the war j council"). In each state. I The Utah committee of twelve members mem-bers was hearlcd by Charles VT, NTbley. ' chairman; Lafayette Vlanchett, vice ; chairman, and .T. David Larson, secre-i secre-i tary. In the national apportionment 1 made. Utah was asked to raise S"."0.i00. 'The campaign was swift arid vigorous, -meeting with the same enthusiastic response re-sponse that characterized the first Liberty Lib-erty bond subs'rintlons. Utah raised 5.0.000 and gave further proof of zeal in the securing- of funds for a worthy war cause, by. under- diroc-ron diroc-ron of the stat conncM of defense, raising rais-ing S 10, ooii for the V. M. C. A. work at Fort Douglas. Type of Organization. Coming ba'-k to ihe work of ihf Rd Cross in its various divisions, the Sait Take county chapter, having a membership member-ship of more than .''i.m, may he taken as a type of the gr-at organization in many cities of larger population than are to be found within the limits of this chapter, for, as a matter of fact, there are cities of larger census enumeration whose Red Cross membership falls be-s low Uial of the Salt Lake county chapter. After spending the spring, summer and early autumn in quarters that hindered necessary activities because of space restrictions re-strictions and scattered locations, the Salt Lake chapter headquarters was centralized cen-tralized on Thanksgiving day in the famous fa-mous and historic Amelia palace, South Temple and State streets. This was made possible through the generosity of Colonel and Mrs. ,E. F. Holmes, widely known and beloved for their many benefactions in Utah and the west. Residing now at their winter home in Pasadena, Cal., Colonel and Mrs. Holmes donated, rent free, to the Salt Lake chapter, for the duration of the war, their beautiful home, the erection of which was begun in 1S77 by Brigham ! Young, the Mormon leader, and complet-S complet-S ed by John Taylor, his successor, in 1SS2. j As the residence of Colonel and Mrs. ; Holmes, the great three-story structure, 1 surmounted by a high tower, was for , many years a center for gatherings of leaders in society, art and music. Mrs. Holmes heaped up her generosity by do-. do-. nating the carpets which furnished the residence, thus aiding the chapter largely in lessening the expense of final equipment. equip-ment. Scientific System. System, reduced almost to a science, characterizes the ' manifold work of the Red Cross. Each chapter has an executive execu-tive committee, which through an executive ex-ecutive secretary, or in some cases a manager, attends to the vast volume of business incident to keeping the activities activ-ities of the various departments of each chapter properly directed and centralized. The Salt Lake chapter's executive committee com-mittee of fifteen members, with general offices at headquarters, Frank B. Cook as general manager and Miss B. A. Laughlin as secretary to the chapter. The principal departments are: Hospital garments and supplies, surgical dressings, dress-ings, civilian relief, finance, auditing, canteen, extension, nursing and instruction. instruc-tion. In volume of work handled, the department de-partment of hospital garments and sup- ! plies, headed by Mrs. Union Worthing- ' ton, 'supervisor, probably takes prece : deuce. This department 'receives, in the' main direct from the chapter division ! headquarters, the great amount of mate- j rial required for the making of the ar- tides, including the hospital bed shirts, i bath robes, bed socks, underwear, op- ! erating gowns, caps and masks and a i wide variety of knitted goods. I The advent of cold weather, especially in France, created an urgent need for sweaters, socks and wristlets, hence the Red Cross, in every chapter of the land, redoubled its efforts to supply this demand. de-mand. In Salt Lake, yarn for the chapter was distributed as fast as it could be obtained, ob-tained, hundreds who knew how to knit, including many school girls, gladly gave of their time and service, experienced knitters taught many others, numerous knitting- machines were either donated or purchased, not only by the Salt Lake chapter or auxiliaries, but by Red Cross organizations in every section of the state. As a result the number of knitted articles arti-cles contributed by the Red Cross in Salt Lake county and Utah runs into hundreds of thousands. But the demand ' grows greater hourly, for the worst of j the winter is yet to come, the number of men at the battle fronts is steadily and swiftly grow in a. while even the most f optimistic, consider the extreme probability prob-ability that i;.e war wiil be prolonged through another winter. Demand Growing. More than J-5An0uo worth of yarn has I already been purchased or nriiered for the Red Cross, payments being made out of the war fund. Directions for making- ail I the articles required have been published by the woman's bureau in circular form and are furnished to all workers. In the department of surgical dressings, dress-ings, of which Mrs. J. L. Franken is supervisor for the Sait Lake chapter, there has been accomplished a wonderful wonder-ful work since the chapter began its wartime war-time activtiies, a work that is growing dally in volume as volunteers gain experience ex-perience and more certified instructors are added to the rolls. Today there are more than 1000 women wo-men in the Salt Lake countv chapter engaged in the making of surgical dressings. dress-ings. Last autumn there was a lack of certified instructors, but this shortage has largely been overcome through many taking the required special course and now virtually every gauze room in the chapter is wurking- under an experienced and competent director. The Surgical dressings centers are at the Amelia Palace and Murray, while auxiliaries have been established at the Newhouse hotel, the Bransford apartments, apart-ments, the Ladies' Literary club, the University of Utah, the War Work depot (Dooly block), the East and West high schools, St. Mark's hospital, McDonald's Candy- factory and at Garfield. Provides Food. The canteen department and the extension ex-tension department are under the supervision super-vision of Mrs. W. W. Riter. The canteen can-teen service, through the establishment of refreshment units in all of the important im-portant chapters of the nation, has ably carried out its purpose of supplementing the efforts of the war department and the railroads in providing sustenance for the troops in transit. Thousands of the soldiers and recruits, passing through Salt Lake on their way to the various 1 training camps and cantonments, have been treated to substantial sandwiches, coffee and delicacies, a service deeply-appreciated deeply-appreciated by the recipients. The canteen can-teen is organized on a military basis and acts promptly upon receipt of official information in-formation that its services are required. As chairman of the extension department, depart-ment, Mrs. Riter organizes the various branches and auxiliaries in the jurisdiction jurisdic-tion of the Salt Lake county chapter, and aiso finds, somehow, time to visit remote I sections of the state and lend aid in the work of organization. Instruction Bureau. Mrs. R. C. Gemmell, director of the instruction in-struction bureau, has general supervision of the work in this department. Four courses, each under instructors certified by the national organization, are offered: Elementary hygiene and home care for the sick; dietetics, surgical dressings a-nd first aid. The Importance of training in each of the fields is emphasized by the national officers. At the present time the Salt Lake county chapter is doing Its principal work In the classes in surgical dressings and dietetics, while progress is being made toward the organization of classes in the other subjects. The registration office at headquarters is open daily from 3 until 5 o'clock for applicants who desire to thus prepare themselves for service in the' work. The Red Cross - finance committee of the local chapter is headed by W. H-Byrne, H-Byrne, general manager of the Keith-O'Brien Keith-O'Brien department store. Mr. Byrne brings to his generously donated services wide experience, marked ability and great zeal in the cause. Seeing that every dollar expended by the chapter is properly accounted for is the essential duty falling upon the auditing audit-ing department, headed by J. R. Skole-field, Skole-field, a certified, public accountant of high standing. He, like other heads of departments, serves without compensation. compensa-tion. Mrs. W. Mont Ferry, wife of Mayor Ferry was formerly chairman of the membership mem-bership committee, the duties of which are manifold, particularly in view of the rapid growth of the chapter. She is also a member of the house committee, which has general supervision of the Amelia palace headquarters, now occupied by the local chapter and a hive of activity that shelters the workers in various departments, depart-ments, i Bureau of Nursing. i As a national organization the Red Cross maintains a bureau of nursing service, ser-vice, with units in each large chapter, , where nurses are trained for duties at : the front. Miss Alma Karlsson Is the ! bead of the Salt Lake unit, which has twice sent forward efficient nurses In bands of twelve. A third is under course of training. Unquestionably one of the strongest factors in Red Cross work in Utah is to be found in the united efforts of the members of the Primary association of ! the Mormon church, banded together un-j un-j der the, general board of the Primary asso-! asso-! ciation. The organization, known simply as Red Cross Work, Primary association, has a membership of 60,000 children, under un-der 12,000 teachers. Its workers are . found in every city, town and village in the state. The members manufacture an almost endless variety of articles needed by the soldiers at the front, ranging from wash rags and towels up to approved and inr spec ted hospital and surgical supplies. Not one cent is paid for the work and the workers furnish all their own material. Up to date the Red Cross work of the Primary association totals about 15,000 articles and the labor of love is pursued with unflagging interest and zeal. Mrs. Ida B. Smith, one of the most active members of the Relief society, is chairman of the organization. All of the work comes under the supervision of the Salt Lake county chapter, being forwarded forward-ed to the local headquarters after being received and inspected by the Red Cross heads of the Relief society. Christmas Stockings. One of the unique accomplishments of the Primary association workers was the making of 3100 Christmas stockings for the soldiers at Fort Douglas. These were turned over to the Salt Lake chapter chap-ter and properly filled by the various auxiliaries. First aid to the injured and life saving are officially recognized as essential parts of Red Cross -work. Bait Lake possesses a first aid and life-saving corps organized organ-ized through the long, patient and efficient effi-cient work of W. E. Robinson, formerly steward of the Salt Lake emergency hospital. hos-pital. The work started in December. with Dr. W. R. Tyndale lending much valuable professional aid. The Utah First Aid society was born only last year, of twenty-odd members, with H. V. Altee, Charles Udel, N. W. Reynolds, R. Richardson and W. E. Robinson Rob-inson as officials. Mr. Robinson has re-recently re-recently passed the last of his examinations exami-nations In advanced first aid to secure the bronze medal of the Red Cross, with its two bars, and is to be the recipient of an "appreciation diploma," offered by the Red Cross as an evidence of appreciation appre-ciation for seiwlc.es rendered in furthering the interests of the national organization. Civilian Relief. It will be remembered that in stating the object of Red Cross work emphasis was laid upon the relief of civilians whose "welfare is involved in war conditions.' con-ditions.' and thus the work of the Red Cross is divided into two great sections military relief and civilian relief. Under civilian relief are concentrated all the activities ac-tivities that have to do with families of soldiers and sailors as contrasted with military relief,, which includes the efforts directed by the chapters toward the furnishing fur-nishing of hospital supplies and all articles arti-cles for the comfort and well being of the soldiers and sailors themselves. It is not "relief" in the sense of money payments or doles of food or clothing, although al-though such assistance may on occasion be needed by the families of soldiers and sailors. The enactment of the war risk insurance law has placed the responsibility responsibil-ity for such help where it justly belongs, but the Red Cross, as representing the intense interest and desire of the American Ameri-can people, has undertaken the duty and the provision of doing for the families of soldiers and sailors what the government govern-ment cannot do. Manv of the family situations sit-uations arising demand friendly and individual in-dividual attention which the government cannot give. ' The office of the civilian relief committee commit-tee of the Salt Lake countv chapter is lo4-cated lo4-cated on the third floor of the headquar- L-wo, 13 uiJtMi weeK oays rrom 9 to 5 o clock, except on Saturday from 9 until un-til o'clock. The committee is prepared to give information about the laws and rulings of- the war risk insurance bureau and also ready to help and advise on any matter that may be causing concern because be-cause of the absence of the man from the family. Course for Volunteers. The Red Cross recognizes the fact that such special care as it plans to give can only be carried on effectively bv persons wno have been especially trained for this purpose, and has therefore conducted a series of institutes in the larger cities of the United States, that gavy a six weeks' course for volunteers desirous of entering this branch of the work. Six volunteers from Utah attended the institute recently held at Denver and have returned to be efficient aids in directing di-recting the civilian relief work in the various chapters to which they belong. -L H. Johnson is chairman of the civilian relief department of the local chapter and Miss Kate Williams is executive secretary. In the introductory statement outlining this great subject of war relief development develop-ment "conservation" was listed as among the most important phases. It requires but little reflection to convince anyone of the vital part that conservation plavs in accomplishing the end desired. It comprehends com-prehends alike the husbanding and increasing in-creasing of the nation's resources, specifically spe-cifically and most essentially in the matter of the food supply, as it is clearly apparent that while feeding ourselves and our soldiers, we must at the same time be the principal factor in furnishing food to the armies of our allies and to the millions placed by circumstances of war in a situation that robs them of opportunity op-portunity to produce foodstuffs. With their farms desolated, the major part- of their able-bodied men in the field or toiling in gun and munition factories, normal production of food supplies in much of the region now affected by the war has become impossible. Hence the extra burden and the added duty of the American people. Created Councils. Realization of the condition by the-gov- 1 ernment has been met by the creation of national and state councils of defense . i and the appointment of national and ; state administrators who have been1 clothed with the power of regulating prices and distribution of various essen- : tial commodities, notably wheat, meats sutrar and coal. ' , Utahns have cheerfully complied with the national regulations made in the interest in-terest of conservation, with generally satisfactory results, but special mention is to be made of the quick and successful success-ful work done in L'tah in the direction of food conservation. Immediately before war was declared with a view of putting the agricultural communities of Utah in a state of preparedness, pre-paredness, Dr. E. O. Peterson of the State Agricultural college called together a representative from each countv of the state and a definite programme for increasing in-creasing conservation was arranged at this meeting. Upon the organization of the state council of defense. Dr. Peterson's work was absorbed by the committee on food supply and conservation, of which Dr Peterson is chairman. This committee found rather a serious condition with reference to a seed supoly, the seed stocks of the farmers being virtually at their lowest ebb. Owing to the high prices and extremely long winter, the farmers had been forced to feed a 'great deal of their seed. The committee immediately im-mediately took up the matter and advanced ad-vanced the farmers approximately 1 . 000 worth of seeds. Advanced Money. In addition to this, the state council of defense, through a special committee, of which B. F. Redman was chairman, advanced the money which enabled one Facts About Recruiting in Utah. United States army recruiting recruit-ing office 5,701 United States navy recruiting office 3,500 National army men at Camp Lewis, Wash 2,3 0 145th regiment, field artillery, First Utah 1,436 United States marine corps--- of the irrigation projects in the state (the ; Mosida) to operate during the season. ! With the passing of the federal food control act, August 10, tho work of the federal food administrator wjm immediately immedi-ately correlated with the work that was already beins done by the .state council of defense and tho Agricultural college, so that the ihree factors arc now working together. It is impossible to estimate the value of the direct benefits a ecru in 5 from the action thus taken by those direct ing the conservation agencies. It is. however, stated by the secretary of the state council coun-cil of defense that a :a pec cent additional addi-tional crop was put in as a result of the conservation activity arid that the wort h of the products thus raised ran into millions mil-lions or dollars. Vast Benefits. Within' the limits of Salt Lake City alone, the "war garden"' campaign for the utilization of vacant lots and such portions of public streets as were not required re-quired for Highway purposes, was carried car-ried forward with marked success. The civic committee on conservation estimates the increase in produced foodstuffs here as worth more than S250.000. A municipal canning plant was established, estab-lished, at which housewives were instructed in-structed in the putting up of both fruit and vegetables, with particular reference to the utilization of such products as are frequently permitted to go to waste. How much has been saved by the observance ob-servance in the state of "wheatless day," "meatless day," "chopless day" and other restrictions that have been provided by the government in the direction of conservation, con-servation, is a matter difficult to estimate, esti-mate, but that the benefits derived are great, both from an educational and material ma-terial viewpoint, is the conclusion of virtually every citizen who has given the question study. Asked for Funds. Its work was done through the Young Men's Christian association, the Young Women's Christian associaton and the war camp training recreation fund. The national organization, in an appeal to the American people, asked for 540,000,-000, 540,000,-000, the fund was oversubscribed and an amount of approximately 550,000,000 was raised. ' In Utah the state council of defense appointed ap-pointed a special committee, headed by David A. Smith, chairman, and J- David Larson, secretary, to carry on the work. Utah's apportionment was fixed at $100,-000, $100,-000, every dollar of which was raised, collected and distributed through the proper channels. As in every other instance, in-stance, the appeal to the patriotism of the people of Utah was promptly answered. It needed but an understanding understand-ing of the worthiness of the cause. The fact that the United States is at war with Turkey bars the American' Red Cross from being the direct agent in extending relief to the stricken Armenian Ar-menian and Syrian people, but, as pointed out by President Wilson in his proclamations, proclama-tions, issued in October, 1916, and October, Octo-ber, 1917, the existing conditions make an appeal to every patriot. Many thousands thou-sands have starved, many thousands have been saved from stara tion, many thousands thou-sands are yet starving. Committee at Work. The American committee for Armenian and Syrian relief. 1 Madiwon avenue, Xevv York, is headed by James L. Burton, Bur-ton, chairman ; Cleveland H. Dodge, treasurer. The expense of collecting- and transmitting tunas is met privately, une hundred cents of every dollar contributed goes to the immediate work of relief. The purpose of this committee is Lo develop contributions from American subscribers for relief work in Armenia and Syria. To carry out this purpose, it has formed local committees in all the states. There is a very close co-operation between the American committee for Armenian and Syrian relief and the American Red Cross. Since June, 1917, the Red Cross has been contributing $100,-000 $100,-000 a month for use in Armenia and Syria. In addition, the committee receives re-ceives very generous contributions from the Rockefeller foundation on conditions which guarantee the careful . auditing of the books. During October, 1917, $1,160,100 was transmitted to several centers Constantinople, Constanti-nople, which is a distributing center for all Asia Minor; Beirut, Syria; Jerusalem Palestine; Tiflis, Russian Caucasus1 Tabris, Persia; Cairo, Egypt. Aided by Utah. This was all the money in the treasury treas-ury of the committee, but with this onlv a portion of the destitute could be fed and many died of starvation Relief agencies cabled the American committee repeatedly, asking for more funds and telling how they were virtually compelled to sign the death warrant of hundreds give then" because they had no food to Within the Turkish empire, neutral consuis and American missionaries cite- tributes, ihe food and clothing. No ill money is given. The relief commit ees ' fioni the other centers are composed oi American consuls, neutral officials, Amer :can teachers and missionaries Ihe chairman of the local commute Thanksgiving contributions. Responded in Recruits. Besides oversubscribing- everv .,, asked m monev and mate-ial Vt.l defense service has faUed to "?,nal fill its quota, and on time S ',''?" the national Buarj cav.aYrv anSt ",."f mamaer hshl field artiiu-rv o tl e tv. 1 which made Utah famous ' in the r I ish-American war and ti e P ,iIin?,i,SPan" surrection. the word came fror Iv ington that in the scheme of n? fl,as"-fense, fl,as"-fense, including, f;' national de- abroad, ftah would be expected t7'Ce niah, with all expedition nn! fur-resiment fur-resiment of field artl en-' "e cmP'ete events since have" sho, ' S"; and men. r ' Jt) nicers Reconstruct Force. This meant a complete reconstruction of tne forces which had served so rl ill fully on the border; it meant ue're"-educat:on ue're"-educat:on of all officers and men v ceut those who had served in "he' bat" tenes. and aons n i,,nP ff ' . J'IC that there were neeaedoxhna colUU'e "heatj'co!? 07T'" devoted ilse.f. Piannina7ni . V-Cda"cVme patw. the like of which for d,.i ,., lion, energy and superhsuoss" Tvl been approached by any recruiting m pa.sn in ihe west. With the rank? m "i and the ;omm,ss,oned and non- -onVn is ' sioncd omcers off f,,r twentv five , of intensive training at Jordan nanwvs! HED GHDSS WAR Fill IS USED WITHOUTEFFOPiT Contributions Made for Sol diers' Welfare, Y. M. C. A. at Post and Arrnenian and Syrian Relief. the campaisn was terminated shortly at- le!nt,!',:n'i'oifth!s campaign was con- . ed V icufenant Colonel XV. C. Webb, I . unit of -narrt officers and civil- HnL aWedt, woH:W up enthusiasm al 1 h " meoth Us. on the .streets and by r em- I,,,, J ,r the lial-.erv in tho parks. T , max o f enthusiasm was reachen Add 3S0 Men. iri of mobilization and gen-After gen-After a period o t mo i ,ment nea, oral training for t e e nt 1 e l Fort Doutlas the rVered to Camp I federal service, was Numerous Kearny, at Linda ' , personnel, changes have been S- and otheI owlllff to il ness, 'enrtenj causes. Befeicith, Ult-. --i To meet a battciT, ls been n neash the sltiaUo.. ie i TOllB md i. office ad ded SO n en nat, , has now been fmmotoriZed artillery, lime to heav eW n 10to ,ete dra , the state of t ah sent at n quota of 23(0 to Lamp slnce be(Jn can LKe' , ,afTnks whenever any men .'Kin mSSV Physical or other regular army, the at e ,s n "afeingPublicSMi" and works. Offices Hare. ..,', The three general nche' ; of the national na-tional defense .l-rpV-mainUin wmmm. ta, a have done their full share since ti e activity became pronounced at ttia dec laration of war against Geimany. The army began gettirg ready tor ae-tion ae-tion when Captain J. D t 'he Coast artillerv was sent to bait LaKe, Perernber "9. '1916. Captain Watson ve-mained ve-mained n vharge Here until November 27 of this year, when he was sent in o active service with the heavy field ar 1- lerv at Camp Zachary iaioi ...... Ky.. with the rank of major He was succeeded here bv Lieutenant G. W. Hall, who fs now in charge. During the pas two months various representatives of the British and Canadian forces have maintained offices with the Lmted States armv and have been sending men owing ow-ing 'allcsiance to Great Britain or Canada Can-ada to the expeditionary forces of those countries. Accept 5701 Men. From 'Vpril 1. practically coincident with the declaration of war. to December 15, when recruiting asain became normal, the local armv recruiting station accepted ac-cepted and placed in service 5701 men, of whom 471 S went into the regular army and the remaining 9S3 into the national guard, the national army,- the enlisted reserve corps and the Presidio training camp. The arrnv recruiting record by months for the war period is of Interest in detail because of the indication of interest taken bv the general public in the need for enlistment in the sen' ice of the country. coun-try. The figures are as -follows: April, regular army 650. training camp. 47, enlisted en-listed reserves; May, regular army S26. enlisted reserves 10; June, regular army -194. enlisted reserves 40; July, regular army ?.?A, enlisted reserves 21, national army 65 and national guard 152; August, regular army 295, enlisted reserves S. national armv 9S and national guard 102; September, regular army 105. enlisted reserves re-serves 2-, national army 11 4, national guard 70; October, regular army 151, enlisted en-listed reserves 2. natioivU army US and national guard 41; November, regular j army lfin( enlisted reserve 1, national army 123, national guard 15; December, first 15 days, regular army 1656. The navy recruiting- station from January Jan-uary 1 to December 15, inclusive, enlisted 33RS men. Lieutenant Edwin Guthrie, in charpre of this station, so handled the territory under his charge that every quota asked by the bureau of navigation was promptly filled. He was assisted by Lieutenants TV. E. Mad don and J. L-Fox L-Fox and alert forces for office and ro?.d work. The medical examination work was condu'-tpd bv Dr. H. H. Teter and Dr. R. A. McCune. Call Promptly Met. The first quota unkerl of any consequence conse-quence for the vear 1917 came on March 2. when 800 men were asked by May 30. This was promptly met. as was a call for fifty hospital apprentices. Then followed fol-lowed quotas for mes n tiendants, for -20 firemen and for specialists such as blacksmiths, all of which were forwarded to active duty or training stations, as the cases, called for. There are now pending two important quotas which have the entire nt ten tion of the recruiting- service. Ky February 22 the Salt Lake headquarters must fur- . nish 640 apprentice sen men. Over one-half one-half of this order has already been filled. By the same date a special quota of 320 men of various trades for the aviation service must be met. One-eighth of this has been filled, with the drive scarcely under way. The territory In which the marines or "soldiers of the sen" are recruited for the Salt Lake headquarter1' is limited to Ftah and southern Idaho. The Salt Lake office is in charge of Cmtain A. McCal-lum McCal-lum Roberts, retired, who has working with him n live detachment of sergeant.. This branch has recruited to the credit of the Snlt Lake office sr.ft men since the first of the year. The blirgest week was that ending December 15. when eighty-right eighty-right men were sent to Mare Island barracks. bar-racks. California. The second largest was marine recruiting week, when fifty-one fifty-one men were taken. For several months the marine recruiting v;is held down by limited quotas, which permitted the sending send-ing of very iVw of the best candidates applying. The marine corps has been active ac-tive in the recruiting of a regiment of tleet marines composed of boys between tho ag.-s of 12 and IS and Is now organising organ-ising the girl scouts, a companion organization. |
