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Show UTAH'S SHARE IN WAR ' ONE TO BE PROUD OF; LOYAL SUPPORT GIVEN! -Compilation ol' Slate's Part in Victorious Battle: ' With Prussianism Being Made for Future Generations to Study. : WAR MONE 7 CONTRIBUTED. : ; ' Quotas. Subscribed. Surplus. Liberty loann ' $ 15,:;, S00.00 SoH,l:il,:.300.C) $12,740,51)0.00 ' Red Cross ', 800, 1)00.00 1,132,000.00 282,000.00 Soldiers' welfare I2 i, l)(0.( 0 115. 470.2.") 10,470.25 United war drive 100,000.00 100. 000.00 (Estimated) War Havings stamps 7,, 182,100.00 J,lHi,200 '(Incomplete i Totals $54,212,900.00 S0o, 99 5,002.25 $13,037,976.25 SERVICE ENLISTMENTS. Utah men who have unlisted in the army, navy and marine branches oi" the United States service are estimated at 23,000. VOLUNTARY MEMBERSHIPS. Ia voluntary mombcrliip campaigns conducted by the Red Cross and other organizations for nursing service and other activities the quota was 19.0UO and 31,155 have carolled. 1 ' VOLUNTEER INDUSTRIALISTS. Z - For supplementary war service, kucIi as work in shipyards and in other industrial plants operated by the ledcral government, it is estimated that Utah lias furnished 32,500 men. TO UK call'-d 1 lie War JiiMury of i L'lah, a cnmpUalion of this .slate 's honor record ot' i rhievn-rtiout rhievn-rtiout is lit' i n irepurrii ly Aivl) " AI. Thtirmaii, secretary fit' t ?i - slate couucil ol: defense. J t will how all that this pa trio tie common wealth has accomplished in aiding the I'niied States government (o successfully prosecute pros-ecute the war to an early and a satisfactory satis-factory conclusion preliminary to a permanent per-manent world peace. This history is to record in deta il t lie achievements nf every county in tin; state, "Making this record is a jileaant taU to me, " Secretary Thurma n said yesterday, "ami the com pi la t ion will '0 down to posterity to be honored n s mi accurate recital of I'tali 's splemlid response to every call made upon her in common with every commonwealth in the union of states. ' 'What makes the work mure enjoy-i able is the fact that not one instance : of compulsory response to the nation 's J war requirements can be noted. A II contributions to the cause of libertv in the earth have been made with willingness willing-ness and patriotic spontaneity. Kviiv quota allotted to this state "has been oversubscribed, where the work is completed, com-pleted, and t lie subscript ions have come from citizens in all stations of life. Calls Meet With a Ready Response, " Not only has mourn- been generously gener-ously contributed, but every call for voluntary vol-untary personal service in various subsidiary sub-sidiary and helpful organizations l';is met with ready and loyal response. In tho war industries this state has also supplied its liberal portion of men to tho shipvards and other construct i vc plants utilised by the federal government. govern-ment. ' ' Enlistments in the military and naval branches of the war service have been numerous in proportion to population. popula-tion. In the draft of men the state has been wonderfully f mc from delinquents, delin-quents, and tho boys who have tuone into tho army have acquitted themselves them-selves with valor anil fealty to the Stars and Stripes. There is not a single blemish on Utah's war record." : Secretary Thurman concluded. .... . Measured by the volume of war viiioney required, tho most important calls " " . lhade upon the state were in the Lib-'"erty Lib-'"erty loan campaigns, hi which dhere have so far been four drives, each outclassing out-classing its predecessor in magnitude. Not a "slacker'' has developed in the processes which went rather thoroughly into the abilUy of the individual to contribute, as indicated by the reports of campaign committees. Quotas Exceeded in War Campaigns, In each of the drives the quota was far outstripped in the response. Kor the first drive $0,500,000 -was wanted and -9,100,000 was subscribed. The second quota was $10,009,000 and $ 1 0.'Jthi,OoO came in. For tho third loan $10,315,000 . was asked and $12,531,300 was the answer. On tho fourth drive the quota was $1S,570.S00, and an estimate fixes the amount subscribed at approximate) v $20,000,000. There were two drives for funds for the "Red Cross. The first was .with .S'350,000 as the goal. Subscriptions in this rose to $520,000. In the second drive the quota was set at 500,000 and $012,000 CMine in lis a result. For the soldiers' welfare fund, which includes emit ri but ions to tho V. M. ('. A.. I ho V. W. i !. A. and the" training train-ing camp nvroal ion -fund, a total of $1 I5.57ti.-J5 J, as been collected. The Y. M. (.'. A. started out last Year with the first drive for $10,Ou0, and $10,1 70.25 was collected. Then the KnighTn of Columbus conducted an independent in-dependent drive hist year for $25,000 and got thn t amount . The later joint drive was for $H)O,(iO0. and the total subscriptions were $1 10,000. War Savings Drive Makes Good Headvjay. The war. savings stamps quota fi xed for Flak is $7,-IS2.1 00. The campaign is st ill in progress and making good head way, with the amount subscribe J to date $ t,lSli,2Sli, as nearly as can , be approximated in the absence of complete com-plete returns. In the recent united war drive the goal set was $100,000. Although reports re-ports are necessarily incomplete at this time, Secretary Thurman says that undoubtedly un-doubtedly the state has gone over'' in its response. 1 n voluntary membership .com pa i guy, represented principally in Ked Cross nurse en roll incuts, the volunteers have numbered 31,455, as against a set quota of 10,000. Industrial volunteers, sent to the shipyards ship-yards and other constructive and producing: pro-ducing: plants operated under government govern-ment control, have numbered 32,500 men, according to the best obtainable estimates. To the army, nuvv and marine services serv-ices I'tah has sent approximately 23,000 men, according to Secretary Thurman. All of these facts, with proper amend- inents as complete reports come in, and others associated with Ftah's part in the war, will be incorporated in the history his-tory now being compiled by tho state council .of defence, to be handed down to posterity. |
