Bingham Bulletin | 1918-05-17 | Page 4 | 30.000 Pairs of Socks Needed

30,000 OF ' SOCKS, HEEDED Amorica, as every one knows, is ne w in the war with both feet. She's got to have i socks tor those ftet thousands of pairs of them. The Red Cross knitters of the Mountain Moun-tain division Colorado, Utah. New Mexico and Wyoming must provide, immediately, approximately 30,000 pairs of socks. They are for our boys at Camp Cody, Denting, N. 1M., who ihortly will begin a journey incident to the trip across. tvdwin H. -Brown, Hed Cross field di- cliui si vnini 'Mi.v, nan maae a requisition on the division warehouse iu Denver for 30,000 pairs of socks in addition to the large number already sent to the boys he and his staff serve. Kuittcres will not have sufficient time between now and the date upon which the boys begin to move to produce the reoulslte number of socks. But a suf ficient number of the foot garments can be supplied if all Red Cross or-garlzations or-garlzations branches, chapters and auxiliaries send in, at once, all socks they now have on hand. Mr. Standard explains that the division divi-sion warehouse stock of socks was deputed. de-puted. a few days ago, when, in response re-sponse to an appeal for socks and ether garments for General Pershing's beys, his department sent out six car-loads car-loads of supplies for direct shipment to the American troops In front line trenches.