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Show SOCKS FOR THE ' SOLDIER BOYS America, as every1 one knows, is now in the war with both feet. She's rot tn have socks far thmn foot Ufouftaids.'df PHlreof t'rThvK'ed Cross knitters of' the Mountals -Divisions Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming must provide, immediately, im-mediately, approximately 30,000 pairs of socks. They are for our boys at Camp jCpdy, Demlng, N. M.,',who shortly will begin a Journey Incident to the trip across. t $dwln H.. Brown, Red Cross Field Director at Camp Cody, has made a requisition on the Division warehouse n Denver for 30,000 pairs of socks In addition to the large number already sent to the boys he and his staff serve. Knitters will not have sufficient suf-ficient time between nowJid the date upon which tbn boys begin to move to produce the requisite number of socks. But a sufficient number of foot garments can be supplied If all Red Cross organizations,, branches, chapters and auxiliaries send In, at once, all socks they now have on' band. As soon as the socks are gathered gather-ed locally they will be shipped thru the proper channels to the Division warehouso In Denver, where they will be assembled and sent immediately to Camp Cody. "Our soldiers must have socks-thousands socks-thousands of pairs or them," said Freierlck'. Staudart, 'Division Director Dir-ector of Supplies. "I am urging ah r Chapters to round up all the socks in their Jurisdiction for immediate shipment ship-ment to the Division ware house In Denver. I believe the workers of this Division, which are among the most nergetlc and productive In the United States, can supply Camp Cody's needs, thru obviating the necessity nec-essity of appealing to other Divisions for these necessary articles." Mr. Standart explains that the Division Div-ision warehouse stock of socks was depleted a few days ago when. In re-sponce re-sponce to an appeal for socks and other garments for Oen. Pershing's boys, his department sent out six carloads car-loads of supplies for direct shlntnent to the American troops In front line trenches. |