The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-19
BELGIAN COMMITTEE
MEETS AGAIN TODAY
WILL ORGANIZE LOCALLY FOR
CAMPAIGN TO RAISE
LARGE SUM.
BOIkIN A F I E r SHIP
WRITES yICE-CHAIRAIAN OF AMER
ICAS COMMITTEE FOR INF0R-
NATION As STEPS TO
Bic TAKEN.
BOYkIN A F T E r SHIP

Colonel Henry NJ. Boykin, In his
mond committee OF me Virginia Bel
gian Relief Commission. has called a
meeting Of the body to be held this
evening at o'clock at the Chamber
Of Commerce.
TIE object Of the meeting IS to
organize the local committee end be-
gin the campaign in Richmond and
vicinity by FRIDAY morning. Plans
will be out ined for a systematic cam
1aisif, And every available effort Will
he eXerfed to send the contributions
20 Norfolk as soon as posi- Sle.
The first steps towards securing the
ship to carry .'ae cargo from Norfolk
. across the waters TO the sufferin <
popuIace or Belgium were taken yes
,erday afternoon by Colonel Boyktn
when he wrote to Linden w. Bates,
v.ce-chairman of the American Com
~ sslon OF New York City.
Writes Mr.. Bates
he asked IL. IN the event Virginia
provided from three TO five thousand
tors ~ foods,uffs. the commission
could provide ship 10 sail from Nor
folk ~ not Mr. Bpykin wrote. 10
whom shall application for ship be
made
Yesterday proved to be the bigger
Gny since the campaign opened. more
tissF st,aee being received by Colonel
EsaviSta Sath~Gs hsta mdirf. She fac.
tha ttse relief commission lis less than
=, u ae@R afsl. tho sum collected In thiL
] brief period has exceeded the expecta-
items o. most optimistic members al
the commission. Richmond as we'll
AZ All Virginia IL esponding 10 the
call for contributions for the Belgians
IN most liberal manner, and II is
row assured that the 0'd poGe inion
'gili DO ~ part towards alleviatlns
The suffering
Contributions Pour In.
Contributions are pouring into the
I HEADQUARTERS. which are located at
Itat Fast BROAD Street and prac-
tica,ly all of yesterday the nffice was
thronged with people desiring to lend
a helping hand towards the great
cause
From all Virginia encouraging re-
ports are being received, and Colonel
Roykin believes that II viii not be
many DAYS before sufficient amount
Of provisions to al tsle Virginia ship.
which will sail from the port at Nor
folk as soon as possible. will have bee n
received
Superintendent Arthur u Wright
of the Fienrico County public schools.
has Issued letters 20 the teachers and
pupils throughout the county, asking
that tley do their part towards help
, 'ng Befvians He has requested that
zach child bring at least one potato
next Monday. and that committee
be appointed in each school to bring
rhem to the Office OF Superintendent
WRIGHT in the Chamber OF Commerce
building.
Nurses To Help.
Information was received yesterday
by Mrs. Frank ID, Williams. chairman
Of the Badge Day Committee, to the
effect that the Instructive visiting
Nurses Association will lend its hearty
support in observance Of the Belgian
Badge Day here November IS. Mrs
VALLEY Morton. from whom the let.
/ ter was received. asserted that the as.
ISOLATION was very much concerned
over the fact that some were under
| the impression that the nurses were
not IN sympathy with the movement
Mrs. Morton saws that the members OF
the association win do everything In