Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-06
SOLDIERS MAY BUY
NEW WAR BONDS
PLAN ARRANGED BY WHICH MEN
IN CAMPS MAY PURCHASE ON
INSTALlMENTS.
PAYMENTS TO BE DEDUCTED
FROM MONTHLY PAY CHI Eek
Oct. "a Set Apart by War Department
as Liberty Bond Day in Each Of
Several Cantonments-Clock to Be
Installed at Camp Dodge to Register
Amounts Purchased by Recruits.
TBy K. G.. Dougherty.l

Washington. Oct, 6.--Iowa boys
fighting at the front and IN the course
Of instructions as soldiers at Camp
Dodge and Camp Cody at Beming, n.
NJ. are to be privileged to become
Liberty bond holders as we'll as Hun
cXtcrminators in a campaign to be
wdged vigorously by their command
ing officers under the direction of the
quartermaster or paymaster corps OF
the army.
In general orders issued this week
| by Major General Bliss, chief of staff
Of the American armies. each canton
mcnt and camp Of the draft and fed
eral!zed national guard rs made
campaign ground for Liberty Loan
bonds. The plan is to give the sol
diers an opportunity of saving some o.
their loose change by investing a por
ton Of their monthly pay toward the
purchase Of bonds. All that will be
necessary for the soldier to do is to
indicate his desire for a bond, and the
commanding officer of his regiment
will inform the quartermaster corps
and the part payment for the govern
ment security will be deducted from
MS monthly pay.
At each camp a clock will ne in
stalled to show the progress Of the sol
d.ers' quest of Liberty bonds. The clock
at Camp Dodge will indicate every
week what Camp Dodge soldiers are
Contri bUting and the contributions Of
their fellow Iowans in Deming as we'll
as at all other camps and canton
ments. Telegraphic reports OF the
campo .gn are 10 he sent TO camp
Dodge and peming by the war depart
ment to keep al! soldiers Informed on
The amount OF thriftiness exhibited by
their fellows.
Day Set Apart.
"Wednesday. oct. "a. has been Off
c!aly designated by the war depart
ment as Liberty bond day, Definite
programs which should include music.
speeches. field day sports and other
healthful exercises are TO be staged at
Camp Dodge, Camp Cody and the 9TH
er training fields in jubilation OF the
fine spirit of Americanism shown by
the fighting men. who become financial
men in support of their government.
The work Of selling bonds is to be
thoroughly handled at all camps. A
committee Of three or more men will
pc selected from each company as
solicitors Of subscriptions. Each new
subscriber will Immediately be enlist.
ed as a personal worker in quest OF
other prospective subscribers.
Promoters Of the war department
campaign for bond purchases point out
that soldiers do not have the oppor-
tunity to spend their money that
civilians do. and that the Liberty BOND
proposition offers an excellent avenue
If investment that might in case RI
ca suaIty at the front be available FOR
the dependents left behind. Other ar
currents in favor Of soldiers 6uTin.
bonds are pointed out hv the pror1ot-
ers who are confident that Thousands
Of bonds will be sold as a result OF the
real patriotism Of Tho men who re-
sp7rded 10 The call Of their country by
voluntarily pnlisting or by responding
promptly when their number in the
draft was called.