The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-03
THE LIBERTY LOAN
Camp Funston Closed It's Cam
paign With High HOnOrs.
Total Subscriptions Reached
Sum of $1,SO9,65O.
AVERAGE S57.7O Per CAPITA
With Exception of Soldiers
Who Have Dependents
Practically Every Member OF
CantOnment Bought Bond.

Camp Funston closed its liberty
loan campaign with all the honor
which its soldiers hope to achieve on
battlefields in helping to close the
war for democracy. The liberty loan
subscriptions among the soldiers OF
this cantonment passed the bond-per-
man average goal, according to the
final reports compiled in the office of
Maj. Levi G. Brown. division inspec-
tor, who was in charge of the cam
paign. III other words, for every SOL
der and officer here, Uncle Sam
placed at least one $50 bond.
According to Major Browns final
reports. the total of loan subscrip-
tons here reached S1.S0y, $50, an aver
age Of S57.7O for the 1,340 men and
officers stationed at this cantonment
When Major Brown announced,
after being placed in charge of the
LIBERTY loan campaign, that his goal
was at least one bond per man, there
was a surprise. Some liberty loan
campaign workers doubted the pos
sibility of selling so many bonds
j.; nong the soldiers who had already
{ ranged to make big sacrifices in this
war, including even the offering of
t.IeIr lives if necessary. The Federal
-eseI We Bank of Kansas City, for eX-
I nple, announced early in the cam
l lign that il expected only 100000
1 the soldiers and officers of Camp
] unston. But they more than trebled
tnat total because they are in this
war TO win, and to win speedily and
Oecis.vely.
OF course Major Brown was graft
fled when the olal of loan subscrip-
Ons was finally compiled. So were
J.. act cally all the other officers of
This cantOnment, for the large sub
sciipuOns to the loan prove conclus-
i.eiy that Camp Funston's soldiers
i g ready to answer any call in this
y. ar Tor democracy.
With the exception of soldiers who
have dependents and several officers,
y. actlcally every member of this can
comment bought at least one bond.
Z here were no very large individual
subscriptions such as some other can
tOnments reported. The largest sub
scripton was made by an officer from
=. Louis, capt II. H. I1ahuidn, VINO
bought a $4,000 bond. There were
few individual subscriptions of more
than $1,000 Most of the subscrip
tons were made in allotments of So
d month to be handled thru the Fed
eraI Reserve Bank of New York.
Many sold ers bought bonds with cash
which they had accumulated before
entering the war. In a few cases men
with dependents did not make pur-
cnases.
The average here and for the coun-
try as = whole indicates that Camp
unston did far better than the civil
ian population. This was forcibly
o Illustrated recently at junction City,
] an. A woman campaigning for loan
subscriptions in motion picture
tneatO, in that town asked the men,
bers Of the audience who had bought
a bond to raise their right hands.
After this she remarked:
Il noticed that the majority of the
hands which were raised were those
of soldiers despite the fact that there
are more ciVilia ms than soldiers in this
theater tonight
If the civilians and soldiers of the
nation were assembled together, the
fighting men probably would make a
similar showing on liberty loan sub
scriptions, to judge from Funston s
remarkable display of loyalty.
Major Brown is grateful to the SOL
diers and officers of Camp Funston
for their part in the campaign. Many
officers gave much time despite an
overwhelming amount of regular
work. And many soldiers helped, too,
despite their hard work in training in
preparation for meeting the kaiser S
fighting forces. A majority of the
regiments named officers to take
charge of the general campaign with
in their organizations. Each company
commander headed the campaign in
his unit, and these officers were in
turn assisted by privates.
The campaign was doubtless handi-
capped by the order which came from
Washington in the midst of the work
OF obtaining subscriptions to the eff
feet that IA 900 men be transferred
from this camp to other cantonments
1t is believed that the aggregate and
the average of subscriptions would
have been larger except for this order
A survey of the subscriptions made
~
came reveals the following rank: Ari-
IONA, first; Missouri, second; South
Dakota, third: Colorado, fourth: Ne
braska, fifth; Kansas, sixth. and New
Mexico. seventh. Many of the units
have men from various states. and
showing together with that of the
organizations made up largely or en-
tirely of soldiers from individual
states.
Division headquarters of the Eigh.
ty-ninth division including the head.
quarters troop and the division quar-
termaster. was first in average sub.
scriptions. The 1872 officers and mer
of the units under which the division
headquarters total was assembled
subscribed SS6.45O. or an average .
10000.
OF the organizations the 356th in
fantry, composed of Missouri soldiers
and commanded by Col L. NJ. Mutt
man, including Kansas City and 81
Louis men, made the best record il
the campaign. This organization
with 2,7S5 men and officers, sub
scribed for s259.O5O of the bonds al
average of $3.50 per man. This i
almost double Major Browns goal
Captain Henry W. Hobson, adjutan
of this regiment, was in charge of it
campaign. Captain Hobson is one o
the group of younger officers of tina
rank at Funston.
In - of the 1 5 companies of tn
356th infantry. every man and Off
GER bought at least. one bond Com
panies A, r, c, D, F., G, I. X. L and y
and the headquarters and machin
gun companies of this regiment re
port that every man and officer il