The Washington times., 1917-11-07
333U. S. SOLDIERS
FIND WAR DADD|ES
IN CAPITAL TODAY

That the success OF the campaign
to provide decent recpeation for the
enlisted men will be a large factor In
winning the war was the declaration
OF Henry White, former ambassador
to France, when he addressed the
captains of the "war Daddy" cam
paign committees at the luncheon at
the New Ebbitt Hotel today.
at is absolutely up to the United
States to win this war" said Mr..
White. 81 felt that way about It
when we entered the conflict and /
become more firmly convinced of II
every time ! read q newspaper. II
is absolutely up to US whether the
cause of our allies dies. have seen
all OF the armies of Europe and l
know the American army, to be the
superior of any OF them.
VIII Help Win the War.
sour fighters are the finest physi-
cally in the world. We must keep
them this way. We must keep them
clean and provide them with good
clean. wholesome recreation.
This campaign should be the very
greatest assistance to the cause. /
want to thank you for the splendid
campaign you have made and urge
you to continue this work until the
10000 lighting men allotted to Wash
ington are provided for
Subscriptions to the war daddy"
fund Of $4,000. which is Washing
toms quota. came In so fast during
the day it was impossible TO form
even an accurate estimate Of the
amount subscribed. as a great many
OF the committees were so engrossed
in canvassing they did not attend the
luncheon to make their reports. But
any doubt which might have re-
mained as to the success Of the cam
paign was removed by leaders. who
were confident the sum necessary
would be subscribed I'm five instead Of
six days.
Woman. 81, Helps WorkerE-
A new volunteer Joined the cam
paign today. She is Mrs. s. H. Brin-
/ ton, eighty-four. She was a nurse
with the Union army in the civil war
/ She followed the army through four
years of its campaigning. and person.
ally cared for 500 wounded.
81 want to care for my comrades
again." she said. 81 am going to sub
scribe just as much as possibly can,
and I am going 10 make every per-
son l talk to subscribe
John p. Boyd, OF Washington,
sweIIed the fund today by subscribing
$50. and Mrs. Marshall Field sent her
check for 500.
-o,,paIffaAa
| her OF volunteers we've al work to-
day than any day since the campaign
started. It was the first time. the
leaders said. they had enough work
| ing TO completely cover the territory.
A section of speakers was organized
| to campaign the motion picture thea
ters and make a personal appeal for
subscriptions. Special committees
were organized to call on every bank
in the city in bn effort to get a
blanket subscription for every per-
SON in the bank. Like committees are
TO call on the bio business concerns
and fraternal organizations
Mrs. Gilbert II. Grosvener and Mrs.
John +. Sloan. daughter of Thomas
Edison, will call on President Wilson
and his Cabinet as soon as they can
secure an appointment
Subscriptions reported at the lunch
con totaIed $1,000. enough to care for
| 1913 I-3 soldiers.
Secretary of War Baker today made
a strong appeal for the War Daddy"
fund in a statement issued from his
/ office.
The communities adjacent TO the
/ training camps and the communities
/ from which the soldiers are sent will
bene6t greatly from the war camn
community recreation fund, accord
ing to Mr.. Baker.
"The concerted effort on the part
of the communities to SO improve