The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-05
NORTH DAKOTA
PLEDGES 100000
In Y" CAMPAIGN
State Representatives Re-
turned From War Work
Conference
FIVE DAKOTANS
IN ATTENDANCE
Central Army Department
Will Raise $780,
600, Believed

North Dakota, through it's repre-
sentatives, has pledged itself to raise
800, 900 as 1t allotment Of the $685.
600, 900 to be raised throughout the
United States for Y. M. G. A. work
among the soldiers of America and
her allies, according to ID. e. Som
quist, acting state secretary for the
Y. M. G. A, who returned Thursday
night from the one-day conference
of the Central army department of
the National War Work council Of
the Y. M. c.. A. held in Chicago. .:
Fine Attendance, S..
The pledge was made through
Secretary Somquist, Professor Simp-
son of the North Dakota University;
Atty. Benton Baker OF Bismarck, and
J. A. Haig of Devils Lake, who were
in attendance. Miss Blanche l..
True, a member OF the faculty of
Fargo college, also attended as a
representative Of the Y. w. c. A.
student department.
Mr.. Somquist stated this afternoon
that the Central army department of
the National War Work council has
pledged itself to raise $12,500.000 as
it's allotment Of the $35, 000,0 900, and
that the central department COM
prises fifteen states. He reports
that there were $50 men present at
the Chicago gathering, including
representative business mem aeduca-
tors, ministers and Y. NJ. c. A. work
ers. Among the prominent leaders
were Cyrus II. Mccormick, president
OF the international Harvester Co.;
Pres. Edmund James of the Uni
versity Of Illinois; Pres. Frank
Strong of the Kansas university.
crossett Addresses Conference.
The conference was addressed by
L. A. Crossett of Boston, president
Of the Crossett Shoe company, who
for three months served the national
war council in France with. Amert-
can soldiers; DIR. John r. Mott, gen.
eraI secretary of the national war
council, and George Sherwood Eddy,
who recently returned with a graphic
story of army life in the trenches.
The United States is divided into
six military departments composed
of groups of states. These states,
according to the national plan Of
campaign, will be divided into dis
tricts, the districts into counties,
reducing the solicitation to the
Individual in the city, town or open
country. 1t is recognized that there
is hardly an American village but
has q boy in arms. InaI Rluage,
it said, must help. Each state will
plan its own state campaign to be
put on following the campaign for
the second Liberty Loan.
Copper Made Chairman.
At the close Of the conference, ac-
cording to Mr.. Somquist, each state
as its name was read, was heartily
pledged by one of its representatives
to the amount of its apportionment
and some complained that their states
had not been apportioned enough. Il.
j. Copper of Minneapolis, was elect
ed chairman of the campaign COM
mittee for the central military de-
partment, and K. A. Shumaker, state
Y. MI. C. A. secretary Of Illinois, was
made campaign director. The chair
men of the fifteen state committees
will make up the department CAM
naign committee. The campaign will
Be Conducted simultaneously in all
states and cities during the week OF
The apportionments to be raised
by the various states were as fol-
State Apportionmsnts
Illinois, $S,OOO,O 900; Michigan. ST.
$50 600; wisconsin, $75O,OO0; Iowa,
S750.0O0: Kansas, $525,O0O; Nebraska,
$3.50 900: West Virginia, 100000;
North Dakota, 100000; Ohio, $2.75O,-
900: Indiana, $1,000,00O; Minnesota,
S750 .0OO;. Missouri, 100000; Ken-
tuckv. $3.50, 900; Colorado, 100000;
south Dakota, $125,0O0.