The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-11-17
PROCLAMATION BY RYE
GOVERNOR CALLS ON PEOPLE TO
CONTRIBUTE LITERALLY TO
Y. M. C. A. FUND.
Particular Attention Is Called To the
Great Aid the War Work Council of
the Y. M. C. A. Is Giving To Our
Boys In the Trenches.

! acknowledgements Rye has Is
sued the following proclamation on be-
half of the War Work Council of the
Y. M. C. A.:
| Our country being now participant
/ in the worlds greatest conflict in
arms, it follows that our soldiers who
are hourly risking their lives for us,
should have all the essential comforts
of the times.
Spiritual comfort is one of the rec
ognized needs of an army. The meth
! DDS of the Y. M. C. A. are adaptable
to this purpose and for services in nu-
! merous other ways that contribute to
the comfort and happiness of modern
soldiery as we'll as satisfaction of the
fathers and mothers at home.
The effort of the War Work Coun-
Gil of the Y. M. G. A. of America is to
obtain by popular subscription funds
with which to maintain their facili-
ties. 1t has the full endorsement of
the president. Our generals of the
army say it's influence and service are
/ inestimable.
Believing in the practicability of Y.
M. c. A. service in the army, and rec
ognizing and approaching the SPLEEN
did service it is rendering commend
ing the untold good it has already
done, now, therefore, l, Tom G. Rye,
Governor, do hereby designate No
vember 18th to 10Th as Army and
Navy Y. M. c. A. Week for Tennes-
see," and. urge all our people to re.
ceive with cordially all committees
or other persons calling upon them. l
trust they will contribute to the cause,
as their means may permit and the
need of the work demands.
believe no good thing is too good
for an American soldier.
TOM G. RYE, Governor.
BY the Governor:
Ike B. Stevens, Secretary of State.
Burn Wood and Save Coal.
.Nashville.-After a meeting of the
state advisory committee of fuel adj
ministration and w. E. Myer, federal
fuel administrator, the following ad-
dress was issued to the public:
ITO the Public of Tennessee:
you understand that this country
is in crisis. Had it not been for the
sending of food and money to the al
lies, Europe today would be under the
heel of. Prussianism The support of
lis country in behalf Of eiEili2at i9al
has halted autocracy and the world
struggle is now on between autocracy
and democracy.
ut is imperative for this country to
transmit men, food and fuel to the bat
tlefield. Men, food and munitions can
not be sent unless there is sufficient
coal to produce the steam that drives
the ships across the ocean. One of the
vital things today in this country to
the success of our armies is the coal
supply. This country has ample coal
to supply the military demands and
also to furnish fuel for homes and fac
tories. This coal will be supplied if
it is properly conserved. There is no
occasion for excitement over the coal
production and supply, but there Is
occasion for concern about conserVa-
ton of coal. 1t is absolutely necessary
that every reasonable means be used
to the end of conserving the coal sup
ply, that the comfort of the people,
the operation of industries and the
furnishing of coal for military pur-
poses shall not be impaired. To the
end of meeting the demands indicated,
it is imperative that the people of this
nation, including the people of Tennes-
see, should use coal conservatively
and economize in its consumption in
every possible way"