The Detroit times., 1917-05-24
BOARD OF
COMMERCE
PATRIOTIC
One-Third of Office
Staff Goes tn
War
EVEN THE GIRLS
OFFER SERVICES
Women Must Be En-
plOyed to Take
Places of Men

cent ~ the star OF fhn ne'ro q
Board OF Commerce has gone 20
Wat This proportion Was reached
90 thursday. when Walter C. Colo.
secretary o. The third largest com
mercia organization in Inc United
States, buckled on his natty khaki
uniform and started FOR Fort Shcrf
dan 10 becoNe a captain 10 the guar
termasters department ~ The army
Capt Cole s The fourteenth mem.
Der Of the Office sta not Tie board
70 don the army Uniform AS the
STAFF consists Of JUS ~ members
when i' is complete. Che mathemati-
cal statement SOB forth in The fore
going paragraph VIII be seen A. a
glance 20 be quite correct.
The war batting average OF Tue
board 5 even better than the mere
figures would indicate for me res.
son thar OF the A. members more
than haf are either girls or cen
who are exempted because Of age
limitations or the enure STAFF. only
TWO remain who are OF military age.
and these TWO have tried 20 enlist
some branch Of The service. but
hsv ebeen rejected because OF phys
zeal disabilities Ones yes failed
70 pass muster while -hs other was
ms fex teeth Az -hat. their
uorA is OF such a nature hat
stranger could MOI well take it mp
and IS % such importance 70 the
community that they ara more va
liable AZ their desks than they
would be roting around a musket.
Thus, while numerically the board
Is 80 - per cent pure from 2 tight
ing standpoint n is really 100 per
CEN patriotic. FOR every uisn Jack
that the government would accept
Is now on his way 20 the fgnt
In addition 70 the activ- mem brrs
OF the boards once stat. tVo for.
mer presidents are now IN the ser.
vice. as is also one member % the
board o. directors Edwin DENLY
had no sooner retired AS president
OF the organization than he enlisted
as a private Ia The marine corps
Hardy had he rescheds Port Royal
for training with the rockies" than
| Charles 2 Warren. also former
| president was called into active ser
vice a. major in The j0dge sdvo-
cate general department Closely
following him went walter C. Piper.
who has been commissioned cap
tain and is now in Fort sheridan
| Mr. Piper was one 81 he most &C.
live directors OF the organization
John " Chandler. secretary OF
The boards wholesale merchants
bureau. Is now In Plsttsburg bar
racks. captain and assistant tc
The quartermastor- general ROLAND
| r Chickering membership secre
fary OF the board and Martin Sen
nett Information clerk. have both
enlisted In the navy They are now
somewhere ON thc Atlantic Harry
r Porter and C L.. Miller OF The
! Executives club OF the board. have
received commissions tn rhe reserve
corps and VIII leave almost immedi
ately Harr, Hogan. g Spencer
vs.. G. Cutlr and q T. WoGnope all
or whom held important desks have
! Joined The hehtn- force OF Uncle
sam the last two NAMED m the
navy and the others in he army
Even tho page bows have nesrly
all gone To- fghf ire nauon's fgbt
I Hubert Duncan .s "a Tho navy and
! Floyd Weissinger 70 The ambulance
corps Norman Burgess failed I'd
make Mo army -o he rent 10 Can
ada and has been cnt over me
seas
/ Patriotism did no, stop ri'h 10
! men Three ~ the girls The stcn
ographic department have offered
their services and have been &c
oepted They too rll non no on
their way
The 70 wmembers ~ the omcia
star of The board who remain hav.
agreed 70 shoulder tho work ~ their
comrades who have gone Ever,
man will do the work of two Il q,
going 10 require from 30 70 rs hour
a day, bur they are al willing 70 q,
their bit" In this way The feu
who remain. however. cannot do al
The work. so girls arc 20 b. employ
cd to take the places Of ne men
Page girls are 20 be used instead o
the boys. for those pages who hav'
no' already gone have agreed 10 70
main anly until girls can BE- foun.
10 relieve them
When the Beard -of Commerce frs
began 70 hotd meetings and in va
rious WAYS urge young men 70 ran,
round the nag tho sneeriug remari
was often voiced
why don't some 81 those hieI
broVs get 10 rho fight instead o
urging others 20 do t2"
Members OF the stan of The Boar
OF Commerce have answered VI,
question and every man who "a
gone has made a bis financial sacri
fee. ranging from S50.p9n yea
, down 90 $500 a year