The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-15
ORGANIZATION is BEING FORMED


thorough as the army OF the kaiser.
An organization that shall include
| literally all Keokuk and the southern
districts of Lee county, every kind
and form of its citizenship, and men
and women IN every walk of life and
| of every vocation and mode OF living.
| Organization first, and then a drive
for the money, short and sharp ana
efficient and complete in one week.
Those are the keynotes OF the
Red Cross war fund campaign which
viii start in Keokuh Monday morning.
1t will be campaign different
| from any ever seen in Keokuk be-
fore.
l. The old familiar names of men who
| have been drafted in the past to raise
money for hotels and factories and
| the selfish upbuilding of keokus
/ will not been seen in the paper SO
much next week-the names Will oe
those of new blood, young men and
old men, men put on their mettle by
lcompetition with Fort Madison and
fcompetition with the great history OF
| Keokuk in previous wars.
Men Being Drafted fer Service.
Only the staff Of Chairman c. f.
Mcfarland, of the war fund cam
paign. has been appointed to date
Their names in the other column in
dictate how different this campaign
is to be from any in the past here
They were drafted from the popu-
ilation Of Keokuk simply because the
chairmen considered them the best
Iayailable men for the special work
involved, They were not allowed 70
argue that nor were they given
chance to accept or decline-they
were simply put to work.
/ They are at work now. County
Attorney McManus has his special
work well in hand. Sheriff Scott
and Dr. Barr went to towns in the
patches from their chief and the gov
eminent at Washington. Architect
Brady is designing posters and ar
ranging for street car display and
some sign boards different from the
usual ones The Keokuk Electric
| company has donated the services Of
| one of their best Office men for the
week to assist Secretary Fulton, who
is a sort of adjutant at headquarters.
Men Working at Sacrifice.
After careful and energetic work,
the entire fighting forces will be
completely organized by Monday
morning. And they will be organic
ed right.
When the list is read in The Gate
City Monday evening, it will be seen
THAT every part OF Keokuk's citizen
| ship has been drafted for work in this
campaign.
! Most of the men are making real
| sacrifices to do this work They are
| mot earning the money thew would
| have earned during these ten days
| too, these days.
| But they feel that with Iowa sand
Keokuk boys going soon to the
| trench lines in Belgium and France.
! the Keokuk people who stay at home
can well go without one or two meals
| day if necessary to furnish hospital
| supplies and surgical dressings for
! the wounded American soldiers.
| The staff In this Red Cross war
! fund campaign do not feel that they
! deserve any credit for doing so plain
! a duty at any sacrifice when those in
charge say we are needed.
Let the Patriots Come Across.
! And next week, the chairman OF
| publicity is going to keep the people
/ informed about how her citizenship,
! rich and poor, patriots and slackers,
| respond TO their duty in this particu-
liar one OF the war necessities.
This is no time for mealy mouthed
excuses. 1t is a time for work and
| for money subscriptions.
| The amount Keokuk is going TO