Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-03
WEEKS FOOD DRIVE
TO CONTINUE
Hoover Conservation Army Ask
For More Time.
ANNE ARUNDEL'S REPORT
Are Women "Slackers?" State Has
Not Enrolled Half Its
Ouota.

So great have been the demands for
continuation of the food drive for
the Hoover campaign, which has been
in progress here and all over the
State for the past week, which ends
today, that it is decided to extend the
time limit.
The Executive Committee of the
Maryland food campaign has tele-
graphed the headquarters of the Food
Administration asking that the cam
paign be extended into next week.
Especially in the counties, the difficult
ties of the house-to-house canvass
are so great and the distance such a
serious problem that the recruiting
officers have not been able to cover
ali the territory.
Francis King Carey, head of the
Food Army, sent telegram yester-
day to each county and city chairman
expressing his appreciation of the
work that had been done. The CO.
operation of a number of institutions
has been of great assistance to the re-
cruiting officers. Although the cam
paign is essentially a housewives
housel1eepers and matrons in hos
pitals, asylums, homes and schools
have come forward and sought the
privilege of signing the pledges.
The Maryland Committee of the Ma
tional Food Conservation campaign
last night made public official returns
in the food pledge card campaign re-
ceived up to noon yesterday. The
figures given below represent the
number of cards received at head
quarters, tabulated according to cleo
ton districts in Annapolis and Anne
Arundel County
Captain-Mrs. John E. Craven, An
napolis. Quota, 1,944. Total secur-
ed, 1,122
l.. S4 g.. .154 g.. II - o
5. .125 ..5S6 s.. 50
Maryland's food pledge card cam
paign so far has enlisted 5z,70O house
wives in the Hoover conservation
army. This is not half the number
expected by the government but the
campaign managers are confident
that Maryland women will come to
the front in grand rush Of pledge
cards in the next few days of the cam
paign and so complete the States to-
tai of 10000.
There is no tagging among the
women who are organizing the army
in their house-to-house visits. In the
city the recruiting officers have been
-, ON
are overcoming all sorts of difficult
ties in their efforts to leave no house
wife in their territory unvisited. In
Dorchester County the heavy rains
have made some of the roads SO inn
passable that several of the recruit
ing officers are making their visits
along the waterways in rowboats' in
stead of along the roadways.
Want Cards Shown.
Throughout the city the cards de-
noting that the family within has un-
dertaken to observe the Hoover rules
Of food conservation are peeping out
of thousands of windows. Many
women who have signed the pledge
have neglected to show their colors by
placing the little card in the window.
Every woman is urged to do this so
that those who pass by may be
stimulated to follow their good ex-
amples.
So huge is the task of visiting every
house in the city that more women
are needed, and the campaign man
ayers are urging women who can
spare few hours this afternoon, to-
night or tomorrow to help by COM
municating with the headquarters. If
the volunteer can give only two hours,
| these can be used to advantage.
Extend Campaign.
The campaign will go over few
days into next week Some of the
captains asked that the time be ex-
tended so that they can reach every
woman The mere questions of dis
tance from house to house is such a
great one in the counties that the re-
cruiting officers found the task re-
Quired more time than they had ex-
| pected.