The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-13
NAvYLEACUE
CAMP AICN TO
bEExTENDED
Recruits For the Sea Will
Be Sought In New
England.

Boston, March 13.-The active cam
paign of the Navy League Of the Uni
ted States for recruits for the United
States Navy and the Naval Reserve,
and for the preparation of equipment
for the Navy, is to be extended imme-
diately into Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Rhode Island and Connecti-
cut, with the assistance Of State
Chairman Harry K. White Of the
Massachusetts Department of the
League.
MT. White will suggest at once and
file with the Washington headquar-
ters of the League, the names of men
for appointment as chairmen or sec
retaries in the various New England
states and will. il requested, assist
these men in organizing the present
Navy League membership in these
states, securing new members. organ
izing the Women's Auiliar1es and ex-
tending their work.
In Massachusetts, the work OF the
League is well established, with near
ly 1900 members, active Auxiliary
branches and the cooperation Of
many of the patriotic and prepared
ness societies in the work Of making
supplies for the men Of the navy and
the reserve. In other New England
States, however, the membership has
never been organized, being scattered
and at present affiliated only with the
national organization.
When the present international
crisis developed, certain definite work
was assigned to the Navy League by
the Navy Department at Washington,
and in order to handle this pro-
gramme effectively, an active cam
paign of organization has been under
taken.
The Massachusetts, Department OF
the Navy League of the United States,
Inc, has begun an active campaign to
carry out the following specific pro-
gramme, delegated to it by the Uni
ted States Navy Department:
l. To aid in recruiting for the Uni
ted States Navy Department.:
2. To assist in securing enrollments
in the Naval Reserve, recently pro-
vided for by Congress.
8. To furnish needed articles OF
clothing, equipment and comfort,
such as wooden helmets, mufflers and
socks and hospital supplies required
by the exigencies Of the naval service,
and not now furnished in sufficient
quantities by the government.
To conduct this campaign effective
ly and fulfill its requirements, an in
creased membership in the Massachu-
sets department, to which both men
and women are eligible, ana funds for
the purchase of supplies for the work
are essential.
The Massachusetts, department has
already been offered, and has accept
ed, the cooperation of the Special Aid
/ Society for American Preparedness
and of other women's organizations
the members of which will make the
| needed articles of clothing and eqa..:;-
| ment and prepare hospital supplies
all of which will be forwarded direct
ly to the Charlestown Navy Yard, by
arrangement with the navy officers
and will be used for the u. S. war
ships stationed at the Boston navy
yard and for coast patrol boats. The
wooden helmets, mufflers and socks
will be made according to standards
approved by the Navy Department
and the American Red Cross. The
| Navy League will try to supply the
yarn and other materials to be used
by the cooperating organizations.
The Navy League is an absolutelA