Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1918-12-12
Lieut.. Lofting of Irish Guards
and Lieut.. Michaux of France
to Speak Also
ITALIANS PLAN RECEPTION
Dinner and Band Serenade for
Famous Hero of italian Ber-
sigIieri on Monday

Major General Emilio Gugliemotti,
of the famous Italian Bersilieri, will
be the principal speaker at the mass
meeting in the high school on Mon
day night, which will open the Christ
mas roll call of the American Red
Cross.
Lieutenant Hugh Lofting of the ia
nous Irish Guards and Lieutenant
Cesare Michaux, of the French Expe-
dictionary force, will both mako ad-
dresses.
With such sterling program of
overJoyed at the prospect for the
opening of the drive and predict a
mass meeting that will eclipse any
thing this city has ever seen.
The Italian citizens OF the city are
arranging a reception in honor of
General Gugliemotti, and will meet
him at the train and escort him to the
New Packer House, where he is to be
entertained at dinner. The Columbus
Italian band will be out in full force
and is planning to serenade the gen
eral while he Is at dinner.
There Will be an important meeting
of captains and workers on Friday
evening at campaign headquarters in
room 4 at 101 Smith street. a. which
time instructions will be given them
and also the materials whica the
workers will use. All the captains
and workers are urged to be present,
as the meeting is essential to the sue :
cess of the drive.
The Boy Scouts of the city will dis
tribute the posters and placards
around the city this afternoon and on
Monday evening will form a guard of
honor from the curb up to the high
school doors, lining both sides of the
walk.
General Gugliemotti has iai most
brilliant military career, and for a
period of two years he occupied the
important post as chief of staff IN the
italian army in Albania. He has
been decorated numerous times for
his bravery and ability. and is at pres
ent the military attache to the italian
embassy in Washington. He is Z
gifted speaker and possesses a thor
ough knowledge OF English.
Another speaker who should en-
thuse the people on Monday evening
is Lieutenant Hugh Lofting of the
famous Irish guards. He was in New
York at the outbreak of the war and
was obtaining marked success by his
writings. which profession he had
been following for some years, but he
heard the cry of tortured Belgium and
devastated Northern France and lerr
New York Immediately to join the
British Expeditionary forces. He has
western front with the Irish Guards
and was wounded In the Flanders Of
fensive. He was sent back to the
front line again, but was invalided to
a base hospital on account of recur-
rent malaria and is at the present time
attached to the British Ministry of
Information in the United States.
The other speaker is Lieutenant
Ceasare Michaux, of the French Ex-
peditionary forces and he has a burn
ing message for the people of Amer
lea, concerning the marvellous achieve
ments of the Red Cross on the battle
fields of Europe, and will make an
appeal in behalf of the men who have
been comforted and assisted by the
Red Cross, to the people of this coun-
try to pour their money into the cof-
fers of that organization and thus help
to further their noble work.
Women in Charge of Booths.
The committee in charge of the two
dozen booths for receiving suDscrip-
tions will be situated in places In the
city where people congregate, is un-
der the direction of Mrs. W. w.
Hodges and the captains she mas Sc
lected to assist her are: Mrs. &. W.
Fithian, Miss Lulu Ricci. Mrs. w. II.
Hoffner, Mrs. Fred Haney, Mrs. o. N.
Olesen and Mrs. 7. j. LeahyN