Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-22
HOW DELAWAREhNS
AIDED GOVERNMENT
IN Winning WAR
Liberty Loans. Thrift Stamps, Red
Cross All Were Gen erously
Supported.
LED ALL OTHER STATES

How lavishly Delaware has gwen OF
its means for war activities, and how the
financial support asked by the govern.
ment has aided the nation, can IN measured
he understood, by a rccapltuEltion OF
the money contributed
Here are the figures, althouCh they
may he subject TO 4 few MINOR changes;
vct they are sufficient to put forth in
cold figures the loans and The gifts
made possible in many directions:
The First Liberty Loan campaign be-
gan in Nav and closed III June. 1877,
and covered period of four weeks. The
allotment for Delaware was St, l36, 600
and the amount subscribed Sll ,al7 $50,
including s. 800 600 subscribed hy the
du Pont Company.
The Second Liberty Loan campaign
continued for four weeks. from October
to October -. 1917. Dclawarc's allot-
nicnt was s. .703, 200, and the suhScrip-
tians amounted To SS,3l4 200 The du
pont Comuany subscribed So 900 900
and was allotted 500 .307 600 which
though not credited directly TO Dcla-
ware. really belonged To this state and
i,ring added To the amount subscribed
at large. made the states total sub
~cription SIS, ,12I 500.
The Third Liberty Loan campaign be-
and covered a period of four weeks
nclaware's allotment was SS.i1i. .5h,
md the subscriptions were S. So .Oa0,
including Sill $50. 900 subscribed by the
du Font Company.
The Fourth Liberty Loan campaign
l,cgan in September and closed IN Octol cr
1918, covering 4 period OF three weeks
ntlaw res allotment was Si6,0i3,e 80.
.ui he subscriptions amounted to So
l4.OO0. including s. 900, 600 suLscrIl cd
i.v tie du Pont Company,
The first Red Cross campaign held
IN June, 1917, WIS confined t. one week.
i,rlawarc~ quota Was S25000O This
x raised 10 $500 900, and tho actual
mount subscribed was 81 1000
The second Red Cross campaign was
,ld ii Alay. 1915. for one week Della
v:r,.-- aIlntmcnt waS $500. 600 This was
r-j raised to 81 900 900, and aftcrward
ID = 500 600 The amount actually
-r.' :. riilcd was s. lG0, 600
Tic frSt Young Mems Christian As
-nciation campaign for war work WAS
4ad IN May. 1917. and was continued
:-r TN days On an allotment of SIS
,t,in 26 - q was subscribed
The second Young Mems Christian
N~-oriation campaign was made IN
, November. 1917, and continued for
$50 OAO and S5l2 $50 was subscribed. /;
The knights of Columbus made a
..4nu3ira for war fund Of 100000, .
,vai..sl or,cuci December II and closed .
December - 1917. the subscriptions /
a-..lIn.Inu "a Sllh. >0=.}9.
Tie III Jewish War Relief cam
r.!rn ~ held il 1917 and continued
intervals from 'prl 10 June On
allotment of $4,000 there was ralscd
o10. aad III h., following Jul. MS
atpplemcnIcl WITH a S9rclaI Vel
Campaign that raised $500
rb, second Jewish War krlici and
e'afo Campaign WAS hcld Tor one
.r.i- IL Nav 1918. and On an allot
n af 5000 SI40.000 wae raised
II War savings campaign nclud
III ;hc selling oi Thrift Stamps and
tar Savings Certificates, began January
/ 191> and has continued throughout
lc wear. Dcawares allotment rer-
r..ent> maturity value oi about
$1,000 on About nnc-half Of tins
Enosrt ha~ already been sold
Tho United War Work campaign
began November Il and closed No
velnher i. 1918. DelawareS allot-
mont was S5o0O0O This was Increased
IL $50 900 tt the close 81 the cam
raicn II was, found that 81 0q0, ,9S3 had
been contributed.
II i found that the tota' subscribed
~ Dclawareans for Liberty Bonds, |
including $50 4O7 .600 subscribed bv the
d,I Pont Company To the genera fund
At large. vet properly to be credited to
this state was 500 Cr9O 700 That
mount and thus far s. 800 900 have been
loaned through the purchase Of Thrift
stamps. But this S92 800. 700 loaned
10 the government Is q safe investment
J. Insignificant when compared with
what the peop'e Of ne state have given
outright - their share Of the tremen-
Gus expense involved III many directions
Gifts Of money have amounted TO So
l34. .2A.39, OF 4 per capita outpourIng
ol 81 90.
The money invested, including the
$40 407 100 bought by the DUPONT
COMPANY lii the second loan and through
Thrift Stamps already recorded was
So. $50 700, or per capita investment Of
S4l05O, estimating the population Of
the state at 225,000 Iii investments
and money given the per capita show
ing for the state Is more than $433
II IS not possible 70 give he amount
subscribed in either Wilmington Or New
Castle county separately, but tho bulk Of
the IN ,I.cv invested and gwen came from
this city
A nan who has been Interested deeply.
giving muth Of his time and experience
to make the loans and gifts possible las
this 10 say d the sum total Of results
The eoplc Of Wilmington and New
Castle county III al the campaigns, have
been most active and generous, and have,
of course, contributed the bulk Of the
funds raised Yet too much credit can
not bcgiven 70 the people Of Kent and
Sussex counties, who have gwen most
valuable assistance. While Al first the
lower counties were not very active, after