Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-27
SAVING STAMP
APPEAL ISSUED
President Asks Every Man, N0-
man aad Child TO Buy These
Government Securities.

Il earnestly appeal TO every man,
woman ana chilu to pledge himself
on or before the 2Stn day of June
to save constantly and buy as reg
uIarIy AS possible the securities of
the government and TO do this as
far as possible through member
ship in war savings societies -
President Wilson.
I ne above represents direct ap-
peal from the president of the
United States to the people of Rock
Island to buy war savings stamps
tomorrow Buying war savings
stamps on Friday, the 2oth, will be
made easy. On practically every
street corner, in every bank and in
large number of the business
houses of the city war savings
stamps will be on sale. In addition
to this. the mail carriers will have
with them a supply of war savings
stamps which may be purchased
outright at the door. This purchas-
ing OF war savings stamps through
the mail carrier should be the cas-
lest avenue of approach to war saw
ings stamps procurable.
1t would seem on reviewing the
pledges which were taken by the
mail carriers a few weeks ago that
the people have not thoroughly I'M
derstood this war savings stamp
proposition. Many people have
pledged themselves to buy waI saw
ings stamps to the amount OF 70
cents a week, when they should
have pledged themselves to buy no
less than SIS or $40 worth per month.
The people of the city must under
stand that Rock Island can never
reach it's quota unless it buys war
savings stamps in excess of $50 for
each man. woman and child. Thrift
stamps are for children, war saw
ings stamps are for men and wo-
men, and every home in the city
should, if they have not already
done so, authorize the mail carrier
to deliver anywhere from one to
five war savings stamps per month.
Only by so doing can the quota be
reached.
People have been asked to save
until it hurts So far, few people
are hurting themselves. They are
only saving conveniently. putting
away what they can put away with
out causing themselves much, If
any, inconvenience. This is not as
it should be- F. A. Vanderlip, in
his proclamation of June 20, says:
More that 100000 of American
sons are already on the field of
France for the bloodiest attacks of
all history of ages. They are suf-
fering and dying for us at home,
giving their lives freely and heroic
ally to save America and the liber-
ties of mankind They need food,
clothing and arms. Everyone who
buys of savings stamps or signs
pledge to save and buy these
stamps over a period of time helps
himself and helps directly every
American hero in France"
Let no one who genuinely loves
America and wants. to serve fail
to enlist in the great army of war
savers during the period ending
June %, 1918"
Those who were at the Milwau
kee station this morning and watch
ed five carloads of young men go
out from Rock Island to Camp
Grant to prepare themselves for
overseas duty. must realize as they
never did before that those who
are staying at home must go to the
very limit of their savings posi-
bilities to keep them with the nee
essary comforts and war-winning
equipment.
This passing out of the city of
these young men should be COM
memorated by an announcement on
Saturday morning that Rock Island
county went over the top
Buy War Savings stamps
THREE 60 FROM ONE FAMILY.
Three sons in one day is the Of
fering of Mr.. and Mrs. John Bar
long, Thirty-fourth avenue and
Ninth street, in the fight against
the Hun.
Fred. George and Robert are the
three. They left this morning with
the Rock Island draft contingent
of $50 men for Camp Grant, Rock
ford.
Philip. another son, registered
June and expects to be called
for service within the next few
months The parents announced
themselves as proud that they
might give their sons TO their cOun-
try IL, tirl1a ~ uea1