The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-06-21
WAR SAVINGS
DRIVE PUSHED
HEARTILY
Generals Are Rallying Their Re-
spective Forces for
Pledge Week.
GOOD RESULTS
ARE REPORTED
Not Only in City, But County Is
Enthusiastic Over the
Ways to Help.

STAFF headquarters of the Liberty
Legion were busy places yesterday. y
corps of clerks and stenogra pliers in
the San Carlos hotel and at the post
office were busily engaged yesterday.
A large group of young ladies spent
the day attending TO various details
in connection with the mobilization of
the Liberty Legion and went home
tired, but happy in their consciousness
of having served their country.
Generals Bear and Peele were busily
engaged in selecting the coloneIs. who
are To lead the regiments in their re-
spective sectors, and the colonies in
turn were diligently drafting the cap
tains, who are to serve in their regi-
ments.
A. T, Barkdull showed his apprecia-
tion of having been commissioned
colonel by General Bear. Immediately
aster receiving his commission he Sc
cured a check for $S34.oO from r. \.
Ninson to pay for 200 war savings
stamps for his nephew, j. n. Ninson,
who is now serving with the army in
France, which enrolls J. H Ninson in
two rolls of honor, ne having already
like our other heroic soldier boys
been enshrined in the hearts of the
people for whom he is fighting.
Other colonels also have secured
memberships in the limit club and il
is suspected that they are not going
to report until they can do so at the
Wednesday night supper at which the
Liberty Legion will be the guests OF
the local committee at the San Car
los, where each regiment and division
commander will vie with one another
in reporting the large number of
Pledges taken.
The members of the Liberty Legion
will personally call upon every indi-
vidual in the business and industrial
section and the woman's war workers
will finish their canvass of the resi-
Dental sections. so that upon next
Friday, which has been proclaimed by
President Wilson as National War
Savings Day, Pensacola will be able
to say that every citizen within her
borders has had the presidents mes
sage carried them and have re-
sponded with a pledge agreeing 10
support the government TO the fullest
extent of his or her financial ability.
Booth Day Saturday.
All OF the ladies' who served at the
various W. S s. booths last Saturday
have volunteered for similar duty next
Saturday and will report at the same
places and same hours as last week
The stamps will be furnished by
post office representative, and with
whom their settlements will be made.
State Director Writes.
IT have had reports from my field
organizers, who have CONT into coun-
ties which seemed to be hopeless but
after explaining and goin Cover the
situation they find the chairmen and
workers enthused. ! have asked them
all to cite the very splendid work you
are doing in Escambia county. so you
can know that you are being watched
with interest all over the state.
II notice through the sales from the
post offices during the first half OF the
month Of June that your county is
third. and very close third to Jack
sonville and Tampa I think this is
splendid and I feel sure that on the
2sth I shall receive from you the tele-
gram which l know will come-that
you have gone over the top"
Splendid Century Program.
A splendid program has been pre-
pared by Chairman Hancock for big
war savings rally at Century at 4
O'Clock Saturday afternoon.
Messrs. VIM. Fisher W. A B1ount,
Jr ]. b Perkins, L. w Hardy and a
y
message OF patriotism and melody TO
the audience.
In addition TO these speakers, Ma
Mate First Glass p. F. Wild |
by. OF the Aviation Corps. will be I
present and relate some Of the varied !
experiences he had as member OF
the foreign legion which was composed /
OF members of practically every ma
tionality. exactly eighty seven Ian
guages and dialects being spoken by /
these men whom the boches termed /
devils
Mr. WILDLY speaks a few of the 81 I
dialects but in good American he /
has a story to tell that is inspiring He /
was wounded on his first day in the /
trenches at the Disc. also on the
Somme, ar Verdun and at Chateau
Thierry where our American boys are
now stationed.
At the battle of Champagne Mr..
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