The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-03-21
District and County Chairmen Hold Meet
al LawiOn; Lay Plans for CON-
ing Campaign
GUESTS OF ARMY MEN
ON INSPECTION TOUR
Major General Wright Turns Over Keys
to Camp; Major Whiiseti Sets Crowd
Wild in Master Speech

II the third Liberty loan is not put
over with q bang in che Fifth and
Seventh districts of Oklahoma. It will
not be because of shortage of eff
cient management plus loads of en-.
thusiasm, if the splendid spirit man.
Tested at the meeting of the district
and county chairmen held in Lawton
is in any way a criterion
With the lone exception of Jeffer
son county, every one of the eleven
counties in district No 5, the Chick
asha district, and all of the four
counties In the Thomas district were
represented, and we'll represented at
that Every word uttered during
every session told palmer than the
word itself that the chairemn of the
Liberty loan committees are going to
see to it that the great army now
training at the camps and canton.
ments, viii be backed up by every
resource of the entire nation
The following counties were repre-
sented by their respective chairmen:
District No 5 w. H Donahue; Cad
do, w H. Waterman; Comanche, r
B Morford; Cotton, ]. Fl. J. Hol-
comb; Green, P. A. Janeway; Grady,
F. L. Slusher; Harmon, Ross Cox;
jefferson, mot represented, E. B. El-
lis chairman) Jackson, j. A. Jane
way; Kiowa, D. S Wolfinger; Ste
phens, Tom Wade; Tillman W D.
King.
District No. 7, e. d. Foster, dis
trict chairman; Beckham, ]. I. Breok'
enridge; Custer, C. A. Galloway;
Roger Mills, s Jackson; Washita, H.
F. Tolliver
Just how these men are going to
put over this Liberty loan campaign
il another story. The main point is
the events of the meeting. The thing
started with a trip through Camp
Doriphan and wound up with some
Of the most rousing speeches that
ever fell from eloquent, forceful
tongues, said speeches being deliv
cred at a banquet given at the Mid
land hotel to the assembled Liberty
loaners by the business men of Law
ton.
Right from the kickoff, it was easy
to see that the day was going to be
a success. The party was escorted
through the camp by Major George
p. Whitsett, judge advocate of the
35th division of the United States
army The party was assembled at
headquarters and Major General Will
liam II. Wright was introduced. He
came out of his quarters and made
a short but rousing address of well
come to the Liberty bond salesmen
No Horace, his quarters were not pa
latial. He emerged from the same
kind of wooden structure that thous
ands of his men are housed in. If
the general is not a fighter, then the
Washita river near the dam is a sub
marine base.
Gentlemen, 1t is with pleasure that
l welcome you to Camp Doniphan,'
said the general. "We realize that
this great organization we are build
ing up, is dependent upon you and
men like you who sell Liberty bonds.
We are in this fight to win and we
are going to win, for we are fighting
for the greatest cause that ever a
nation fought for. Go through Camp
Doniphan and if the preparations we
are making meet with your approval,
| trust you can go out and sell Lib
eIty bonds with the feeling that our
efforts here are worthy of yours"
That the preparations being made
met with the approval of the Liberty
loan campaigners, was evidenced be-
fore the party had again reached
their cars. Over the top of a nearby
hill swung the front ranks of a dusty,
travel-stained column of troops. Dus
ty, but singing as they swung along.
There were some 1000 of them, and
they marched They didn't drag
One company was ripping out Ha-
waiian song, from another came