Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-26
COL. MARSHAL
SPEAKS HERE
. THIS EVENING
Salvation Army Officer is in
City for Tonight's
Meeting.
War Work Fund Campaign
Will Open Tomorrow
Morning in City.

Col. stephen Marshal of. the Sal
walton ,Army's Minneapolis headquar-
ters arrived in this city today, and
will be the principal speaker tonight
alta" banquet. and a mass meeting to
be held. respectively. in the Frederick
hotel and the city hall under the aus
pfces OF the Ad club. associated with
the local lodge Of the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks and the
Commercial Travellers Union.
Late today Ensign spiller Of Fargo
will arrive in time for attending the
banquet.
At the mass meeting in the city hall
tonight Col. Marshal will deliver an
address on the war work conducted
by the Salvation Army in training
camps in. this country as well as
among the American soldiers abroad.
To Raise $500.
Tomorrow morning the campaign
for raising $500. in Grand Forks,
Walsh. Pembina and Cavalier coun-
ties will get its official start. and
simultaneously a similar campaign
will be in progress all over the state
and the country for the. purpose OF
enabling the Army to continue it's ex-
cellent work which ha~s-received" moth
ing but praise from United States gov
eminent officials. as, we'll as from Of
flcers OF the army.
The following committee OF the To-
cal Elks lodge has been appointed to
aid the Ad club and the Commercial
Travellers in soliciting the funds for
the Salvation Army: +
row: w. II. Alexander. VIM. Abra-
hanson. NJ. Harvey. James 'Phin1. DIR.
Heavitt. John Valley. Gordon Gray.
s. A.. Abrahamson. Charles Burgess.
F.. j.. Severson. Frank A. Brown and
Edw, ,Braseth. /
gar. Tonight's the Night. ~
AT 6:15. o'clock tonight a banquet
will be served in the Frederick hotel
under the auspices of the Ad club,
and two hours later the big public
mass meeting will open in the city
hall auditorium.
1t is expected that an unusually
large crowd will appear, not merely
because Col. Marshal and the other
speakers who are scheduled to carry
their messages to the people of Grand
Forks. are unusually able and widely
known speakers. but also because a
terested n hearing detailed informa-
ton. about the work done for the
comfort of the soldiers in the field.
The Army Was Ready.
Since the present world war broke
upon Europe. the salvation Army has
turned the strength Of it's i%nterna-
tional forces into the service Of the
soldier. The fret act was to subscribe
out Of its own treasury 500, 900 for
the support of the Red Cross. 1t then
organized a War Service league, in
GLIDING the major portion of it's own
soldiers for the purpose Of supporting
and conducting the war work for the
armies Of Great Britain. Canada and
Australia. It built ambulances in large
numbers: trained men to run them
and sent them to the service In
France. 1t built hutments for the
comfort. support and moral uplift of
the soldier and at the time the United
States entered the war, had one hun
dred and seventy five such hutments
in the service on the allied fronts.
When last April. the United States
entered the war. the Salvation Army
at once offered the services of its
trained officers and of it's War Service
league to the soldiers of the United
States.