The Prescott daily news., 1918-05-20
NEVADA COUNTY WILL
 EXCEED HER QUOTA
In the Second Red Cross Drive For S4,O00-IndicatiOns That Every Township Will Give More Than Asked For.

Who IS preacher and lighter, sta toned at Camp Pike, was the man sent to us in response to a request for speaker to inject some "pep" into our campaign for the Red Cross drive for $4 1000 which began today in earn est all over Nevada county. As Judge | Haynie said after Capt Hogg had spoken Saturday afternoon, we ex- pected to get an ordinary speaker who could get up and make an appeal l for the Red Cross, but no one expected to ket the "pick of the Camp" as in our estimation Captain Hogg proved to be.
 The program Saturday was opened | with a long parade which formed on West Main street, composed of the band, the drill team of the grammar school, the surgical dressing class of the local chapter, men and women marching on foot, and splendid line of colored people bearing the stars and stripes. The parade ended at the court house where the drill team boys dressed in soldiers uniforms and girls as Red Cross nurses, drilled to the music of the band which made big impression.
 Judge Haynie, chairman of the county Red Cross committee, made few opening remarks, explaining the purpose of the drive, after which he introduced Captain Hogg.
 Captain Hogg, who is also chaplain of his company, opened his talk with the statement that he was not only a preacher, but fighter as well, which the Huns would eventually find out. His compliments on the spirit of Americanism which prevailed among all classes at Camp Pike, brought forth prolonged applause, and he warned his hearers that if we sent any "fops" or dudes to the army " would get none back, for the army treats all alike and they all become soldiers in time and dude and a sol dier will not mix. The speakers numerous comical stories which he related, all happening at Camp Pike, kept the vast crowd in a Imaginable mood until he introduced a few pa thetic occurrences of the camp in which the timely assistance of Red Cross nurses saved not only lives but kept many a man from going raving mad from disease and wounds. These nurses he said were badly handi- capped by the lack of assistance, one nurse at the base hospital being in charge of 65 sick men, there being 2,2OO in the hospital at one time.
 He paid splendid tribute to the praying men of his company, saying that he had more men in his company per capita who read their bible and prayed, that he did in the church of which he was pastor in Meridian, Miss, previous to his enlistment. He showed some interesting parapherna- lia which was brought back from France, including French and Amer ican gas mask, two German helmets, one taken from dead Hun, couple of big shells, hand grenade and some of the shells used by the ma chine gunners. He is detail explained the use of each. Captain Hogg's ad- dress was without doubt the most eff fective war talk that has yet been listened to in Prescott and the vast crowd of 1000 people sat in the hot sun for over an hour without com plaining and not person was seen to leave until the speaker concluded his address.
 Hon. Smead Powell of Camden, was the next speaker, and his line of talk was directed mostly on the war and the causes. He also in very appro- priate way expressed his personal opinion of the kaiser's six sons, whom he said had never heard the sound of gun and never would as long as their flowing" kaiser dad held the reins-the only man, he said, who had six sons, without mark of war on their person. MT. Powell expressed himself as being in favor of register ing every American man and boy be- tween the ages of IS and 65 so that