Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-07
ORGANIZE. WAR
SERVICE LEAGUE
TO MOBILIZE WEDNESDAY, EVE.
MING FOR ONE.DAY DRIVE
FOR SAVINGS STAMPS.
LEAGUE TO HAVE CHARGE
OF ALL WAR ACTIVITIES
Workers Enlist For Period Of the War
City Divided Into Districts. and
These Districts Into Sub distriots-
II Defense Council Approves Move
nent Will Extend to County.

A war service league to handle all
war fund campaigns within the city
and Marshall county has been organ
lied and will mobilize at the MARSHALL
town Club Wednesday evening pre-
paratory to a one days drive for war
savings stamp pledges within the city
Thursday. 1t will hereafter handle
every drive during the period of the
war. II the plan looks good TO the
county council of defense at its meet
ing Wednesday afternoon it Will be
adopted for the townships organiza
ton as we'll
request from both the state liberty
loan and war savings stamp organiza-
tfons that something like the Waterloo
plan OF a war service league be
adopted in every county Several
counties in other states have adopted
a war chest or budget plan. which
raises in one drive one large budget
for all war activities, but there are
many difficulties in the way OF success
on this plan, and it is seriously OBJ
jected TO by the national Red Cross
society as being prejudiciaI 70 its best
interests. There will be a separate and
distinct campaign or drive for every
war fund, but it will be managed by
the same committees each time.
The county executive committee, or
committee OF county commanders, as
1t will be called, is composed OF the
county chairrnen of the various war
activities, all Of whom have been ap-
pointed by state chairmen, and who
are already familiar with the work OF
their respective branches OF the serv-
ice.
Divide City Into Districts.
This committee Of county com
manders has divided the city into four
districts, as intersected by Main and
Center streets. In each of the four
districts a district captain has been
appointed for each war activity, and
seven captains of the seven branches
of the service constitute a committee
to handle all war campaigns IN that
district, TO be known as the committee
of captains.
when 2 drive IS OF the city chair
man of that activity assumes COM
nand Of the drive. and the district
captains for that activity assume com
mand OF the districts. Leadership and
responsibility thus rotate with each
successive drive.
For workers each district has been
sub divided into from five to seven
sub districts with a committee Of
seven men in charge Of the sub dis
trict for all drives. They are not as
~, - "a
service, but serve turnout all cam
paigns. They are empowered to draft
other workers and to manage their
sub district campaigns in their own
way.
Enlist For Period of War.
Every worker or sub district COM
mitteeman will be expected TO sign an
enlistment card for the period OF the
war. He will be issued a war service
commission signed by the council of
defense and in later years of his life
it Will become an Interesting document
and keepsake in his family. 1t Will De
an evidence of home service during
the worlds great war.
other special committees will De ap-
pointed and commissioned as the
organization Of the league becomes
perfected.
City Employs Secretary.
The city council has employed Miss
Louise Vogel for many years with
the Let's FTe.cher Company, to act as
secretary Of the war service league,
with office in the city hall. Miss Vogel
will take charge Of all the records Of
the different war activities for the
county, and may be reached by tele-
phone during office hours.