The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-22
GREAT WORK OF PEOPLE
Response to All Patriotic Ac-
tivities Is Hearty
Men and MONEY SLOGAN
Cash Has Been Donated BY the
Citizens With Most Lavish
Hand

Money and Men, This has been
The slogan in Blue Earth county since
war was declared and the record OF
this country in response OF men, IN
bond subscriptions and in answer &c
all patriotic causes has been one Of
which every loyal American may feei
Justly proud. With the exception OF
the first Liberty Loan Blue Earth
county went over the top in every
drive and we'll beyond the quota set
In the Red Cross and other wal
causes the response has peen hos'
liberal in every instance.
Men in the Service.
IT is estimated that at the present
time this county has Gin the field an
army of approximately 1000 men and
of these 1000 were classified, called
and sent into the national army
through the county draft board. There
are a total Of 6,S05 men from the
county registered for military service
This includes the last draft, from
eighteen to forty five and were all
the men classified and ready for call
it is likely that Blue Earth county
could BOAST of having sent the up
wards of 5000 men into the service
of the nation.
Men in Training School.
In addition to those sent by the
draft board many men, especially the
Younger men and those who entered
officers training schools, responded
as soon as hostilitieS opened and an
accurate record of the exact number
who responded thus to the call will
probably never be obtained. Many
went into the navy and marines. Last
fall just before voluntary enlistments
of drafted men were closed an eX-
ceptionally large number of men from
here enlisted voluntarily for regular
and special lines of service.
Company II In Service.
Company II, composed entirely
of men from this city, coun-
ty and neighborhood, is now in
service "over there and all
men in this company were volunteers
Ill Juc otLSi hiSi
from here are in the service with the
Y. M. C.. A., the Red Cross, as am
bulance drivers and in other lines
that place them with the colors fully
as much as the men at the front.
The Money Response.
In money the response from Blue
Earth county people has been most
liberal w. D. Willard, chairman OF
the Liberty Bond campaigns estimat
ed this morning that S4800.000 has
been subscribed in the four drives. In
every campaign save the first Blue
Earth county went beyond the allot-
ment set. Added TO this is 100000
which the people here pledged fol
War Savings Stamps according to the
estimate Of r. E. Brown, chairman OF
this work This would make the total
investments in the war from this
country at $5,200,0O0.
Many Patriotic Causes.
In addition to the response of the
young men and the ready spirit in
financing the war, the county has re.
sponded again and again to patriotic
causes, to the Red Cross, the Y NJ. G.
n. duu LlUIdl " luuuS anu ilOW W liz
United War Work drive. The amount
subscribed to these various causes will
total hundreds of thousands of dollars
In every community and town alst
the Red Cross chapters have filled
their regular allotments of knitted
goods, bandages, first aid outfits etc.
that have been required to supply tn,
field and camp hospitals Only through
the work and cooperation of the wo
men at home could the army at tn,
front have been maintained and caret
for.
In every cause Blue Earth count.
has gone over the top since the wa
started and can well be said to hav,
done full share toward winning tn,
awards OF peace.
American Casualties.