The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-01-18

heard many thlngS,' ne WrOCe,. WHICH
were most flattering to your division.
l heard one soldier tell his mate that
he thought the boys had been a great
deal better remembered than those
who had gone home for the holidays:
"While l was at the barracks l had
an orderly assigned to wait on me.
AS l was leaving | offered hin a tip,
but he came to attention and said
that he was very sorry, but he could
not accept any money from a ked
Cross representatives, that he had
seen what the Red Cross was doing
for his mates in the camp and felt
that he could not accept himself any
more than they had already done for
him. This sentiment was merely a
sample of what l found throughout
the entire reservation.
81 wish to congratulate you and all
the workers in your division upon the
very attractive appearance which n
Christmas packages made. In COM
pany with some of the army officers
l had occasion to open several boxes
and found them to be very attractive
indeed"
Chapters have been urged to knit
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orders have been placed for the pur-
chase of more, but still there are
more than 100000 needed at once.
Manufacturers are delivering the gar
ments at the rate of II, 900 a day.
To avoid loss of time distribution
of sweaters will be from division head
quarters to camps and environments
within the division. Field directors
are issuing sweaters to only the men
who have not been supplied, and in
order of their need. Direct shipments
by chapters to officers and men has
resulted in much duplication, confus-
ion, heavy expense for expressage and
congestion of the traffic.
Cases have been found where indi-
viduals had as many as six sweaters,
while men in the same company were
without any as the result of this
direct shipping. Criss-cross ship
ments from Alabama to Georgia and
of a similar number from Virginia to
an Alabama camp illustrate the con-
gestion of traffic bound to ensue.
Desires of chapters to supply the
boys of their own town should yield
to the obvious reasons for distribu-
ton in accordance with the plan sug-
gested, says Mr.. Scott, that the
greatest good may be done to the
greatest number.
Merchants at Hunter, N. d., helped
children to join the Red Cross during
the membership drive, by announcing
that they would loan any child de-
string the aid of a dollar, to be paid
at the rate of 10 cents a week. This
plan, in addition to giving the child
a Red Cross membership, it was
thought would have a good influence
in teaching responsibility.
Sister Susie is not the only men,
Der of the family who is sewing shirts
for soldiers in the east this year.
Father and little Brother Johnnie are
doing their share, not only sewing,
but knitting as we'll, and making
bandages by the score in the New
York City chapter of the Red Cross.
In a letter received at the northern
division headquarters Miss Mary Par
sons, director Of the surgical dressings
work in New York, tells of the work
the men are doing in that chapter.
Hundreds of New York men, she says,
have learned to knit since the war
began. Many more have learned to
operate knitting machines and the
garments they turn out are as good
in quality as those made by the wo-
e
In many clubs knitting machines
have been installed and the click of
the needles has taken the place of the
Gathering balls of the billiard tables.
Firemen at all the precinct stations
are knitting for the Red Cross. It is
nothing unusual to see taxicab chauf-
feurs, waiting for their fares, busy
with the needles.
TAG-YOUR-SHOvEL
DAY, JANUARY 30
School children of Montana will have
a leading part in a patriotic service
for the government, January 30, which
has been designated as National Tag
Your-Shovel Day. On that day they
will perform the service of tagging the
coal shovels of Montana homes.
This extra effort is to save coal for
war purposes and w. J. Swindlehurst,
state fuel administrator, has received
$4,000 tags, which will be distributed
by the county fuel committees to the
schools, the latter to have charge of
the actual work of tagging the shov-
els.
1t is the hope of the national fuel
administration that the governor, may
ors and teachers will unite in arrang-
ing a school holiday-one of the few
special national school holidays ever
proclaimed.
The tags on the face bear the word
ing:
"Save that shovelful of coal a day
for Uncle Sam"
On the reverse of the tag are a mum.
Der of valuable hints on saving coal
The necessity for the conservation
of fuel is apparent. Two million car
loads Of coal above normal production
were needed owing to war conditions
One million more cars were taken out
of the ground and delivered during
1917 than IN any single year in the
United States. The second million
needed must be saved from the Goa
already available. To produce the
amount appears to be a physical i'm
possibility.
Montanans, in common with Othel
Americans, are asked to do their par