Weekly journal-miner., 1918-11-06
MORE MONEY IS NEEDED THAN
 ASKED FOR
THERE WILL BE USE FOR EVERY CENT CONTRI- UTED TO THE UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN THIS COMING WEEK.

w nllt Sl/U,OUO,UOO IS tnc amount which the United War Work Cam
 paign IS asking the citizens of Amer
 ica to raise, because of the remark able increase of the American army
 and of its inevitable continued in crease, much more than that sum will
 be needed. The budgets of at least
 three of the seven organizations
 uniting in the forthcoming campaign were based on data assembled last
 spring, when 1t was thought there
 would be not more than 100000 American soldiers in France by No vember 1st. As matter of fact, the number there by that date was 2,0O0,- eco.
 When the budgets were made,
 moreover, it was thought that the
 total number of American soldiers on both sides of the Atlantic by next
 summer would not exceed 3,00OO00 whereas our military leaders are now preparing for an American army be- fore the end of next summer, of be- tween 100000 and 5,000,OO0 Like wise in regard to the marvellous ex- pansion of the American navy When America entered the war, we had less than 70,000 men in the navy. There are now over 100000 sailors and mar ines and the number will be further greatly increased. Relatively, the
 organizations which are uniting in this campaign have neglected the navy, but it is their desire to help this arm of the service as much as any other, and therefore a much larger sum of money will be needed for this purpose than is now includ- cd in their respective budgets. Unlike other wars, this war is not alone a war of armies and navies, but war of entire peoples. In particular, 1t involves vast numbers of industrial classes. Since the financial plans were announced, the claims of these industrial classes at home and over seas have been pressed upon us, and 1t has been made clear that we must greatly our efforts on be- half of the millioHS of men and wo- men at work in|arsenals, in navy yards, and in countless militarized and other indispensable war indus tries.
 The burden of this war falls heav ily upon Sfc women of Amercia and of the Allies. They have taken the places Of multitudes of men engag- ed in ordinary occupations and have thus released millions for the fight ing forces. They are also largely en- gagged in making munitions and in other essential war industries The facts concerning the needs of wo- men affected by war conditions con vince us that a much larger financial provision should be made on their behalf than the budgets of these or ganizations contemplate. It IS the aim of these organizations to follow the soldiers and sailors from the time they leave their homes, while they are in transit, at the training camps, | large and small, while they are on ! their way to the ports of embarka- ! ton, as well as at those ports, on | the sea. during their stay at the ports | of debarkation, during their eX- periences in further training over 1 seas, in the zone of combat including . the front line trenches, while they . arc at leave resorts or in the hos . ritals or in the prison camps, and -hcn all the way back to their homes. The volume of expenditure neces- ,arily grows with the steady enlarge ncnt of the fighting forces. Addi-
 ional funds are needed because of
 he imperative need of placing all hose helpful facilities at the service ,f the French Army of 4.000.000 of he Italian Army of 3,OOO,O00 and of he smaller but very important ar nies of Russia, Belgium. Portugal, Macedonia, Palestine, Mcsopotamia md Egypt The claims of these AL jed armies were not sufficiently recognized in the framing of the