The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-03-21
BISMARCK ELKS
OVER THE TOP
FOR WAR FUND
Antlered Herd Gets Back Of Big
Two Days Drive for Sal
walton Army
ENDORSEMENTS
Big Military Men Praise Work of
Lads and Lassies in the
Trenches

OdllS, "OVcI tucTc Ill TIduCc, odl
Army lads and lassies are 60
ing into the trenches for and over the
top with our boys. Tomorrow and
next day the Bismarck Elks, ever
first in patriotic effort. are going over
the top in order that those Salvation
lists may continue their good work IN
the first line trenches. bismarck
lodge, q. P. O. E., is back OF the Dig
gest two days whirlwind war fund
arive the capital city has yet seen,
and Bismarck has had some big ones
and some successful ones, The cam
paign begins bright and. early Friday
morning and will continue until Treas
urer lC.{ w, McGray has rNng up the
last penny, Saturday night. Nrveryone
In Bismarck will be given an opp0r
tunity> to contribute, and General
Chairman l.. d. X. Thompson, exalted
ruler elect of the Bismarck Elks, be-
lieves everyone in Bismarck will be
ready to contribute. .-,. .. ,aI
Where the Money Goes.
~ The erection of 40 huts outside, OF
in the United States; the
of 100 huts in American
camps in France, supplementing the
100 huts, 300 rest rooms and u no
tels which have been in operation
since the war started and which are
bringing home and happiness every
lay to 100000 soldiers are some OF
he things which the Salvation Army
will do with the $2,000,000 war fund
which it now Is raising in America.
General Pershing has personally asked
asked the army to increase It's facili'
lies to- more successfully accommo-
late the Sammies who clamOr for at:
.entiOns which to date, with oil the or
in the field working at
nigh speed. have not been supplied
)ne.tenth of the soldiers over there.
What the Army Does.
Just as the Salvation Army here at
lome reaches a class of people whom
10 other organization comes in con-
act with, 50 in the trenches, over
here, the army reaches out and
brings in boys who can be touched in
10 other way Governor Beechman
vas over there recently, and he says:
To anyone who says there is dupli.
cation in the work Of the Salvation
Army, | can only say they are not ac-
,urately informed. Toiling aggres'
,ively to find the men who need their
lelp and rministering to the tremend:
Jus element which can alone be
handled nby the Salvation Army, this
is making for itself at
lOme and abroad name among the
'oldiers, sailors and prisoners that
will live in lustre long as the memory
u man can run back to the present
errible days. 7
'' The Men Behind. Z
The Bismarck drive will 60 over the
op, first, because Bismarck has a.
,abit Of responding when 1t is called
,pon to do its duty, and second be
:ause the Elks are back of this drive
Che men the Elks have delegated tc
his campaign are l.. K. Thompson.
exalted ruler elect, general chair
nan: C. w. 4McGray, treasurer; com
nittee chairman, Tom Hall; Jack
)berg, jeff White, Carl Peterson, {,
n. Henry Hollst; associate chairmen
pacemakers) f. A. Hurley, Frank }.
NcC Cormick, A. C. Hinckley, F. A.
yopelin, Tom Lee, Pete H. Throdahl,
John Homan, Jack l.. George, c. W.
Henry Halvorson, H. II.
Steele, H. Reicholt, ]. P. Sell. a~
1t is q. bunch of men who never yet
allied to put over anything they've
ackled: Their hearts are in this
lrive, and 1t is bound to 60 big. /
..' Why They're Needed. /
."It is not hard to explain why the
Army is needed at the
ront" says Commander Evangeline
Booth. I'VE are needed because into
he melting pot of the great national
lrmies has poured every type, kind
md variety of the nations manhood
t is because of our success in deal
ng with and reaching this element OF
that we are SO much in de
nand in the camps of France. We
ire. working along unique lines; our
operations are being planned and exc
:uted in accordance with the accum
llated experience OF three years &C,
ivity on the various battletr0nts. Our
lutments are soul-saring stations. 1
8 true that they are provided with
facilities quite as complete
Isl the equipment of any other such
'stablishf!h.sln1!ts, ll1! bgt tasss faculties arel
si1stContlRued noni Pare, aTArse.) aelnd