New Britain herald., 1918-09-28

Million and a Half Recruited III
Army to Raise s8j0dO,O0o,NO

Washington, Sept 28.-Before
dawn today the Fourth Liberty Loan
campaign was on.
SO eager were somes communities m
make strides towardg their s1lbscrips
ton goals that they Gent solicitors to
work at the stoke of midnight.
Scores of towns are trying to give
all expected of them before nightfall
and to devote the remaining three
weeks to doubling or trebling their
quotas of the mighty war loan.
A million and half men, women
and children are enrolled in an army
of active campaigners to place a bond
in every home.
The whole vast machinery got
smoothly into motion. Like the
grimmer campaigns across the sea,
every detail had been planned long in
advance. Statesmen began gathering
subscriptions by well-organizad
methods. Posters appeared in shop
windows and told the story of liberty
bonds on streets and from fence cor
ners. President Wilson'S autographed
appeal was published in newspapers
throughout the land In motion pic
ture theaters films planned by leading
stars told graphically why Americans
should buy bonds and $4,000 voIun-
teer speakers began to drive home hte
appeal. More than score Of special
trains filed with war relics fresh from
Frances battlehclds started their
journeys from town to town.
Indications are tdat the American
people now realize more than in any
of the three previous loan campaigns
the intimate relation between govern
ment bonds and the fighting American
soldiers in France, and that those
spared the hardships Of army lie
must economic to buy bonds.
After the opening enthusiasm Of
today, and q day in churches tomor-
row, the country Will settle down to
the three weeks of drive to gather
from rich and poor the billions needed
to crush Prussian autocracy.
A reminder of the necessity came
today in an official report that the
government is spending nearly & half
billion dollars a week,--2bout $G2,-
100000 day for the war. At the
same time it was borne home that
other nations-America's partners
have done more per capita. than this
country now is called on TO do The
British people, half as numerous as
Americans have loaned their govern
ment about s14,OO0,000,00 The
French have raised nearly $7,000,0o0,
900 from bonds and the Russians
nearly equalled this record even be-
fore revolution and intrigue democrat
lied the country.
Americas Record.
BY comparison, the United States
already has sold nearly $4,000, 0OO,-
600 of Liberty Bonds, with a popula-
ton of more than 1O0,000,000.
The purposes for which these stu
pendous sums go, the huge guam
titles of guns and shells, airplanes and
motor trucks, ships, food and other
fighting stuff which liberty loan dol
lars buy-these will be explained con-
cretely in propaganda of the fourth
loan. Speakers, newspapers and solicit
tors will combine to advertise the war
itself along with the wars bonds.
The systematic methods by which
this policy is to be carried out is IL
Illustrated by organization plans in
each of the twelve federal reserve dis
tricts, in each state. county, township,
city or town, and even in the neigh
bOrhoods, factories, stores, and profess
sional or trade groups.
At the top of this organization
stands the treasury, of course. The
chief organizer in each federal reserve
district is the governor of the federal
reserve bank, with a central commit
tee and divisions of speakers, pub
lefty accounting, organization, sales,
supplies and women. The form of
orga nization extends to the states and
smaller divisions, with each bureau in