The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-02
NJ ISLAND WORK
EHEADOF SCHEDULE
-. co-opera.lon Of Men on This
). result In Pushing Activities
Away In Advance Of
Time sst
EoKuK MEN AT WORK
a,.d.lphIa Paper Last Week Tells
u,,. a6,Ooo Pledge Themselves
for Best Service In
This Project.

M shtubuiiding job at Hog Island
haan pushed to such an extent
,ba work is now at least a week
~ ~ schedule. About two months
.hs work was q couple or three
rs behind, but through the pat
h cooperation Of the men behind
IN It Is being pushed through
u now 1t is ahead of time planned.
zoe number Of Keoluuk men are
tss Hog Island job. The follow
from last Saturdays Philadelphia
III American will be OF interest:
I'VE thousand Hog Island worGmen
rding with heads uncovered IN the
pledged themselves to the best
N In them as Rear Admiral
f,ds T. Bowles raised great silk
over the shipyard yesterday.
Ihey heard Admiral Bowles demand
they take every shovel full, drive
nv nail home and make every rivet
I'd in the Hog Island Job. They
cred him as he said 1t and when
|came down among them after his
they broke through tho guard
to shake on It,"
dmiral Bowles Was SO impressed
lie patriotic demonstration by the
that he said the name of Hog
knd should be changed to indie
hence Island.
was a day which exhibited the
kishi2s that the workers at the
have faced in building this great
Of shipyards this winter. Snow
steadily while two Canadians
these workers the need the boys
The trenches have for their best
rts.
Soldiers Plea Stirs Men.
hid these workers, stirred by the
! OF the men who have been
hugh the hell of the trenches.
d their promise to Garry on
ldfastly that American boys may
have to suffer as these Canadians
through three years of war.
We have been three long years
ling the Hun Corporal Frank
Jet, thrice wounded veteran of the
tthcona Horse. told them. Right
you men can crush him for all
Let each of you realize that II
slack ten minutes you may be
onsible for the death Of one or a
fired OF your own now at the
here was a comradeship OF serv-
among the men who took part in
historic Washington's birthday
bration at this greatest of ship
IS. Admiral Bowles, the govern
head of the enterprise, and
Ter Goodenough, the engineer
is to, put the job over, impressed
Fhese workers that manager and
Ter are alike in the service each
wing in putting Americas great
Fhant marine in the water to
Be the sea to the front line
th in Lorraine.
two Canadians. Corporal Street.
his stripes that told of wounds,
Major H. Stanley Boehm, a wit
OF Hun atrocities In France, CALI
hese workers comrades and APP
Ed to them as soldiers to do their
as men and soldiers should.
ere was the inevitable compari-
OF the winter, Hog Island has
through and the hardships over
with the winter that Washing
md his army spent in 17T7 in the
OF Valley Forge. And from the
pie of Washington the men were
! TO take inspiration in stead
ess, in patriotism, and devotion
70 vital task of furnishing ships.
the flag was raised at 1870 IN
OF the administration building.
other workers joined in the
OF the 5000 comrades partici-
In the exercises.
$4,000 Cheer Old Glory.
whistle OF steam dredges and
PUNK of pile drivers, the shrill
or a dinkey engine and the
e toot Of yard shifter, the rat
riyeters and the maseed shouts
q, 1000 men blended with 1.-THE
as the bugler saluted. Not
way the flag looked down ON the
OF steel which is the first keel
rlrst ship to be built at Hog
whistles interfered with the
ns address made by Mr.. Good
n' Inc general manager Of the