The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-09
final PLANS ARE
MADE FOR $1,000
Y. N. c. A, DRIVE
Campaign for Funds for Rich
mond ~" Starts Next
Wednesday.

paign for $1,000, to be launched next
Wednesday, were made at q meeting
OF workers In the association building
Friday night
Fifty-four men. who have been d.
vided into five divisions to participate
in the drive. were in attendance. Man
ager f. NJ. Haas will direct the
workers.
The drive starts Wednesday morn.
ing at $50 o'clock and the workers
will report at noon at a luncheon. Ac-
tivities will continue until Friday
night. The money to be raised Is for
the use Of the Richmond association.
Commander-in-chief Rooney Of the
Allied Armies, said Saturday. I'VE are
sure to raise this amount and just as
much more as we possibly can"
George II. Knollenberg Of the avia-
ton corps. said, Already there are
two $25c subscriptions and Ave $500
subscriptions. We are in this fight to
win and make the kaiser come down
from his high bluff"
THE American boys have the right
kind Of loyalty and courage and hope
we can so fight that when this war Is
over we will have changed the coun-
tonance Of the kaiser. Instead of his
pIc0Ohl otI1IuuC NC Will hoVO tu0 oPA ~
Of freedom and patriotism and good
this war to do good to ALL" said the
speaker
The FIVE divisions are as follows:
American Army - General c. A..
Thomson, Company Y; Captain Les.
lie Hart. Edwin Wilson, Frank Druitt
Ernest Calvert, W. c. Poehl. Fred
Lemon, Edwin Crawford; Company M,
Captain Sam Fred. w. N. Johnson, ].
w. Ferguson, John Holiday, Charles
Johanning, Everett Alderman.
British Army-General, Harry L.
Doan, Company r, Captain. c. S. Kra-
mer. r. B. Jones, Thomas Tarkelson
and Oliver Nusbaum; Company E,
Captain Harrison Scott, ]. F. Horna-
day. Rev. Fl. s. James, Rev. r. L. Sc
mans, Folger Wilson.
French Army General, John H.
Johnson, Company c, Captain Howard
A. Dill; Atwood Jenkins. John M.
Coate and William Rindt; Company A,
Captain Jesse Bailey, Henry Sieckman,
Turner Hadley. Rev. c. Raymond Ise-
ley. Dr.. J. ]. Rae.
Italian Army--General, E. NJ. Camp
field. Company D; Captain Will Keller.
William Bailey. George Robe, Joshua
Allen. Superintendent Giles; Company
X. Captain, j. S. Hill, Rev. F. A. ORES.
sci. Or. A. l.. Bramkamp. DR.. G. S.
Bond and Dr. l.. M. Gentle.
Aviation Corps Colonel. Richard
Sedgwick; Lieutenant. George H. Knoll.
berg, Lieutenant James A. Carr. Lieu
tenant Adam Fl. Bartel, Lieutenant
Fred s. Bates, Lieutenant H. r. Rob.
inson and Lieutenant Howard A. Dill.
Purest Of All Plays.
Rev. F. A. Dressed of the First Eng.
lish Lutheran church made talk on
"Allied Armies" He described the
Y. NJ. c. A. as it is today in the army
camps Of the United States and what
it has done and will do for the boys
over there" as we'll as in our own
country. He also spoke Of the splen.
did work of the Red Cross which he
said was one Of the greatest institu.
tions in the world"
Reference was made to the Ameri-
can flag which had a conspicuous
place in the dining room. He said:
1T is the purest Of all flags and its
colors instill a spirit Of loyalty in the
American boys the like of which Ger
many never dreamed existed in them
and which spirit is bound to win the
war for u.s.
The need Of the Y. NJ. c. A. to the
young boys Of Richmond was also re-
ferred to by the speaker.
Adjutant General E. NJ, Haas, secre-
tary of the Wayne County War Fund
organization, and who has prepared
the necessary Ammunition" for each
soldier made an explanatory talk in
which he said the soldiers would be
sent out in pairs. General Haas has
prepared 500 cards with the names Of
prospective contributors.
Lieutenant General Fred Bartel
said:
I'VE have lost about 20 members
during the past year and all have
gone into the service. Their loss has
meant a financial as well as a social
loss. But we are all proud of them
and the manner in which they have
honored the Y. NJ. c. A.
Adam Fl. Bartel said he had written
a letter to soldier in France instruct
ing him that if he saw a German Bar
tel to give him his compliments and
tell him to come over here where