The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-05
OPENING GUN OF
WAR DRIVE FIRED
Business Men Pledge support and
Listen To Interesting Talk by
Returned 'N'' Secretary.

Returned .Y'' Secretary.
The opening gun of the United
war Work Campaign was fired yes
terday afternoon in the assembly
room of the chamber of commerce
when representatives. Of more than
fifty Richmond industries. after lis
tening to a stirring talk by Joseph T.
I Aling. president of the Alling & Cory
Paper company, Of Rochester, y. y.
indicated their Willingness to aid to
the utmost in the forthcoming move
ment to raise 100000 as this city's
share of the states quota of s. ,500,-
! 900
/ T. NJ. Darlington. state chairman.
t presided. Observing from the faces
! of those present that a number OF
Richmond concerns were not repre-
sented~he said: I'VE ought to find
way to reach those who cannot get
4their minds off money for half an
hour. II we were like them. the
/ Germans would have been over here
Tong ago and gotten everything we
have. Let us be thankful we don't
belong to that crowd"
Referring to the coming campaign
and to the part Richmond and Nir-
ginia are expected to play in it. he
said; What Virginia does depends
upon what Richmond does. Rich
mond always has done more than she
has been asked to do and | am con-
iident the coming movement will
prove no exception to the rule"
/ Mr.. Darlington thought corpora
tons should subscribe as literally TO
the support of the war as they. do for
7 If y Saf'ti 4fs'rlic~ protection They are get
ting anotlter kind Of protection. he
said; protection that is being furnished
I by our boys over there" The speak
( or thought large corporations-those
making from $4,000 10 100000 a
Iyear-should subscribe from $4,000 to
,oho in the coming drive"
: w. r. Reed city chairman. told Of
sounding out" the employees of his
| tobacco factory on the proposition OF
contributing one days pay per month
/ Tor -FOUR months, and said he was able
ito report Il 100 per cent. response.
The idea of the meeting which was
called for the purpose of devising ways
and means of organizing employees
| in the industrial plants in the city for
| participation in the campaign. was to
receive suggestions as to the most
i practicable means to this end. One
speaker said there is on deposit in
the hands of Richmond 500, 900 900
land expressed the belief that not only
100000 - Richmonds quota but
! $500, 900 would be raised
| "N' Secretary Talks,
! Joseph T. A!iing, overseas y VI. c
/ a. secretary, who spent ten months at
! Camp Dix preparatory TO going over
related some of his personal expert
I fences in France. Mr.. Alling was al
/ tired in the regulation Khaki uniform
'of the :" with the red triangle on
his sleeve. and presented military
appearance.
| He began by saying that the United
/ War Work appeal is not being made
! for the seven organizations partici-
mating in the drive. hut for the boys
| IN tho service. whether they are on
III" other side, in camps on this side
or on the water. The fund is wanted
for the several organizations army
work
He dwelt upon three phases OF the
war. as follows: + The size of the job.
How it Is being done. 3-The ef-
feet of the war on the American SOL
der over there and when he gets back.
Taking mp the first phase. he said
that five enormous ports American
built and American operated were
necessary to handle the vast number
OF men and supplies being sent to
France. One port. according 80 the
speaker. has fifteen miles o. docks and
eighty miles OF warehouses.
Americana built railroads carry the
men and supplies from the docks to
the battlefront. American crews OPP
crate thoni. American -cnrStru ctcd
telephone and telegraph lines Nth
American operators, flash messages
back aud forth from tae ports to the
battle line. american freight trains.
bearing Aiue ~icHu- made goods, leave
the ports for III" front every fifteen
minutes.
A machine chop employing 10000
mechanics does nothing but repair
army frucie. 10. 900 of which are used
by III. american i1xpedltionary Forces.
One hundred Thousand men can he
moved overnight to tho front uy this
means OF transportation. y bakery
with facilities for supplying the needs
o. 4 million men is in operation. In n
cold storage warehouse are 10000 900
pounds of beef,
An establishment for the saliva ging
of cast off uniforms. helmets. shoes
and other articles of wearing apparel
employs 10000 French women and
girls. ,'nifocn,s that are not suitable
for re-#ear by the soldiers are dyed
green and furnished to captured Ger
man soldiers. The initials. p. w. de-
noting prisoner of war, are Inscribed
on the shirt The idea was first used
by the French. The latter put the
{ntti : I. u q n fNr tha French NuNjyn