The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-15
THE WAR WORK
DRIVES
COMING ALONG
Over Hundred More
SubsC Thursday
to the wing
Fun
S17.174.25 HAS BEEN
SUBSCRIBED
Extracts from a Letter by
Secretary Mott

Give, Give, Give is rallying call of
the United War Work campaign all
over this great country today. Give
as thank offering that the great war
for freedom has been won.
Every day reports come in of towns
already cover the top" and still
going. St. Johnsbury is not there
yet but coming we'll. Yesterdays
subscriptions from 224 givers amount
ed to $237A, and made the totals 897
givers and $17,174.25. ....
A little more speed will be neces-
sary if St. Johnsbury is to finish
within the time limit. Team cap
tains and all workers are urged to
concentrate their efforts today and
tomorrow so that every person IN
town will have been invited to give
to the war work fund by Saturday
night.
It is evident that st. Johnsbury
people wan, to give as complaints
are coming in to headquarters from
several seericns that no solicitor has
yet called.
The csr1,aign committee call atten-
ton to the fact that. $4,000 remains
to be raised. Their faith is still
strong thai it will be raised within
the time limit for St. Johnsbury has
never failed yet in any of the war
drives, but the time is short. The
utmost effort and closest concentra-
ton is necessary on the part OF all
workers # we are to maintain our
splendid reputation. Everybody
/ should help as best they can. Let
no one waste time in faultfnding OF
criticising, but let's all pull together
| to swell this fund for our boys over
there.
John r. Mott, director general Of
the United War Work campaign,
sent out Il letter this week reading IN
part as follows.
"Todayy our two millions Of men
| the flower { this land now in Europe
have stopped fighting the Germans
They have commenced to fight the
perils that have always surrounded a
period Of rehabilitation.
"Thev a1e a long way from home.
! They have no familiar faces, no rela-
tives or friends to join in their jolllfi-
eaton, as our people are doing in the
streets Of America today. Many OF
the French soldiers will get few
days leave. They can go home in
a few hours. The same of the
Englishman. Unfortunately, this is
not the cifUation regarding our men.
They cannot get home. They have
Igot to stand and take the disappoint-
ment of being alone in strange land,
while the world makes glad.
"The great recreational grounds
that these organizations have been
preparing in the south of France
must be Immediately enlarged, and
this, too, On a large scale, because
our men can more easily get leave
of absence now that peace has been
declared than they could when the
fighting was on.
"Where shall they go? This will
be the great question and it will take
some millions of dollars in the ans
wering.
"The perioa of rehabilitation ir
every war of the past has been long
1t required seventeen months, after
the American Civil War, before the
last regiment was mustered out
Following the Franco-Prussian War
pal, as they have given out O.
were all uemobiliZed.
Remember, we have four millions
of men today in arms. These mer
in the past months have risked ano
given their all to protect the civil
zation of the world, and this country
in particular.
"Can We do less, then, to give
give, give this week-not simply our
of our income, but out of our princi
pal, as they have given out of theirs
There was an error in yesterday!
e report of the subscription of $25(
which WIS credited to E. N. Randall
:. This should have been cedited to E
S N. Randall &, Company, of which firm
C. D. Hovey is the junior partner.
A mistake in transcribing the lis
t of subscriptions was made yesterday
d The gift of the C. H. Goss Co. wa
I$250.00. Additional subscription
0 Iare as follows:
S Hugh w. Spaulding S 5.0t
: E. A. Blodgett 20
+ o. H. Henderson 100
: A. E COUNSEL & Son 25.0,
e Weeks & Iced 100
n Mrs. H. L. Moore 20
: H. C. Ellsworth 90,
: Ethan E Carr $50
n G. E. Veilleux 25.O
W. A. Freeman so
A. B. Dow so
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