The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-06
IT HAS BEEN BIG


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the United States ship building re-
serve, planted thousands of additional
acres to wheat and other crops, COM
piled with all regulations of the ma
tiona1 food administration ana accom-
plished equally as much in a score of
other war activities.
Oversubscribes Her Quota.
In addition to the foregoing, Kansas
has sent thousands of books and
magazines to its soldier boys IN camps
or environments in this country or in
the service of the nation overseas; has
constructed a recreation hall at Camp
Funston for its national army men;
equipped national guard units in fed
eral service with company athletic
equipment; enlisted a state guard of
$4,000 men; saved hundreds of thou
sands of dollars by purchasing thrift
stamps; added to the pleasures of its
soldiers by supplying than with
dozen other ways shown the state
and the nation that Kansas is in the
war heart and SOUL to the finish.
When the first liberty loan cam
paign was launched, Kansas oversub-
scribed its quota, bond purchases in
the state approMmating S20,000.000,
no exact figures being available. 1t
was the same story during the second
campaign. The minimum for the
state was $27, $4,000, and Kansas
subscribed s30,104,500.
In Red Cross work the state has
stood at the top. 1t subscribed $1,000
900 to the organizations war fund and
raised many additional thousands of
dollars as the result of the membership
drive in December last. The women and
girls of the state have given hundreds
of thousands of hours to the Red Cross
Il 1-rf tow xI(f.
helmets and making surgical bandage
and other Red Cross supplies. The
state has been thoroly organized for
the work and is eagerly awaiting the
coming war fund campaign.
In the two Y. M. c. A. war fund
campaigns the state has raised a total
of 100000. In addition, the state
has supplied many war secretaries and
in other ways contributed to the work
of the organization. Thru the Knights
Of Columbus the state also has shown
its appreciation of the work of its men
in camps and environments. Thou
sands of dollars have been subscribed
thru this organization. At Camp. Fun
ston this organization has spent
$4,000 on it's building and equip
ment.
Free With Man Power
Turning to the military, figures
show that the state has given freely
of its man power. When the Kansas
National Guard was federaliz5d, it was
composed of ten thousand men, many
of whrm had had months of training
on the Mexican border. Regular
army enlistments credited to the state
on June so totaled 2,5S8. and reliable
estimates put enlistments since then
at more than 1000. Navy enlistments
are placed at between 5000 and 5000
during the first year of the war, with
enlistments in the marine corps
of q nd Q
sent 6,437 men to camp on the first
call under the selective service act.
Altho the second call has not yet
been authorized, the state has sent
5S1 additional national army men to
camp on an emergency call, for whom
it will receive credit when the. second
cal: is made. Deprived of its national
guard, the state Immediately set
about enlisting state guard, origin
ally called home guard At the
present time more than $4,000 men
have been enrolled Uniforms for
have been furnished by local COM
munities. The government has put
500 rifles at the disposal of the state
guard.F These are being used in the
oil and mining districts of the state.
Kansas was asked to enroll 2.OOo
men for the United States shipbui1d-
ing reserve. To date. more than 2,25O
are enrolled. according to the state
| director, and the enrolment \ con-
tinues. Enrolment of the youths OF
the state in the United States boys
working reserve now is progressing
| The state director estimates that fully
/ 1900 already have been enrolled.
Foods a Great Factor,
In food conservation and in food
production. the state has been active
during the year. Regulations of the
| food administration have been OBJ
served with resulting conservation OF
| food stocks. The farmers of the stat.
were asked by the secretary of agri
culture to plant 100000 acres t.
wheat. Figures compiled by the STATE
board of agriculture show that g.,
4S2,404 acres were planted. The valu,
| of the states farm products during
1917 was placed at $131, 900, 900 NOR,
than the best previous year. 1914
Value of livestock was $685., 6e4 $50, o.
s11.644,000 more than the value o
1915.
In all circles of activity, the deter
mination is expressed to exceed il
1918 and the second year of the wa
| what the state accomplished durins
the first year of the conflict. A yea
of organization. it is pointed out, viii
tend to increase largely the combinet
efforts of the state