The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-06-27
wonderful Spirit of Patriotic
Service Stands Out Perry
Prominently.
REHABILITATION

Bringing to close The first days
drive of the Liberty Legion. the ban
auet which was given last night at the
San Carlos hotel was Indicative OF tho
Wonderful spirit which :as been gen
Grated IN Pensacola and which is be-
ing translated into deeds OF patriotic
service.
Admiral Hoogewerf and his aides.
Lieutenants ; Ender and Merritt
Hodson: Captain f. r. Watson and
has aide. Lieutenant Mcdowell Cap
tain f. +. Fitzgerald and Colonel J. l..
Hughes, We're special guests OF honor,
and Mrs. J, Walter kehoe chairman
Of the Escambia County woman's
Wnr Work Committee Miss Helen
| Carter, Miss Lonny I.andruu, Miss
Irene Pinney, and Misses velma
Maura and G. NJ. Robinson, members
of the publicity committees were also
invited guests OF the Liberty Legion
j. l.. Godfrey was toastmaster, and
IN the happiest vein Imaginable in
troduced the speakers, all of whom re-
sponded with short talks full OF in
spiration TO those who heard them
In his short and stimulating talk
Admiral Hoogewerff, stated that this
was not his first visit to Pensacola
but recalled time when he had TAX
en- part in maneuvres at Magnolia
Bluff Tonic in its splendid appeal TO
patriotism. scintliant with humor.
and expressing an ever increasing
friendship for this port. the admiral
in his talk of a few minutes impressed
his hearers anew with the wonderful
fighting spirit OF the navy. OF which hs
is 80 distinguished representative.
Mr.. Godfrey then introduced Col J.
l.. Hughes of Fort Barrancas, and Col.
Hughes in few rouslng sentences.
pledged The undivided support Of he
men at the rost to the wor Savings
Drive. declaring that on the occasion
Of the visit Of William G. McAdoo sec
retary Of the treasury. to Pensacoia,
he made the personal request that in
stead Of throwing the full strength os
their efforts into the third Libery Loan
campaign they give a generaus sup
port to the War Savings drive. This.
said Col Hughes, they were doing,
and already such reports had been
turned in as indicated that a splendid
showing would be made. Col. Hughes
pad very pretty compliment to the
members Of the woman's committee,
when ne declared that If they wished
to be commissioned he would make
Major Generals Of every one OF them.
Captain Fitzgerald, who responded
for the navy. called attention TO the
splendid work that had been accom-
plished at the naval air station during
the Libery Loan drives to which al
most every department responded one
hundred per cent.
As many of these employees are
paying for these government loans in
monthly instaIiments, the resi- ronse in
the War Savings drive has not been
as active as in .he Liberty Loan drives,
he said. but in spite Of the tremendous
taken in Liberty Loans
the War Savings campaign has met
with a splendid patronage The avia-
tiOn. in command Of Lieutenant Brans-
comb. who has ten or twelve squad
rons organized is doing some spectac-
ular work, 1t. Branscomb's squardons
in three hours alone raising the splen-
lid sum of s2,975 in War Saving
Stamps.
In his opening speech. Mr. Godfrey
called attention TO the fact that the
Liberty Legion was not an original
dea. but had been borrowed from the
2scambia County woman's War Work
Committee who had organized for
york with captains Heutenants ard
ergeants in command OF their drive
n responding, Miss Carter very grace
uIly insisted upon giving the honors
o other members Of the committees
eclaing that, white she had been re-
ponsible in a measure for it's organi-
alton, she was only a private in The
anks
Mr.. Godfrey then spoke briefly Of the
plendid work that has beer done