Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-04-11

Monday night, within IL hours of the time
the canvass started, Burlington had not
only subscribed its quota of $S08, 400. but
had passed that mark and when the
figures were compiled that evening in the
office of Judge G. H.. Darling the Queen
City had just $915,500 to its credit with a
lot more money on the way. The cam
paign. which occupied only part Of Mon
day. was the greatest of it's kind ever
waged in this city, and at no time since
the war started has there been greater
enthusiasm in Burlington.
Travelling men and insurance agents
took day off and plodded through the
rain and mud to put in one Of the hard
est days work they ever did for Uncle
Sam. and all without pay. The city re-
sponded from the millionaire to the day
laborer in manner which was beyond
the hopes of the managers of the cam
paign and that night many In the steady
rain. watched the clock on the corner
Of College and ChtTch streets cross the
$500, 900 mark toward which it had steadily
climbed all day. There was little doubt
IN the minds of Judge Darling, State
chairman of the Liberty Loan campaign,
and Levi p. Smith, chairman Of the
local committee. that Burlington would
show its Willingness to trust the govern
| :nent with million of it's dollars.
The manner in which the work was
accomplished showed vast amount Of
preparation. The city was gone over
with fine tooth comb and, as Mr.. Smith
explained in the morning to the canvass
ers. none of them need feel perturbed
to find that some one had been ahead
of him because it was better to have too
many than none at all and the business
Of the campaigners was to see to 1t that
everyone had an opportunity to purchase
q bond.
One thing which showed the temper Of
the city was the manner In which the mill
people responded to the call. When the
canvassers visited the mills Monday it
was not only the men and women who
were ready. but the young girls and every
one showed a willingness to invest which
almost staggered the men who had
looked for some hard work along the
persuasive line. Monday night the number
OF subscribers could not be ascertained,
but that it Is many more than a thou
sand individuals Is certain.
One thing which contributed no little
to the success of the day was the band
from Fort Ethan Allen. They stuck as
loyalty by their instruments as the can
vassers did by their order pads. From
the time the parade started at $50 in
the morning until the last volley was
fired Monday night. the band kept ever
lastingly at 1t. When 1t was not play
ing In the bandstand 1t was marching
through the town to let people know
that something was going on.
Another crowd which deserves credit
Is the double firing squad from the
University Of Vermont. 1t was not the
pleasantest thing in the world for the
boys to stay all day in the park, most
OF the time in a drizzling rain. but at
night at nine o'clock when they loaded
their rifles for the last time there was
no sign of complaint from them. The
men who came in more tagged and tired
than anybody else in the city were the
canvassers, but the figures show what
they accomplished.
STORY OF THE DAY.
Everyone was on hand >punctually at
$3.50 O'Clock when the parade started at
the medical college and the days work had
begun. Col. j. H. Mimms led the parade
| and he was followed by the 31Oth cavalry
band. which put in as hard day as any
body before night. Behind the band came
the double firing squad from the Univer-
sity Of Vermont and after that came
those on whom the duty Of securing $780, OOO
devolved. At the head of the nearly 100
workers marched State chairman c. H.
Darling. Local Chairman Levi p. Smith,
T. w. Quincy, ]. NJ. Carroll and others
who have been most prominently identi-
! fed with the project Of floating the gov
ernment's loan in this section. Behind the
! workers were a number of floats, deco
1 rated appropriately,