The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-08
Field Marshal Frank Rush ton and Allied Armies Hold Meeting and
 Plan Campaign.
ORGANIZATIONS AT FRONT ALL WORK IN
 PERFECT HARMONY
Returned Soldiers Tell of Work of Welfare Institutions at the Front-Many Activities
 Planned.


 Planned.
 l If Washington confirms the peace rumor in the meantime Birmingham will have the greatest demonstration in
 her history Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, according to an announcement made last night by Publicity Chairman i Hill Ferguson at dinner at the Tut wiler hotel given for members of the 1 industrial, labor and R. F. D. divisions i of the allied armies.
 1 With whistles shrieking, men and women screaming, and horns blowing I in a bedlam of riotous hilarity outside 1 of the hotel Field Marshal Rushton ' spoke calmly to the soldiers present ! at last nights meeting, urging them to "carry on" and obey orders just as the boys lover there are doing. "The,need ! for all these war work organizations will be many times greater after peace I is declared than before" said MT. Rush. ton. "Now is the time for us to stand behind those boys who have made the world safe for democracy. Now, more than ever, must we strive to furnish i them with recreation and wholesome di- version to counteract any reaction that may follow a cessation of hostlities
 
 home to their loved ones. WAR NOT OVER "The war is won but the war is not over yet There will be another Liberty Loan. Whats the use in asking where the money is going? If they tell us from headquarters that they need the money, why we'll raise it. Sixty-eight thousand people in Jefferson county bought bonds of the fourth Liberty Loan. I dare say there is not another county in the United States that can boast of such high percentage of sub scriptions. The remarkable part of it is that individuals subscribed within $400,000 of enough to raise our quota and the rest of it was raised by firms and corporations, all of whom have responded magnificently. Here's the way your dollar is spent when you give to the allied war work fund.-
 War camp community service. g cents.
 Young Mems Christian association, I5S1a cents.
 Young Woman's Christian associa- tion, cents.
 Knights of Columbus. 171A cents
 Jewish Welfare board, cents.
 American Library association, 9 cents.
 'Salvation Army, cents.
 T want you to go away from here determined to carry with you and drive home among your associates the fact that we must above all things stick by our posts and carry out every demand that Uncle Sam makes of us"
 Gen. John Sparrow, as usual was summoned from the dugout and in the absence of regular orders, expressed the wish that he could order the Kaiser to Devils Island for the rest of his life, Won Tirpitz to the bottom of the ocean for eternity and the man that murdered Edith Cavell to die a horrible death.
 MAJOR MOONS EXPERIENCES
 Major Moon told of his experiences with the various organizations repre- sented in the war work drive during his stay in France with the Rainbow division Each of these institutions has it's own field of endeavor," said the major. "rhere Is no overlapping. no l friction but all work together in har- mony for the common cause" He then related an incident that happened dur ing the Rainbow divisions first day on | the front, an incident that served to | give this famous division it's first rep utation as fighters. He stated that five l Alabamians had encountered eight Ger mans in trench while on patrol duty | and after a gruelling hand hand | battle either killed or routed all of | them. After that it was a continual | record of success for the Alabamians | whose prowess was heralded on more than one occasion by Paris papers.
 Percy Rosenberger recited one of ! Robert w. Services war poems about | wounded soldier carrying his wound ed comrade back to his trench. His | interpretation of the action of the two men was roundly applauded.
 LETTERS FROM HOME
 Private c. S. Mason, recently returned from the front where he spent two and half years with the Canadian army gave most interesting account of his experiences under fire He said that when the boys come out of the trenches after two weeks or more of hard fighting the first thing they do is to run for the postoffice and wait in line for their mail.
 They don't even take time to wash up, shave or to discard their equipment. If the postal sergeant shakes his head when they ask for mail, these boys look as if they wish to go back and end it all They'i cant bear the strain unless they get | some word from home. If any of you have loved ones in France, for Gods sake go home and write to them tonight. You don't know what difference it makes in a mans morale
 Tn all my experiences on the front have never heard any man ask, What IS youI iSliSloH! when you go over the top the man on your right is your pal Dc he Jew, Catholic, Protestant or what not. We all look alike in khaki The war work institutions look after the so- cial and recreatonal activities of the sol dier and the Red Cross takes care of him after he is wounded until he is sent back home. Each has it's function and each is indispensable
 BOYCOTT ON GERMANY
 Frank Rushton, at this iuncture, asked each member of the allied army to solemn ly pledge himself never to buy an article made in Germany as long as he lived
 After reports from Mrs. Shell of the wcmen's division, J. R. T. Rives of the labor division: F. H. Woodail of, the in dustrial division, General Chairman W. C. Bonham and w. Carson Adams, state chairman, the meeting adjourned
 The mining division of the allied armies Will meet at dinner to be given at the Tutwiler hotel tomorrow night at ' o'clock. All members of this division are urged to be on hand promptly at the ap- pointed hour.
 The organization of the campaign is