The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-29
Out.Of.Way Towns That Never See n
Soldier or Sailor Uniform to See
One in Next Few Weeks

Atlanta, Ca, March 2S.-In the
Third Liberty Loan campaign the
fight is going to be carried into the
heart of the farming district. The men
in out-of-the-way towns who don't see
a soldiers uniform in a month, unless
the boy comes home on furlough just
before taking transport for lover
there" will have the opportunity Of
seeing and hearing soldiers not only
in the khaki of America, but also see
the greener tinted khaki Of the Brit
ish soldiers and the horizon blue uni
forms of the French.
A special train is being made up
to 60 from one end of the Sixth Fed
eral Reserve district to the other,
stopping at nearly every town. On
this train will be the evidences Of war
at first hand. There will be two SOL
i'd cars of war relics, trophies cap
tured from the Huns on the battle
fields Of France, and implements of
war used by the allies.
In the party will be soldiers from
France and Canada. These men have
been wounded so severely that they
can no longer take the field; but they
have volunteered to go about this
country speaking to the people, bring
ing the horrors of the war to tho
minds of the farmers and the people
of small towns who do not have the
opportunity of hearing the many lee
turers who are coming constantly to
the larger cities. These men will give
their audiences first hand information
regarding the conditions as they now
exist; and will impress upon the PEG
pie the urgent necessity for America
to extend every effort toward winning
the war.
Prominent speakers and such coun-
try wide film favorites as Charlie
Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks will
probably be present to aid in the
great campaign which is to be
waged.
George Lowman, of the Liberty
Loan committee, is now in st. Louis
arranging for the special train. A
schedule will be made up that will
take this train to every part of the
district.
The train will stop long enough at
each point to give the crowds time TO
see the relics and to hear the mes
sage which the speaker brings.
The two carloads of relics from
France recently have arrived in this
country. They will be forwarded to
Atlanta and here will be properly ar
banged and incorporated into the spe-
cial train, which will also carry &C
commodations for all the speakers.
The train is due to leave Atlanta on
its epoch-making tour on the first day
of the campaign, April 6. 1t will be
sent away with appropriate cere-
monies. W. r. c. Smith, the chairman
OF the special train committee, Is ar
ranging the details, with the cooper
alton of st. Elmo Massengale, director
Of publicity. Governor Dorsey, OF
Georgia, the mayor of Atlanta, Chair
man Wellborn, of the Federal Reserve
Bank, and other notable men will be
present when the train leaves Allan
ia, it is expected.
The primary object of the entire
undertaking is to acquaint the people
in the smaller towns and country dis
tricts with conditions as they now ex-
.st. bring first hand information to
them. The people in the rural dis
tricts can see for themselves just
what the men in the front line trench
es are up against, and will be shown
what war means to this country and