The Washington herald., 1918-08-25
SALVAGE DAY
is TO-DAY in
WASHINGTON
Washington Herald VIII
cn for All Old Articles
for Red Cross.
2oLOADS ARE RECEIVED
Movement Organized for
Entire u. S.; Police
; Help in District.

Salvage Sunday for Washington 1:
today, All over the United States to-
! day people are looking about to SEE
just what can be salvaged for the
Red Cross. Although Salvage Sun.
day Is today for Washington, one
week from today is Salvage SUNDAY
throughout the United States.
Over a score Of truckloads have beer
listed with The Washington Herald
1t may take until Wednesday for your
request for a truck to be answered
by The Herald. Send the request al
once. tomorrow, nevertheless.
= The salvage movement has beer
: given a great forward step in Wash
tngton through the activities OF the
police and fire departments.
z MAJ Pullman has been deeply inter-
ested in the movement. Each notice
he sent out to the police has had a
note tackled on It:
7 The salvage campaign has a three
fold purpose: to furnish money fol-
supplies for Red Cross workers, to
teach thrift to a wasteful nation, and
to clean up our homes.
Therefore. boost the salvage cam
.paign, and personally do something
to help IL along"
I; The reports of the captains of the
precincts on the salvage campaign
also tell a story between the lines OF
earnest endeavor on the part of the
police.
Some Returns.
Boxes have been distributed
through the precinct for tinfoil. al
SO placed on the desk in the front
office in this station and a consider
able amount OF tinfoil collected in
this manner. The men have Wis
tied the stores in the precinct and
solicited paper for the Red Cross.
The men are doing the best they
can,". reports the captain of the first
precinct.
I'VE have a quantity of tinfoil
and old newspapers" is the report
of the captain of the second pre-
.cinct-
"I feel confident that the officers
are doing all they can in the mat
ter" reports the captain of the third
precinct.
Information as to where salvage
,or paper. rubber, metal and mater
ial could be taken has been convey
,ed to everyone in the precinct" says
the captain OF the first precinct.
. Old Auto Tires.
Three wagonloads of salvage con-
sisting of every conceivable article
from old automobile tires to tinfoil
has already been received at No.
Engine house and shipped away.
There is another wagonload on hand
and more is constantly coming in.
. Ten or twelve days ago, several
hundred pounds OF waste paper. mag
azines and a quantity of tinfoil were
hauled from this station to Engine
house No. 5. Newspapers, books and
old automobile tires were included
in the load. 1t comes from the Elev-
senth Precinct
. -Four hundred pounds OF old news
papers have been sent from Tennally-
town substation to No. 20 Engine
house. also some old ruber hose, an
automobile casing and tube.
Precinct No. 9 reports much salvage
and that the men are offering their
days off for the salvage collection.
Number 10 reports two barrels of
old rubber from auto tires, old boots
and shoes and rubber hose and other
junk.
The men have also done good work
in advising citizens to clean out sheds
and attics and take paper. rags and
old rubber to the fire engine houses.
The Eleventh Precinct reports five
hundred pounds of newspaper. eighty
pounds of rags. eight pounds of rubber
auto tires and thirteen pounds of
iron and two and a half pounds of
stinfoil.