The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-17
Committee Calls for Five Hun
dred Active Volunteers for
Service Today
QUOTA MUST BE
MADE IN 3 DAYS
Hard Work Ahead, but Commit
tee Is Confident Pensacola
Will Not Fail

Workers the active, persistent.
dont-care- a-dash for -the-weather kind
are the need OF the Liberty Loan
committee for today.
Zone Chairman Mitchell said the
number at work yesterday was pain
fully small, just a little group OF pa
triotic volunteers, who wouldn't permit
anything to stop Pensacola from max
ing its quota They met with good
successes" said Mr. Mitchell and
had there been more at work, Per:@a-
cola would be we'll on the way to sue
cess"
Five hundred workers are needed
this morning, and they are asked to
report to headquarters early, SO that
the committee may know how many
are actually at work. Those who are
affiliated with vocational committees
will work under direction of their cap
tains and chairmen. but are asked to
notify headquarters that they are
working.
Volunteers who have not been as
signed to committees are asked TO re-
port to j. Frank Taylor, at head
quarters, who will provide them with
a list of prospective purchasers and
necessary subscription blanks and in
structions.
Mr. Taylor stated last night that he
is confident the people of Pensacola
now realize the urgent need for work
ers and that the response this morn
ing will put a soliciting force in the
field today which will break all rec
ords. both in number OF subscriptions
and total volume of sales.
Santa Rosa Makes Offer
Santa Rosa county has offered Es-
Gambia county it's over-subscriptions,
in order to put this county over the
Top in the Fourth Liberty Loan. That
Escambia will not accept this gener-
Gus offer, in nowise detracts from the
generosity OF these men who yester
day offered TO Escambia county every
cent raised by santa Rosa over 10
allotment, and every member of the
Santa Rosa committee 10 put this
drive through
r. F. Mitchell, to whom the message
was phoned by Peter Rosasco, chair
man Of the santa Rosa county com
mittee. said last night
II have heard of many generous
and self-sacrificing acts, but never
anything to equal the spirit of these
men, who, having under many diff
culties raised their own quota, are
willing not only to buckle down 20
work TO help this organization, but
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subscribed in Santa Rosa. That means
that not only solicitors but the sub
scribers in Santa Rosa would be aid
ing this campaign.
MIR. Rosasco, in making this offer.
said that he realized the tremendous
handicap that EScambia had faced. in
the influenza epidemic which has
swept the city, and that his commit
tee had met and had decided to make
this offer to Escambia, hoping I'm this
way to help the county raise it's loan.
Mr. Rosasco also offered the assistance
of the entire santa Rosa organization.
II told Mr.. Rosasco that while was
deeply touched by his offer, and felt
that every member or the Escamb bia
county committee would deeply appre
ciate it, at the same tie | realized that
Escambia could hardly accept this
generosity.
Escambia Must Do Its Part
at is inconceivable that Pensacola
and Escambia county will not do their
part in this campaign. The committee
has been terribly Handicapped. Just
as the committee was recovering from
the effects of the influenza, the storm
Of yesterday knocked over the plans.
More than half the counties in the
Pensacola zone have already gone over
the top These counties have suffered
from influenza, too. Are they more
patriotic than we are?
"Will we have TO stand back ann
accept help from men from another
county, when our own county is rich
er. our own men are as able, and our
own obligations as great?
1T is safe 10 say that no matter
how deeply Escambia county aPpre-
ciates this offer, we cannot accept II.
We must do our own work, we must
carry on our own drive.
Men went out yesterday in tbs
pouring rain and begged people 10
subscribe and were held up by ques-
tions and excuses. Men walking