The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-06-20
Various Plans Discussed and
Finally Agreement Reached
to Take in Many.
BATTER, BOMBARD
CITADELS OF CASH
Rotary and Treasury Divisions
Will Conduct Campaign to
Raise Desired SSOO,OOO.

After discussing various plans look
ing towards the raising of the eight
hundred thousand dollars remaining Of
savings campaign, the county execu-
tive committee finally agreed that the
maximum of efficiency would be Sc
cured with minimum OF effort by or
ganizing a Liberty Legion. which
should, like the legions of old, batter
and lombard the citadels of cash until
they would be forced TO surrender
sufficient sums to make up the fun
sum required.
Two divisions of the legion have
been organized. General j. II. Peele
will lead the Rotarian division, which
will be composed of regiments re-
cruited exclusively from members of
the Rotary Club, and General Peele
makes no secret of the fact that he
has every confidence in the world that
his division will bring in most war
pledges during pledge week
General Morris Bear viii be in com
mand of the Treasury division lie
has accepted the gauntlet thrown down
by General Peele in the friendly race
for supremacy as to whose division
receives the greatest number Of
pledges.
The general staff have established
training camps where the regimental
and company commanders viii be
carefully trained so as to enable them
to pursue the dollars to their hidden
places and bring them forth TO win
democracy's war.
The officers of the legion will wear
appropriate insignia denoting their
rank, the generals wearing a band %
blue on their left arms, the coloneIs a
band of white and the captains band
of red
Messrs Hancock, Hervey and Cod
frey, who comprise the general staff
are busy with a corps af aides prepar-
ing the commissions and insignia
which win be sent to the colonels and
captains Just as soon as the qualihca-
tions of the men now in the training
camps have been carefully considered,
and, when commission is conferred,
it will be entirely upon a basis Of
efficiency. zeal, patriotism and indus
try. Applicants for commissions need
waste no time in securing influential
interests to intercede for them, as the
legion will, like the United States
army. have its officers selected entire
ly upon their merits.
Each colonel will have his regiment
assigned TO a particular sector in the
line of battle, and he and his captains
will be required to go over the top
cut the wire entanglements, break
down indifference, arouse patriotism
and, If necessary, assist in borrowing
so that everyone in their sec
tor can purchase war savings stamps
or pledge themselves TO purchase
good number of them.
A special effort will be made toward
the securing of limit membership in
the Half Million Club and the cap
tain or colonel who succeeds in pro-
curing FIVE or more limit club sub
scriptions in one day will be publicly
commissioned an ace at the suppers
and luncheons that will be given the
legion by the citizens when they are
against Prussian autocracy
by raising the necessary funds TO
prosecute the war.
In soliciting memberships for the
limit purchase OF stamps, which will
admit the purchaser into the Half
Million Club. the legfonaires will be
TO say that one member
ship entities the holder TO a place on
the honor roll, and two or more mem
berships in a family or firm entities
the holder TO a place in the hall OF
fame. Where a firm or corporation
for the limit in the name OF
the firm or corporation, one or more
of the individual members. they are
also entitled TO a place IN the hall Of
tame. There is nothing in the law 70
prevent one purchasing as many limit ,
mem berships as they desire for mem
bers OF their firms or families The
only restriction is that no individual
shall be permitted TO register in his
own name more than 200 war savings
stamps
With this Legion in action. Escam-
bia county is sure to raise its quota
and proudly announce to the world
that it stands ever ready TO do its best.
Mr.. Hunter Brown is busy at work
districting the business sections Of the
city into sectors over which the W
rious coIoneIs will have command d.
ng the drive of the legionaires dur
rledge week.