The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-06
COMPLAINT ON
SM|LEAGE WORK
A Citizen Files a Kick About One Of
the Details Of tho Publicity
Methods in Use in
keokuk.
KEoKUK NEGRO SOLDIER
A Suggestion Founded on Some Study
Of Them in Camp Dodge 10 o.
fered to the People
Of keokuk.

Just file my kick. will you." said a
man in a cigar store this forenoon,
"and Ak it up for the paper SO that 1t
sounds right and reads well.
'It's not exactly a kick, maybe, but
I want to call the attention of DR.. Barr.
or whoever's running the publicity
part of this Observation-Disclosures
campaign, to the fact that lot Of the
soldiers have fathers and mothers VINO
just can't afford to spend even dol
lar for coupon book.
TITS all we'll enough to holler. Get
a. book for-your-son, but lot OF keo-
kuk families have given their son to
the army and thereby cut of their own
chief support. Some of these families
have to make every nickel count IN
these days of high cost Of living.
Now, take 1t from me, ii man or
a family give their son to the army,
somebody outside the family ought
to buy that soldier coupon theater tick
cts and send them on. You know
what 1 mean You fix it up In the
paper in the right way and don't men
ton my name whatever you do"
What About Safety First?
There has been a good deal OF sug-
gestion in the paper that fathers buy
the Smileage books for their sons. and
DR.. G.. Walter Barr. who is John A.
Dunlaps propaganda promulgator IN
the Smileage campaign, was told what
the man in the cigar store safd-w1tn
some hopes of an interesting debate,
not to say scrimmage, resulting. But
DR.. Barr agreed with the other man
and said:
THAT mans right about 1t, and |
wish he would make that talk long and
loud all over town The man that
gives his son to his country ought TO
let somebody else buy these enter
Itainment tickets--but If he plays safe
tv first. he'll send his son the coupon
book and not rely on somebody else TO
do 1t.
Comment on Negro Soldiers.
There's another phase to this. too,
that probably everybody's forgot.
There are a couple OF dozen negro
soldiers from Keokuk in the camps.
There were thirteen negroes Drought
home for Christmas week. Now, /
studied out a negro regiment at Camp
Dodge: heard an old regular army
adjutant hold officers school for lieu
tenants and captains with SKINS or all
shades Of brown; talked to their white
regular army colonel about them
watched the non-coms and privates
around their barracks. Take it from
me. I'd a little rather have that col
| ored regiment with me in the front
trench when the Huns make counter
attack than most other troops These
colored men work and fight like the
devil all day--and then they enjoy
! recreation and good show about -four
times as much as any white soldier
does. A dollar is as big to most oil
them as a major-generals automobile
I wish syndicate would buy fifteen o,
Those coupon books and send them to
Lieutenant Ralph Tebeau with orders
to give each Keokuk negro soldier one
"Of course there's more white sol
diers that need these Smileage books
and I hope at least two hundred OF
them will be sent to Camp Dodge alone
| for the Keokuk men there
! Make it three hundred said Johr
A. Dunlap who was standing by.