Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-02-12
DELAWARE COUNTY
in THE WORLD war
HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES,
SHOWING THE PART DELLA.
WARE COUNTY PLAYED
CONTAIN PICTURES OF 1000 MEN
MeritOriOus Work in Which All Should
Take Lively Interest, and Sign
Coupon For Book.

a complete history Of the part Della
ware County had in the World War.
The work as contemplated will be a
book of about 500 pages. we'll bound
Z In cloth, with the title stamped in
gold and illustrated with about 1000
haH-tones.
: There will be photograph of every
man from Delaware county who was.
in service during the war in any cap
acity- in the army, navy or marines,
provided he has ever had photo
graph taken. There will also be
history Of each mans military exper-
ience. telling date of enlistment,
camps at which he was trained. par
ticulars as to overseas service, pro-
motions, battles in which he may have
taken part, etc. A full page will be
devoted to every man who was killed
In action or who died while in the
service. Details will be given Of those
wounded, stating the nature of their
wounds and where received.
History Of the Dra16 In Delaware
COUNTY
There will be division devoted to
the work OF the draft board in Della
ware County. There will be photo
graphs of members of the draft board
and OF the various bodies of men sent
away to training camps, record of
the names of the men sent on various
dates, the camps to which they were
sent, statistics as to the number of
men registered in the county, etc.
Financial Campaigns Recorded.
A history of each Liberty Loan cam
paign will be given together with
statistics as to the amounts. raised In
the various Townships of the~countys
Also details as to the War Savings
Stamps campaigns and amounts rails
ed thru various sources. Thus there
will be permanent record Of the
tremendous confirmation of Delaware
County to the financing Of the war.
Red Cross and Other Organizations
and Their CampAlgAs. rss
A complete history will be given
OF the organizations Of the various
chapters of the Red Cross in the
county, officers of the chapters, sta
tistics as to the campaigns for funds.
membership campaigns and record
OF the knitted work, hospital garments.
ETC., produced by the different chap
ters in the county. as 4" "h-
A history of the Y. M. G. A., X. c.,
Y. w. c. A., Loyalty League, United
War Work, American and Syrian Re-
lief campaigns and others OF like
nature will be given with financial
statistics in which, full credit will be
given to every section of the county
for their part in the same.
There will be photographs of those
from the county in active service in
the Y. M. C.. A., Red Cross, K c., and.
other war relief work, together with
history of their experiences.
There will be an account Of the
work of the Delaware County Food
Administration, the County Council
of Defense, Women's County Council
of Defense, Delaware County Farm
Bureau, Four Minute Men, etc, to-
gether with a permanent record of thes
officials of the various organizations
and the part performed by each or
ganization toward helping win the
war.
A section will contain record OF
war service of the churches, schools,
societies, lodges and any and all or
ganizations which performed any war
service
Will BE Impartial
This history will be absolutely i'm
partial and full credit will be given
every person and every organization
which did anything to help win the
war. 1t will besunlike some other
publications which have been issued
this history no person will under
ceived mention paid for the same. In
andthis history no person will under
any consideration receive special
mention other than they deserve and
the only money accepted will be the
purchase price of the books.
1t is understood that outside pro-
moters are planning to come into the
county soon to endeavor to issue a
book which will be in no way COM
plete and for which they will charge
b great deal more than this history
will be sold for. The object of the
Manchester Commercial Club in get
ting behind this publication is to fore
stall such project by outside inter-
ests and to insure the people of the
county an authentic and complete