Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-23
VICTORY LOAN GOES 10 S372, 300.

Meuse- -Argony1e drive in September, and finished the war just oltside Montdidier, by which time the Ger mans were going backward so fast that the guns could not be moved up fast enough to get shot a. the foe, though their range was ten miles.
 Lieutenant Herrick told his audience that the Norwich quota meant about S10,000 for every Norwich boy ill the service and he felt sure the town would respond to the call
 After the singing of the Star :spang- led Banner, Lieut.. Albert S. Sirnons of
 Hartford, who was in the 1o4th h. fantry, gave a fine description O. the service that his regiment and the 26tli division had seen in which :hey prov ed that the American soldiers were the equal of any and the men from New England the equal of the best that was in the American army. He likened the call to subscribe to the Victory loan to the army situation when it was called on for the Ar. gonne drive after the St. Mihiel salient had been wiped out. They knew that 1 the pinching off of this salient meant l the end of the war, but they went through to the finish with the Argonne
 drive and this is what the people 1 of America are called to do in this
 Victory loan. But there is this diff erence, for the men 1t the front were
 called on to give their all If need be, while the people at home ar: merely | asked to invest their money -l the best
 security, backed by the best govern
 ment in the world.
 Comrades in Arms was sung by the 1 Liberty chorus, and then Rev. William
 A. Keefe of Plainfield was introduced
 for a stirring talk upon the Victory loan.
 i One practical way, he said, to show i the pleasure and pride we feel in the achievements of our soldiers and our
 sailors is to manifest loyalty by re- sponse to this Victory loan. Our flag
 was the rainbow of hope to the tired
 allies and one hundred millions o1
 Americans backed up General Persh- ing when he stood by the tomb oi Lafayette with the historic words Lafayette, we are here!" That prom
 ise we redeemed a hundred fold. fol that flag and its heroic defenders dis
 pelled the darkness over Belgium, gave
 spirit to weakened Italy and wear, France and tired Britain.
 Pointing to the towns service flas
 hung at the front of the hall with it 1880 stars and over 50 gold stars, h,
 declared one reason for supporting thi loan was in the pledge we had made t
 take care of the dependents of thes
 boys who would never come back | Speaking of his own brotehr, now il the army of occupation, Father Reef
 affirmed that the least he and the peo pie at home can do, while this boy l keeping the watch on the Rhine is t see that he has his beans and his sou < and his pay. There should be no on , who would refuse the call to a f g.
 per cent. investment for four year. l with the best and mightiest republic ) the world as security.
 !, About two- thirds of the audienc . had left the hall after Lieut.. Simon had finished speaking. but there wer . quick responses when James; L. Gas
 took the platform and called for Lib
 erty bond subscriptions after leadin in three cherse for the men who serv !, ed in the army and navy.
 . MT. Case announced that he had a offer from an unnamed Norwich ma who would give dollar for dollar fo : anything that was subscribed at th = rally.
 W. H. Prothero subscribed s1o,0t ' for the New London County Mutu; = Fire Insurance Co.,, MT. Gibbs for tf = same amount for an unnamed sui p scriter, F. J. Leavens for s20,000 ar 5 Mir. Gibbs another s10,000 for some II one.
 T Chairman Gibbs also announced tn; Il past commander Henry Hovey of u ,. C. A. R. post would subscribe for f S1,0C0 bond. and there were four otht ' $1,000 subscriptions and three $50 sut = Scriptions.
 5, The whole made $56.500. which NJ t. Case promptly announced would e met by a like subscription from u : man he had in mind, bringing the "a e ly total to $113,000.