The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-01-02
KENNEWICK'S
WAR RECORD
CREDITABLE
This Community Has Given Lib
orally of Its Manhood, Its
Money and Its Labor
SOME TOTALS ARE COMPILED
People of Kennewick District Have
Given $500 per Capita and
Invested SIS per Capita

1t is difficult to attempt to meas-
ure patriotism, loyalty to s. cause, or
fealty in service in material terms.
Were it possible tho to hold up to a
community definite standard of "du-
ty done" in the war, Kennewick would
not be found wanting whether the
standard be applied TO those who went
or those who stayed home.
Wherever the boys OF this commun-
ity have worn the uniform of their
country, and they are to be found on
land and sea in almost every quarter
of the globe, they have worn it with
credit. AS yet there has been pre-
pared no complete roster of the boys
who have entered their country's SER
vice fom this community, but il is safe
to say that TO community in the ma
tion has given more literally or more
proudly of its young men than has
this one. The community has to its
credit five captains, two first lieuten-
ants and scores of men in the ranks.
In every branch of the service at home
and abroad, letters from home bear
the Kcnnewick postmark. More than
a score of Kennewick boys are with
the 146th Field Artillery which took
part in every big American battle in
France and won an enviable reputation
for itself. When the "devil-dogs"
won everlasting fame for the u. S.
Marines at Chateau-Thierry, Kenne-
wick's boys were there. They were
there with the fighting 91st division
when it went into action in France
and again in Belgium. They were
there when Marshal Haig's forces
broke the famous Hindenburg line in
Flanders. They were at st. Mihiel,
they were at Sedan, and now many of
them are in Germany. They We're
with the engineers who built the docks
and kept the trains running. They
were likewise there on those silent
guardians which chased the German
fU-boats off the high seas. Proud of
them? OF course we are proud of
them! 4
When the boys come home they will
have no cause to feel ashamed of but
few of their people who stayed be-
hind, for the home folks have been
busy and have met every war demand
made upon them The community as
a whole has done its full duty. Altho
not riding upon the free and easy
waves of prosperity the people have
given freely and literally from their
modest earnings.
Altho the mere totalling of dollars
and cents can by no means tell the
tull story of home service, these to-
tails do make very creditable showing
and in a measure index the efforts of
the community to win the war and
Keep the home fires burning. In do
ing this many men and women and
children of the community have given
not only of dollars, but of their time. .
Kennewick and the Immediately
surrounding territory, not including
Hlcniand, has given to various war
Work total of $18,177.74. Of this
total of s1O,79O.O1 has been given
70 the Red Cross and $5, ,487.73 to the
!. M. c. A. and kindred organizations.
contributions for which no definite
Hgures are available, such as Armen-
"a IAN and Belgian relief, Smilage books,
Navy League and various other other !,
war activities are estimated at $500.
!, IN the four drives the people of 7
'ae kennewick district have pur- :
chased $235,65O worth of Liberty
bonds and this total will be increased
oy several thousand dollars by the pur- Il
enase of Thrift and War Savings t
stamps, figures for which are not as
yet available.
> Istlmating the population of the
Aennewick district at 5000, which is h
. very liberal estimate, the per capita a
"ar contributions is more than $500 h
ana the Liberty Bond purchases are in o
eNeess OF S75 per capita. Iir
!, some idea of the tireless efforts of in
: sue women of the Red Cross is gained b
0m the fact that they have made