The Washington herald., 1919-05-10
BUY new BOND
IS final APPEAL
IN V-L0AN drive
Last Opportunity to En-
scroll Name on Roll
Of Honor.
WHIRLWnND WINDUP
WHIRLWnND WINDUP
General Pershing's Head
quarters Band to Wind
Up Tour in Capital.

Liberty Loan campaign will be
written today. All Washington has
been appealed to by the Central
Liberty Loan Committee to buy
bonds to the limit of its capac-
ity. The banks will remain open
until o'clock tonight to take SUBJ
scriptions to the loan. The cam
paign closes tonight and with the
last opportunity to subscribe to
Liberty Bonds.
The army of loan workers. near
ly 5000 strong. today will ask the
people to help Washington maintain
the splendid record it has achieved
in the four previous liberty loans.
The fact that Washington is the
Capital of the Nation. the Liberty
Loan Committee contends. makes it
imperative that the city shall do
far more than merely subscribe its
quota. s2O.307.000. Encouraged by
the response of the people in the
last three days, members OF the
committee insisted last night that
the final figures for Washington
would reach s26.ooO.OO0.
Particularly will the workers urge
that those persons who have signed
pledge cards and who have not
hitherto gone to the banks to make
their first payments on the bonds,
go today. They will point out again
that in order to purchase bonds il
Is not necessary to pay the entire
amount From any bank a 500 bond
may be purchased by paying SO down
and 80 month. $50 bond by pay
ing s. down and 8 a month.
Whirlwind windup.
A whiriwind drive for the last day
or the campaign has been planned.
Gen. Pershing's headquarters band,
which has been touring the country
IN the interests of the Victory Loan.
Will reach here early today, and will
give three concerts. The first will
De given at l1:l5 O'Clock on the south
steps OF the Treasury building, AT
lhis meeting, Secretary Glass of the
treasury. and Secretary Baker of the
war Department, are expected to
speak. The first is just back from
swing around the country in the
interests of the loan and the second
mas recently returned from Europe
Inc second concert. scheduled for
fershings band. which has los MEM
pers' Is 10 be given at 4:30 on the
nf 81,
Will continue until O'Clock. The final
concert will be given at s o'cloclx To-
hlght on the ellipse and will last until
$50 o'clock
Should it he raining this evening
the night concert will be given in
Liberty Hut.
Pershing's Band will play also at
keith's Theater later in the evening
at the very wind-up Of the campaign
for the loan.
Coast Artillery Train, Too,
The army is sending to Washing
ton today also the Coast ARTILLERY
Victory Loan train. made up of sew
enteen cars. carrying twelve big guns
and the caterpillar tractors to drag
them. They will be stationed on the
south side of Pennsylvania avenue in
front of the White House and are ex-
pected to be on exhibition by 10 a. m.
They will remain on exhibition there
until $50 p. m, when they will be
taken TO the triangular space in front
of the Southern Railway Building.
The artillery has a band which will
play during the day. and at 7:sO D. m,
II will give a concert. At O'Clock
the artillery men will entrain for the
camp.
Fourteen officers and 100 enlisted
men make up the personnel of the
artillery train. Lieut.. Col Spurgin In
in command. All of the men have
been selected from units overseas,
and many of them have been dec
GRATED for distinguished bravery. The
soldier who fired the first shot from
the American heavy artillery at the
Huns. Sergt. Huska, is with the train.
Notwithstanding the disagreeable
weather yesterday, the banks did a
big bond business. and it is expect
ed that they will be visited by
streams of persons today who have
put of making payments on or pur-
chases of bonds until the last min
ute.
Departments Scheduled.
Many loan meetings are scheduled
in the government departments and
in various parts Of the city. In the
theaters a final appeal will be made
tonight to the audiences to purchase
bonds. The bond wagons, the tanks
and the booths along the streets
will all do business. Tonight the
giant searchlights Of the army en-
gineers, under the command of Capt.
Walter E. Aymond, will sweep the
skies again.
Interest continues strong in the
daily contests for airplane rides be-
ing conducted by the Central Lib
erty Loan Committee. The winners
yesterday were Miss Annie L. Ste
phens, Of the Lenox apartments and
F. B. Pyle. of the Evans Building.
Subscriptions to the Victory Loan.
to sl65.oo0 were taken at
Loew's Palace Theater last night.
A. E. Seymour made an address
urging support of the loan. and the
response was instantaneous
S450.0oo at G. r. o.
One hundred and fifty thousand
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