The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-15
SOUTH CAROLINA
IN THE WAR
Walter E. Duncan, Executive
Secretary, Reviews State
Activities.
Sixty THOUSAND MEN
WERE UNDER ARMS
States Financial Contributions
to Various Drives Reached
se5,S4o,5 ,5z1.

95,840,5z1.
Columbia, Jan. 11.-South Carolina
had upward of 10000 men in the
armed service OF the nation during
the war, of which there are actually
recorded around $1,000 in the army
and SOIL in the navy, according to a
review of this States participation il
the war, prepared by Walter E. Dun
can. executive secretary to Gov. Man
ming, which was released today for
publication. In addition to this the
review shows that the Red Cross, ex-
elusive of recent Christmas roll call,
has 90,s47 members in South Car
olina, and that this State has ten men
and twenty women workers overseas.
There are eighty South Cazolinians IN
the Young Mems Chr;s.isr Association
overseas work and s7..Hty-two in
training camps and cGatonments in
the United States.
In summing up South Carolina's
financial contribution to the war, Mr..
Duncan said:
South Carolina's contribution in
money toward financing the war,
through liberty loans and war savings
stamps, and the humanitarian and
welfare work incident to the war.
through the Red Cross and the Y. NJ
C. A. and other agencies, very near
~, approaches the hundred million
naark-to be exact, s95,S40,541.'
f,,1 Nf Nv. 1l11,, e ro-
view, showing as it does South Caro-
lsna's wonderful achievement. fol-
lows:
es s.Cut Of a population Of 1,515,4oo.
according to the census Of 1910.
South Carolina has furnished to the
army upwards Of $4,000 men and to
the navy and marine corps, during the
period Of Ike war, SOIL men. The
Palmetto States quota of fighting
men, therefore was mere than $4,000
tnen-which figure does not include
those in the military Or naval service
1ru kprif 6, 1sI77-----.-,
SIN the first draft South Cardinals
quota was 15,147 men. About one
third Of the full quota enlisted-to be
exact 5,040 men-and the remainder
-10,03l, were drafted into the mill
tary service.
.''In the second draft South Caro-
Iipa furnished to the nation 34.27l
men, in addition to which number g.
$50 enlisted voluntarily, making a to-
tai Of 37,751.
These figures take account of only
those Of whom there is complete rec
erd In addition, many South Carolina
boys, residing temporarily in other
States, or away from their homes, en-
listed; and many others living near
the border lines Of other States. near
to cities in other States, crossed over
and enlisted. OF those there IS no
record in South. Carolina. The total
will, therefore, be upwards Of 10000.
ITO all of the four liberty loans the
people Of South Carolina responded
generously. subscribing to ss.0oo,oGo
Of the first loan. S17.921.750 of the
loan. and $37.117,950 Of the fourth
loan, grand total of sS0.465.95 a
sum sixteen times the State debt. To
the third loan there were S7,e05 sub
ecribers in South Carolina. and the
States quota Of $14625, 600 was great
~ oversubscribed. The percentage Of
the States subscription. based on the
quota, was 1928. In the fourth loan,
the people of South Carolina over
subscribed their quota Of S322 1852 900
by nearly s5,0o0,00o Or 114.4 per cent.
and there were about ia 900, 900 sub
Scribers.
LAS an indication Of the work Of
the women in the fourth loan the
women's committee reported s9.992,-
$50 subscribed through their efforts.
with 41.082 subscribers.
I'm addition, the people Of South
Carolina have responded TO the ap-
peals Of the national government
(, and have bought unsparingly of war
savings stamps They have pledged
themselves to buy $13,745249 worth
ofswar savings stamps. Ofthis amount
the negroes of the State have pledged
themselves to buy more than mil
lion and quarter There arc 296. 253
individual pledges of which 220,1SS
are white people. The pledges made
total $3.50 per capita. which applies
in. proportion to the races $16.Gs per
capita to the whites. and $1.4S per
capita to the negroes. Seventeen and
eight-tenths per cent Of the popula-
ton is pledged as against 81 per cent
of the negro population.
In both the Red Cross campaigns.
Of 1917 and 1918, the people Of South
Carolina oversubscribed their quotas.
giSing total of s1590.22l in the TWO
campaigns, s318,o00 in 1917 (when
the quota for the State was s300,000)
!. and s1.272,221 in 1918. This year the
quota was 100000 The people of
South Carolina gave, therefore, more
than three times what they were ask
ed
But not in dollars alone can III"
Red Cross work of the State be fig
ured. In South Carolina there are
sixty-one organized chapters Of the
Red Cross. with Il total membership Of
90. SAT covering every county in the
state. The Red Cross workers OF
South Carolina have had ten men
and twenty women in overseas work.