Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-29
PERSONAL CANVASS
TO RAISE AMOUNT
Efforts Renewed to Put Saliva
ton Army Drive Over the
Top.
RICHMOND $4,000 SHORT
Chairman Taylor Reads State
ment Setting Forth Objects
of Campaign.

4 personal canvass OF tho city viii
De made BY members OF the committee
having in charge the soliciting Of con-
,r!outions for the Salvation Army home
service drive. This announcements vas
made Wednesday following the meet
ing OF the committee and number
ot business men held at the FIRST Ma
iona! Bank
The financial statement al the OPEN
ing OF business Wednesday morning
showed total Of $4,000 had been
raised OF Richnond's quota OF 100000
leaving a considerable balance to be
supplied in event the city maintains
its reputation OF goinS o.er the TOP
in every drive.
Several large subscriptions were re-
,eKed during Wednesday. one for
$500 and another for an amount,
The announcement, o, Chairman J..
j.: Iayior ina; personal solicitation
activity on the part OF the city work
ers. Special letters were delivered bv
persona! messengers 10 various homes.
The letters put the proposition square
substantial contribution was couched
in terms readily understood. The re.
and when the hooks closed Wednesday
evening several more thousand dollars
had been added TO the fund
state Active to Get $780, ,OoO
Throughout the state efforts were
continued to add 10 the quotas AL
!otted. Several more counties reported
going over the top. and from several
OF the cities pledges of substantial
tons were that the State Viii raise raise" a
tri1e less than o.000 instead of the
100000 expected.
Al the meeting Wednesday morning.
10
statement from the national headuuar,
eers in which the work done by the
saIIai iion Army during the war is ac-
corded highest praise:
Sending corps of the ablest men
ana sh women Of the Salvation Army to
me war zone in France was an in
present To minister to the wants Of
the American soldier in their urob-
,pns,ve ,ni,so WAY. wnish called not only for
for courage and sacrifice. There was
the Salvation Army man. not an en-
Hnaep hesSy ease %h9 Tent over the
wounded soldier on his back. This
nero. who was ffty-three years old,
kill. but IL, was characteristic of the
salvation Army people 10 face any
danger in the performance OF their
dnty OF helpfulness. succor and relief.
ominous roar of the enemy airplane,
gong on quietly with their work. They
uau oH!y one lnOusnt. j o serve and TO
DC brave and cheerful.
Wins Hearts OF Fighting Men.
And SO the Salvation Army won lis
way into the hearts OF the American
.nEhtinE men. and its mission in the
world was understood by the American
people as never before. AS an organ
izat!on il deserves all the decorations
that are bestowed upon the army for
Nalor and devotion. But il was all in
me days work. only there was this
diHerence: In the slums the battle
unendinE there, is fought TO relieve the
unfortunate and TO salvage derelict
manhood and womanhood on the fields
OF France the campaign of the SAL
vation Army was 10 refresh the body
and strengthen the spirit of the Amer
lean soldier. to be always where his
need was greatest and never fail him
NO one knows better than the SOL
der what the debt Of the fighting man
was TO the Salvation Army 1t re-
turned TO the United States exalted in
the regard OF the people and glorifed
by It's good deeds. So IL was an in
spiration TO have the organization SO
worthily represented in France With
good grace Il could ask for home
service fund. 10 be raised once wear
and to be used in its work among the
fallen and the helpless, this annual
solicitation 10 take the place of the
persistent tamborine collections by
workers who could not really be spared
from their lifes work"