Arizona republican., 1919-05-10

{ yet fully awake to what the war meant, for the response at first was slow. PhoeniXs quota in this campaign was 1 $25,0OO, and until the lasI few days it seemed almost that bit would not be reached But then everybody began to wake up to what the cause meant to our boys lover there" for the drive ended in .whirlwind finish that put the city over the top with a. total of 1 $26, 700.
 l The second Red Cross drive did not come until nearly a year later, in the 1 last of May, 1918, and IL found every citizen and person in the state fully ! awake to the cause. This time the l Central Arizona Chapter, including ! Phoenix and the county, was assigned d. quota of $51,000. and with true Ari- zona fighting spirit set out to raise just twice that amount. The campaign l worked like clockwork all the way ! through, and when it was over the ! Central Arizona Chapter had given the Sl02, GOO it had promised Related re- turns swelled this total still higher
 IL was in this same second Red Cross drive, too, that the state of Ari- Arizona made one of it's most remark able war records for giving. The state quota was approximately s200,000, and the state raised not quite $600,000, nearly trebling its allotment
 Liberal Response
 Meanwhile two '. NJ. c. A. drives were made in Phoenix, and both met the same liberal response. The first was for $1400 and it was raised with out any noticeable effort. The second call rom the " was for $9.000 and Maricopa county made it $19,000 for good measure. The Phoenix part Of this last quota. was s6y6O0, and it was raised at a luuSheon of 150 business men, without the need Of 8 general campaign.
 The thnd big call to those who stayed at home vas the United War fund drive, to obtain funds for the seven big organizations which were looking after the comfort. welfare and happiness of our boys. In this drive were included the Y. NJ. C. A, the Y.
 W. c. A.. the Knights or Columbus tNational Catholic War Council). the
 Jewish Welfare Board, the War Camp
 Community Service, the Salvation
 Army and the American Library As
 sociation, all of which had been doing
 so much to keep the boys lives clean
 and fresh and comfortable.
 This last big drive did not begin un-
 til November IS, 1912-the day the war
 virtually WAS ended with the signing
 of the armistice-and it was responded to wonderfully. MarIcopa county's quota was S6O,OOO and it gave $9S, 500 of which s51,594 came from the city ot Phoenix alone.
 Most Was In Cash
 One of the features e the campaign was the fact that three-fourths of tht
 money obtained came in cash, and no
 in pledges, some s72,000 being cash
 The state also made wonderful show g ing in this drive. starting out with a1 Q allotment of S239, 900, voluntarily rais s ing it's quota to s506, 900. and finall. e winding up by giving s540,0 900, nor $ than twice as much as national cam e paign headquarters had dared ask. Il Several minor drives were held dur y ing the war also. and iu every case tn g same response was gtven-"We coul' e not fight take our money for tn g boys" When the final totals are cas d on the total war donations from Ari l. zona-which will probably be never = it will be found that Phoenix and Mar g icopa county gave a, quarter of a mil
 lion dollars. and gave it willingly.