The Caldwell tribune., 1919-03-21

this history, have registered Their
loyalty in connection with the gov
ernment of which their ancestors
were an integral part Scores OF
women, descendants of early Ameri-
can families. but who by intermarri-
age with later emigration now bear
names not of English euphony. are
eager to place on record their Ameri-
can descent. The enrolment OF
membership in the society has
reached the astonishing total of 13o,-
sos. The actual membership is over
100000"
A report of the war work for the
entire period of the war has been
| called by the national chairman.
These reports were not made as COM
plete as they could have been had
we kept records of the work of men,
bers throughout the war, but with
the war work, in addition to regular
duties, we did not have time for keep
ing records. The reports received
show the following work accom-
plished by members of the D. A. R.
in Idaho from four chapters:
For the army-Comfort bags, As;
housewives, 20; property bags, Q;
scrap books, l06; glasses of jelly, 462;
toward Christmas celebrations for
soldiers. ESQ; soldier guests at ta-
Bile, 28; box lunches to men en- route,
IS.
For the navy-Ten copies of the
song Idaho" sent to battleship
Idaho; comfort kits. 10; Christmas
boxes, g.
All members contributed to the
United War Work, but amounts were
not obtainable; Y. NJ. c. A., $4,000;
books to the Y. M. c. A., libraries,
$50; Y: w. c. A., SIPS; Salvation
Army, $ll050; Jewish Relief, SIS;
Red Star canteen fund, $40; French
orphans adopted, "a; Tilloloy fund,
1852; crocheted shawls for aged
French women, "a; Belgian relief,
$45; garments, $50, given through
Red Cross; gifts to Red Cross, cash,
Nearly all members worked on hos
pital garments, sugical supplies,
knitted garments, comfort kits, ETC.,
at Red Cross rooms, but the work of
this kind can hardly be estimated.
Five Daughters were reported as
Red Cross chairmen of departments
and three as county chairmen.
All members of the D. A. R. are
Red Cross members.
In the Liberty loans it was hard
to get estimates of the amounts con-
tributed. Pocatello and Twin Falls
reported it as impossible to estimate
Pioneer chapter and Idaho and Po-
cahontas chapters made the follow
t,fr 80 70
bcrs only in Pocahontas chapter:
Total in four loans taken by chap
ters, $500; by individual Daughters,
$4,000; Thrift Stamps. $76s; con-
tributed to D. A. R., 100000; Lib
erty Iona. $74; Liberty bonds sold by
Daughters during campaign, $24,o50.
Daughters in the state whose war
service in this country has been rec
ognized as such and paid by goven-
ment. Cadolyn Adams and Ellen Rut-
ter. civil service; Margaret Nichol,
food administrator: Louise Riddle,
home demonstrator; Maud Standish,
nurse.
There were 2l members who were
war mothers. representing p sons
and one daughter. Two of these
mothers now wear gold stars Fruit
pits, tinfoil and services were given
toward salvage work
Let me call your attention to the
work done by Mrs. Purcell, our for
mer state regent, and Mrs. Mann. in
connection with little history of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton in Idaho including the last years
report of the state conference. am
sure that we all enjoyed reading this
early history of the organization and
appreciate the work on the part of
Mrs Purcell and Mrs. Mann, in col
lecting and preserving this data.
Chapters at Couer d'Alene, kellogg,
Emmett Weiser and Nampa in pro-
cess of organization
From reports from regents sent me
recently | give the following regard
in memberships in Idaho: Deaths. 2;
resigned. 3; transferred from other
chapters, B; transferred to other chap
ters, 3; present enrolment 237, 25 Of
whom are new members and 81 MEM
bers at large; 6 chapters
wish to thank all regents and
state officers as well as committee
chairmen of state and chapters, for
their splendid cooperation and help
in the work of the past year,