Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-05-18
TWO THOUSAND
GIVE TO FUND
MEMORIAL TO WAR HEROES
REPRESENTS FEELING
OF CITIZENS

l
Declaring that over 2,1O0 people
have contributed $1S.700 to the Memo
rial fund being raised by Burns post,
No. SSS, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
that organization through it's post
commander, S. Knox Kreutzer, has
! addressed a communication to the
public expressing its appreciation for
the support accorded the movement.
The Monument fund is not yet COM
lplete as many villages and rural COM
munities are still to be heard from.
/ By Saturday all reports will be in and
at that time the drive will be ended.
Following is the letter received by
The Pilot:
ITO the Editor of The Wausau Pilot,
"Wausau. Wis.
"The efforts of Burns post, Veter-
ans of Foreign Wars, to put up a mon
ument in memory of all those men
from Marathon county who gave their
lives in the great war, have met with
unified and magnificent support from
the citizens. The movement has been
a complete success. While it is i'm
possible to give full report at this
time. due to the continual arrival
of new contributions, yet l can say
that to date over two thousand one
| hundred people have contributed over
! $1S,700. We have not received the
majority of the reports from the coun-
ty chairmen so that this amount will
undoubtedly be swelled to larger
figure.
"The boys felt in their hearts that
/ something fitting and lasting should
be done to commemorate the sacri-
/ fees of their comrades, something
that would carry a message to future
! generations of what loyalty and pa
triotism should mean, a tribute that
| would stand for one purpose alone
a memorial for those who never came
back. In this they knew that the ma
jority of their fellow citizens would
agree. They went to work unselfish7
ly to carry out the movement.
"The first loyal and hearty sup
port they received was from the coun-
ty board which voted Immediately on
its presentation to them to endorse
the movement, appropriating in addi-
tion $1,000.00 and placing corner
i of the court house square at their dis
4 posal With this fine support the
! boys went to work, encouraged by the
Il
the people were unanimously back of
them.
Later the council of the city of
Wausau, without solicitation and up
on the advice of the mayor, unani-
mously endorsed this proposition of
Burns post and appropriated $1,00000
toward their fund. The boys appre-
ciated it as splendid bit of co-opera-
tion from the city representatives.
4We want to express our sincere
gratitude to these two governing bod
les and their members individually.
We want to thank the Wausau Record
Herald and The Wausau Pilot for
their generous support and hearty CO.
operation with us. To the civic, pa
triotic and fraternal organizations we
extend our hearty thanks. To Com
pany G, and all those others who have
so generously contributed of their
time and labor in this cause we wish
to publicly extend our gratitude
''It is to the citizens particularly
that we want to express our heart
felt thanks. The boys were met with
an open and sincere welcome at the
great majority of homes. They were
made to feel welcome and their task
was made joy to rnem. With this
support the movement they started
was assured of success. The city of
Wausau responded more generously
and from the reports re ceived thus
far from the county we know that
| it too is cooperating in complete
and hearty manner.
''The memorial monument is truly
to be from all of us. 1t will repre-
sent the feelings, loyalty and appre-
citation of almost every home in the
city and of a great majority of the
homes in the county. Many of the
contributions meant real sacrifices,
but they were given gladly. There
were the pennies from the little child
and on up to the larger contributions
of the wealthier citizens. All were
given with generous willingness. In
the future as the monument stands
there with the names of those brave
lads who died, there will be some
comfort to an aching mothers heart
in seeing her sons name eternally
carved in bronze on it's side, because
she can know that we appreciate this
pip gu, leql I97J pug 9oyIIogs ls9le9IS
not die in vain.
IS. KNOX KREUTZER,
"Post Commander, Burns Post.
| No 3S8"