Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-05-03

The total amount subscribed Ia
date. as announced at luncheon today
is S44,226.00. The total for the day
was SS,694.00. Division M was the
winner for the day. and Team No. D
Gilbert ]. Cox, Jr., captain, turned m
the largest amount, 81 l,2l5.OO. DIVISION
"Y" had the largest attendance. The
team turning in the largest number
Of subscriptions was No. 6, Mrs. James
W. Bales, captain.
WHAT IS "SPIZZARINCTUM?' ?'
Find out at tOmOrrOw'S luncheon.
S37,l32 was the total reported at
the Y. NJ. c. A. campaign luncheon
Yesterday at Chamber of Commerce
Auditorium at 1890 o'clock. Ac-
cording 10 instructions given the
workers last night at the opening DIM
ner. they were to solicit no one but
themselves up to noon to-day. This
would indicate an increase over prev
iouSly reported amounts of about 81
900. Subtracting the amount reported
by the Flying Squadron of S24,l3O, the
workrs reported S13,032 as their evil
dence of their own faith in the under
taking they had enlisted in--the task
of raising $75, 900 TO put a y. NJ. c A.
building in Alexandria.
Honors flowed thick and 7ast as the
attendahce record went to Division
"Y", with General J. NJ. Duncan in
charge; the amount" record TO Divls-
ion an" win General Carroll Pierce
i'm charge, and the amount team record
TO TeamSNo 3. with Captain c. B.
Swan in charge. Another prize is to
be awarded to-day to the team turning
i'm the largest number of subscriptions,
even though the amounts may not be
the largest. A suitably worded pen
nant is Immediately placed on the Ia
bic of the team or division winning
one Of the coveted prizes.
In addition to other honors it falls
TO the lot of the honor division to
march down King Street to the big
clock hung out over the pavement
at Headquarters and set IL 10 the day
and amount reached in that days re-
ports. Some comments were heard
on the street today as to what the two
hands meant, and the Gazette is in
formed that one hand is placed at the
day of the week and the other at the
amount raised to date.
The COmmander-in- Chief has an
nounced the out of town gifts which
have added to the preliminary amount
announced several days ago. Mr..
Thomas f. Ryan, of New York, s.,
600: Mr.. II. P. Wilson, New York,
$500; Hon r. Walton Moore, House
of Representatives Washington,
$500; Mr.. f. S. Wise, New York. $500,
and Mr.. s. c. Neal, of Washington,
SlOO. Additions to these have been
received since the actual opening OF
the campaign and these will doubtless
be announced in the near future.
The report at the noon day lunch
con Yesterday was as follows: Division
"Y". General James NJ. Duncan, Team
No. l. Captain Feldtkeller, 6 subs
criptiOnS. $3.50: Team No. ?. Captain
Pitts, subscriptions, $l95: Team No.
3 Captain Thomas. 4 subscriptions,
$3.50: Team No. 4. Captain Middleton,
I substitution. 500; Team No. D,
Captain Swan, subscriptions, ST.
400; Team No. 6. Captain Bales, 4
subscriptions, S75. Total q sub
scriptionS. $3.50.
Division en-, General Carroll
Pierce. Team No. {. Captain Graham,
; subscriptions. $50; Team No. s,
Captain Cox, 3 subscriptions, $40;
Team No. 9, Captain Davis, 8 sub
ScriptionS. $3.50; Team No. 10, Cap
tain Cochran, subscriptions, $l70;
Team No. II, Captain Nicholson. s
subscriptions, $1,000: Team No. y,
Captain Lindsay, subscriptions,
san; Total 81 subscriptions. S5OS7.
Division "C", General Kenneth Og-
den Team No Is. Can't. Doniphan.
subscriptions, $500; Team No. II,
Capt. OuJcalt {, subscriptions. $3.50;
Team No. Is, Captain Lambert, /
subscriptions, $1.25O: Team No. Is.
Captain knight, l substitution, $500:
Team No. II, Captain Trimver; 6
subscriptions. 800; Team No. IS.
Captain Williams. subscription. SOS
Total, Is subscriptions. SS.3S5.
Division a., General irwin Diener
Team No. 70, Captain Cation. > spb'
scriptionS. S640; Team No. 20, Can.