The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-05-01
LEGION PLANS
FOR CAMPAIGN
IN THIS CITY
Money To Be Raised Here
For Endowment Fund of
Organization
ALL ASKED TO GIVE
Machinery of Liberty Loan
Drives To Be Used in
Bismarck Campaign
ALL ASKED TO GIVE

Machinery of the Liberty and Vic
tory loan drives conducted here dur
ing the World war will be used by
the American Legion of Bismarck
in the endowment fund campaign for
war orphans and the disabled vet
Grams.
Plans for the Bismarck campaign
to be instituted next week have been
outlined. The Bismarck quota OF
the s5,OOO,OOO fund has been set at
$I,935. The North Dakota quota is
$4,000. Only the interest on the
fund will be used for the relief work,
now aided by the Red Cross and the
. knights of Columbus.
Prominent Bismarck men and wo-
men who conducted the Liberty and
Victory loan drives during the war
will aid the service men in raising
the local quota.
Short speeches will be made at
the meetings Of the kiwanis. Rotary,
Lions clubs, and the Masonic and
Elks lodges next week. Bismarck
ministers will make announcements
of the campaign from their pulpits
on Sunday.
The general committee in charge
o. the Bismarck drive is as follows:
H. =. Goddard, chairman, H. j.
Duemeland, Mrs. F. L. Conklin, Mrs.
f. l.. Shuman, Robert Webb, H. S.
Dobler, Dr. w. f. Cole, f. H. Russ.
and l.. +. Warren.
Teams will be selected next week
to have charge of the actual work of
raising the money. The teams will
make canvas of the entire city on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday and
every resident Of the city will be
asked to contribute to the fund.
M. H. Sprague, state chairman OF
Z the North Dakota campaign, made
the following appeal in letter TO-
day to the people Of Bismarck to aid
;n the campaign:
"When the boys marched away to
war in the thrilling days of 1917
1919 wave of gratitude towards
them swept the country. The people
OF this community and of the entire
nation felt and said that everything
possible should be done to express
their appreciation of the services
and sacrifices of the men who were
shouldering rifle and pack. They as
sured them, definitely and solemnly
that the nation would remember
them and what they were doing.
"A way to give concrete expression
to that feeling and those promises
is now presented. Thousands of
those boys who marched jauntily
away to war are stretched, pain
racked wrecks of the men they were
up on hospital beds. They need
help. Orphaned and dependent chill
dren of veterans need help also.
"Their need gives opportunity ia
redeem the pledges which the nation
made to its defenders when they
were rising so ,splendidly to the
country's need. The country recog-
nizes its obligation to them. 1t is
welcoming the opportunity to dis
charge it. This is evidenced by the
generous response being made every
where to the $5,O00,00O fund which
The American Legion Is now raising
for work for these mounting cas-.
ualties of war.
"The Legion will use the income
from this fund exclusively for the
rehabilitation work which it is and
has been doing for the disabled and
for its work for war orphans. The
fund has been set up as a trust in
perpetuity. Every possible safe.
guard has been thrown around it.
In this way, it is assured that this
work will be carried on properly 50
long as a disabled veteran or an or
phan needs it.
"The Legion is the logical agent
to carry out the public's obligation
to these men and children. By its
work for them, it has demonstrated
unusual capacity and effectiveness
in that field.
"A committee of nationally promi-
nent persons is sponsoring the en-
dowment fund. President Coolidge
members of his cabinet, leaders in
industry, finance. labor, art, and
every field Of national life are mem.
bers of the committee. That is suffi-
cient guarantee to the public that the
need in genuine, that the Legion il
the proper agent to meet the situa.
tion and that the fund will surbserve
a highly useful purpose in the nations
life. There should be and l know
there will be adequate response to
the appeal for the fund in Bismarck