Evening star., 1927-04-30
CAMP PA|GNERS HEAR
MEMORIAL APPEAL
Workers Urged to Put Over
Drive for $4,000,
Opening Monday.

Assembling at the New Willard
Hotel this afternoon for their fina
pre-campaign luncheon before the be
ginning Monday of the effort to secure
through public subscription $4,000
necessary to assure the erection ir
Washington of the District War Me
mortal, 220 man and $50 woman cam
paign workers heard Rev. Francis
?. Duffy, fighting chaplain" OF the
165th Infantry; Right. Rev. James r.
Freeman, Bishop of Washington, and
Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune of the
United States Marine Corps urge them
to complete the memorial as a patri-
otic and civic enterprise of worth Fol-
lowing the addresses, NeWbold Noyes,
chairman of the campaign, outlined
to the workers final plans for the cam
paign and issued detailed instructions
to the team workers.
Beginning tomorrow downtown the
aters-the Earle, Keith's, Palace, Co
lumbia, Metropolitan, Rialto and
Strand-will show specially prepared
film calling for aid in the memorial
and giving some glimpses of war
scenes taken from the War Depart
ments famous film, FLASHES of AC-
ton" At the same time plans were
completed for a benefit performance
.to be given at. the Earle during the
week, that theater having offered to
contribute to the campaign a large
percentage of it's receipts. The Army
Band, the Navy Band and the Marine
Band will play at the theater on alter
nate days during the week, and in
connection with the memorial film
and regular program a pageant, made
up of detachments of troops from the
81 of MO ocl1i IN lcrfn will hn ch
on the stage. Short speeches giving
the intent and scope of the memorial
campaign will be made every evening.
Hesse Issues Appeal.
Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintend-
ent of police, has issued a general or
der to all police captains, and P. w.
Nicholson, acting chief engineer of
the Fire Department, has issued a
similar order to members of the Fire
Department, calling to their attention
the memorial campaign and asking
their active participation.
Maj. Hesse's order. in part, follows
During the World War the Dis
trict of Columbia gave to the Nation S
cause 535 young men and women who
made the supreme sacrifice-and in
addition $4,000 other men and women
of the city were enrolled in the Ma
tion's forces serving with honor.
$50 far the City of Washington has
done nothing to commemorate the
death and the service of those who
died or those who lived. and it is for
this purpose that a campaign is to be
held during the week beginning Mon.
day, May 2, 1927, in order to secure
funds through public subscriptions
which will assure the erection of this
memorial.
with this fund it is planned to
build in West Potomac Park, near the
Lincoln Memorial rejecting basin, a
beautiful Doric temple of white marble
as a symbol of love and reverence
for those who died. Upon its ceiling
will be inscribed their names-and
within it's corner stone will rest the
names of those who served it.
I'm the future the concerts by the
Capitals military bands will be given
in this temple-each concert to be a
memorial service dedicated to the
dead. In this wise we shall keep alive
for all time a glorious memory.
Orders Forces to Aid.
During this week all precinct sta
tions, the Detective Bureau, the Wom-
ans Bureau, and the Traffic Bureau
will be designated as receiving sta
tions for funds donated to the me.
mortal.
"In this connection, announcement
is made that the Memorial Commits
sion has donated a silver loving cup to
be presented to the precinct which
turns in the largest number of con-
tributions.
"Tt is suggested that the members
of the force enter into this campaign
with spirit indicative of the love and
reverence in which the members of
our force hold toward our dead, and
ii is further suggested that every
officer-many of whom are, them
selves. veterans of the World War
take an active part in the campaign
by distributing among as many per-
sons as possible the subscription cards
which will be available at the various
precinct stations.
This enterprise is a civic and pa
triotic duty-and all Of us should CO.
operate fully and generously in seeing
that it reaches most successful con-
clusion."