Evening star., 1927-05-09
MEMORIAL TO RISE
DESPITE DEFICIT
Drive to Continue for $25, 900
Actually Needed for
War Project.

The District War Memorial will be
built. While the response to the cam
paign for funds which ended today
immediate start on the project, it has
been sufficiently large to make neces-
sary the memorials construction.
BY unanimous vote of the team
captains and workers who attended
the closing luncheon of the campaign
today at the New Willard Hotel, it
was decided that a campaign by
voluntary workers will be continued
quietly until the deficit has been met
and every Washingtonian has had
ample time and opportunity to sub.
scribe.
The final report of the campaign
today brought the total raised during
the past week to $71 1,134.95. Today 8
between the $40, 900 sought and the
week of $68,000.
While the cost of the memorial,
with the necessary landscaping and
amplif1cation devices and other equip.
ment has been placed at 100000 the
memorial itself may be built with
about $155,000.
$4,000 Really Needed.
Last year 100000 was raised, and
this amount, added to the $71,134.95
raised during the campaign ending to.
day, leaves a balance of little more
than $4,000 needed actually to build
the memorial.
Following a report of the status of
Newbold Noyes, chairman of the
memorial campaign, Edward F. Col
laday, a member of the memorial COM
mission, and leader of one of the di-
visions engaged in raising the money,
took the floor and declared that from
all sides he had heard the complaint
that the campaign was ending before
many prospective contributors had
sent in their money. He made the
motion. which was seconded by Isaac
Cans, that the campaign be continued
unofficiallv until the balance sought
has been raised.
For Continued Campaign.
Before this motion was put to a
vote, a number of other workers rose
to their feet and urged that the cam.
paign be continued, as they felt sure
that the balance needed could be and
would be raised. The vote was
unanimous in favor Of the motion.
Mr.. Noyes announced thereafter that
the present campaign organization
would be continued in skeleton form
and that headquarters would be NOV
ed to The Star Building.
After this decision had been an
nounced, on motion of Mr.. Colliday,
the workers rendered to Mr.. Noyes a
rising vote of thanks on his leadership
throughout the campaign.
Mitchell Gives $50.
Although he is commander of the
Vincent 3. Costello Post, which last
Tuesday night passed resolution
against the form chosen for the me.
mortal, contending that 1t should be
structure to house ex-service mems $
sanizations and possibly National
Guard armory, Col. William Mitchell
yesterday gave his check for $50 to
letters were being sent to the approxi-
mately 500 members of Costello Post
urging their attendance at the next
regular meeting Of the post, which will
be held at the District Building week
from tomorrow night.
Mrs. Mary c. Costello, mother of
Vincent B. Costello, for whom Costello
Post is named. today sent $40 for the
fund, and William F. Franklin, ad-
jutant of the post, contributed 81.
Today's reports will decide the win
ming precinct among the city's police
stations in the race which started a
week ago for cup, donated by the
Memorial Commission, TO the precinct
turning in the largest number of SUBJ
scriptions to the memorial.
Standing of Precincts.
Last nights figures showed that the
police so far have turned in total
of $1,19S.96 toward the memorial, No.
10 precinct leading the race with
S210, and the Detective Bureau second
with $190.50. The standing of other
precincts follows: No. l, $93.75; No. 8.
S166.40; No. II. So; Traffic Burea /.
$69.50; No. 6, $S7.76; No. 8, $41.S0; No.
5, $145; No. II, s1.; No. Z, $107.60; 1!o.
IA. So; No. 4, $500: No. 8. $3.50; No.
IS. So.
A number of contributions have
been made in memory of individuals.
and with those received Saturday eve-
ming were from Comdr. and Mrs.
Harry Kimmell, "in memory of our
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