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When the announcement was received from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago that Scott county had been assigned a maximum quota of $5,094,250 there was a general feeling that this goal could not be reached. It is true that the normal quota for Scott county was only slightly more than $3,000,000, but the organization decided to ignore this lesser figure and set forever at rest any lurking doubt as to the loyalty and patriotism of the people of the county.
The quota allotted to the entire county was divided among the townships and the city of Davenport in proportion to their resources. On this basis Davenport was to raise $4,195,250 and the county outside $899,000.
The tremendous task of raising this large sum of money was begun with an enthusiasm and determination which made success inevitable. The entire city organization met at luncheon at the Blackhawk Hotel October 16th for final instructions, and before leaving they pledged themselves to sell the city's full quota.
For the next nine days this organization made the most intensive drive the city had ever known. Daily meetings of the organization were held at which reports were submitted, and enthusiasm mounted higher and higher at each successive meeting, as the total of subscrip- tions climbed steadily upward. The climax was reached at the final luncheon meeting October 27th, when both the city and county were carried far "over the top," with a total subscription of $5,652,700. This was more than half a million in excess of the maximum quota, and was
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185 per cent of the normal quota. The total number of bond buyers was 12,614, or the equivalent of a bond to every family.
This splendid total was raised as follows:
Reported by city teams .$2,533,250
Reported by banks. 1,063,250
Subscribed by patriotic syndicate. 1,000,000
Reported by township teams. 956,200
Reported by Boy Scouts 100,000
The syndicate above referred to comprised twenty of the leading citizens of Davenport, headed by Joe R. Lane, and entered a subscrip- tion for a block of one million dollars of bonds. Another of the out- standing features of this remarkable campaign was the sale of almost a million dollars of bonds to the farmers-one of the very few instances in the whole country in which the farmers of a single county sub- scribed so liberally. This was accomplished through a complete can- vass of each township by local committees under the directions of the following township chairmen: F. C. Keppy, Dr. W. I. Vanderveer, C. F. Emler, Rudolph Schroeder, F. C. Ringey, Charles Otto, Grover Meyer, F. C. Michael, P. J. Thede, Adolph P. Arp, Z. G. Suiter, M. H. Calderwood, H. O. Brownlie, Carl S. Finne, G. A. Moffat, and William Hanne.
Third Liberty Loan
The sale of the bonds of the third Liberty Loan opened April 6, 1918, the anniversary of our entry into the war, and closed May 4th. Three billion dollars of bonds were offered, and Secretary McAdoo announced that oversubscriptions would be accepted. Of this loan Scott county was invited to subscribe $4,206.150. She responded again with an oversubscription and bought $4,940,750, or 117 per cent of her quota.
As early as the middle of March the work of tuning up the organ- ization for this drive was begun. Certain weak spots which the previous loan had disclosed were strengthened. Frank B. Yetter became vice- chairman for townships, and there was a marked improvement in senti- ment and in response from the country districts. The fixed purpose in the third loan was to request every citizen to buy bonds in proportion to his financial resources. To carry out this purpose a property valua- tion card was filled out from the assessors' books for every taxpayer in the county, setting forth his holdings in real estate and personal property, and showing his net worth. From the total assessed valua- tion and the total quota it was a simple matter to figure out the per- centage which each person should buy. With this information care- fully worked out, the solicitor was able to inform the prospective buyer the amount he was expected to take. By the use of pink and yellow cards, reports were to be made on each person who failed to take his fair share of bonds, and these were closely checked up by special committees. This system of report cards had been used in Scott county in the second loan, and was adopted by the government for use in the third and subsequent loans.
The drive in Davenport started April 9th, following a dinner meeting of the entire organization the evening previous, which was marked by
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most patriotic ardor and zeal. The campaign proceeded with a rush; nearly one-third of the city's quota was subscribed the first day. When the fourth noon-day luncheon was held on the 16th, the reports totaled a sum $440,800 in excess of the county's quota. The remaining days before the official close of the campaign brought in many additional subscriptions, and when the final figures were made it was found that the country had taken $1,228,950 and the city $3,720,900. Included in this latter figure were subscriptions amounting to $340,000 from workers at the Rock Island Arsenal residing in Davenport.
The splendid response which all classes of people had made to this loan was reflected in the fact that the total number of buyers was 27,172, or 45 per cent of the population. The government had invited subscriptions on the basis of $70 per capita; Scott county had responded with $82.35. For the third time Scott county had won the honor flag for oversubscribing its quota. It was done in this loan in six days, as against ten days in the second.
Fourth Liberty Loan
The fourth call by the federal government for funds came in Sep- tember, 1918, and subscriptions were to be opened on the 28th and close October 19th. Scott county's share of this loan was fixed at $4,414,800. Of this amount Davenport was assigned a quota of $3,164,150, and the townships were asked to take $1,250,650.
Three weeks before the day set by the government for opening the drive the Scott county organization began the preliminary work of preparation. Again the executive committee visited every township in the county and discussed with the chairmen and team workers plans for "putting over" the loan with greater speed and efficiency than ever before.
Two new features were adopted for this campaign-the "Register and Summon" plan for taking subscriptions in the townships, and the Liberty Loan Court for the purpose of considering and passing on the delinquents who were reported on the pink and yellow cards. This court was composed of twelve fair-minded citizens, selected by the Liberty Loan organization and the Council of National Defense. A. J. Faerber was chosen to preside over this court, and it was announced that there would be no second solicitation in this drive. People who refused to do their just share would be summoned before this body and their cases heard. The court sat at No. 210 Brady street, and the results attained through its labors amply justified its creation.
The organization decided that in the townships of the county the citizens should be summoned to a central place on a given day to sub- scribe their fair share of the loan. Saturday, September 28th-the opening day of the loan-was selected as the day for this, and a letter was sent to every citizen requesting and directing him to call at his registration place between the hours of 8 a. m. and 9 p. m. to take his full share of the loan. The success of this plan exceeded all expecta- tions. The townships' quota of the loan was oversubscribed in a single day, and when the final figures were added up it was found that the
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county precincts had subscribed $1,425,150, or $175,000 more than their quota, and every town and township in the county had won an honor flag.
The city organization also laid down a program for speeding up the work. The get-together meeting was held Thursday evening, the 26th, and the drive was launched with an enthusiasm which exceeded all previous gatherings of these workers. The team workers started out on Friday morning, and at the first luncheon on Saturday noon the reports showed that two-thirds of the city allotment had been sold. The following day was designated as "stay-at-home Sunday," and the people in the residence district were urged to remain at home until the Liberty Loan solicitors had called for their subscriptions. Monday's reports showed that less than $200,000 was necessary to put the county "over the top" again. The campaign closed Wednesday noon, five days having been sufficient to complete the task in this loan.
The record which Scott county made in the fourth Liberty Loan not only surpassed its record in any of the previous campaigns, but was almost without a parallel in any city of the country. The total sub- scriptions amounted to $6,222,150, or 141 per cent of quota. The num- ber of subscribers reached the splendid total of 29,809. The county had actually obtained one subscription for every 2.05 persons, which out- distanced the records of all the larger cities of the country. Cleveland made a sale to each 2.17 of its citizens; Buffalo, 2.31; Chicago, 2.42; Pittsburgh, 2.75, and Detroit, 2.96. Scott county subscribed $103.70 per capita, and the average size subscription was $209.
It is worthy of note that the government was not called upon in any of the four loans to defray any part of the expense of the campaign in this county. The patriotic citizens of the county furnished the funds for this purpose, and in the four loans the local expenditures had been many thousands of dollars.
Fifth Victory Loan
When the fifth, or Victory Loan, was announced for April 21, 1919, serious doubts were expressed as to its success. The war had been won, and there was a general letting down of the tense patriotism of the past two years. But when the time came to go out and get Scott county's quota of $3,311,100, the war-time spirit manifested itself throughout the entire Scott County Liberty Loan organization, and the job was done in less time than ever before.
The townships decided again to register and summon their people on Saturday, April 19th. The city teams started out to cover the city of Davenport on Friday, the 18th. At noon on Monday, April 21st-the opening day of the campaign throughout the nation-the sales reported at the organization luncheon carried the county proudly "over the top" for the fifth time. In this drive the job had been finished in three and one-half days, including Sunday.
Complete figures for the Victory Loan give Scott county $3,936,850 in subscriptions from 16,461 subscribers. Our quota was oversubscribed 19 per cent.
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In the five loans the government asked Scott county for sixteen and a quarter millions of dollars. Scott county's response was twenty-two millions of dollars. Here is the record:
Quota
Subscribed
Subscribers
First loan
$
1,250,000
$ 1,522,500
4,800
Second loan
3,056,550
5,652,700
12,614
Third loan
4,206,150
4,940,750
27,172
Fourth loan
4,414,800
6,222,150
29,809
Fifth loan
. 3,311,100
3,936,850
16,461
Total
$16,238,600
$22,274,950
90,856
Scott County Liberty Loan Organization (Fourth Loan)
For the purpose of completing this record the organization for sell- ing the Liberty Bonds, and membership of the teams, for one of the loans is appended, the fourth loan being selected as a representative one:
Chairman-A. F. Dawson.
Vice-Chairman for City-E. P. Adler.
Vice-Chairman for Townships-F. B. Yetter.
Vice-Chairman for Women-Mrs. D. N. Burrows.
Executive Committee-A. F. Dawson, E. P. Adler, L. J. Dougherty, H. K. Spencer, F. B. Yetter, F. D. Throop, Joseph Deutsch, H. P. Oetz- mann.
Clearing House Committee-Otto Hill, Chairman; William Heuer, Gus Stueben, Ed. Kaufmann, F. B. Yetter, Ed. Dougherty, A. F. Dawson, H. P. Oetzmann, Otto Eckhardt.
Committee on Lodges and Associations-Fred Wernentin, Chair- man; F. L. Ray, Ross W. Beede, F. E. Wettstein, A. E. Ballow.
Committee on Churches-R. H. Harned, Chairman; A. G. Bush, E. P. Adler, Louis G. Knocke, J. Clark Hall.
Publicity Committee-F. D. Throop, Chairman; J. C. McCarthy. Four-Minute Men-Geo. W. Scott, Chairman.
Comptroller-H. C. Oetzmann.
CITY TEAMS
No. 1-C. M. Littleton, captain; F. M. Goddard, lieutenant; A. C. Feddersen, Wm. Carstens, C. E. Adams, H. E. Weeks, Howard Power, Carl Schlegel, Fred Finch, George Jahns, Hugo Moeller, Albert Block, Dr. J. S. Weber, J. B. Hostetler, Robert Klauer, W. J. Duppert, J. L. Miclot, Jess Andre, A. Wagner, W. G. Wilkins, J. L. Goddard.
No. 2-C. M. Cochrane, captain; R. J. Clausen, lieutenant; H. L. Williams, Fred Wyman, E. C. Roberts, C. D. Hayward, W. A. Hutton, L. A. Le Claire, Jr., Charles Duncan, F. S. Phoenix, W. J. Henigbaum, K. Spelletich, F. J. Mccullough, A. T. Blakemore, Ed. Berger.
No. 3-L. J. Dougherty, captain; P. F. McCarthy, lieutenant; T. J. Walsh, H. C. Kahl, M. L. Parker, Wm. H. Korn, F. A. Cooper, J. W. Bettendorf, Verner Hayward, Geo. S. Dempsey, T. F. Halligan, Wm. Voss, R. R. Englehart, George Booras, N. J. Sirpis, Frank H. Perry, Louis Hanssen, T. J. O'Brien.
No. 4-Joseph Deutsch, captain; Otto Hill, lieutenant; M. Rosenthal, Chas. Hanssen, E. H. Ryan, Smith Blackman, Wm. Pohlmann, H. Scharff, S. Griffen Ball, Louis Livingston, Ira R. Tabor, Wm. Gruen- wald, Alexander Warnecke, William Ley, Walter Schmidt.
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No. 5-Charles Grilk, captain; L. E. Knocke, lieutenant; W. L. Mason, T. C. Miller, S. W. Sanford, A. E. Littig, J. W. Underwood, Henry W. Von Maur, J. G. Finney, Glenn Phelps, Charles Alford, J. C. Peder- son, Dr. John L. Hutchinson, W. E. Lattin, A. G. Sampson.
No. 6-Leon H. Hass, captain; Leon Nebergall, lieutenant; E. J. Bettendorf, Fred Hinrichsen, John A. Ross, H. R. Lafferty, O. G. Nobis, B. N. Richardson, C. B. Schmidt, C. H. Ploehn, Ray Bawden, W. E. Zuill, W. O. Kruse, Hugo Simon, W. C. Gehrmann.
No. 7-William Heuer, captain; W. T. Waterman, lieutenant; E. M. White, Hugo Stahl, J. C. Hall, J. Gundaker, Seth Temple, J. B. Richard- son, H. T. Proestler, Blair Phillips, H. E. Littig, I. E. Dierdorf, Abe Powelankey, J. J. Brus, L. J. Yaggy, E. J. Anderson, N. J. Hilbish, W. H. Gehrmann.
No. 8-Harry J. McFarland, captain; James J. Lamb, lieutenant; H. B. Jones, Guy D. Doud, M. J. DeLacy, D. H. Snoke, Ira Miller, Thos. Dougherty, Rev. C. J. Donahoe, H. J. Toher, Abe Waxenberg, E. M. Coleman, John P. Weir, John J. Brandt, A. E. Goettsch, W. H. Holliday, Frank W. Elliott, E. B. McCulloch, Francis C. Harrison.
No. 9-M. E. Ochs, captain; Con. Severin, lieutenant; Ernest Rod- dewig, Ross Lee, J. E. Burmeister, Charles Thias, E. Rohwedder, J. M. Sherier, J. S. Tyler, Charles Hinkleman, I. W. Simons, Oswald Becker, H. R. Bertuleit, M. Landauer, Art McMann, Harry Lane.
No. 10-Isaac Petersberger, captain; Phil Kahles, lieutenant; P. N. Jacobsen, B. M. Abrahams, Victor Martin, C. C. McIntyre, Herman Staack, Wm. Burrmann, George W. Noth, Ed. Tallmon, Walter Schick, S. A. Salter.
No. 11-Harry K. Spencer, captain; L. G. DeArmand, lieutenant; J. E. Drysdale, Paul Lagomarcino, L. M. Marks, A. W. Fox, A. W. Liddle, C. M. Chubb, Arno L. Petersen, A. J. Ruffell, John A. Feeney.
No. 12-Wm. L. Mueller, captain; Cable Von Maur, lieutenant; Harry V. Scott, Isaac Deutsch, Ralph W. Cram, Maurice A. Hemsing, W. J. Doyle, Paul Johnston, Dr. G. F. Harkness, Isaac U. Sears, G. S. Johnson, Dr. Will F. Hunt, A. L. Lagomarcino, O. W. Davis, Ben C. Mueller, James Von Maur, Dean Fortman, Ed. Bein.
No. 13-George White, captain; Ed. Dougherty, lieutenant; Jules Kerker, Dr. Raymond E. Peck, Frank Johnson, John Ploehn, Andrew Neilsen, William Heesch, Dr. C. L. Leigh, Ed. Krouse, Dr. H. L. Letts, Erwin Swindell, E. A. Shaw, D. G. Fisher, F. A. Munger, Sam Rose, R. J. Allison, H. L. Swan.
No. 14-Frank F. Betty, captain; Louis G. Bein, lieutenant; Walter Balluff, Carl LeBuhn, Ross Beede, W. M. Chamberlin, Bert Frahm, R. C. Ficke, John Hynes, Wm. Hetzel, W. B. Stark, Fred Wernentin, L. E. Chute.
No. 15-Alfred C. Mueller, captain; Geo. W. Cable, Jr., lieutenant; Charles Crowe, B. J. Denman, E. L. Goff, R. H. Harned, Bob Kramer, Carl Lambach, P. W. McManus, Jr., Morgan Reimers, Oswald Schmidt, H. A. Soverhill, Frank Stahmer, Charles Stelk, R. A. Thomson, J. J. Kinnavey, John M. Malloy.
No. 16-L. M. B. Morrissey, captain; Dave Neustadt, lieutenant; J. W. Higgenbotham, Eugene Walsh, Eugene Halligan, P. M. Sadler, Harry Betty, E. J. Carroll, Richard McCabe, E. W. Irwin, H. T. Bates, B. Z. Shank, Fred J. Bode, Dr. A. P. Donohoe, Rabbi J. Mark.
No. 17-S. E. Greenebaum, captain; W. L. Purcell, lieutenant; Nel- son R. McClelland, Chas. M. Sessions, Harry J. Frank, Thos. L. Sharon, Chris. G. Behrens, Oscar M. Staby, W. G. Kellenberger, Charles A. Keeler, Thos. H. McGowan, Julius J. Ochs.
No. 18-John Ruhl, captain; Alphonse Arnold, lieutenant; Hugo Braunlich, Louis Eckhardt, Dr. J. W. Watzek, Jerry Ryan, A. G. Bush, Chas. McCormick, Albert J. Thomas, D. W. Kimberly, Judge F. D. Letts, Wm. Geisler, Dan Keeler, John Crowley, Louis Gerwe, John Rothermel.
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No. 19-W. J. Martin, captain; O. S. Bloss, lieutenant; C. C. Smith, B. C. Hanssen, P. O. Pedersen, F. L. Mahannah, S. A. Cohagen, A. P. Griggs, J. H. Blanchard, J. P. Hand, B. W. Linderman, C. R. Faerber, Edgar Akin, Wayne Bashaw.
No. 20-F. G. Henigbaum, captain; Charles Cessna, lieutenant; M. F. Heyer, Wm. A. Hickey, Henry Richter, Ed. Schmidt, Frank Gibbs, Fred Ray, Art Wilcox, George Graham, Frank Camp, Fred Nabstedt.
No. 21-A. W. Brown, captain; Fred J. Barr, lieutenant; H. L. Becker, S. M. Brown, Rev. L. M. Coffman, C. C. Ewing, G. H. Ficke, G. Decker French, B. W. Gartside, Jr., Chas. R. Henderson, Dr. J. W. McKee, Charles Pasche, W. E. Petersen, E. M. Reading, Fred B. White, W. E. Whittlesey.
No. 22-C. H. Heuck, captain; J. R. Kohler, lieutenant; Louis H. Kuehl, H. H. Hunt, B. L. Schmidt, Alex. Naeckel, S. S. Sargeant, J. Lauder, O. Vinall, Wm. Evers, C. Flannigan, E. Bischoff, J. W. Davis, Geo. E. Crites.
No. 23-John Sutherland, captain; Geo. T. Shoemaker, lieutenant; Ed. Berger, Frank V. Skelley, Charles Peck, Lowell King, Clyde Inman, William Weise, Arthur Weber, James Boyce, E. W. Sass, Clyde Baxter, T. C. Roderick, Jack O'Meara, Clinton Nash, Geo. W. Cannon.
No. 24-C. J. Johnson, captain; Howard M. Dawson, lieutenant; E. C. Mueller, Dr. Geo. W. Decker, J. S. Kimmel, A. N. Brown, H. W. Sanford, R. E. Sawistowsky, Henry Jebens, Realff Ottesen, Ralph Gra- ham, Alexander Mattheson, Wm. Blaser, E. S. Johnson, Dr. W. D. Carroll
No. 25-Wm. T. Cotter, captain; W. J. Weber, lieutenant; E. C. Cole, O. A. Schiernbeck, J. H. Brunette, L. R. Sidney, F. A. McDonnell, W. H. Kirwan, E. H. Wichelmann, P. L. Ottesen, R. W. Haggard, J. W. Albright, W. H. Jansen, H. H. Vogt, F. D. Sisson, E. H. Fluke, G. F. Gibbs.
TOWNSHIP TEAMS
Allen's Grove Township-Frank C. Keppy, chairman; Dr. L. F. Sul- livan, Louis A. Keppy, William Goettsch, Grover W. Rohlk, Clarence Drummond, Chas. F. Blanchard, J. H. Vilmont, Henry J. Wuestenberg, Ferd. Wuestenberg.
Blue Grass Township No. 1-Dr. W. I. Vanderveer, chairman; Richard Schmidt, Henry Hetzel, Chas. Nebergall, Christ. Buttenob, W. G. Kupper, R. H. Plett, A. H. Barthel, J. H. Buchmeier.
Blue Grass Township No. 2-C. F. Emler, chairman; Herman Puck, E. C. Oldenburg, Louis Schnoor, Geo. H. Roggenkamp, Jr., E. C. Boecken, Henry W. Kruse, H. P. Soenke, A. H. Goering, Peter F. Soenke, Rudolph Schuett, Adolph Moeller, Wm. G. Fromme, Geo. F. Soenke, Louis Jepsen, J. H. Strohbeen, P. W. Giese, C. Ketelsen, Robert Bennewitz, B. H. Goering, C. A. Beinke, B. W. Behrens.
Buffalo Township No. 1-S. C. Burtis, chairman; H. Westphal, H. Ladner, Stephen Wells, Joe Roberts, H. Dorman, H. Suhl, Rudolph Schroeder, Fred Fredricksen, R. Wrage, Fred Neumeister, L. Zeiher, John Prignitz.
Buffalo Township No. 2-John Plett, chairman; Fritz Alt, William Plett, E. J. Hoffbauer, Warden E. Logan, Chas. F. Logan, Lafe Meyers, Louis James.
Butler Township-F. E. Ringey, chairman; Henry Klever. T. A. Sheridan, G. E. Swain, Clarence Randolph, Geo. F. Randolph, Patrick Hirl, R. R. Dannatt, George Tiedje, John Helble, Henry Shlotfeldt, H. W. Swain, A. J. Wright, S. T. Yocum, C. E. Schmidt, Peter Wiese, Geo. M. Bishop.
Cleona Township-Henry Feuerbach, chairman; Fred Pecken- schneider, Wm. Peckenschneider, Julius Hein, Willim Eichner, George Treimer, Thomas Johannsen, Henry Arp, William Lilianthal, William Martens, Henry Lilianthal, Herman Meinert, Charles Hamann, William
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Paulsen, John Johannsen, Gustav Hein, Walter Moeller, Rudolph Zindel, Louis Dietz, Rudolph Stoltenberg, Hugo Dietz, Henry Dittmer, Albert Hamann, Fritz Blank, Wm. Krone, Rudolph Harder, Henry Paustian.
Davenport Township No. 1-G. A. Moffat, chairman; H. D. Parmele, Roger Van Evera, Hans E. Doescher, Chas. Woodford, L. H. Ellsworth, Oscar Schaefer, Theo. Harms, Albert Schaefer, D. C. Kuehl, J. E. Barr, Frank Schaefer, Wm. C. Murray, Owen Mosher, Peter Thiel.
Davenport Township No. 2-Louis Sindt, chairman; William Puck, Louis Haase, William Claussen, Gus Waage, Nissen Jorgensen, Tom Murphy, John Tangen, Henry Horst, Herman Lamp.
Hickory Grove Township-Grover Meyer, chairman; Edward Dietz, Charles Paustian, Gus Homann, George Raughten, Grover Hahn, Gus Paustian, Barney Gasseling, August Bruse, H. T. Meyer, E. C. Bur- meister, Albert Roehlk, J. P. Burmeister, M. J. Ruefer, Dietz Wriedt, Louis Meier, Alfred Frye.
Liberty Township No. 1-P. J. Thede, chairman; H. H. Schneckloth, E. E. Doney, David Grace, J. Christiansen, J. H. Thede, C. J. Dahms, G. C. Horstman, J. W. Flynn, William Dahms, Herman Berodt, Sr.
Liberty Township No. 2-George Lueders, chairman; J. P. Ober- leitner, Edw. Trede, Thomas Ketelsen, Ferdinand Thiel, R. F. Petersen, Adolph Wiese.
Lincoln Township-Adolph P. Arp, chairman; William Dougherty, Walter Bell, Henry Stutt, W. D. Kepler, Rudolph Koch, B. S. Bonnell, Richard Copley, William Kreiter, Ferd Baustian.
Le Claire Township-F. C. Michael, chairman; Capt. W. A. Shirk, J. L. Brown, James J. Ryan, J. W. Wilson, R. G. Hulet, J. H. Clark, J. A. Meyer, S. C. Bammer, Rev. W. R. Irvine, Jos. V. Bowley, W. A. Leamer, J. H. Benson, F. C. Hamilton, S. A. Wilson, C. W. Clark, Dr. C. C. John- son, N. H. Tunnicliffe, J. E. McConnell, W. E. Paul.
Pleasant Valley Township-William Hanne, chairman; Fred Schu- macher, Henry Boeh, A. P. Randolph, W. W. Myers, Charles Hanne, Fred Schutter, James Wilson, Jr., Robert McCool, William Hartz.
Princeton Township-Z. G. Suiter, chairman; M. L. Hire, M. Voris, C. A. Pope, Sam Auliff, A. H. Schmalz, John F. Wilson, James T. Fletcher, Herman Kroeger, Harry Baxter, Dr. J. S. Barber, Emil Kroeger.
Rockingham Township-Carl S. Finne, chairman; John Smithinger, Harry McGee, Will Watterson, John Becker, R. Woods, Fred Mertin, Paul Ankerson, C. M. Marcussen, C. F. Fisher, Albert Durant, F. H. Dittmer, Claude Nunn.
Sheridan Township-M. H. Calderwood, chairman; W. H. Kuehl, J. J. Wiese, Dr. A. J. Schroeder, Charles M. Robertson, Henry Voss, Walter Lucht, J. P. McDowell, William Murrison, August H. Lamp, C. S. Clapp.
Winfield Township-H. O. Brownlie, chairman; J. G. Madden, F. P. Murphy, W. P. Neil, C. M. Madden, W. M. Robertson, Ed. Elmergreen, W. B. Bergert, Will Reimers, B. E. Evans, Chris. Marti, F. M. Ficke, J. G. Roberstson, Henry Weeda, J. S. Marti.
Rock Island Arsenal in the Liberty Loan Campaigns
BY LIEUT. J. REED LANE
During the four Liberty Bond campaigns conducted at Rock Island Arsenal the same method of organization was in effect as that used by the Scott County Liberty Loan organization.
A chairman was appointed by the Commanding Officer at the Arsenal, who generally was some younger officer, who in turn selected his organization from the civilian employes and who named a captain from each department, of which there were thirty-seven at the time of the signing of the armistice.
These thirty-seven departments were employing approximately 14,000 men, and the organization was constantly increasing although the greater part of the Liberty Loan organization. at the Arsenal (that is insofar as the captains were concerned) remained the same from the first until the fourth loan.
The plan of campaign was somewhat different because of the natural rivalry existing between the different departments than that employed by other organizations, and a daily chart showing the department, num- ber of employes, number of subscriptions, amount of subscription, average subscription, and the percentage of subscriptions to employes was furnished by the Liberty Loan organization and published on the different bulletin boards throughout the Island. The natural result was a rivalry between the shops and departments to procure 100 per cent subscriptions from the employes in their particular department.
The first loan at the Arsenal totaled approximately $70,000, while in the fourth Liberty Loan the employes subscribed $990,050, and added to this were the subscriptions of officers, enlisted men, and construction employes, making a grand total of $1,386,450. The outstanding feature, however, was not in the number of subscribers or in the amount, but in the percentage of subscriptions to employes, and this manufacturing institution led all manufacturing institutions in the United States by the final returns showing 93.83 per cent of the employes subscribing for fourth Liberty Bonds out of the total number employed. This re- markable percentage, I believe, is a challenge to any institution through- out the United States employing in its manufacturing departments, etc., a number in excess of 10,000 employes.
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