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WESTMONT BRANCH
Mrs. Wm. Brice, Chairman Miss Florence Brown, Secretary Mrs. Frank M. Walters, Treasurer
GLOUCESTER BRANCH
Chas. H. Fowler, Chairman Miss E. L. Powell, Secretary J. F. Lenny, Treasurer
HADDON HEIGHTS BRANCH
Mrs. Wm. Carpenter, Chairman Mrs. R. F. Edwards, Secretary Frank Reber, Treasurer
LAUREL SPRINGS BRANCH
Miss E. H. Schubert, Chairman Mrs. M. Wetherill, Secretary Mrs. M. Hughes, Treasurer
MAGNOLIA BRANCH
Miss Jean MacGarvie, Chairman Marion Galloway, Secretary C. M. Watson, Treasurer
MT. EPHRAIM BRANCH
Miss Mary Bray, Chairman Thcs. Bray, Secretary & Treasurer
PENSAUKEN BRANCH
Chas. DuBree, Chairman
Mrs. E. Barrington, Secretary Mrs. J. Adams, Treasurer
WEST COLLINGSWOOD BRANCH
George Carr, Chairman
Mrs. J. Williams, Secretary
Mrs. J. Pancoast, Treasurer
WOODLYNNE BRANCH
Mrs. Wm. Feaster, Chairman Etta 1. Bossert, Secretary Mrys. George Ryden, Treasurer
The report of the secretary at the meeting in 1917 showed the membership of the chapter to be 11,764. The total membership on October 1, 1918, was 24,439. The Christmas Drive brought a total of 19,355, the balance of 5,024 coming through the regular channels. Judge Frank T. Lloyd was chairman of the campaign com- mittee.
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The report of the chairman of women's work shows a total for 1918 of $46,079 worth of raw materials handled and 194,185 articles produced, with raw ma- terials on hand to value of $6,035.65.
The recapitulation of the report submitted by the sev- eral branches show total receipts from donations and miscellaneous sources of $41,192.32, and disbursements for materials and miscellaneous expenses of $22,171.97. The total cash paid into the Second War Fund is $225,- 792.88, of which the county chapter got a rebate of 25 per cent., the amount received being $56,448.22. James J. Scott was chairman.
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Mrs. George J. Gleason was chairman of a committee of Red Cross workers who raised sufficient funds at Christmas time in 1917 to send two hundred and fifty gifts to soldiers across the seas.
The cartons sent overseas at Christmas, 1918, were in charge of H. R. Staley, assisted by Mrs. N. Bottomley, Mrs. E. G. Hummell, Mrs. E. C. Pechin, Mrs. L. P. Reed, Mrs. Shoemaker, Mrs. Hoffman, Miss B. Schellenger, Miss Sara Webster, Miss E. Dorn, Miss M. Lukens. Be- tween 2,500 and 3,000 cartons were weighed and shipped to gladden the hearts of the boys who could not yet come home, though peace was on its way.
Sixteen thousand children of the public schools be- came members of the Junior Red Cross by contributing a membership fee of twenty-five cents. These children produced a total of 4,977 garments.
The first Red Cross War Fund Campaign opened on June 18, 1917, with Charles H. Harrington as director and the quota was $150,000. This was oversubscribed by $25,000.
When the 114th Infantry returned home on May 13, 1919, the canteen workers, under the leadership of Mrs. Francis F. Patterson provided a fine breakfast for the boys at Third Regiment Armory. Three hundred Red Cross workers served the meal besides assisting in the preparation of it.
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[Copyright by Harris & Ewing.] HON. WALTER E. EDGE Governor of New Jersey
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HOME DEFENSES STATE MILITIA
F OLLOWING the federalization of the National Guard of the State in July, 1917, Governor Walter E. Edge invited three men from each county in the State to meet him in conference at Sea Girt on August 8, 1917, to discuss means for affording an available force of troops for the protection of any part of the State in the event of disorder. It was decided to form a new State Militia to replace the National Guard. This county was represented at the conference by County Clerk Francis F. Patterson, Captain Mahlon F. Ivins and Charles L. Van Fossen. These three men were instruct- ed to recruit a company of two hundred men in Camden county.
With the assistance of automobiles furnished by Wil- liam C. Gerhard and George R. Harvey, of Merchant- ville, every town in the county was visited within the next ten days by Captain Ivins and Mr. Van Fossen, and on August 24 ninety-two men reported at the Third Regiment Armory for medical examination. The medi- cal examiners were Drs. Joseph D. Lawrence and Joseph Roberts. On the same evening a telegram from the ad- jutant general instructed the committee to reduce the county's quota to one hundred men.
The company was mustered in on August 28 by Major Harry C. Kramer and ninety-nine men were sworn in. This was the first militia company to be mustered into service in the United States and to be reported to the State and Federal authorities for duty. At an election held the same evening the following officers were chosen : Captain, Mahlon F. Ivins; First Lieutenant Barton S. Muir: Second Lieutenant, William C. Gerhard.
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The company was ordered to Sea Girt on September 5 for rifle practice and was complimented by Governor Edge during his review of the new company. The com- pany was inspected by Major H. P. Morehead, battalion commander, in December and was rated one hundred per cent.
The Second Battalion Sanitary Unit was recruited and Dr. Joseph D. Lawrence was placed in command with the rank of captain. The Imperial Band, of Collings- wood, tendered its services to the State and the band was recruited as the Second Battalion Band. Sergeant James Young was conductor.
The Camden company became known as Company A, Second Battalion, New Jersey State Militia. It was ordered to Sea Girt again on June 30, 1918, for ten days encampment. Officers and non-commission officers at- tended instructions at Sea Girt in June prior to the an- nual encampment.
Captain Ivins resigned to become major of the Sec- ond New Jersey Field Artillery but was later re-assigned to command Company A, following the encampment. He resigned in the fall of 1918 to accept a commission as captain in the Ordnance Deparment, United States , Army, and at an election in October, First Lieutenant Barton S. Muir was elected captain; Second Lieutenant William C. Gerhard first lieutenant, and Sergeant Allen H. Robinson second lieutenant. Charles L. Van Fossen, one of the two organizers of the company, was com- missioned first lieutenant of the Second New Jersey Field Artillery. He was later promoted to captain and assigned to Headquarters Company located in Camden. Company A appeared in a number of war drive parades. The most of the militiamen were married with dependent families, willing to protect homes and firesides while the troops were abroad. Company A went to Sea Girt again on July 20, 1919, for a week's
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encampment and the officers training camp was held from July 6 to 12.
SECOND FIELD ARTILLERY
After the First New Jersey Field Artillery had been called into service by the War Department Governor Edge was instructed to have recruited an additional ar- tillery regiment in New Jersey with the result that the Second Field Artillery came into existence. The recruit- ing began in this county on August 25, 1917, with First Lieutenant S. Raymond Dobbs in charge. Lieutenant Dobbs was promoted captain and placed in command of Headquarters Company located in Camden with head- quarters at Battery B Armory. The regiment was federalized on December 13, 1917, and was ordered to Camp McClellan. Then something happened in the plans of the War Department and the order was can- celled. The regiment was never summoned again, al- though repeated efforts were made by Governor Edge to have it mustered into the regular service. First Lieu- tenant Charles L. Van Fossen was placed in command of Headquarters Company upon retirement of Captain Dobbs. He was later promoted captain. The company was mustered out of service April 18, 1919.
HOME GUARD
After America entered the war and the Eddystone plant was evidently destroyed by incendiaries with such terrible loss of life, the Government deemed it necessary that each community provide its own protection, so Home Guards were organized subject to the call of the mayor of the community in which these units were formed. When the organization call came hundreds of men vol- unteered, many of them as old as sixty-five years.
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Camden set apart April 17, 1917, as registration day. Sheriff Joshua C. Haines was chairman of the Home Guards Committee of the Public Safety Committee and perfected an organization for the registration. In Cam- den 2,040 men enrolled in the thirteen wards and sev- eral companies were organized. Gloucester City, Haddon Heights, Westmont and Haddonfield formned companies while Merchantville formed a battalion.
The Gloucester City company was commanded by Captain Harry F. Green and Haddon Heights company by Captain William C. Carpenter. Merchantville had three companies and Pensauken township one. They united to form a battalion under Major John Mickle. The company commanders were: Company A, Captain Mahlon F. Ivins; Company B, Captain William H. Fra- zee; Company C, Captain Charles Dickinson; Com- pany D, Captain John Annis; battalion Adjutant, First Lieutenant Charles G. Keene; supply officer, Second Lieutenant Milton Vail. Gloucester and part of Mer- chantville companies became part of the New Jersey Militia when Company A was organized in Camden.
A Home Guard company was organized at Collings- wood by Barton S. Muir and these officers were elected : Captain, Charles Thomas; first lieutenant, Barton S. Muir ; second lieutenant, Albert E. Ingram. The com- pany disbanded when the State Militia came into cxis- tence, the majority of the Collingswood company joining the new State organization. Lieutenant Muir was elect- ed first lieutenant of Company A, of Camden, on the night that unit was organized and mustered in.
The companies drilled with broom sticks at first. Then riot clubs were secured. Merchantville and Haddon Heights furnished arms for their companies by popular subscription. The guards sought recognition from the State and permission to drill in armories, which was granted about six months later. In the fall of 1917 the guards became known as the State Militia Re-
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serve. They were not liable to duty outside of the com- munity in which they were organized but could volun- teer their services to the State in case of necessity.
CAMDEN BATTALION
Companies were organized in every ward in the city. In fact there were two companies in some wards, but the slowness of the State department in equipping the men caused them to lose heart after they drilled on the hot streets with broom sticks during the summer of 1917, and the companies gradually dwindled away until there were but enough men to make up four full companies throughout the city.
When the State finally recognized the Home Guard units Camden organized a battalion. The Camden Bat- talion was formally recognized and accepted by the State on November 17, 1917. The battalion was uni- formed and equipped by the City of Camden. The first to command this body was Major Edward C. Auster- muhl, who later resigned to enter the service of the Gov- ernment. The board of officers then elected, and the Governor commissioned Captain John H. Andrus as major of the Camden Battalion.
Two hundred and seventy-seven officers and men com- prised the command of Major Andrus with headquarters in the Third Regiment Armory. The battalion took part in each of the Liberty Loan campaigns and in the drives conducted by the Red Cross, Knights of Columbus, Young Men's Christian Association, et al. During the influenza epidemic an Emergency Hospital was estab- lished at the Armory of Battery "B," in charge of a committee from City Council. Unable to employ suffi- cient help, Mayor Ellis called on the State Militia Re- serve. While the hospital was in service one hundred and ten men of the Battalion were on duty twelve hours each and performed every task assigned them most will-
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ingly. Aside from their hospital duties, men of the Battalion were at various times assigned to go to private homes to assist the nurses in restraining delirious patients.
On May 1, 1919, when anarchist and Bolshevist sym- pathizers had prepared a May Day celebration against organized government, Mayor Ellis called two companies of the Battalion to Third Regiment Armory where they were held in reserve to aid the Police Department should the situation become alarming. Their services were not needed, however, during the day.
The officers of the organization follow: Major J. H. Andrus, First Lieutenant Charles Stuart Straw, ad- jutant; Second Lieutenant Walter M. Morris, supply officer. Company A-Captain C. F. Hettinger, First Lieutenant Benjamin Abrams, Second Lieutenant H. F. Hippenstiel. Company B-Captain M. J. Paxson, First Lieutenant Clinton I. Evans, Second Lieutenant S. W. Wilson. Company C-Captain H. H. Taney, First Lieutenant Horace Morrison, Second Lieutenant Amos Neilly. Company D-Captain Frank Parker, First Lieutenant A. P. Saumenig, Second Lieutenant J. Hobart Condit.
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[Photo by Wonfor.] MAYOR CHAS. H. ELLIS Chairman of Camden Public Safety Committee and Victory Jubilee and Memorial Committee
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PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
A T the outbreak of the war it was obvious that each community in the country must protect itself against plots to overthrow the American Government, to blow up munition plants, such had been done at Eddy- stone, Pa., when hundreds were killed and injured, and to suppress all attempts at disorder on the part of pro- German sympathizers, and the result was that public safety committees were appointed in each State with sub-committees in each municipality. This State was organized by Governor Walter E. Edge, who called a meeting of seven hundred mayors of cities in the State on March 28, 1917. The governors of the States of the Union had previously held a conference with the War Department at Washington. These committeees later became known as Councils of Defense. There was a National Council of Defense and a council in each State and one in each city.
On March 27, 1917, Mayor Ellis named the Camden Public Safety Committee with a membership of two hun- dred and seventy-five members, and the first meeting took place in the old Lyon Tabernacle at Twelfth and Federal streets on the following evening at which time the fol- lowing officers were elected: Mayor Charles H. Ellis, president; Dr. H. H. Grace, Judge Frank T. Lloyd and County Clerk Francis F. Patterson, vice presidents ; Charles M. Curry secretary ; Charles A. Reynolds, treas- urer. Camden was the first city in the State to organize a public safety committee and plans were discussed at the initial meeting for the organization of a home guard of four hundred and fifty men. On March 30, 1917, City Council appropriated $1,000 for the immediate use of
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the committee to protect the city. The members of the committee were as follows :
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Mayor Charles H. Ellis, President
Francis F. Patterson, Jr., First V-Pres.
Charles M. Curry, Secretary
Hon. Frank T. Lloyd, Second V-Pres. Charles A. Reynolds, Treasurer
Dr. H. H. Grace, Third V-Pres. David Baird, Jr., Asst. Treasurer
David Baird, Sr.
George L. Bender Arthur R. Gcmberling
Ralph W. E. Donges
Wm. D. Sayrs, Jr.
Joseph H. Forsyth
Joshua C. Haines
W. W. Fry
W. Penn Corson
Charles S. Boyer
Harry M. Knight
John Prentice
Dr. Daniel Strock
B. M. Hedrick
James H. Long
A. B. F. Smith
Wm. D. Brown
E. G. C. Bleakly
Upton S. Jefferys
Mrs. Joseph Kobus
Francis B. Wallen
FINANCE COMMITTEE
David Baird, Sr.
Joseph H. Forsyth
Very Rev. B. J. Mulligan
F. Wayland Ayer
David B. Jester
James V. Moran
Fithian S. Simmons
John Prentice
Theodore T. Kausel
B. B. Draper
A. R. Frome
W. H. Pratt
Herbert N. Munger
B. G. Royal
Arthur R. Gemberling
Edmund E. Read
Wm. J. Cooper
Frank Starr
Francis B. Wallen
Samuel Croft
Dr. C. T. Branch
George A. Frey
George M. Andrews
Wm. Casselman
David A. Henderson
James Buckelew
E. G. C. Bleakly
NATIONAL GUARD
Ralph W. E. Donges
J. Hartley Bowen
J. Milton Burdge
T. G. Coulter
H. H. Etter
Dr. Joel W. Fithian
RELIEF COMMITTEE
George L. Bender
Rev. H. F. Gravatt
B. M. Hedrick
David Baird, Jr.
L. B. Reader
James E. Hewitt
W. Penn Corson
E. P. Carson
Dr. Paul N. Litchfield
Dr. Harry Jarrett
INDUSTRIAL RESOURCE COMMITTEE
Charles S. Boyer
Theodore T. Kausel
J. H. Downey
Frank S. Van Hart
J. Lynn Truscott
Ralph D. Baker
Belford G. Royal
Arthur C. Abele John T. Rodan
Kessler Webster
Samuel L. Clarke
Raymond L. Warren
INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE
William D. Sayrs, Jr.
Sig. Schoenagle
Joseph S. Kerbaugh
Rev. Zed H. Copp
David Doan
Antonio Mecca
W. Butler William A. Frost
T. Harry Rowland
H. J. Dudley
Edgar A. Freeman
Walter T. Pratt
E. J. Kelleher
William T. Read
James H. Long
F. D. Weaver
J. M. Pennock
C. A. Wolvertom
Wm. F. Powell
William C. Story
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CHARLES M. CURRY Secretary of Public Safety Committee and Victory Jubilee and Memorial Committee
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PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE-Continued
Robert J. D. Field George H. Cummins Alex. Jasienski William C. French
L. T. Derousse Wm. D. Vanaman A. E. Simmons
E. B. McClong George A. Tatem Malcolm B. Webster
HOME GUARDS
Joshua C. Haines
John Conradi
Benjamin Abrams
George E. Kappell
Fred W. Gercke
J. Blair Cuthbert
F. E. Himmelein
F. George Delker
Rev. I. E. Showell
Thomas Mason
Rev. Jas. R. White
John J. Bingham
James F. Lennon
George J. Schneider
George A. Fogarty
Frank C. Sayrs
William Weber
Chas. W. Mathiott
Rev. G. H. Hemingway
William F. Bolzau
Joseph A. Tully
William D. Brown
George Arnold
Francis G. Bailey
RED CROSS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN AND WOMEN COMMITTEE
Dr. Daniel Strock
Miss Elizabeth C. Reeve Albert S. Woodruff
Dr. C. F. Hadley
Dr. Paul M. Mecray
Mrs. E. S. Woodward
Rev. John B. Haines
Dr. C. P. Tuttle
Dr. Lettie Allen Ward
Rev. R. E. Brestell
AUTOMOBILE COMMITTEE
A. B. F. Smith
Fredk Von Neida C. J. Roberts James E. Tatem
George Bradley
J. Sidney Mather
George Blake
Chas. W. Austermuhl
A. W. Young
George Bachmann
William W. Moyer
PUBLICITY COMMITTEE
Upton S. Jefferys
Daniel M. Hassett
Daniel P. McConnell
Frank S, Albright
Charles Schuck
James L. Polk
Frank Sheridan
Clayton Moore
William H. Jefferys
Benj. W. Courter
Otto Erdlen
John J. Tischner
John D. Courter
Charles J. Haaga
PUBLIC WELFARE COMMITTEE
Rev. Charles Bowden
William D. Brown
Fredk Von Neida
A. L. Sayers
Rev. J. R. Read
Dr. Grant E. Kirk
Christian D. Fisher
A. L. Ogden
A. Lincoln Michener
Charles A. Wolverton
CITY GARDENS COMMITTEE
B. M. Hedrick Zed H. Copp Charles H. Ellis
David Jester E. G. C. Bleakly
Hon. Frank T. Lloyd Dr. James E. Bryan
Asa L. Roberts
M. F. Middleton, Jr.
A. B. Sparks
J. Hartley Bowen
George Molineaux
Richard S. Carney
Ray E. Zimmerman
H. R. Kuehner
Charles H. Hayes W. D. Sayrs, Jr.
William Derham
George L. Bender Dr. H. L. Rose
George W. Whyte John T. Rodan John W. Sell R. S. Carney
R. D. Clow, Jr.
William C. Davis
Geo. H. Gomersall W. L. Sweeten
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BOYS' COMMITTEE
W. W. Fry
Rev. E. Ray Simons Charles A. Wolverton William J. Cooper W. H. Debenham
Abe Fuhrman
F. G. Hitchner
Wm. Heckenhorn H. N. Munger
Joseph F. Magee
G. Wilbur Taylor
Joshua C. Haines
H. B. Hemphill
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
C. S. Ackley
J. R. Diehm
Dr. Roland I. Haines
W. S. Abbott
James L. Dougherty
Arthur Herron
Philip Auerbach
John W. Dyer
Wesley W. Hibbs
George W. Amme
Samuel A. Dobbins
Edward Hillman
Hon. Wm. J. Browning George Barrett
J. T. Dorrance Harry M. Dease
William E. Hilbmann
M. D. Bulifant
W. J. Boddy
Charles Epting
Raymond L. English
Edward Ivers
Edward B. Broadway L. F. Bonaker J. Z. Blank
F. A. Finkeldey, Sr.
A. L. Jones
Dr. W. K. Browning
Philip P. Fletcher
Dr. Herbert Johnson
Thomas W. Binker
George Fisher
S. M. Jacobson
Samuel Buzine
Walter M. Friant
Joseph W. Johnston
Frazer A. Baker
W. L. Fox
George W. Kirkbride
H. P. Bailey Henry F. Budney W. P. Brewin
John A. Furey
George P. Kroecker
Charles M. Ferat
William J. Kelley
Arthur B. Butcher
Wm. H. Fredericks
Dr. Thomas M. Kain
Thomas Burnsides
Harry L. Foulkes
William H. King
Josiah Beckett Heisler Bowden
Isaac Frisch
Robert Kepner William J. Kelly
L. S. Bell
Rev. C. I. FitzGeorge
Dr. A. H. Lippincott
Dr. Jas. W. Blackwood
Dr. I. N. Griscom
Henry C. Lounsberry
Rev. Dr. I. W. Bagley William Grass
Ernest L. Bartelt
George Garland
William L. Lloyd
W. B. M. Burrell
Walter E. Garwood
H. B. Lee
William A. Baird A. G. Connell
C. H. Greer
Thomas N. Leeson Wilbur Lambert
Rev. T. D. Collins
Kohman Goldstein
Dr. W. W. Crate
Isaac H. Gleason
Frank J. Leonard
Sylvester Corson H. M. Cooper Ralph D. Childrey
Louis B. Humphreys
Dr. J. Lynn Mahaffey Robert Macintosh
William B. Cannon Joseph G. Corson Harry Cline
Bruce C. Hallowell
Howard Marshall
Benjamin F. Cox
Edward Heimach
Ralph Cavallo
George F. Hammond
Dr. H. H. Davis
Rev. W. H. Heath
Dr. P. II. Markley
Howard Dalrymple C. K. Deacon
P. D. Hughes Edwin S. Huff
Col. D. B. Murphy
Joseph B. Davis
Robert J. Hill
Benton O. Miller
Joseph Driver
Cooper B. Hatch
Joseph J. Merill
Isaac Doughten
Iloward Hammell
Clarence 1) Mathews
Harry A. Durkin
J. J. Ilowelett L. 1). Horner
William Mills
Rev. M. Di Ielsi
Wm. W. Garrigues
Edward M. Ladd
Harry R. Humphreys
Harry C. Hincliman
William H. Monroe
George Helm
Dr. W. E. Miller B. S. Maloney IIerbert W. Mowrey
E. G. Locke
Robert J. Garrison
Harry C. Sharp
V. M. Fulton
Anthony Kobus
Herbert C. Felton
F. G. Hitchner W. S. Hunt
J. C. Pohnson
Wilbur B. Ellis
William A. Donavan
Edgar R. Holme
Edward Miller
William E. Morgenweck
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[Photo by W'onfor.] WILLIAM D. SAYRS, JR. Chairman of Investigation Committee
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PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE-Continued.
Marco Marino
Frank G. Riggins
Arthur R. Stanton
A. W. Nash
Chas. C. Reeves, Jr.
Edward F. Tretbar
R. M. Pancoast, Jr.
Dr. S. M. Rubinstein
F. W. Tussey
Walter Parsons
Wm. E. Ringle
Dr. E. A. Y. Schellenger
William Tideken
J. Marion Parsons H. Frank Pettit
Walter Simpson
E. P. Turner Orley Twigg
Rev. S. D. Price
Chas. H. Stewart
Joseph R. Taylor
Dr. Edward C. Pechin
Joseph P. Shinn
Warren S. Thompson
G. H. Prince William F. Powell E. Pierce
John A. Stockton Ira Shute
Ward D. Vernon Harry Varbalow
David B. Peterson
Chas. H. Sullivan, Jr.
Rev. E. O. Parker
Max Schoeman
Robert A. Van Mater.
W. E. Prickett
Robert Smith
G. Gerry White
Benjamin Phillip David R. Rose W. L. Roberts H. R. Read
Chas. S. Straw
E. J. Way James F, Walton
Wilbur F. Rose
Edward W. Sharp
John T. Wright
Frederick Roedel, Sr.
Chas. P. Stitt
William Wilkins
Dr. A. S. Ross
John M. Smith Anthony S. Spring
George Went ing Warren Webster
Newton Roney
Thos. Skillman
George H. Williams
Dr. A. B. Reader Gustav Roedel
John J. Stevenson
William P. Weiser
John S. Roberts Wm. M. Riddle
William Sturges
Carl Wiewadel
John Schuda
Louis Zeitman
Wolcott J. Patterson
Adam T. Schlorer
Dr. O. W. Saunders
Chas. F. Turner
Dr. M. A. Street
Frank L. Vinton
Samuel Varbalow
Elwood Prickett
Frank Saur
Phillip Wilson
A. Shimp, Sr.
Harry C. Sharp
W. Taylor Wright
Joseph Richards
On April 2, 1917, the second meeting of the commit- tee was held in the Y. M. C. A. building. While the meeting was in session President Wilson was reading his war message to Congress. Before the meeting was over a telegram was read from the platform by Walter L. Tushingham, a newspaperman, which stated that the President had told Congress that a state of war already existed between the United States and the Imperial Ger- man Empire. Francis G. Riggins had just finished sing- ing "The Old Flag Never Touched the Ground," and a dramatic scene of cheering followed, led by Spanish- American War veterans. The mayor asked the audience to rise and Mr. Riggins led in the singing of "America."
G. E. Taylor
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CITY PLEDGED LOYALTY.
Thousands of citizens assembled at Third Regiment Armory on Saturday afternoon, April 21, 1917, to pledge their loyalty to America in the Great War at a meet- ing arranged by the Public Safety Committee. The rally took place following a spectacular street parade. Ralph W. E. Donges was chairman of the committee on ar- rangements and Mayor Ellis was chairman of the meet- ing. Addresses were made by United States Senator James E. Watson, of Indiana; Attorney General John W. Wescott and Dr. Russell H. Conwell, president of Temple University. Judge Frank T. Lloyd called on the throng to raise their right hands and the great audience then repeated after him the Freeman's Oath. This was followed by great cheering. The following resolutions were read by Secretary Charles M. Curry and adopted unanimously :
"Whereas, in the providence of that Divine Power, which has ever been the guiding hand in American his- tory, the nation is called to arms to again defend and extend the liberties of mankind.
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