USA > Pennsylvania > Allegheny County > District No. 15 of Allegheny County Pennsylvania in the Great War : a history of activities at home and abroad from the declaration of war in 1917 to the home-comings in 1919 > Part 10
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29
16. Brooks Kuhn
17. Charles Strzesieski
18. Michael Brooks
9. Edward Feller 10. Adolph Koscinski
19. Julius Ziemkiewicz 20. Leon Nowicki 21. James Borland 22. Edwin F. Ludwig
11. Russell J. Esler
12. D. P. Kennedy
23. Edward D. Wolfe 24. George D. Cooke 25. Gail Elton Barr 26. Michael Baczynski
PLATES X-A AND X-B
8
6
3
17
20
53
CHESWICK BRANCH
showed an addition of 622 members and netted $643, a really excellent result taking into considera- tion the population of the district.
At this time Christmas boxes were sent overseas and to the local camps for all the boys from the community. Mrs. Glenn Woodhouse had charge of this work.
It seems superfluous to say that these pleasant tasks of providing remembrances for local boys were wonderfully potent influences in sustaining the interest and exciting the generosity of the people.
During the influenza epidemic the Cheswick Branch provided organized assistance for the afflicted in the community and was able in a number of cases to assist materially in relieving the sick.
In connection with the war supplies work it may be noted that each boy from the territory covered by the Branch was provided with a sweater, helmet, two pairs home-knit socks, one pair wristlets, a comfort kit and a Testament.
During the period of activity Cheswick Branch made up and turned out the following articles:
Towels ..
227
Girls' dresses 25
Cases.
58 Sheets.
II4
Hospital Bed Shirts.
I35
Pajama Suits. 20
Underdrawers.
75
Undershirts
70
Chemise ..
25
Convalescent Robes.
20
Girls' Pinafores
20 Petticoats for Girls. 75
Operating Gowns
75
House Gowns. 25
Of this list some forty of the articles were made at Harmarville by the circle of the Branch which met there.
Among other important contributions were five ambulance robes made under the direction of Mrs. Lulu Armstrong by women, who, unable to attend the Red Cross sewings, nevertheless de- sired to be engaged in the work at their own homes. These robes were made of woolen material from squares 9x9 inches in dimensions, which in turn were quilted together. The finished robe was 45x63 inches with a large red cross in the center. The amount of work involved is thus fairly well indicated to those who have been accustomed to "counting their stitches."
Among other articles made by the Red Cross were: 58 sweaters, 3 helmets, 139 pairs socks, and 52 wristlets.
While the active work of the Cheswick Branch ceased shortly after the coming of the armis- tice, the impetus to associated community effort along benevolent lines has been lasting, and now that the war is over and the perspective becomes clearer, it may well be that not the least of the good works of the Cheswick Branch and other branches of the Red Cross may appear in more effective unity in the various communities for altruistic service.
CHAPTER V
MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES
A nation at war is a nation whose civic activities are all aroused and directly or indirectly focussed upon those things that have to do with war. To the citizens of any community the Local Board with its Medical Examining Board, its Legal Advisory Board, its Board of Instruc- tion, appointed by the government heads and responsible to the military authority, devoted to raising and marshalling an army, represent the government. They are of the people yet an agency apart from the people, owing their allegiance to the people through the people's government. Even the Red Cross Society is directly associated with active war agencies and preparations, and while the local branches are composed of friends and neighbors, the affairs of production of the Red Cross Society speedily concentrate in the funnel of the military organization before they spread and diffuse themselves in the affairs of distribution.
But there are other activities of the people which, however much they may have to do with the support of the nation at war, are yet distinctly civilian activities. They are in some instances incidental, though none the less important. Again, they may contribute more or less directly to the success of military operations, yet the military influence and spirit are entirely lacking. To a large extent these civilian activities are the barometer of patriotism. They indicate almost un- failingly to what extent the heart of any community is in the struggle. It is with such that this chapter is concerned.
Perhaps there was no greater manifestation of the loyalty and patriotism of the people of the United States at large than the manner in which the individual citizens came to the support of the Federal Government in providing the sinews of war through the funding of the Liberty Loans. District No. 15, Allegheny County, has a proud record to hand down to posterity. And so, too, with the United War Work Campaigns, the Mothers of Democracy and others of nation-wide extent and organization. So, too, with such distinctly local activities as those of the Tarentum Book Club, the Federation of Adult Bible Classes, the local company of Knights of Columbus, and the Valley Newspapers. No story of the war time activities of the District would be complete without some mention however brief of these. The records are not as full as they might have been had the recorders been imbued with the spirit of self exaltation, but they indicate at least in outline some of the ramifications of service of citizen organizations.
The Polish Falcons played a rather different part. This is a branch of an organization that was founded in 1864 in Austria-Poland and first appeared in America in 1894 and the Fifteenth District organized a Nest at Natrona, Pa., in 1910. There were 290 members who in the course of some years built a Polish Falcon hall which cost about $30,000 and devoted their attentions to Americanizing the Polish immigrants in the District; their aim being to teach them American views and assist them to obtain American citizenship. Before our country first declared war against Germany, the Falcons had been joining the forces of the other countries as volunteers. After the declaration of war of our nation the members of the organization began rapidly to volunteer their service to the American Army; not only this, but they also helped financially, buying thousands of dollars worth of Liberty Bonds.
54
55
LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGNS
From Nest No. 290, 143 joined the American Army, 5 were killed in France, and 17 were wounded. Only some of these Polish Boys are known in the history here recorded. When the Draft Board was engaged in its selection work it was found that a very large percentage of the Polish names were those of men who had already volunteered, and because of this it was necessary at one time for the Board to explain to National Headquarters the reason why it had fewer first class men ready for service than might have been expected in the District.
The Ladies' Auxiliary to the local Falcons rendered assistance similar to that rendered by the Red Cross Organization.
So far as could be obtained the list of the Polish Falcons engaged in the war has been included in the appendix.
LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGNS
The 15th District feels a justifiable pride in its accomplishments in the matter of raising funds to aid in carrying on the war through the several Liberty Loan Drives.
The campaigns for these different loans were conducted as follows:
First Liberty Loan. By Banks
Second Liberty Loan. By Banks and Industries
Third Liberty Loan. By Banks and Industries
Fourth Liberty Loan . By Women's Committees and Industrial Teams
Fifth Liberty Loan. . By Women's Committees and Industrial Teams
The banks to a large degree had direct supervision of all the Liberty Loans and the policy of this organization was determined largely by the local Bankers' Association. Mr. O. C. Camp as chairman of this organization may therefore be said to have been director of the Liberty Loan Drives. In the Fourth and Fifth Liberty Loan Campaigns, however, individual solicitations were made by committees as indicated. The women worked under the direction of Mrs. Clarence Renshaw, County Chairman, and the Industrial Team was known as No. 20 for Allegheny County.
Through all the campaigns the tremendous amount of advertising done by the Government was augmented by local organization of Four-minute Speakers. These men appeared in churches, theaters, and at the various factories during the noon hour or at some other convenient time or wherever and whenever occasion offered and explained the nature of the campaign. The success of the First, Second, and Third Campaigns was due almost entirely to the efforts of this organiza- tion, as it was practically the only committee or group of individuals who came in contact personally with the purchasers. During the campaign for the Third Loan additional committees were or- ganized and assisted in their particular districts, but it was only during the subsequent campaigns that organizations became effective.
For the Fourth and Fifth Liberty Loans the Women's Organization was utilized. This or- ganization had already almost reached a state of perfection, due to the tremendous work required of it by the Red Cross and other activities and it was through it that the Liberty Loan Campaigns were largely carried on and an amount of money raised in excess of anything ever previously at- tempted.
56
MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES
LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEES AND LEADERS
TARENTUM
FOURTH AND FIFTH LOANS
Mrs. C. H. Cooke.
Chairman
Miss Lillian Mahaffey
. Secretary
Mrs. J. W. Loynd.
Assistant
Miss Christine Zimmerman.
Stenographer
Captains-Fourth Loan
Captains-Fifth Loan
Mrs. Vere Browne
.
Mrs. Thomas H. Gough
Mrs. Frank Bert.
Mrs. Frank Bert
Miss Lola Travis
Miss Lola Travis
Mrs. O. C. Camp
Mrs. Bessie McFarland
Miss Edna Nicholas
Miss Edna Nicholas
BRACKENRIDGE
FOURTH LOAN
Mrs. A. H. Cunningham.
Chairman
Mrs. Frank Treese.
Vice Chairman
Mrs. Fred Freese.
Publicity Chairman
Mrs. Edgar R. Perkins.
Accountant
FIFTH LOAN
Mrs. Maude P. Smith Chairman
Captains-Fourth Loan
Captains-Fifth Loan
Mrs. H. B. Stewart
Mrs. M. R. Kramer
Mrs. James Glenn
Mrs. Fred Morrison
Mrs. Charles Eslip
Mrs. R. C. Johnston
Mrs. C. O. Wherry
Mrs. E. D. Sober
Mrs. William Bew, Jr.
Miss Ella Conwell
Mrs. William Heckert
Mrs. Joseph Niceley
Mrs. E. A. Wadding
Miss Gertrude Lewis Mrs. Ed Lawhead
Mrs. Leon Cranmer
Mrs. Cornelia Thompson
Miss Edith Stamm
-
PACIPAL
13
SE
19
20
25
15
17
38
39
29
34
37
32
35
AUG. 30, 19/9 XI-A
9
MUNICIPAL
15
ELECTRICE WATER OFFICE
2
00
17
19
23
32
38
30
34
36
37
SEPT. 3, 1918 XI-B
PLATE XI-A 1. Ralph M. Smyers
8. Lucien Souey
15. Ernest Laurin
16. Charles Remaley
17. Charles Schreckengost 18. John Garvin 19. Charles D. Beatty
20. 21. Arthur G. Brideson 13. Karl Steinhagen 14. Charles Renner 15. Lewis A. Linderman 16. Chester Humphreys 17. John Gaupin 18. James E. Smith 19. Fred Carlaccini
23. Guilford Brown 24. Charles A. Mulhollen 25. Charles Itchek 26. George Harrison 27. Leo Kendall 28. William L. Ross 20. Joseph Chazman 21. Fred Scheeren 22. George Alfred Arner 23. Ralph Forringer 24. Paul Gretz 25. Ralph Duncan 26. Raymond Lessig
29. Clifford Sleppy 30. Stanley Gibbs
31. Theodore Kirsch 32. Leo Grottenthaler 33. Arthur Chauvaux 34. Walter C. Charles
27. James Raimondi 28. Adolph George Walters 29. Thomas Mohan 30. Glenn F. Markey 31. Leo Graboski 32. Forrie Sackett
33. Walter Dambkoski
PLATE XI-B 1. George Altamos
2. Andy Napierkowski 3. James H. Jack 4. Raymond C. Lauer
9. Louis Novak 10. John Ptasick
5. August Rischia
11. Stanislaw Kukowski 12. Albert Demharter
22
9. Joseph A. Koprivinikar
10. William J. Friedricks
11. Mack Haslett
12. Alfred Bastin
6. Robert Toepfer
7. Harry Sweet
13. Henry Wm. Haller 14. David O. McLure 7. Freeman Ross 8. Frank Augustine
34.
35. Thomas Miller 36. James C. Long 37. George Ryan 38. Philip Ganss
PLATES XI-A AND XI-B
35. George J. Duffer
2. Wilbur A. Elliott 3. Harry R. Miller 4. Angelo Matioli 5. Joseph Denis
21
24
18
RO
26
28
33
35
6. Harry L. Schelm
36. Frank J. Esser 37. Daneel Friel 38. Ralph Dyer 39. Stephen P. Millen 40. Wladyslaw Kvíminski
31
33
WATER
10
57
LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEES AND LEADERS
HARRISON TOWNSHIP
THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH LOANS
Mrs. J. W. Stephenson . Chairman
Captains-Fourth Loan
Captains-Fifth Loan
Ist Precinct. Mrs. Hartnett
Ist Precinct Miss Margaret Friel
2d
Miss Moss Galbraith
2d
Miss Moss Galbraith
3d 66
Miss Emma Potts
3d
66
Mrs. J. C. Allen
4th
66
Mrs. Henry Hamilton
4th
66
Mrs. Henry Hamilton
5th 66 Mrs. R. C. Peffer
5th
66
Mrs. R. C. Peffer
Polish-speaking People-Mrs. Leon Korpanty
Polish-speaking People-Miss Lucy Pleva
EAST DEER TOWNSHIP Miss Helen G. Rowe . . Chairman-Fourth and Fifth Loans
CHESWICK BOROUGH. Miss K. A. Campbell .. . Chairman-Third, Fourth, and Fifth Loans
Mrs. J. G. Cumming .. . Chairman-Third, Fourth, and Fifth Loans
SPRINGDALE BOROUGH Mrs. Ida J. Alter
Chairman-Fourth and Fifth Loans
FAWN TOWNSHIP
Mrs. W. M. Harper. Chairman-Fourth Loan
Miss Mae Huggins. Chairman-Fifth Loan
FRAZIER TOWNSHIP Mrs. J. A. Nock.
Chairman-Fourth and Fifth Loans
HARMAR TOWNSHIP
.Mrs. W. Witherspoon. Chairman-Fourth Loan Miss Dora Fisher. Chairman-Fifth Loan
SPRINGDALE TOWNSHIP Mrs. W. B. Copeland .. . Chairman-Fourth Loan Mrs. Albert King. Chairman-Fifth Loan
Complete accurate figures cannot be given for the amount of bonds sold within the district, but a few facts presented below will give a fairly accurate estimate of the amount subscribed. The following table is from the report of the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank showing the amount of bonds paid for by the local banks. While this is an accurate statement of the bonds handled by these banks, it does not include a large amount, particularly corporate subscriptions which were sent in through the Pittsburgh banks. It will be noted that the total subscribed through the banks. is almost twice the allotted quota.
BRACKENRIDGE
Quota
Subscriptions
First Liberty Loan
None allotted
$ 3,100
Second
$ 75,450
175,000
Third
66
66
104,800
190,200
Fourth
193,750
311,250
Fifth
66 66
125,850
142,000
TOTAL
$499,850
$821,550
58
MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES
NATRONA
Quota
Subscriptions
First Liberty Loan
None allotted
$ 70,100
Second
$ 73,350
122,450
Third
79,900
177,100
Fourth
156,600
217,000
Fifth
66
120,800
196,450
TOTAL
$430,650
$783,100
SPRINGDALE
Quota
Subscriptions
First
Liberty Loan
None allotted
$ 26,350
Second
66
66
$ 43,200
36,700
Third
66
43,100
101,800
Fourth
66
91,100
158,700
Fifth
72,050
94,600
TOTAL
$249,450
$418,150
TARENTUM
Quota
Subscriptions
First
Liberty Loan
None allotted
$ 208,750
Second
66
$ 303,300
379,650
Third
66
340,350
747,650
Fourth
66
583,950
1,153,400
Fifth
546,250
594,150
TOTAL
$1,773,850
$3,083,600
TOTAL QUOTAS
$2,952,800
TOTAL SUBSCRIPTIONS.
5,106,400
These figures are compiled from reports submitted by the banks in the several communities and include the results from contiguous townships and boroughs without banking facilities.
No figures are obtainable for the First, Second, and Third Liberty Loans other than those given above. Below are given the reports of the Women's Teams for the different boroughs and townships within the District for the Fourth and Fifth Campaigns. In order that some fairly accurate report could be had of the total subscriptions in the district each worker sent out was instructed to ask to see the receipts and to make record of the amount purchased where the person solicited reported having already subscribed. These records are shown in column No. 4 and when added to columns No. 2 and No. 3 give a fairly accurate total for the District, with the exception of the corporate subscriptions, which latter are not included.
59
SUMMARIES
FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN
District
Quota
Sales
Boy Scouts
Receipts
Grand Total
Brackenridge Borough $ 200,000
$ 64,100
$ 217,500
$ 281,600
Cheswick Borough
15,000
15,000
6,150
4,200
25,350
Springdale Borough
70,000
53,150
19,000
33,400
105,550
Tarentum Borough
500,000
367,400
1,304,000
1,671,400
East Deer Township
50,000
2,400
89,000
91,400
Fawn Township
10,000
8,700
5,650
14,350
Frazier Township
20,000
25,050
21,250
46,300
Harmar Township
14,000
26,650
22,600
49,2 50
Harrison Township
150,000
66,650
311,050
377,700
Springdale Township
15,000
300
5,950
6,250
TOTAL
$1,044,000
$629,400
$25,150
$2,014,600
$2,669,150
When the women of Tarentum checked up their day's returns on the evening of October 16, they found they had gone "over the top" for the Fourth Loan and to celebrate they asked the borough electrician to blow the whistle at the Electric Light Plant. He very obligingly responded. Soon bells were ringing and whistles were blowing from Natrona to Springdale on both sides of the river. Everybody was sure the much talked about armistice had been signed. Parades were organized and the celebration was kept up during most of the night.
FIFTH LIBERTY LOAN
District
Sales
Boy Scouts
Receipts $108,150
Grand Total
Brackenridge Borough .
$57,250
Cheswick Borough
15,900
2,450
4,350
22,700
Springdale Borough
6,150
7,950
60,900
75,000
Tarentum Borough
377,750
1,650
193,250
572,650
East Deer Township
8,050
44,250
52,300
Fawn Township
7,500
2,200
9,700
Frazier Township
17,200
10,700
27,900
Harmar Township
7,050
34,200
41,250
Harrison Township
161,600
80,700
242,300
Springdale Township
6,300
6,300
Total
$664,750
$12,050
$538,700
$1,215,500
-
$165,400
The Third, Fourth and Fifth Liberty Loans were handled among the local industries by what was known as Industrial Team No. 20 of Allegheny County. The team was headed by Mr. Vere Browne, General Manager of the Allegheny Steel Company, as Captain and embraced the territory on the west side of Allegheny River from Boquet Bridge to the Butler County Line, including Tarentum, Brackenridge and Natrona. Each of the industries in this section was represented on the Team by one or more men, who acted as manager of the campaign within the company he represented. The men comprising Team No. 20 were under the direction of the Captain and he in turn worked through the Secretary of the Manufacturer's Division of the
60
MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES
Liberty Loan Committee of the Pittsburgh Area. All the supplies for the campaigns, such as posters, buttons, window cards, etc., were distributed through the medium of the Captain of the Team, at the plant of the Allegheny Steel Company.
To the untiring efforts of the men comprising this Team must be attributed, in a large measure, the wonderful success of the Liberty Loans among the local industries. Day and night they were on the job, directing and encouraging the workers under them, meeting every evening to review the work done and map out plans for the balance. That the accomplishments of the Captain and the men under him were rated highly by the Liberty Loan Committee of the Pittsburgh Area is shown by the following extract from a letter Mr. T. C. Ham, Secretary of the Manufac- turers' Division, wrote to Mr. Browne at the close of the Fourth Loan.
"I hardly know how to express my appreciation to you and those who have been associated with you in conducting this Fourth Liberty Loan. You have certainly shown yourselves real leaders of men.
"I ask you to accept from me the thanks and congratulations of the Liberty Loan Committee.
"The territory you have covered has certainly responded magnificently in this campaign, which is due in no small measure to the vision and enthusiasm of yourself and those associated with you."
To the men in the mines, mills and factories must also be given a large share of the success of the Industrial Loans. They always went "over the top" of the quota set for the district and responded to a man, or, as it was termed during the campaigns, 100 per cent. That their efforts were highly appreciated is shown by the copy of the following telegram from Mr. Ham to Mr. Browne.
"Please extend to the loyal Americans of many nationalities in your district the thanks of the Liberty Loan Committee for the wonderful record which they have made in the Fourth Liberty Loan. The boys in France will never fail while the Industrial Army at home stands strong behind them."
Mention must be made at this time of the creditable record set by the employees of the West Penn Steel Company in the Fourth Loan. Nine hundred and ninety-four men subscribed for bonds to the amount of $398,500 or an average of $400.90 per man. This surpassed any record in Allegheny County.
Industrial Teams in Liberty Loan Campaigns
Third Loan
Fourth Loan
Fifth Loan
Total Subscriptions
$6,519
$7,050
$4,605
Amount Subscriptions
655,900.00
1,762,350.00
632,800.00
Average per employee
100.6I
249.98
I37.42
Corporate Subscriptions
850,000.00
1,321,000.00
I,025,000.00
Total Amount Subscriptions
$1,505,900.00
$3,083,350.00
$1,657,800.00
In all three Loans, as each industry in the District reported 100 per cent subscriptions, they were furnished with a framed certificate by the Pittsburg Committee, and these now have a prominent place in the offices of the different plants and are highly prized because they are significant of what the Industrial Army behind the boys did as part of its share toward winning the war.
-
21. George W. Barezykowski 26. James Elliott Brashear
2. Edward F. Arnold 3. James W. Anderson 4. Glenn M. Atkinson
5. Dale M. Alter
6. Frank Foster Armstrong 7. Ralph Haley Adams 8. James Callender, Jr. 9. Roy Francis Arnold 10. Norman F. Althauser
11. Robert Norman Ashbaugh 16. Nelson Armstrong
12. William J. Almes
13. John Adrian
14. John W. Allen, Jr.
15. Francis M. Acre
17. Riley Clair Ashbaugh 18. Christian Baldus, Jr. 19. Homer J. Baker, Jr. 20. Mike Banyei
22. Francis Barclay 23. Fred Barker 24. Earl J. Barndollar 25. Harry H. Barndollar
27. Emmons Harold Braun 28. Walter Barnhart 29. John Bucholski 30. Michael A. Bartello
PLATE XII
5
7
-
10
11
12
14
15
16 -
17-
18
19
20
21 -
22
23-
-24
-25
A
29
3C
1. Arlington Vernon Almes
61
UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN
UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN
The United War Work Campaign was, as the term implies, the united effort of seven different benevolent organizations to raise funds with which to carry on their work. These different or- ganizations were as follows: the Young Men's Christian Association, the Young Women's Chris- tian Association, the National Catholic War Council (Knights of Columbus), the Jewish Welfare Board, the War Camp Community Service, the American Library Association, and the Salvation Army. Each of these organizations was in need of funds and had planned campaigns to raise sufficient money to do its part. At the suggestion of President Wilson the seven organizations made out a budget and united in one campaign, thus saving many thousands of dollars that would have been expended in the duplication of work.
The total amount to be raised was $170,000,000. This was the largest sum ever asked for such or like purposes by any organization or any combination of organizations. This amount was to be divided as follows: the Y. M. C. A., $100,000,000; the Y. W. C. A., $15,000,000; the K. of C., $30,000,000; the War Camp Community Service (W. C. C. S.), $15,000,000; the Jewish Welfare Board (J. W. B.), $3,500,000; the American Library Association (A. L. A.), $3,500,000; and the Salvation Army, $3,500,000.
The Allegheny County Quota in this campaign was $5,500,000. The method of raising this money was much the same as the methods used in the Liberty Loan Campaigns or the Red Cross Roll Calls. Captains were appointed for the different districts who in turn enlisted a group of workers and a thorough house-to-house canvass was made. The campaign was set for the week of November II, 1918. The signing of the armistice on the Monday of that week relieved the tension somewhat and made the canvass a little more difficult and the response a little less generous than it probably would have been a week earlier, but the necessity for this fund did not disappear as the boys were destined to remain in service for several months.
One slight departure in this campaign from that of many of the others was the assigning of definite allotments to schools. The arrangement made was somewhat as follows: for High Schools $5 or more per pupil for 60 per cent of the enrollment, Seventh and Eighth Grades $5 per pupil for 25 per cent of enrollment, and Grades 1-6 $10 per room. This work was put in charge of the various superintendents of the district and met with a hearty response on the part of pupils and teachers alike.
The contributions through the several teams from the district were as follows:
Tarentum
$7,821.26
Brackenridge
1,927.92
Harrison Township
2,337.0I
East Deer Township
222.50
Fawn Township
35.00
Frazier Township
291.95
-
The report of the industrial team which was headed by Mr. Julian Burdick was made directly to industrial headquarters for Allegheny County and is not included in the above report.
62
MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES
THE MOTHERS OF DEMOCRACY
"On the tenth of February, 1918, a group of officers from Camp Lee, headed by (now) Brig- adier General Frank S. Cocheu and (now) Major Barratt O'Hara, came to Pittsburgh and held a meeting in Soldiers' Memorial Hall which was crowded with thousands of relatives and friends of soldiers and sailors.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.