Knox County in the World War, 1917-1919, Part 52

Author: Knoxville Lithographing Company; Amis, Reese T
Publication date: 1919]
Publisher: [Knoxville
Number of Pages: 462

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It was not long after this that train loads of men bound for Eastern ports of embarkation passed through the city almost daily. The Camp General Secretary of the Y. M. C. A. in each of the Southern cantonments was notified the local or- ganization would be glad to render whatever service possible to troops passing through Knoxville. This gave a remarkable opportunity, as the secretary on each train arranged for a stop-over so that the men might come to the Y. M. C. A. building for a shower bath or plunge in the pool. The local chapter of the Red Cross cooperated by furnishing some towels for the use of the men, and also in directing men to the building from the depot so that they might spend the night in case it was necessary to lay over between trains.

In the summer of 1918 the actual program of the Army Y. M. C. A. came directly to Knoxville and the local "Y" was called upon to put it into effect with the "seven hundred fighting mechanics," who were in training at Chilhowee Park. The program was four-fold-physical, educational, social and religious. The educational being taken care of by the University of Tennessee, the Y. M. C. A. confined itself to the promotion of the other three features. This program included quite a variety of social entertainments, musicals, lectures, stunt nights, athletic nights, etc. Very commodious quarters were established in one of the buildings at the park where there were ample facilities for reading and writing. An athletic field, where outdoor group games were promoted, added to the pleas- ure of the men. In the promotion of the religious program it was desired to have the men as far as possible in touch with one of the local churches, but for the benefit of some who did not care to come to the city, religious services were conducted at the park on Sunday and one evening each week.

During the progress of the war, three campaigns for Y. M. C. A. finances were waged. The first of these was in August, 1917, and the amount secured was $12,500. The second in November, 1917, resulted in the raising of $25,000. In the third campaign, which was conducted under the auspices of the United War Work Committee, the Y. M. C. A. received fifty-nine per cent of the amount raised, $125,000. The total sum contributed in Knox County during the war for Y. M. C. A. work among the soldiers, sailors and marines was $110,000.

It was not possible for the Y. M. C. A. activities to cease with the signing of the armistice, because the obligation was felt that this service must be continued to these men until the last one should be returned safely home after receiving his discharge. Quite a number of men reached Knoxville on trains late in the evening and necessarily had to remain here during the night in order to make connection the following morning. A special room was fitted up in the "Y" building and equipped with a number of cots where a comfortable sleeping place was furnished free for many hundred men passing thus through the city. Fur- thermore, a complimentary membership, entitling every discharged soldier or sailor to the full use of the privileges of the building, was extended to all former service men. Several hundred men availed themselves of this opportunity.

Y. W. C. A.

The Knoxville Y. W. C. A. sent four workers from its membership into camp and social welfare activities during the period of hostilities. They were Miss Emma Carson, who went to France in September, 1918; Miss Kate Carson, who had charge of the Hostess Houses at Toul and Brest, France, during the war and after the armistice; Mrs. Lytton Thomas, who was manager of the Hostess House at Camp Grant, Illinois; and Miss Frances West, who did special work among the working girls of the South Atlantic States.

To care for the large number of girls who came to Knoxville to fill vacancies made by the calling of men into the service, the Y. W. C. A. enlarged its housing facilities, leasing a large 44-room house to furnish proper homes for them. It also provided training classes in bookkeeping, stenography and other subjects for 258 different girls during 1918. A great deal of social work was done for these girls and many of them were placed in positions that they were qualified to fill.

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"THE 'Y' IN ACTION"

Women workers at the front serving hot chocolate to soldiers near St. Eugene, France.

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"AT A REST CAMP"

An outdoor entertainment at Aix-les-Bains for the benefit of American soldiers who are enjoying a respite from trench life.

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The Hostess House at Chilhowee Park was established and maintained for the 700 mechanics in training there from July to November, 1918. As no appropria- tion could be obtained from the National War Council, contributions were solicited from the business men of Knoxville. The Y. W. C. A. committee, Mrs. R. W. McCargo, Mrs. F. L. Fisher and Mrs. Will D. Wright, made a personal canvass to obtain funds for improving and equipping the building, while gifts and loans of furnishings were offered voluntarily. The house was made a real home for the soldiers, their wives and their relatives. Mrs. Minnie Waring was hostess in charge.

Entertainments were given weekly by church committees, small parties were organized to promote the social life of the men, while the house was always open to them and their families. When influenza became epidemic, the Hostess House was made headquarters for the Red Cross nurses. On Sundays the Y. W. C. A. joined with the Y. M. C. A. in the religious service at the park for those who did not attend the churches in Knoxville. While the number of soldiers at Knoxville was very few in comparison with some cities, everything possible was done for their comfort while they were encamped here.

To maintain its work, the Y. W. C. A. engaged in two campaigns. The first was held in December, 1917, and under the direction of Mrs. Lewis Tillman, pres- ident of the local organization, and Mrs. C. A. Perkins, chairman of the cam- paign, the sum of $4,294.67 was raised in one day for its local war work. In November, 1918, the Y. W. C. A. organization joined in the United War Work Campaign to raise $125,000 for welfare work.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

The Knights of Columbus, through its local council, played an active part in all war activities in Knox County. Many members of the council volunteered their services in the army and navy at the outset of hostilities, and at the close of the war there were more than 150 members in the service. Those who were disqualified or exempted from service did whatever was assigned them. Some were Four Minute Men, while others served on the selective service boards.

When the drive for $100,000,000 was made by the seven allied organizations doing social service welfare work in the army and navy, the Knights of Colum- bus, through its representative, Edward F. Walsh, on the executive committee for East Tennessee, and James K. Middleton, on the executive board for Knox County, aided materially in making the campaign in Knox County successful. In this, as well as in all other public movements launched during the war for the purpose of sustaining the army and navy and for bringing victory to our coun- try, the committees of the Knights of Columbus cooperated cheerfully and will- ingly with other welfare, social and religious organizations of Knoxville.

After the war was over, the local council established an employment bureau for the purpose of helping discharged service men. John T. O'Connor was in charge of it. This bureau continued in existence and did active work for more than a year after the declaration of the armistice. It was of great benefit in assisting men to find jobs and to become established in Knoxville.

JEWISH WELFARE BOARD

Cooperating with the War Department and the local military authorities in helping to administer the many small comforts to the man in service, especially the Jewish lad in khaki, the Knoxville branch of the National Jewish Welfare Board did valuable service in making the soldiers forget once in a while the rigors and discomforts of army life. It administered to men of all races and creeds, to the Catholic and the Protestant as well as to the Jew, to the negro as well as to the white soldier. But it watched especially over the Jewish boys away from home, who needed little attentions that only one versed in the Jewish religion and Jewish ways could give them.

The Knoxville branch of the Jewish Welfare Board was organized soon after the outbreak of hostilities. The following officers were chosen: Rabbi Winick, chairman; Morris Bart, vice-chairman; Ben R. Winick, secretary. After Mr. Winick entered the service, Jacob J. Winick was chosen to fill his place. The local organizations had its hands full in administering to the boys in the service and to their families. At the University of Tennessee Training Camp and at Chilhowee Park, offices were established to minister to the needs of the boys.

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Dances and entertainments were given by the organization for the Jewish and non-Jewish boys. The Jewish homes of the city were thrown open to all soldiers, and on Jewish holidays the officers of the board saw to it that every Jewish home in Knoxville had at least one soldier in it. Workers from the local branch visited the camp at Fort Oglethorpe, George, as well as other nearby camps, and helped the work there. Religious services were held many times for the Jewish boys who were quartered there on duty. Stationery and supplies were furnished them and everything possible was done to make them feel that home was not far away.

The local branch saw that arrangements for the entertainment of the boys in Jewish homes were made, suitable and abundant reading matter was furnished the local camps and speakers were brought to address the men. Visits were made daily to hospitals and workers saw to it that the dependents of Jewish boys in the service did not suffer at home.

WAR LIBRARY SERVICE

Knox County's part in the nation-wide movement to provide library service and reading matter for soldiers and sailors centered in Lawson McGhee Li- brary, the free public library of Knoxville. From the early autumn of 1918, to the summer of 1919, the library served as a collecting and distributing center for books and magazines, which were sent to Camps Sevier, Greenleaf and Gordon in the United States, and to camps overseas; to the Y. W. C. A. Hostess House and the Y. M. C. A. headquarters in Chilhowee Park, Knoxville, and to the local canteen of the American Red Cross; and through the Y. M. C. A. to the local soldiers' barracks, the Students' Army Training Corps at the University of Ten- nessee and at Knoxville College. In eighteen months, local committees, assisted by the staff of Lawson McGhee Library, collected, sorted, prepared for circulation, packed and shipped approximately 12,000 books and 40,000 magazines.

The first effort on the part of any local organization to provide reading matter for the soldiers was made in October, 1918, by the Knoxville branch of the South- ern Association of College Women, when it appointed Mrs. Joel Tyler chairman of a committee to collect current magazines and forward them to the soldiers.

The public responded so heartily to the appeal for reading matter that the committee of the Southern Association of College Women found itself almost overwhelmed with both magazines and books; consequently, in January, 1918, the Knoxville Women's Committee of the Council of Defense assumed responsibility for collecting all books and all magazines more than a month old. The Council of Defense immediately began to plan an extensive book campaign, which, in cooperation with the national Library War Service headquarters, it conducted during the week of March 11 to 18, inclusive. Miss Mary Boyce Temple was ap- pointed chairman of the book campaign; Miss Laura Thornburgh, vice-chairman; Mrs. T. P. Miller, chairman of collection; Mrs. W. A. Knabe, chairman of pub- licity and the ward chairmen of the Council of Defense were captains of solicita- tion. Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, schools, Parent-Teacher Associations, churches and clubs cooperated heartily and effectively in soliciting hooks, most of which were collected and taken to the library by the Girls' Motor Corps and by laun- dry and delivery wagons, the use of which was generously loaned by laundries and merchants. As a result of this campaign, not fewer than 10,000 books and 35,000 magazines were gathered at Lawson McGhee Library to be sent to camp libraries ..

Meanwhile it became apparent that some more systematic arrangement was desirable in providing reading matter for troop trains. In September, 1918, therefore, Mrs. E. H. Saunders accepted the chairmanship of the Knoxville Li- brary War Service Committee, the purpose of which was to supply clean, recent copies of popular magazines to soldiers and sailors quartered in or pass- ing through Knoxville. The particular problem of this committee was to so systematize its solicitation and collection of magazines as to have constantly on hand a sufficient quantity to meet any demand; and to be able to deliver them to the places where they were needed on very brief notice. Though the closing of the schools on account of the influenza epidemic made it difficult to secure enough magazines, the committee, when the armistice was signed, had collected and dis- tributed to soldiers in Knoxville about 3,000 current magazines; and they con- tinued this work without cessation until there was no further need of it.

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"FOUR MINUTE MEN"

Front row, left to right :- William P. Washburn, Harry Hyman, John M. Thornburgh, Harry Ryder, J. Pike Powers, Jr., E. G. Stooksbury, J. Bailey Wray, Melville B. Melendy, Robert P. Williams. Center Row :- Edward F. Walsh, D. C. Webb, J. W. Hudson, C. R. Harrison, C. M. Boyer, K. E. Steinmetz, A. E. Mitchell. Back Row :- Norman Morrell, S. O. Houston, Joel H. Anderson, W. T. Kennerly, George Helm, Dan Kelly, Roy Vale, Roscoe Word, I. L. Graves.

THE FOUR MINUTE MEN

The Four Minute Men, a nation-wide association of volunteer speakers, was organized June 16, 1917, for the purpose of assisting the various departments of the government in the work of national defense during the continuance of the war, by presenting messages on subjects of vital national importance to motion- picture audiences during the intermission. The subject matter was prepared and the speaking was directed from Washington under authority of the government.

The Knox County division of the Four Minute Men was organized in Septem- ber, 1917, to further this patriotic work. The following members, who served during the war, were recognized and commended individually by the government for their work:

J. Pike Powers, Jr., chairman; H. R. Ryder, secretary; J. H. Anderson, J. Arthur Atchley, C. M. Boyer, R. A. Brown, H. V. Carson, Charles T. Cates, Jr., Allen Frierson, John W. Green, I. L. Graves, George E. Helm, Harry Hyman, S. O. Houston, Fred C. Honk, Henry Hudson, C. Raleigh Harrison, Sam E. Hill, .I. Alvin Johnson, James G. Johnson, C. P. Jones, W. T. Kennerly, Daniel J. Kelly, John M. Kelly, W. E. Miller, A. E. Mitchell, R. E. Mooney, Malcolm McDermott, Norman B. Morrell, Melville Melendy, B. C. Ogle, Roy E. Vale, E. G. Stooksbury, K. E. Steinmetz, L. D. Smith, John M. Thornburgh, Hugh M. Tate, Horace Van- Deventer, William P. Washburn, Robert P. Williams, J. Bailey Wray, Roscoe Word, Edward F. Walsh, D. C. Webb, Will D. Wright, T. Asbury Wright, O. L. White.

The topics spoken upon by the Four Minute Men were matters of national importance connected with the war plans of the government. They were as- signed by the director in Washington for a given period of time, usually from one to four weeks. The topic to be used at any given time was determined by a con- sideration of what was uppermost at the time. Many false rumors, the result of enemy propaganda, also were corrected and explained by the Four Minute Men.

The aid of the Four Minute Men in the Liberty Loan, Red Cross and other patriotic drives was invaluable. The importance of participation in them was deeply impressed upon the minds of all audiences. Addresses were made not only at the theaters, but at many popular gatherngs in the city and county. The speakers were in great demand, and they always responded to the calls upon their time and their services. They proved of invaluable aid in popularizing the war to the mass of people, and in explaining its causes and purposes. The efforts of the government found through them a most valuable publicity arm.

The work of the Four Minute Men was enhanced greatly by the cooperation of the managers of the local theaters, who gave them every possible assistance and courtesy. The speakers, who made almost nightly addresses, delivered their ap- peals during the intermissions between reels. Pastors of churches, principals of schools and managers of public buildings also cooperated in this important gov- ernment work by opening their doors to these speakers. The effectiveness of the appeals was heightened by the time limit set upon the addresses and the definite program outlined from Washington.

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"EATS FOR THE SOLDIERS"

Showing part of jellies and preserves shipped to Knoxville boys in the various camps.

"WAR GARDEN WINDOW"

Advertising stunt of S. H. George & Sons, which boosted food production campaign.

"S. A. T. C. WELFARE HOUSE" Maintained at Chilhowee Park for troops camped there.

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THE WOMEN'S CLUBS

The women of Knoxville gave themselves unselfishly and wholeheartedly to every war movement. They not only supported the larger organizations, like the Red Cross and the five Liberty Loans, but they also carried on their humanitarian activities through their clubs and patriotic chapters. The programs of peace were laid aside, and only war work was done or discussed. The clubs became work shops or clearing houses for ideas on how to help most effectively the national war program.

Three organizations especially were active in this war work. They were Ossoli Circle, the oldest woman's club in the South and the training school for the women workers of Knoxville; the Knoxville Unit of the Woman's Committee, Council of National Defense; and Bonny Kate Chapter, Daughters of the Amer- ican Revolution.

OSSOLI CIRCLE

This club began its war work by a call for a mass meeting of all women de- siring to do necessary hospital sewing for soldiers. It was the pioneer organiza- tion in Knoxville in the making of hospital garments and in knitting. In addition to financing itself, the club organized 35 auxiliaries in the city and county. Upon request of the local chapter of the Red Cross, this work was transferred to it and became the Central Garment Department of its organization.

On June 5, 1917, Ossoli organized the first patriotic parade held in Knoxville after the declaration of war. The occasion was to honor the men and boys who dedicated on that day their lives to their country's service by registering for military duty. Ossoli later participated in the Liberty Loan and War Savings Stamp parades.

After the transfer of garment making to the Red Cross, the members of the club took up Belgian Relief work and carried it on for fifteen months. Under the chairmanship of Mrs. Charles T. Cates, Jr., who was assisted by several commit- tees, five boxes, containing 3,372 new garments, and two boxes, holding towels, pajamas, and other articles of clothing, were shipped to the Commission on Re- lief of the Belgians. Later the club sent eight barrels of shoes and 39 boxes of good clothing, numbering 11,355 pieces. More than $2,000 was raised and ex- pended for Belgian relief and garment making.

During April and August, 1918, two receptions were tendered to drafted men who were leaving for training camps. A reception also was given to Governor Rye and Major Rutledge Smith upon the occasion of their visit in February, 1918, in the interest of war work. The Woman's Club building was offered generously free of all charge for all patriotic purposes, and freely it was used during the war. There were held farewell meetings, there wreaths were twined to throw around the departing soldiers, there garments were sewed, woolen goods knitted, and there the glad welcoming feasts were partly prepared. The service flag of Ossoli Circle contains the names of 41 men, one of whom, Lieutenant Carrick Yea- ger, made the supreme sacrifice.

THE WOMAN'S COUNCIL

The Knoxville Unit of the Woman's Committee, Council of National Defense, was organized in the spring of 1917 with the following officers: Mrs. George F. Mellen, chairman; Miss Mary Boyce Temple, vice-chairman; Miss Laura Thorn- burgh, secretary; Mrs. Morris Deitch, treasurer. The city organization was com- pleted by the appointment of 17 department chairmen and the formation through- out the city of 23 units for war work.

These committees and their chairmen were: Food Conservation, Mrs. A. P. Lockett; Food Production, Mrs. W. L. Morris, Mrs. Faulkner; Protection of Wo- men Workers, Mrs. W. M. Goodman, Mrs. S. P. Wallace; Child Welfare, Mrs. Horace VanDeventer, Mrs. Alfred Sanford; Conservation of Moral and Spiritual Forces, Mrs. Lewis Tillman, Miss Cornelia Cowan; Social Service, Mrs. R. E. L.

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Mountcastle, Mrs. A. H. Dailey; Red Cross, Mrs. N. E. Logan, Mrs. Lena B. War- ner; Medical Service, Mrs. Chas. T. Cates, Jr .; Allied Relief, Miss Kate White, Mrs. Ben Boyd; Courses of Instruction, Mrs. C. A. Perkins, Mrs. Emma L. Rice; Educational Propaganda, Mrs. L. D. Tyson, Mrs. Hu L. McClung; Finance, Mrs. Walter Nash, Mrs. H. C. Milner; Publicity, Mrs. T. P. Miller, Miss Florence Fair ; Speakers' Bureau, Mrs. C. E. Lucky, Mrs. R. L. Cunningham; Comfort Associa- tion, Mrs. Sam G. Shields, Mrs. Daisy Woodruff Meek.

Among the patriotic work that was done by the Knoxville Unit through these committees was the following: (1) Four campaigns for the signing of Hoover food cards were hekl, resulting in the signing of 19,000 cards in the city and county. (2) Registration of women for war work on October 13, 1917, about 2,200 signifying their willingness. (3) The sale of a special edition of one of the local daily newspapers, from which about $1,100 was realized. This money was used in war work. (4) Christmas boxes of "sweets and smokes" were sent to Fort Oglethorpe and money contributed to home charities. (5) A con- servation exchange was maintained at which excess products were sold and a mar- ket made for home-made articles of every kind. (6) About 15,000 Hoover Kit- chen Cards, urging economy, were placed in the hands of housewives in the city and county. (7) Wool was purchased and socks knitted at the council's head- quarters. These were sent to soldiers at the camps. (8) The members of the unit took part in the parades and sales of Liberty Loan bonds and War Savings Stamps. (9) War food demonstrations were given at the council's headquarters. (10) All members gave their assistance in the collection of books and magazines for camp libraries. (11) The War Garden movement was enthusiastically sup- ported by the council.

The Knoxville unit was always at the call of the state organization, and when- ever any kind of patriotic or war work was needed, it rallied and responded un- hesitatingly to the demand of the hour.

BONNY KATE CHAPTER

Like all other organizations of the city, Bonny Kate Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, engaged in patriotic work throughout the eighteen months this nation was at war with Germany. Its members worked in the chap- ter, in the other clubs, and in all patriotic movements that furthered the war. Through the enthusiasm and earnestness of the regent, Miss Mary Boyce Temple, the chapter was an active force in war work.

Flag day was observed June 14, 1917, and four months later, October 7, a splendid religious-patriotic celebration was held at the Bijou Theatre upon the occasion of the chapter's twenty-fourth birthday. Captain Pierre Loriot, of the French Embassy, Major Benton, commandant at the University of Tennessee, and Captain Woodbury were the speakers. Every organization of the city was represented on the stage. This meeting, together with others that were held later, aroused the war spirit in the city and county.

In February, 1918, a first aid class of 25 was organized, and in June another member formed a class of young girls to knit for the soldiers. Another knitting class, formed by the regent, outfitted the entire crew of the Dahlgren, one of our naval craft, on which there were two Knoxville boys. They were provided with sweaters, wristlets, and mufflers or helmets. Another box of knitted goods was sent to the battleship Tennessee, another to the 117th Infantry at Camp Sevier, while two others went to the navy.

The chapter aided in the garden movement, in making bandages, hospital gar- ments and trench candles for the Red Cross, and in working at the canteen at the Southern Station. The chapter also contributed liberally from its funds to support these organizations. It gave its active support and aid to the Woman's Council of National Defense in the registration of women, in the distribution of Hoover pledge cards and in the campaign for reserve nurses. Its members were active in all the Liberty Loan and Red Cross campaigns. The chapter adopted a French war orphan, while its members individually gave their financial support to the adoption of several others. At Chilhowee Park, Bonny Kate Chapter was one of the hostesses at the Y. W. C. A. Hostess House.

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"OFF TO CAMP SEVIER"

Departure of old Third Tennessee Infantry from Knoxville to Greenville, S. C., Friday, Septem- ber 7, 1917.

"BIDDING THIRD TENNESSEE GOODBYE"

Enormous crowd gathered on Gay Street when Knoxville troops entrained for Camp Sevier, on the first lap of their long journey toward France, Friday, September 7, 1917.

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"OFF TO TRAINING CAMP"

Cross-section of enormous crowd which gathered at the Southern Station to bid farewell to a large contingent of draft troops. The train is just pulling out.

DRUGS

"11-11-11"

Gay Street at the hour of signing the armistice, November 11, 1918. Notice the hand on Hope Bros. clock. The celebration began long before day and lasted far into the night.

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"KNOXVILLE'S WELCOME HOME"

A Company of the 117th Infantry, with helmets and gas masks on and bayonets fixed, in the home- coming parade, April 5, 1919.

"RETURN OF THE 114th FIELD ARTILLERY" Colonels James A. Gleason and Luke Lea, followed by Battery C, lead parade toward Gay Street, on their return to Knoxville Saturday, March 29, 1919.

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"COMPANY C, 117th INFANTRY"

Turning south into Gay Street for parade and review before thousands of happy homefolks.

"FEEDING THE BOYS"

Knoxville women spread magnificent dinners upon long tables, erected on the streets for the re- turned heroes.

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"GEN. TYSON AND STAFF"

View snapped just before he led parade of the 117th Infantry through Knoxville, April 5th, 1919.

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"BESTOWING CITATIONS"

General Tyson, from reviewing stand on Gay Street, awards medals and crosses to heroes of 117th Infantry, April 5, 1919.

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"GARMENT DEPARTMENT"

Mrs. W. A. McBath, supervisor of this work, and her assistants stitching and sewing at Red Cross headquarters.

"SURGICAL DRESSINGS DEPARTMENT"

Red Cross members, working at headquarters under their supervisor, Mrs. Chas. Huff Davis, who is standing at the right.

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"THE KNITTING DEPARTMENT"

This branch of the Red Cross Chapter, under Mrs. Walter McCoy, as supervisor, did splendid work.

"MAKING CHRISTMAS PACKETS"

Red Cross members preparing boxes to be sent away to soldiers at the camps and in the trenches.

"CUTTING SURGICAL DRESSINGS"

One of the several departments of women's work in the Knox County Chapter of the Red Cross.

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"ON DUTY AT THE CANTEEN"

Taking their turn at serving the soldiers at one of the canteen counters.

"ANGELS OF MERCY"

Members of the Red Cross Canteen service on duty at the Southern Station.

"DAY AND NIGHT" Nothing at the Canteen was too good for men in uniform and they were given a smile with it.

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"A FEAST FOR A KING"

The loaded counter shows no soldiers went hungry from the Red Cross Canteen.

"DOUGHNUTS HERE TOO"

The Red Cross Canteen served them in Knoxville like the Salvation Army did in France.

"CHRISTMAS AT THE CANTEEN"

The decorations and good things to eat made it a joyous season for many soldiers.

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"THE RED CROSS"

Photograph of members of the Knox County Chapter, assembling for parade on Gay Street in one of the campaign drives.

"THE CANTEEN COUNTER"

Across this counter in the Southern station, thousands of men in service were fed by the women of the Knoxville Red Cross.

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FAN.LES .. CTA SECOND RED CROSS WAR FUND $75,000. ALARES QUO BOYS OVER THERE . GIVE UNTIL IT HURTS

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"FOR THE RED CROSS"

Rev. Roy E. Vale speaking on Gay Street in behalf of the $75,000 drive which lasted only six hours, and brought in $125,000.

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BUY A BOND

"FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN"

Head of big parade marching north on Gay Street in Knoxville, September 28, 1918.

"BOOSTING LIBERTY BONDS"

Boy Scout tank in big civic demonstration for Third Liberty Loan, Saturday, August 6, 1918.

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"PILGRIMS OF PATRIOTISM"

This trade trip, organized to exploit Knoxville products, was turned into a tour in support of all war enterprises. Tuesday, April 10, 1917.

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"THE S. A. T. C."

Members divided their time at the University of Tennessee between study and military drill.

"SETTING-UP EXERCISES"

Members of the Motor Mechanics Corps, trained at Chilhowee Park, being given physical exercise.

SULLYAN KACHMERT

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QWE TRANSFER CO.

"KNOXVILLE BOY SCOUTS"

These boys rendered magnificent service in all local campaigns during the war.

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"KNOXVILLE IN 1919"

This air photograph, looking southeast over the railroad yards, wholesale district, and the business section, shows the city as it was a few months after the war closed.

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"THE HEART OF KNOXVILLE"

All the principal buildings of the retail and office district can be easily recognized.

1919' THOMPSON ARAS.

"LOOKING NORTHEAST OVER KNOXVILLE"

This photograph, taken from a government aeroplane, shows the Tennessee River and business district.

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Index

GENERAL SECTION PAGES 1-47

Introduction America in the War The Price of Peace

Notable Days of the War

American and Allied Commanders

Data of Divisions

MEMORIAL SECTION PAGES 48-81

Dedication

Photographs and Records of Dead

MILITARY SECTION PAGES 82-141

Our Varied Service

Second Corps Artillery Park

Thirtieth Division

Our Navy in the War

Fifty-Ninth Brigade

Our Air Service

117th Infantry

Battle of St. Mihiel

Second Tennessee Infantry

Meuse-Argonne Battle

Fifty-Fifth Brigade

Selective Service Act

Fourth Tennessee Infantry

PICTORIAL SECTION PAGES 142-191

SERVICE SECTION PAGES 192-405

Photographs and records of officers and men

Men in service without records or photographs

HOME ACTIVITIES SECTION PAGES 406-447

Library War Service

Liberty Loans Y. M. C. A. Y. W. C. A. Knights of Columbus

American Library Association

Jewish Welfare Board

Four Minute Men

Women's Clubs

Pictures of Home Activities

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Knox County in the World War, 1917-1919, Part 52

Author: Knoxville Lithographing Company; Amis, Reese T Publication date: 1919] Publisher: [Knoxville Number of Pages: 462

Author: Knoxville Lithographing Company; Amis, Reese T
Publication date: 1919]
Publisher: [Knoxville
Number of Pages: 462