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Everyone was interested in the success of the campaign. The women perfected a district and county organization similar to that of their brothers. The thirty-six universities, colleges, normal schools, training schools, seminaries and academies which comprised the Student's Divi- sion, contributed $75,603.50, while the "Victory Boys and Girls Earn and Give Division," with an enrollment of 9,017 boys and girls who agreed to earn the money, gave $31,032.12.
UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN NOV. 11-20, 1918
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Emerson Ela, Madison, Army Y. M. C. A., Chairman.
Mrs. W. L. Roach, Madison, Y. W. C. A. War Work Council.
William J. Nuss, Sheboygan, National Catholic War Council.
Prof. L. B. Wolfenson, Madison, Jewish Welfare Board.
Justice M. B. Rosenberry, Madison, War Camp Community Service. M. S. Dudgeon, Madison, American Library Association. A. T. Van Scoy, Milwaukee, Salvation Army.
GENERAL COMMITTEE
Chief Justice J. B. Winslow, Madison, Chairman.
Y. M. C. A .- Emerson Ela, Madison; F. E. Anderson, H. F. Lindsay, Milwaukee.
Y. W. C. A .- Mrs. James S. Church, Milwaukee; Clara S. Roe, Mrs. W. L. Roach, Madison.
National Catholic War Council-W. J. Nuss, Sheboygan; Walter M. Burke, Kenosha; Rev. Joseph Edward Hanz, Beloit.
Jewish Welfare Board-Prof. L. B. Wolfenson, Madison; Rabb! Charles S. Levi, Nathaniel Stone, Milwaukee.
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War Camp Community Service-Justice M. B. Rosenberry, Madison; Fred Vogel, Jr., Milwaukee; F. J. Sensenbrenner, Neenah.
American Library Association-Justice J. B. Winslow, M. S. Dudgeon, Madison; Charles E. McLenegan, Milwaukee.
Salvation Army-Brig. John C. Smith, J. W. Disch, A. T. Van Scoy, Milwaukee.
STATE PERSONNEL
Emerson Ela, Madison, Chairman Executive Committee.
Louis C. Bradshaw, Racine, Campaign Director. Lee C. H. Orbach, Madison, Publicity Director. H. F. Lindsay, Milwaukee, State Treasurer. M. S. Dudgeon, Madison, Speakers' Bureau. Clara S. Roe, Madison, Women's Work Director. Arnold B. Hall, Madison, Student Executive. Amanda C. Nelson, Chicago, Student Executive.
Elizabeth E. Mehan, Milwaukee, Victory Girl Executive.
George A. Burns, Milwaukee, Victory Boy Executive.
DISTRICT AND COUNTY CHAIRMEN
District 1-T. J. Roth, Superior; J. M. Waltz, Douglas; T. F. Biers, Bayfield; Allen T. Pray, Ashland; A. L. Ruggles, Iron; H. E. Rohlf, Sawyer; M. E. Albee, Washburn; O. H. Caspers, Burnett.
District 2-George B. Wheeler, Eau Claire; O. G. Brice, Eau Claire; William E. De Kelver, Chippewa; Al. C. Anderson, Dunn; John E. Foley, Pierce; Orrin H. Ingram, Barron; Frank Fountain, Rusk; K. K. Brainard, Pepin; N. J. Larsen, Polk; William H. Phipps, St. Croix (south half) ; T. J. McNally, St. Croix (north half).
District 3-J. N. Manson, Wausau; H. C. Berger, Marathon; E. H. Palmer, Langlade; F. J. Smith, Lincoln; C. P. Crosby, Oneida; A. J. Austin, Vilas; Asa K. Owen, Price; J. S. Landon, Taylor; George E. Crothers, Clark.
District 4-J. H. Taylor, Green Bay; Dr. A. O. Olmstead, Brown; Henry Fetzer, Door; Edward L. Wanek, Kewaunee; J. E. Scanlon, Shawano; Albert B. Burdick, Oconto; Dr. H. F. Schroeder, Marinette; S. J. Conway, Forest; Max Sells, Florence.
District 5-A. L. Goetzmann, La Crosse; F. W. Sisson, La Crosse; C. B. Melby, Trempealeau; H. S. Cadby, Jackson; H. W. Jefferson, Monroe; W. F. Lindeman, Vernon; M. S. Fugina, Buffalo.
District 6-I. P. Witter, Grand Rapids; G. O. Babcock, Wood; J. T. Tiffault, Wood (one-third) ; Tom Hanna, Portage; C. E. Babcock, Juneau; C. A. Veeder, Adams; Vilas Follett, Waushara; H. D. Spoor, Green Lake; D. W. McNamara, Marquette.
District 7-F. J. Harwood, Appleton; George F. Werner, Outagamie; R. F. Whale, Waupaca; W. J. Wagstaff, Winnebago; George Vits, Mani- towoc; Ed. A. Kremer, Fond du Lac; Walter Kohler, Sheboygan; Alfred T. Hipke, Calumet.
District 8-A. W. Kopp, Platteville; W. R. Graves, Crawford; Rev. J. T. Mordy, Richland; R. M. Orchard, Grant; J. W. Hutchison, Iowa; W. W. Woolworth, La Fayette.
District 9-F. J. Vea, Stoughton; F. R. Bentley, Sauk; Fred A. Chad- bourn, Columbia; Andrew W. Hopkins, Dane; D. Q. Grabill, Jefferson; P. F. Neverman, Green; Alex E. Matheson, Rock.
District 10-H. F. Lindsay, Milwaukee; E. C. Schauer, Washington; W. F. Schannen, Ozaukee; E. R. Estberg, Waukesha; H. F. Lindsay, Milwaukee; Jay F. Lyon, Walworth; F. Lee Norton, Racine; C. S. Judd, Kenosha; A. W. Wilcox, Dodge.
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DISTRICT AND COUNTY WOMEN CHAIRMEN
District 1-Mrs. Thomas A. McDougal, Superior; Miss Cecilia Fennely, Ashland; Mrs. P. G. Stratton, Douglas; Miss Agnes Boyington, Iron; Mrs. P. T. Trowbridge, Bayfield; Mrs. C. D. Stillman, Sawyer; Miss Lucy Leonard, Washburn; Mrs. L. R. Roberts, Burnett.
District 2-Mrs. A. H. Shoemaker, Eau Claire; Miss Lilia E. Johnson, Eau Claire; Mrs. Edmund Porter, Chippewa; Miss Eda A. Gilkerson, Dunn; Mrs. W. D. Doolittle, Pierce; Mrs. H. L. Goodrich, Barron; Mrs. R. March, Rusk; Mrs. H. M. Orlady, Pepin; Mrs. John Klinka, Polk; Mrs. Helen Smith Coe, Mrs. Swenum Swenumson, St. Croix.
District 3-Miss Susan M. Underwood, Wausau; Mrs. Homer J. Evans, Marathon; Mrs. L. L. Gibbs, Langlade; Mrs. August Strange, Lincoln; Mrs. Ben Lewis, Oneida; Mrs. Rub B. Radcliffe, Vilas; Mrs. Frank Henry, Price; Mrs. F. G. Pierce, Taylor; Mrs. Louis Buddenhagen, Clark.
District 4-Dr. Minnie Hopkins, Oconto; Mrs. George E. Richardson, Brown; Mrs. Gretchen Spalsbury, Door; Mrs. W. A. Crowell, Kewaunee; Mrs. E. V. Werner, Shawano; Mrs. Walter Harvey, Oconto; Mrs. Joshua Hodgins, Marinette; Miss Edmire Quidlan, Forest; Mrs. Ella Thieman, Florence.
District 5-Mrs. Lillie L. Finch, La Crosse; Miss Harriet Mckinstry, La Crosse; Mrs. C. B. Melby, Trempealeau; Miss Jane Spaulding, Jack- son; Mrs. F. M. Bray, Monroe; Miss Ethel Nuzum, Vernon; Mrs. M. C. Fisher, Buffalo.
District 6-Mrs. Wells D. Brooks, Green Lake; Mrs. I. P. Witter, Mrs. J. C. Marsh, Wood; Mrs. C. F. Watson, Portage; Miss Mary Elwell, Juneau; Mrs. H. F. Coppe, Adams; Mrs. R. W. Rindfleisch, Waushara; Mrs. John Card, Mrs. Elmer Morse, Green Lake; Miss Anna B. Hull, Marquette.
District 7-Mrs. D. O. Kinsman, Appleton; Mrs. H. W. Abraham, Outa- gamie; Miss Grace Wild, Waupaca; Mrs. Edward R. Smith, Winnebago; Mrs. C. M. Gleason, Manitowoc; Mrs. W. P. Leek, Fond du Lac; Miss Evangeline Kohler, Sheboygan; Mrs. Bertha Youngbeck, Calumet.
District 8-Miss Martha J. Meyer, Lancaster; Mrs. George T. Atwood, Crawford; Mrs. Charles B. De Voe, Richland; Mrs. S. W. Doolittle, Grant; Mrs. John Williams, Iowa; Miss Frances Lillie, La Fayette.
District 9-Mrs. J. C. Morris, Madison; Mrs. R. P. Perry, Sauk; Miss Margaret McConochie, Columbia; Mrs. William S. Marshall, Dane; Miss Abby Norton, Jefferson; Mrs. F. B. Luchsinger, Green; Mrs. Frank Van Kirk, Rock.
District 10-Miss Grace Merrill, Milwaukee; Mrs. Adolph Kissell, Washington; Mrs. Julian Zillier, Ozaukee; Mrs. John Marton, Waukesha; Miss Grace Merrill, Milwaukee; Miss Helen Martin, Walworth; Mrs. W. F. McGaughey, Racine; Mrs. Otis Trenary, Kenosha; Miss Lilly M. Andrews, Dodge.
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RESULTS BY DISTRICTS
Counties
Quota
Amount subscribed
Per cent subscribed
District No 1
Douglas.
$56,250
$83,000.00
148
Bayfield.
30,000
32,000.00
107
Ashland
27.000
39,338.60
146
Iron ..
7,500
9,050.00
121
Sawyer.
3,000
1,400.00
47
Washburn
3,750
5,554.59
148
Burnett
4,500
6,000.00
134
Totals
$132,000
$176,343.19
134
District No 2
Eau Claire
$39,750
$56,500.00
142
Chippewa
33,000
40.822.88
124
Dunn.
24,750
38,850.00
157
Pierce
15. 000
18,622.00
124
Barron
27,000
27,000.00
100
Rusk
7,500
8,036.54
107
Pepin.
3,000
4,550.00
152
Polk.
9 000
13,505.00
150
St. Croix
19,500
28,000.00
144
Totals
$178.500
$235,886.42
132
District No 3
Marathon
$69,750
$92,167.50
133
Langlade.
16,500
22,110.00
134
Lincoln
21,000
25,591.52
122
Oneida
19,500
25,935.00
133
Vilas
3,000
3,756.56
125
Price .
10,500
17,580.25
163
Taylor
7,500
7,500.00
100
Clark.
27,750
41,625.00
150
Totals
$175,500
$236,265.83
135
District No. 4
Brown ..
$75,000
$132,000.00
176
Door ..
15,750
20,134.00
128
Kewaunee
16,500
19,370.00
117
Shawano
29,250
25,000.00
86
Oconto
18.750
22,881.00
122
Marinette
37,500
56.250.00
150
Forest ..
5,000
7,000.00
140
Florence
3,900
4,906.40
126
Totals
$201,550
$287,541.40
143
District No. 5
La Crosse
$82,500
$129,000.00
156
Trempealeau.
21,750
22,000 00
101
Jackson.
15,000
15,000.00
100
Monroe
27,000
50,076.11
185
Vernon
27,750
29 000.00
105
Buffalo
15,750
19,043.53
121
Totals.
$189,750
$264,119.64
139
District No. 6
Wood
$43,500
$69,000.00
159
Portage.
22.500
27,500.00
122
Juneau
16.500
11,324.00
69
Adams.
7,500
5,100.00
68
Waushara
9,000
12,429.71
138
Green Lake
19,500
32,240.00
165
Marquette
9,750
16,060.87
165
Totals.
$128,250
$173,654.58
135
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RESULTS BY DISTRICTS-Continued
Counties
Quota
Amount subscribed
Per cent subscribed
District No. 7
Outagamie
$69,000
$103,000.00
150
Waupaca
36,000
29,500.00
82
Winnebago
97,500
97,500.00
100
Manitowoc ..
60,750
81,000.00
133
Fond du Lac ..
62,250
81,460.51
130
Sheboygan
76,500
76,500.00
100
Calumet
21,000
36,235.00
173
Totals.
$423,000
$505,195.51
119
District No. 8
Crawford
$15,750
$16,000.00
102
Richland
22,500
35,119.02
156
Grant
48,000
61,975.00
129
Iowa.
37,500
38,375.00
102
Lafayette
40,500
27,750.00
69
Totals
$164,250
$179,219.02
109
District No. 9
Sauk .
$38,250
$50,872.50
133
Columbia.
36,000
56,507.00
157
Dane
150,000
218,890.00
146
Jefferson
47,250
66,194.66
140
Green
33,750
36,016.50
107
Rock
90,000
119,700.00
133
Totals
$395,250
$548,180.66
139
District No. 10
Washington
$29,250
$29,250.00
100
Ozaukee
18,500
25.000.00
158
Waukesha
48,000
55,000.00
115
Milwaukee
1,000,000
1,317,000.00
132
Walworth.
42,750
60,000.00
140
Racine ..
150,000
185,000.00
123
Kenosha
112,500
173,850.00
155
Dodge.
45,000
65,200.00
145
Totals.
$1,446,000
$1,910,300.00
132
Grand Total
$3,390.000
$4,546,706.25
134
Students (not included in above figures) $30, 000.
THE Y. M. C. A. CAMPAIGNS
Two campaigns for funds for the Army Y. M. C. A. were conducted in Wisconsin in 1917, the first in May was for a fund of $100,000 from the state and more than $120,000 was contributed in one week. The second campaign, in November, two months after the first drafted men had left home for the training camps, was for a state quota of $750,000.
In less than one week's time $878,655.55 had been collected by the campaign committees, while the amounts raised in the colleges, and pledged by boys in an "earn and give" drive, brought the amount well over $900,000.
When the first campaign was waged, the citizens of the state knew but little of the wonderful work the Y. M. C. A. was planning to carry on in the training camps and even with the troops in France. But with the calling out of the National Guard for federal service and the es- tablishment of "Y" huts first at Camp Douglas and then at Camp Mc- Arthur, the soldiers soon spread the worth of the "Y" to the soldier among their friends at home. Then with the movement of the first
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quota of drafted men to the training camps at Camp Grant and Camp Custer, thousands of boys who had never been in a Y. M. C. A. building before found the "Y" huts took the place of home in the army and urged their friends and relatives to support the institution.
The state was divided into ten districts of from five to nine counties, with a district chairman and a campaign director for each. County chairmen were named by the district chairmen, and in most cases they in turn organized teams of workers in the cities and villages. Emer- son Ela, Madison, was chairman of the state executive committee, with the ten district chairmen members of the committee, while Howard Hubbell, and F. E. Anderson, of the State Association, Milwaukee, were campaign manager and secretary respectively.
The amounts contributed by districts and counties follow:
DISTRICT 1
Quota-$27,000. Chairman -- T. J. Roth, Superior. Director, W. G. Wright, Superior.
County
Chairmen
Amount Subscribed
Douglas
J. M. Walz, Superior.
$20,065.84
Bayfield
T. F. Beers, Washburn
3,900.00
Ashland
Allen T. Pray, Ashland
7,500.00
Iron
A. L. Ruggles, Hurley .
2,533.50
Sawyer
Henry E. Rohlf, Hayward,
1,500.00
Washburn
L. H. Mead, Shell Lake.
690.55
Burnett
O. H. Caspers, Grantsburg
1,500.00
Total
$37,689.89
DISTRICT 2
Quota-$56,000. Chairman-George B. Wheeler, Eau Claire. Director-E. P. Hunt, Eau Claire.
County
Chairmen
Amount Subscribed
Eau Claire
A. J. Keith. Eau Claire.
$14,852.00
Chippewa
L. W. Newman, Chippewa Falls
8,605.88
Dunn
Al. C. Anderson, Menomonie
6,365.82
Pierce
J. E. Foley, Ellsworth ..
3,600.00
Barron
Orrin Ingram, Rice Lake
7,500.00
Rusk
J. A. Carow, Ladysmith .
2,451.30
Pepin.
Shirley Tarrant, Durand
1,000.00
Polk ..
Harry Baker, St. Croix Falls
2,000.00
St. Croix
T, M. Olsen, Hudson ..
4,108 00
Total
$50,483.00
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DISTRICT 3 Quota-$57,000. Chairman-J. N. Manson, Wausau. Director-F. A. Hathaway. Kenosha.
County
Chairmen
Amount Subscribed
Marathon
Harry Berger, Wausau
$25,776.33
Langlade.
E. H. Palmer, Antigo
5,528 28
Lincoln
W. J. Tesch, Merrill .
5,036.37
Oneida
C. P. Crosby, Rhinelander
5,800.09
Vilas
Grant Cook, Eagle River
1,000.00
Price
L. D. Sperry, Phillips
2,083.00
Taylor
J. S. Landon, Medford.
2,722.00
Clark
George E. Crothers, Neillsville
5,977.91
Total
$53,923.89
DISTRICT 4
Quota-$39, 000. Chairman-J. H. Tayler, Green Bay. Director-E. W. Branden- burg, Milwaukee.
County
Chairmen
Amount Subscribed
Brown
C. J. Fogarty, Green Bay
$20,000.00
Door ...
Henry Fetzer, Sturgeon Bay
4,000.00
Kewaunee.
Edward Neyk, Kewaunee
2,450 00
Shawano
Ira J. Weeks, Shawano
1,700.00
Oconto
J. B. Chase, Oconto ..
3,988.85
Marinette
Dr, H. F. Schroeder, Marinette.
15,000.00
Forest
O. J. Swanson, Crandon
1,100.00
* Florence
Ed. Elmer, Florence.
Total
$48,238.85
* Amount not reported.
DISTRICT 5
Quota-$45,000. Chairman, George W. Burton, La Crosse. Director-A. C. Gran, La Crosse.
County
Chairmen
Amount Subscribed
La Crosse.
F. B. Hixon, La Crosse
$35.666 30
Trempealeau,
C. B. Melby, Whitehall.
6,424.45
Jackson
Samuel Lund, Black River Fhlls
3,000.00
Monroe
Dr. F. P. Stiles, Sparta
7,096.50
Vernon
C. J. Smith, Viroqua
8,517.00
Buffalo
S. G. Gilman, Mondovi
3,219.02
Total
$63,923.27
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DISTRICT 6
Quota-$32,000. Chairman-I. P. Witter, Grand Rapids. Director-O. C. Artman, Beaver Dam.
County
Chairmen
Amount subscribed
Wood
G. O. Babcock, Grand Rapids
$14,851.85
Portage.
Tom Hanna, Stevens Point ..
6,000.00
Juneau ..
C. A. Veeder, Mauston.
3,437.45
Adams ...
S. H. Mills, Friendship.
1,695.20
Waushara
C. T. Taylor, Wautoma
500.00
Green Lake
H. D. Spoor, Berlin ..
4,370.15
Marquette.
R. W. Richards, Montello.
1.813.89
Total
$32,668.54
DISTRICT 7
Quota-$133, 000. Chairman-F. J, Harwood, Appleton. Director-John Gredler, Waukesha.
County
Chairmen
Amount subscribed
Outagamie
William Wolf. Appleton.
$27,442.25
Waupaca .
W. A. Olen, Clintonville.
4.260.00
Winnebago.
W. G. Maxcy, Oshkosh.
29,188.69
Manitowoc
George Vits, Manitowoc.
10,500.00
Fond du Lac
Dr. A. J. Pullen, Fond du Lac ..
17,844.49
Sheboygan.
Walter J. Kohler, Sheboygan.
23,023.59
Calumet.
Rev. A. T. Dewey, Chilton.
916.71
Total.
$113,175.73
DISTRICT 8 Quota-$25,000. Chairman-A. W. Kopp, Platteville. Director-A. Z. Mann, Madison.
County
Chairmen
Amount subscribed
Crawford.
W. R. Graves. Prairie du Chien.
$3,243.73
Richland
J. T. Mordy, Richland Center.
7,610.95
Grant.
F. C. Meyer, Lancaster.
15,039.64
Towa ..
R. E. Hoskins, Dodgeville
7,681.11
La Fayette
C. F. McDaniel, Darlington
5,578.65
Total
$39,154.08
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DISTRICT 9
1 Quota-$120, 000. Chairman-H. A. Moehlenpah, Clinton. Director-F. O. Leiser, Madison.
County
Chairmen
Amount subscribed
Sauk.
George W. Davies, North Freedom.
$12,000.00
Columbia.
F. A. Chadbourn. Columbus
10,276.84
Dane ...
C. P. Norgord, Madison ...
53,448.95
Jefferson
Will Ballentine, Jefferson
12,718.70
Green.
P. F. Neverman, Monroe
9,313.44
Rock.
S. M. Smith, Janesville.
39,728.95
Total
$137,486.88
DISTRICT 10
Quota-$270, 000. Chairman-H. F. Lindsay, Milwaukee. Director-Louis C. Bradshaw, Racine.
County
Chairmen
Amount subscribed
Washington.
F. W. Bucklin, West Bend.
$2,550.00
Ozaukee
Harry W. Bolens. Port Washington
908,75
Waukesha,
E. R. Estberg, Waukesha.
12,374.18
Milwaukee
H. O. Seymour. Milwaukee
174,000.00
Walworth
J. F. Lyon, Elkhorn.
12.665.00
Racine.
C. C. Gittings, Racine.
65,817.00
Kenosha
M. S. Moss, Kenosha ..
25,000.00
Dodge ...
A. W. Wilcox, Horicon
8,596.49
Total.
$301,911.42
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Y. W. C. A. CAMPAIGN, 1917
County
Amount
County
Amount
Ashland
$224.50
Monroe.
$903.10
Barron
145.37
Milwaukee
14,500.00
Bayfield.
177.55
Oconto.
55.50
Brown
740.00
Oneida
500.00
Buffalo
156.45
Outagamie
25.00
Burnett
221.30
Ozaukee.
15.00
Calumet.
168.45
Pepin.
40.00
Chippewa
143.50
Pierce
180.00
Clark .
300.00
Polk
300.00
Columbia
1,295.30
Portage
471.67
Crawford
181.33
Price
90.00
Dane ..
7,500.00
Racine
8,332.00
Dodge
57.50
Richland
500.00
Door.
10.00
Rock .
3,154.31
Douglas
1,399.50
St. Croix
45.00
Dunn
300.00
Sauk
283.40
Eau Claire
15.00
Sawyer
100.00
Fond du Lac
128.50
Sheboygan
1,731.02
Forest
107.00
Vernon
5.63
Grant
414.50
Vilas
51.25
Green.
5.00
Walworth
2,521.85
Green Lake
250.00
Washburn.
100.00
Iowa ..
229.55
Washington
53.00
Jefferson
338.55
Waukesha
10.00
Juneau
584.01
Waupaca.
15.00
Kenosha ..
2,500.00
Winnebago
1,232.77
La Crosse
6,759.28
Wood
1.00
La Fayette
2.00
Lincoln
18.00
Total
$59,588.64
THE RED CROSS
According to the best information that can be obtained, Wisconsin contributed in cash, through contributions, membership dues and arti- cles made and delivered, $9,280,790.15 to the American Red Cross Society between the time the United States entered the war and Jan. 1, 1919.
In April, 1919, Walter Davidson, of the Central Division, Chicago, declared: "At this date it is not possible to give figures which will show the relative results of Red Cross activities in the state of Wiscon- sin as compared with other states, but it can safely be stated that Wisconsin has always occupied a first-class position in the Red Cross and has demonstrated loyalty and intense interest in the humanitarian work represented by the Red Cross."
To Madison belongs the distinction of being one of the earliest Chap- ters of the American Red Cross to be organized in the United States. The Madison Chapter was in existence prior to October, 1914, when the Central Division office was established in Chicago. The Eau Claire Chapter was established in 1915. In 1916 Chapters were organized at Racine, Oshkosh, Milwaukee, Lake Geneva, La Crosse, Janesville, Green Bay, Fond du Lac and Beloit and previous to the declaration of a state of war in April, 1917, Chapters were established at Waupaca, White- water. Menomonie. Beaver Dam and Appleton.
In April, 1917, S. M. McFedries, of Milwaukee, was appointed State Director for Wisconsin and immediately took active charge of the or- ganization of Chapters throughout the state. Due to his leadership Chapters were established in the remaining counties during the summer of 1917, and where Chapters were strong enough to develop a larger ter- ritory their jurisdiction was extended to include more than one county.
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By September, 1917, seventy-eight Chapters were organized in Wis- consin. The Milwaukee Chapter had jurisdiction over Milwaukee, Wau- kesha, Washington and Ozaukee counties, while Rock county had Chap- ters in both Janesville and Beloit.
The first Red Cross War Fund was raised in the spring of 1917, shortly after we entered the war and before the state was fully organized, but Wisconsin contributed $3,661,340 to the fund.
The next contribution to the Red Cross was made in .the Christmas membership campaign of 1917, when 632,400 members were secured, each contributing $1 as dues for one year.
Wisconsin contributed $2,232,244.92 in the second Red Cross War fund in May, 1918, and in December the Christmas membership brought in $689,728 from as many members in the state.
But that was not all that Wisconsin gave to the American Red Cross during the war. With the organization of the Chapters in each county, the women of the state became interested in making supplies of vari- ous kinds for the soldiers, sailors and refugees. Work shops were opened in nearly every city in the state where patriotic women congre- gated to make surgical dressings, hospital dressings and supplies, refugee garments, etc., while thousands of women, unable to go to the work shops, took to knitting sweaters, helmets, vests, sox, etc.
The call for all these articles was urgent and the woman who was seen at the theater, on trains, street cars, etc., who did not have her knitting with her was an exception to the rule. Thousands of women took their knitting to church with them and kept their fingers busy with their needles, while listening to the sermon.
Given rules were prescribed for every article. The sweaters, helmets, wool sox, etc., must have a given number of stitches on the needle. Every article was required to pass a rigid inspection and many were re- jected until the workers learned to follow the rules. As a result of the campaign waged by the various Chapters, Wisconsin women, through their Red Cross Chapter, turned over to the Central Division office of the American Red Cross, between Oct. 1, 1917, and Dec. 31, 1918, 8,640,362 articles, valued at $2,065,078.23, as follows:
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Number
Value
Surgical dressings ..
7,096,320
$275,038.08
Hospital dressings.
323,575
581,028.23
Hospital supplies
301,014
75,678.07
Refugee garments.
148,738
167,703.18
Comfort kits.
36,592
6,673.90
Miscellaneous articles
40,017
6,002.55
Knitted articles
694,106
952,954.29
Total
8,640,362
$2,065,078.23
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WISCONSIN BLUE BOOK
RED CROSS CAMPAIGNS IN 1918
Headquarters
Chapter
Members
War Fund
Alma
Buffalo Co.
5,421
$10,000.00
Antigo
Langlade Co.
4,581
7,206.17
Appleton
Outagamie Co
11.298
16,500.00
Ashland
Ashland
4,642
11,696.15
Baraboo
Sauk Co.
4,000
9,000.00
Barron.
Barron Co.
5,800
8,762.47
Beaver Dam
Dodge Co
9,582
25,458.43
Beloit.
Beloit.
6,225
10,000.00
Berlin
Green Lake Co
2,526
8,229.62
Black River Falls
Jackson Co
2,726
6,000.00
Chetek.
Chetek.
826
1,281.79
Chilton
Calumet Co.
3,947
10,109.08
Chippewa Falls
Chippewa Co
7,162
15,163.36
Crandon
Forest Co
2.324
2,000.00
Darlington
LaFayette Co.
7,546
22,647.27
Delavan
Dela van
3,043
4,689.10
Dodgeville
Iowa Co.
8,539
15.396.53
Eagle River
Vilas Co.
799
1,666.10
Eau Claire
Eau Claire
11,070
44,979.75
Elkhorn
Elkhorn .
3,543
8,933.75
Florence
Florence Co.
444
3,673.16
Fond du Lac
Fond du Lac
19,245
52,614.52
Fort Atkinson
Fort Atkinson
500
4,000.00
Galesville
Trempealeau Co
8,582
6,000.00
Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids
2,618
10,915.86
Grantsburg
Burnett Co
2,485
4,051.33
Green Bay
Brown Co.
26,473
52,631.33
Hayward
Sawver Co.
2,470
2,500.00
Hudson
St. Croix Co.
7,468
14,903.20
Hurley
Tron Co.
2,920
3,794.50
Janesville
Rock Co.
15,599
16,167.02
Kenosha.
Kenosha Co.
26,708
50,000.00
La Crosse.
La Crosse
16,012
65,451.34
Ladysmith
Rusk Co.
650
4,922.13
Lake Geneva.
Lake Geneva
2,256
5,794.20
Madison
Dane Co.
25,692
114.833.34
Manitowoc
Manitowoc Co.
10,099
20.000.00
Marinette
Marinette Co
4.212
13,845.35
Marshfield.
Marshfield
10,918.35
Mauston.
Juneau Co ..
10,018.08
Medford
Taylor Co.
2,245
7,302.37
Menasha.
Menasha
3,790
5,000.00
Menomonie.
Dunn Co.
4,611
6,691.95
Milwaukee
Milwaukee
121,211
1,084,905.83
Monroe
Green Co
9,159
11,452.00.
Neenah
Neenah
3,841
12,951.50
Neillsville
Clark Co.
6,610
5,000.00
New London
New London
792
1,000.00
Oconto.
Oconto Co.
6,664
13,599.50
Oshkosh
Oshkosh.
20,015
40,000.00
Park Falls
Park Falls
1,945
2,919.06
Phillips
Phillips
1,175
3,806.21
Grant Co.
12,094
39,317.22
Portage.
Columbia Co
8,196
38,967.19
Prairie du Chien.
Crawford Co.
3,135
9,156.79
Racine ..
Racine.
30,426
50,000.00
Rhinelander
Oneida Co.
4,134
5,000.00
Richland Center
Richland Co.
4,670
7,163.18
River Falls
Pierce Co.
4,269
13,371.60
Shawano
Shawano Co.
6,185
13,756.68
Shehovgan
Sheboygan Co.
18,827
30,000.00
Shell Lake
Washburn Co.
1,805
3.000.00 -
St. Croix Falls
Polk Co.
8,413
12,525.37
Stevens Point ..
Portage.
7.062
12,012.50
Sturgeon Bay
Door Co
3,135
10,211,00
Superior
Superior
14,021
32,087.44
Viroqua
Vernon Co.
8,513
13,034.09
Washburn
Bayfield Co.
3,267
13,142.66
Watertown
Watertown
7,093
5,000.00
Waupaca
Waupaca
6,024
13.425.90
Wausau
Marathon Co
14,872
40,806.35
Wautoma
Waushara Co
3,500
10,665.68
Whitewater
Whitewater
3,000
4,826.32
Totals.
689,728
$2,281,209.25
Sparta
Monroe Co
9,449
12,754.11
Platteville
5,547
5,000.00
Kewaunee
Kewaunee Co, ..
3,196
3,027
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WAR SAVINGS AND THRIFT STAMPS
Total sales War Sa vings Certificate and Thrift Stamps for the year 1918. As reported by Central Accounting Post Offices and Federal Reserve Banks.
Rank
County
County chairman
Sales ap- portionment (maturity value)
Total sales to Dec. 31, 1918 (selling price)
Sales per capita
1
Trempealeau ....
O. B. Strouse.
$458,560.00
$480,081.83
$20.9387+
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