Part 4

Liberty and Victory Loans $70,600.00 Membership and Subscription Red Cross 4,743.05 Y. M. C. A. 625.00 Salvation Army 160.00 United War Fund 1,797.75 War Saving Stamps 32,000.00

Committee Report

Letters written boys in Service 894 Letters from boys in Service 263 Miscellaneous letters written 564 Number of parcels or packages forwarded 363 Number of visitors at Station 1623 Boys leaving during month for Service Total number in Service 74 Number of Bulletins mailed 1153 Killed in action 4 Died of wounds 1 Died of disease 1 Wounded 2

From Langdale Red Cross

Sweaters 56 Sox, pairs 166 Triangular bandages 326 T bandages 292 Abdominal bandages 255 Bed shirts 92 Hospital shirts 10 Refugee aprons 45 Refugee dresses 20 Pajamas, pairs 24 Operating robes 12 Refugee garments 1202 Bath towels 100 Shoes, pairs 13

Junior Red Cross

Triangular bandages 50 Refugee garments 167 Cash $5.00 Scrap books 30 Barrels of nuts collected 4 Pounds of tinfoil collected 15 Property bags 20

_Fairfax_

Roll of Honor

¦_Killed in action_

ABERNATHY, EDWIN ABERNATHY, YOUNG T. AUSTIN, ALBERT CARL

BOZEMAN, HUGH BRADFIELD, ALVIN F. BRADFIELD, CALVIN G. BRADFIELD, JAMES P. BRADSHAW, HERBERT BRADSHAW, SAM A. BRANSON, FRANK L. BRITTAIN, JOHN W. BROOME, THOMAS A. BRYAN, C. JESSE

CARTER, CLAUDE L. CARTER, LEONARD CAUSEY, R. M. CHAMBLEY, HOMER D. CHAMBLEY, Y. TOXIE CHAPMAN, LEONARD M. COMBS, ELISHA T. COMBS, JAMES E.

DAVIS, FOREST DIXON, I. GRADY DIXON, NELLO M. DUFFEY, LEON ¦DUNN, TERRY A.

ENNIS, ROBERT

FRANKLIN, J. T.

GILLILAND, WILLIAM P. GAUNTT, CURTIS R. GLASS, CHARLES W.

HAERENBORGH, JOHN V. HALL, EDGAR HAMER, ERNEST HERRON, R. A. HILL, A. L. HODNETT, HENRY HOLLIS, ARTHUR

JACKSON, ERBY L.

KINNEY, THOMAS E. KIRKPATRICK, HAROLD B.

LANDERS, JESSE E. LASTER, WILLIE LILLY, POLIE L.

MARTIN, B. FRANK MARTIN, W. EVIN MIDDLETON, THOMAS E. MILLS, GEORGE J. MOORE, JOHNNIE MORGAN, JAMES C. MCINTYRE, WILL

NEWTON, CARL NICHOLS, WALTER NORREL, GEORGE W.

OLIVER, CLAUDE

POWELL, RUBIN PIPER, TALLY W.

REAVES, GEORGE W. ROBERTS, JAMES B.

SATTERWHITE, WM. D. SMITH, JOHN T. SMITH, JOHN L. SMITH, THOMAS W. STALNAKER, CHARLES D. STALNAKER, FRED L. STALNAKER, WILLIE L.

TAYLOR, CEPHAS TAYLOR, DEWEY TAYLOR, HENRY GUY TAYLOR, WILLIAM C. TAUNTON, HENRY TAUNTON, JESSE THOMAS, HOMER E. TURNER, THADIUS H.

WELCH, EMMETT WELCH, HARVEY A. WESSINGER, JOE WHITTINGTON, WM. M. WILLIAMS, A. C. WILLIAMS, G. HAROLD WILLIAMS, JOHN O. WILLIAMS, JAMES E. WILLIAMS, OSCAR L. WILSON, ROBERT L.

Colored

ALEXANDER, JOHN, JR.

BURDETTE, WALTER BURTON, BOB

DUKES, ABE

FORD, OTTO FORD, ROBERT

GATES, G. G.

HEARD, FISHER HEART, ERNEST HEEL, LEWIS HOWARD, JEFF HUTCHINSON, WILLIE

MOODY, BOB

PETTILLO, J. L.

ROSS, JIM

WARE, ERLEY WILKINS, SAM

Extracts of Appreciation

"It's a tough proposition; it's a terrible thing, but we know that some blood has to be spilled and we are willing to let it flow for the cause and the best country on earth."

"I am always overjoyed to hear or receive news from my dear friends at home."

"The French people go wild over the U. S. boys. One can't get lonesome or homesick, they treat you too good."

"I am still on the destroyer, _Shaw_, and we hunt 'subs' most every day."

"'Tis needless to say that the letters and Bulletins which I received today brought one grand little message and a feeling of comradeship into my heart. I appreciate them very, very much and I enjoy them more and more."

"I don't want to quit until the job is finished."

"Your encouragement, our bullets, and it's all over."

"I am happy that it fell my lot to serve for our grand and noble country in her fight for Democracy."

"I hear that we are going to France. I am just 'crazy' to go."

"Your letters have given me a great deal of pleasure and I can imagine the joy they cause the fellows who have gone across."

"I have been living under the ground since I have been on the front. Don't know how I would feel if I could get into a house again."

"If it wasn't for the Red Cross, the Y. M. C. A. and the Service Station, I don't see how we could get along."

"I have been in action and I feel more than ever that there must be no peace without victory and every soldier I have met shares that feeling."

"You would feel a deep new tender feeling for France and her people if you could see them carry the Stars and Stripes so proudly, and note the feeling toward the American soldier."

"Well, they say that we have had a war in France and that it has come to an abrupt close. Isn't it strange how easily and how swiftly we put a serious crimp into the great German mass? I can't realize it--it seems a long dream."

"I have been in England, France, Belgium, Luxemburg, and on the line of Germany since I have been in Europe."

"Since the Armistice we have been on quite a long hike; followed the great and final retreat of the Kaiser's _grand army_. We are stationed now a few kilometers beyond the River Rhine, on a hill overlooking the city of Coblenz."

"Sorry that the other boys didn't get to see France; they missed the real fun, a trip that they wouldn't ever forget."

Committees

FIRST LIBERTY LOAN

Some subscribed, but no organized work done.

SECOND LIBERTY LOAN

F. L. BRANSON, _Chairman_ C. KIRKPATRICK P. C. RAMSEY LON COMBS J. E. HOWELL

Subscription, $1,500.00

THIRD LIBERTY LOAN

F. L. BRANSON, _Chairman_ R. E. SMITH P. C. RAMSEY C. KIRKPATRICK J. E. B. MARTIN VANA COMBS

Subscription, $33,700.00

FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN

R. E. SMITH, _Chairman_ C. KIRKPATRICK P. C. RAMSEY J. E. B. MARTIN LON COMBS F. P. BRADFIELD

Subscription, $25,700.00

FIRST RED CROSS FUND

F. L. BRANSON, _Chairman_ P. C. RAMSEY LON COMBS J. E. B. MARTIN MISS MAUD JAMES

Subscription, $1,200.00

SALVATION ARMY DRIVE

T. G. STANFIELD MISS MAUD JAMES

Subscription, $140.00

SECOND RED CROSS FUND

R. E. SMITH, _Chairman_ P. C. RAMSEY J. E. B. MARTIN C. KIRKPATRICK LON COMBS F. P. BRADFIELD

Subscription, $2,150.00

Y. M. C. A.

C. KIRKPATRICK, _Chairman_ R. E. SMITH J. E. B. MARTIN VANA COMBS J. E. HOWELL

Subscription, $572.75

UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN

R. E. SMITH, _Chairman_ F. P. BRADFIELD VANA COMBS J. E. B. MARTIN P. C. RAMSEY

Subscription, $1,740.00

WAR SAVINGS STAMPS

J. E. B. MARTIN, _Chairman_ J. M. BROWN J. L. BOWLES D. W. SIMMS R. E. SMITH P. C. RAMSEY A. G. POPE

Subscriptions, $17,700.00

VICTORY LOAN CAMPAIGN

F. L. BRANSON D. W. SIMS JACK DAVIS J. C. DAWE

Subscription, $14,800.00

Total

Liberty and Victory Loans $75,700.00 United War Fund 1,740.00 Membership and Subscription Red Cross 3,350.00 Salvation Army Drive 140.00 War Saving Stamps 17,700.00 Y. M. C. A. 572.75

Committee Report

Total number of letters written to boys in Service 1158 Total number of letters received from boys in Service 205 Total number of other letters written 447 Total number of packages or parcels forwarded 326 Total number of visitors at War Service Station 1232 Total number of boys in Service 101 Total number of Bulletins mailed 1496 Total number killed in action 1 Died of disease or wounds 1 Total number wounded 6

From the Fairfax Red Cross

Bed shirts 36 Helpless case shirts 40 Convalescent robes 4 Pajamas, American 5 Triangular bandages 48 T bandages 8 Abdominal bandages 4 Comfort bags 5 Pillow cases 12 Sheets 24 Hand towels 206 Bath towels 100 Wash cloths 24 Table doilies 60 Tray cloths 24 Aprons, women's refugee 12 Dresses, children's refugee 22 Housegowns, women's refugee 6 Morning blouses, women's refugee 6 Petticoats, women's refugee 12 Helmets 3 Mufflers 5 Sweaters, sleeveless 24 Socks for soldiers 52 Influenza masks for home use 600 Total weight of garments donated for refugee boxes, pounds 881 Total number of Christmas boxes packed for soldiers 28

Junior Red Cross

Triangular bandages 36 Towels 72 Wristlets 6

Riverview

Roll of Honor

ANTHONY, ROY B. ANTHONY, WAYMON C.

BAKER, MARVIN BARNETT, FONZY O. BLACKMON, ARCHIE

CHAPPELL, JOE

GAY, JOHN GRANT, TYLER

HUNT, CREW HUNT, FRED

LEWIS, ELBERT E. LEWIS, JASPER

MILNER, GLENN MILNER, JAMES D. MILNER, JESSE B.

MCCANN, JOSEPH MCKINNEY, LEVI

OGLETREE, RAYMOND O.

PASCHAL, HENRY PASCHAL, NUTE PRATHER, WILLIAM G.

SCALES, SGT. MAJ. LUTHER L. SMITH, DOCK

WALLER, ARNOLD WARE, LOGAN WARE, WATSON WILLIAMS, LUTHER E.

Extracts of Appreciation

"They can have England, France, Belgium, Luxemburg and Germany, I have seen them all and spent some time in each, but give me the old United States."

RAYMOND O. OGLETREE

"I will tell you of my first experience in a dugout. When we arrived here it was raining, so I crawled into a dugout for the night. In the meantime shells were landing regularly. I unrolled my pack and went to bed and I had no more than got settled when Fritz sent some large ones over. As I was a new man at the trade it was hard for me to get to sleep, but finally I did and sometime in the night he sent a large one over which made a direct hit on my dugout. I jumped almost out of bed. It rained so much during the night that I was almost floating when I awoke the next morning and it took me nearly all day to dry out all of my stuff."

RAYMOND O. OGLETREE

"Speaking of Christmas, we had a pleasant one considering the place and times. There are twenty-seven children in the town where we are now, the same place we were during the holidays. We had a Christmas Tree for them, so I suppose we made several little hearts happy."

GLENN MILNER

"I don't know whether I will get the first German helmet or not, but I am going to do my bit over there. I shall take it all like a man and fight my best for Old Glory."

JOE MCCANN

"I wish I were in good health and could do my bit over there along with the other boys."

TYLER GRANT

"It's very nice of the Riverview War Service Station to offer a prize to the first boy who captures a German helmet. I'd like to have a chance at the Kaiser and get the one he wears."

MARVIN BAKER

"I don't know how to start to thank the good people of Riverview for the hearty Christmas greetings through the Bulletin. I will say this much, they are the best ever. I send my best regards to everyone."

ARCHIE BLACKMON

"You don't know how much I appreciate the kindness of the Riverview people while we are over here chasing the Germans as fast as we possibly can. You, no doubt have heard of the big American drive that is now going. I must say that the old U. S. boys are making it hot for those Dutchmen just now. I have been transferred to the band, so I am hoping to play a piece for the boys to march through Berlin soon."

WAYMON C. ANTHONY

"I want to say that if all the boys in the Service appreciate, as I do, what the folks of Riverview are doing for our benefit, the work is a great success. The letters you send certainly are interesting to me. They keep me in very close touch with what is going on at home."

WAYMON C. ANTHONY

"I think this is one of the grandest lives a boy can live if he will do his best. I am proud to be a soldier and I hope that it won't be long before I can go over sea to do my part. I feel like we are fighting for a cause that God would have us fight for. I had much rather go over the top than have it always said of me, 'He was a slacker'. That's enough said about that for we are going to get the Kaiser some old way."

ROY B. ANTHONY

"I am sorry I didn't get over to help the boys. I don't feel like I have been in the Service at all, but I have done the best I could. I think those who went oversea are the ones that should have all the praise for winning this war."

ROY B. ANTHONY

"We are here training to fight for the old flag and we will not give up until the last one is dead."

WATSON WARE

"A German garden was captured by our boys a few days ago, so we are living high on cabbage, turnips, etc. You should see what fine homes the Germans had in their dugouts: electric lights, bath rooms, pianos and all such to make life pleasant. I want to tell you, however, that they are not spending much of their time playing pianos and taking baths now, for our boys are giving them all the music they are looking for, and then some."

WAYMON C. ANTHONY

"For the sake of my country, I am anxious for the day to come when I shall have the opportunity of going over the top to capture the helmet that you mentioned in your last letter, not for the $50.00 reward, but for the sake of my country and the people who are dear to me. I trust that when the war is all over I can go back home and truly say, 'I have done my all'."

Committees

WAR SAVINGS STAMPS

R. H. BLEDSOE, JR., _Chairman_ E. I. OLIVER B. B. MCGINTY ARTHUR T. GOGGANS

Subscription, $7,000.00

RED CROSS DRIVE

B. B. MCGINTY, _Chairman_ MISS AMBER LILES MISS MARION WEBSTER

Subscription, $2,712.00

Y. M. C. A.

Subscription, $700.00

UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN

R. H. BLEDSOE, JR., _Chairman_ MISS AMBER LILES

Subscription, $1,183.00

FIRST LIBERTY LOAN

No subscription

SALVATION ARMY DRIVE

B. B. MCGINTY, _Chairman_

Subscription, $105.00

SECOND LIBERTY LOAN

R. H. BLEDSOE, _Chairman_ B. B. MCGINTY C. L. GIBSON J. M. MILNER W. W. WILLIAMS W. R. WILLIAMS W. J. BRADFIELD C. A. GOGGANS

Subscription, $1,800.00

THIRD LIBERTY LOAN

E. I. OLIVER, _Chairman_ M. A. SMITH T. J. GOGGANS R. H. BLEDSOE, JR. B. B. MCGINTY

Subscription, $18,000.00

FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN

R. H. BLEDSOE, JR., _Chairman_

Subscription, $7,000.00

VICTORY LOAN CAMPAIGN

R. H. BLEDSOE, JR., _Chairman_

Subscription, $7,000.00

Total