Oakland Tribune/1918/Camp Fund Campaign Launched

Camp Fund Campaign Launched. Fulfilling the War and Navy Departments' request that Oakland raise $20,000 as its share of a national fund to care for the enlisted men of the army and navy when they visited cities surrounding camps and posts, the War-Camp Community Service began a rapid action drive this morning expecting to complete its work with an over-subscription by Saturday night. Before the opening, the committee in charge found itself several hundred dollars to the good in various sums received through the mails yesterday and in pledges made at the dinner to captain and field workers at the Hotel Oakland last evening. "This is no time for 50-50 Americanism," was the way it was put by the Rev. Charles L. Kloss of Plymouth church. "There must be no more German-Americans, Swedish Americans, Irish-Americans or anything else but just Americans. These are the days that try men's souls; we hate oppression and we hate tyranny but we hate them more than we do war. Such movements as this mean a great wave of patriotism which will result after the war in casts and cant and snobbery based upon wealth and social position being swept aside and in its place will come a socialization of the world, a socialization of opportunity and of property." Other Speakers. Other speakers who pledged themselves and the organizations they represented to hard work in raising the money called for were: George S. Meredith, president of the Rotary Club; I. C. Fraster of the Oakland Den of Lions; William B. Burbeck, H. C. Capwell, president of the Chamber of Commerce; Max Horwinski of the Elks; L. W. Cummings of the Moose; S. Samuels, of the Odd Fellows; George Hatch, of the Merchants' Exchange; Louis Aber, of Aahmes Temple Mystic Shrine; and Perry Olsen, acting general secretary of the Y.M.C.A. Joseph N. Burroughs, chairman of the War-Camp Community Service, presided and made a vigorous talk in outlining the program for the workers. Following are the facts relating to the War-Camp Community Service fund that the committee is anxious that every one should be familiar with: Amount -- $3 per soldier per year. Total - $3,750,000 for the whole United States. Oakland's share - $20,000. Where it will work-in the war-camp communities the cities and towns surrounding the 90 or more training camps and posts. What it will do-Make the soldiers and sailors healthier and happier; protect them against the moral hazards of the city; make them more efficient in combat. Send Good Force. The ultimate purpose - To send forth a wonderful American force on the greatest crusade of all time, so filled with the invincible American spirit, inspired by contact with the American people that the result will be certain victory. Officers of the organization are: Joseph N. Burroughs, chairman; Alexander T. Stewart, secretary; Arthur W. Moore, assistant cashier of the Oakland Bank of Savings, treasurer. The headquarters at 1444 Broadway are in charge of Joseph N. Burroughs, assisted by Perry Olsen, acting general secretary of the Y.M.C.A.; Norman P. Ellis and William B. Burbeck. Checks may be made payable to Arthur W. Moore and mailed to the general headquarters. Following are the commanders, each representing a different commercial or fraternal organization, and the team captains appointed by them. The captains. will appoint the field workers: Commanders, S. Samuels, William Hamilton, Max Horwinski, Herman Johnson, S. P. Frazier, Charles H. J. Truman, B. A Forsterer, Harry G. Williams. Team captains, A. Vander Naillen Jr., Lew Cummings, J. H. Spiro, J. E. Mauerhan, J. Treager, M. Goldwater, Louis Aber, Lewis Gear, Roy Dunnan, Seymour Hall, Lawrence Moore, Oliver Orrick, Earl Sharp, Edgar R. Barber, P. E. Bradhoff, Cart T. Doell, E. A. Demming, Ed. Hughes, Dr. A. F. Maine, T. R. Sexton, J. A. Turgeon, George Warneck, H. G. Williams, J. C. Downey, A. Schlueter, James Pedgrift, Robert Robertson, George Hatch, Captain Henningson, Theodore Gier, Charles Malarkey, Bert Sheldon.