Marshall County in the World War, 1917-1918 : a pictorial history of the community's participation in all wartime activities with a complete roster of soldiers and sailors in service . war stamps upon the basis of population; RedCross and all welfaie funds one-half upon the basis of pioperty valuesand one-half upon the basis of population. Every citizens assessableproperty was listed from the tax books, his income estimated by compe-tent committees and each precinct quota in every drive was then allottedto its citizens as fairly in proportion to their ability to pay as committeesof neighbors c
Marshall County in the World War, 1917-1918 : a pictorial history of the community's participation in all wartime activities with a complete roster of soldiers and sailors in service . war stamps upon the basis of population; RedCross and all welfaie funds one-half upon the basis of pioperty valuesand one-half upon the basis of population. Every citizens assessableproperty was listed from the tax books, his income estimated by compe-tent committees and each precinct quota in every drive was then allottedto its citizens as fairly in proportion to their ability to pay as committeesof neighbors could distribute the war burden. So fairly was the work donethat all of the later drives for bonds and stamps and Red Cross funds wereconducted at polling places to which people went without being solicitedto volunteer for the war as they would to vote for a president. Marshall Countys plan for war service oiganization was adopted in thelater months of the war by many other counties which were unable tomeet their quotas in the war fund drives in any other way. As soon asthe armistice was signed the Council of Defense adjourned sine die. Pag-^ Twenty-two -H RED CROSS ACTIVITIES +.
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