History of Camden County in the Great War, 1917-1918 . eral Staff. This board was a quasi-judicial body charged with theduty of conducting proceedings and making awards forcompensation for property of every character comman-deered, or produced under compulsory process, for theWar Department. These cases covered all kinds of prop-erty from the taking of small parcels of real estate to thetaking of large, valuable areas and large manufacturingplants, as well as the compulsory production of many mil-lions of dollars of war materials, the price for which thisboard established. The total awarded by
History of Camden County in the Great War, 1917-1918 . eral Staff. This board was a quasi-judicial body charged with theduty of conducting proceedings and making awards forcompensation for property of every character comman-deered, or produced under compulsory process, for theWar Department. These cases covered all kinds of prop-erty from the taking of small parcels of real estate to thetaking of large, valuable areas and large manufacturingplants, as well as the compulsory production of many mil-lions of dollars of war materials, the price for which thisboard established. The total awarded by this board ag-gregated many millions of dollars, there being severalthousand cases heard, and awards in individual cases attimes amounting to many millions. During the incum-bency of Colonel Donges, due to the volume of work, themembership of the board was increased from three toeleven members. Colonel Donges personally conductedtrials and has written opinions in more than 250 casesbefore the Board of Appraisers. 11,2 CAMDEN COUNTY IN THE GREAT [Photo by DR. DANIEL STROCKChairman of Camden County Chapter AmericanRed Cross CAMDEN COUNTY IN THE GREAT WAR. 133 RED CROSS CAMDEN County Chapter of the American RedCross was organized February 19, 1917. It wasthe logical follower of the Preparedness League whichhad been previously formed under the auspices of NassauChapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. When it was found the Red Cross already had chan-nels of communication and a Government connection es-tablished, the Preparedness League decided to devoteits energies to the same work under the new name. A number of interested citizens were accordingly in-vited to meet on February 19th at the Camden CountyCourt House, where the organization was launched, theRev. Rudolph E. Brestell, presiding. A large Americanflag was presented by the Nassau Chapter, D. A. R., intoken of their loyalty and readiness to serve, by MissElizabeth Cooper Reeve, and their regent also ga
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