History of Camden County in the Great War, 1917-1918 . isted by Mrs. N. Bottomley,Mrs. E. G. Hummell, Mrs. E. C. Pechin, Mrs. L. P. Reed,Mrs. Shoemaker, Mrs. Hoffman, Miss B. Schellenger,Miss Sara Webster, Miss E. Dorn, Miss M. Lukens. Be-tween 2,500 and 3,000 cartons were weighed and shippedto gladden the hearts of the boys who could not yetcome home, though peace was on its way. Sixteen thousand children of the public schools be-came members of the Junior Red Cross by contributinga membership fee of twenty-five cents. These childrenproduced a total of 4,977 garments. The first Red Cross War
History of Camden County in the Great War, 1917-1918 . isted by Mrs. N. Bottomley,Mrs. E. G. Hummell, Mrs. E. C. Pechin, Mrs. L. P. Reed,Mrs. Shoemaker, Mrs. Hoffman, Miss B. Schellenger,Miss Sara Webster, Miss E. Dorn, Miss M. Lukens. Be-tween 2,500 and 3,000 cartons were weighed and shippedto gladden the hearts of the boys who could not yetcome home, though peace was on its way. Sixteen thousand children of the public schools be-came members of the Junior Red Cross by contributinga membership fee of twenty-five cents. These childrenproduced a total of 4,977 garments. The first Red Cross War Fund Campaign opened onJune 18, 1917, with Charles H. Harrington as directorand the quota was $150,000. This was oversubscribedby $25,000. When the 114th Infantry returned home on May 13,1919, the canteen workers, under the leadership of F. Patterson provided a fine breakfast for theboys at Third Regiment Armory. Three hundred RedCross workers served the meal besides assisting in thepreparation of it. I48 CAMDEN COUNTY IX T H R GREAT [Copyright by Harris & Bo HON. WALTER E. EDGEGovernor of New Jersey CAMDEN COUNTY IN THE GREAT WAR. I49 HOME DEFENSESState Militia FOLLOWING the federalization of the NationalGuard of the State in July, 1917, Governor WalterE. Edge invited three men from each county in theState to meet him in conference at Sea Girt on August8, 1917, to discuss means for affording an available forceof troops for the protection of any part of the State inthe event of disorder. It was decided to form a newState Militia to replace the National Guard. Thiscounty was represented at the conference by CountyClerk Francis F. Patterson, Captain Mahlon F. Ivins andCharles L. Van Fossen. These three men were instruct-ed to recruit a company of two hundred men in Camdencounty. With the assistance of automobiles furnished by Wil-liam C. Gerhard and George R. Harvey, of Merchant-ville, every town in the county was visited within thenext ten days by Captain Ivins
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