History of Camden County in the Great War, 1917-1918 . Clarence H. Lum-mis, Edward M. Middleton, Charles Laib and Frank at the fuel office which was established at 311Market street. Food Administration When it became recognized that the United Statesmust act the role of feeding almost the entire world andwhen Herbert Hoover was appointed national food ad-ministrator, Camden county prepared to do its share inconserving various foods. Circuit Court Judge Frank and Prosecutor Charles A. Wolverton were ap-pointed the administrators in the early summer of was a very diff
History of Camden County in the Great War, 1917-1918 . Clarence H. Lum-mis, Edward M. Middleton, Charles Laib and Frank at the fuel office which was established at 311Market street. Food Administration When it became recognized that the United Statesmust act the role of feeding almost the entire world andwhen Herbert Hoover was appointed national food ad-ministrator, Camden county prepared to do its share inconserving various foods. Circuit Court Judge Frank and Prosecutor Charles A. Wolverton were ap-pointed the administrators in the early summer of was a very difficult work, especially from the fact theAmerican people had never been accustomed, at least inthis generation, to having their food supply was also rather difficult to always follow to the letterthe many conflicting orders, reports and what not thatcame from the national or State Administrations, butboth Judge Lloyd and Prosecutor Wolverton evidenceda happy propensity for obtaining the best possible in- CAMDEN COUNTY IN THE GREAT WAR. I95. [Photo by IVonfor.] WALTER J. STAATSFuel Administrator of Camden and Gloucester Counties. WAR BUREAUS. I97 terpretation out of the regulations and that they weresuccessful was evidenced in other counties seeking infor-mation from them. The sugar, wheat, meat, flour andother staple commodities particularly affected by therules created no end of contention in the beginning onthe part of housewives and bakers, but they soon recog-nized the need for the administration and eventually be-came staunch aids to the food arbiters. It was a won-derful experience for all concerned and in the end learn-ed many a person the true value of food and the foolish-ness of wasting it. This particular work, one of the mostdifficult in the war. was also one of the most successful. War Resources Committee. In connection with the prosecution of the war, theWar Industries Board early in the summer of 1918 de-cided that it would be necessary to employ the f
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