I again answered; "it was told in general conversation." He said, "The Germans would give a great deal to have just that information." Since then I have simply used the phrase "Somewhere in France." I do not even mention where my own boy is located. Many know where the Pennsylvania unit is, but you have to be so careful on the subject. They tell me that in all the railroad stations in England and in France, for the guidance of the troops, so careful is the government on this subject, that they have regular signs warning that, under no circumstances, must any information, no matter how slight or unimportant, be given out lest, perchance, it might be used to our undoing. They have a few words there-I do not know whether you would call it poetry or not: "A wise old owl lived in an oak. The more he heard the less he spoke. The less he spoke the more he heard. Soldiers, imitate that wise old bird."

When the very

Now I am getting closer to my motion. cold weather was upon us I suggested to the Board of Managers that one of the Philadelphia regiments at Camp Meade was in need of warm gloves. I had been down there and it was so cold that those boys could not drill. I asked "if it would not be a good idea for the Pennsylvania Society Sons of the Revolution to supply warm gloves for our boys? It is the only regiment in the service recruited exclusively from here, and we ought to do something." The Board agreed that it ought to be done, but questioned, "How much will it cost?" I said, “Very little; about $3,000." The Board's reply to this was, "We cannot afford it." I said, "Very well, then, the suggestion should be presented to the Society at its annual meeting." The matter was then taken up with some other people and the gloves obtained for those boys. Your Board of Managers did not contribute a cent to this cause, since it was of the opinion that your permanent fund was subject only to disposal by the Society at a regular meeting of the organization.

It seems to me that the time has now arrived when, having sent our members to the front, we ought to use some of our money to help war work right at home where it can do the most good. There are so many agencies, all doing good work,

that it is difficult to say which is the best. I have been looking over the field, and have been taking some small part in various war activities, and of late one thing has impressed me so very much that I am going to state it briefly. Should it appeal to the meeting I will then ask what amount of money we ought to appropriate for the purpose. The credit for the idea belongs to Mrs. J. Willis Martin, of the Council of National Defense, the leader of the women of the State of Pennsylvania, who lives in our patriotic city of Philadelphia.

You know that the Emergency Aid in Pennsylvania is composed of the best women in this city, and that they have been doing wonderful work. They have a sub-committee they call the American Overseas Committee. This committee has sent sweaters, tobacco, jam, cigarettes, comfort bags and everything that would supplement the work of the American Red Cross Society to our boys on the other side. The attention of the Committee of Safety was, some time ago, called to the fact that there was much German propaganda going on in this city, which is easy of belief when it is realized that this is a cosmopolitan city, formed of all kind of people; that downtown there is a very large Jewish section and some 150,000 Italians; that in the northeast there are many Polacks and English, and in the Twenty-first Ward, in Roxborough, an equal number of people who are alien, and that all these sections have drafted men in the service. We have fifty-one draft boards, and these boards take the men from their homes and families and send them to the front. Many of the wives and relatives of these men do not understand why they are taken away. They are told by pacifists, pro-Germans and other people who are not sustaining the Government at this time, that they are to fight the rich man's fight; that it is of no interest to them who wins; that they ought to have peace and their men ought to be brought back. They are told that soldiers are illtreated in the camps, also that they have insufficient clothing and insufficient food, and all these untruths help our enemies and create a lack of confidence in the soldiers, who will not fight in their best way with knowledge of dissatisfaction existing at home. Recollect, these women are dissatisfied, and there was really no

one to lay the truth before them. This Overseas Committee have formed a sub-committee, upon which are women like Mrs. Louis R. Page, Mrs. William C. Warden, Mrs. John S. Norris, Mrs. Samuel D. Lit, Mrs. B. Dobson Altemus, Mrs. Isaac D. Hetzel, Mrs. William J. Clothier, Mrs. Jules E. Mastbaum, and my wife, who is chairman of the committee. I know the details of what is going on. The committee has undertaken, through the draft boards which have, in fact, raised our army, to bring to the notice of all the women exactly what the war stands for, impressing upon them what a noble part their selected relatives are doing, and that, while they went away unhonored and without any attention in many of their districts, we are all proud of them, and that they ought to be proud of them because they are taking part in the war. There are several agencies which are acting in conjunction with the committee-the American Red Cross Society, through Mrs. Henry C. Boyer, and the Councils Committee, through Mr. Isaac D. Hetzel, who is its chairman. The Red Cross is now looking after 2,000 families and the Councils Committee is caring for an equal number of families; are giving relief to soldiers' wives and families in need of counsel and assistance, and thus are extending comfort and satisfaction to the men at the front or in camp.

The programme is: to give a series of moving pictures throughout Philadelphia, with the co-operation of the draft boards, in each one of the draft board districts, and the draft boards send out notices to the families connected with the soldiers, that they will have reserved seats upon the night when the exhibition is given in their district. They are pictures of the Rainbow Division arriving on the other side, and represent their reception in London by King George and the Queen and Prime Minister, passing Buckingham Palace. They represent some of the camps on this side, and show the actual life of the soldierhis sports, his parades, how he eats and how he enjoys himselfand, I may say, all our soldiers look well-cared for, contented and happy. Another feature of the programme is to bring from the different camps near here an enlisted man to tell the audiences how the men are treated, and let their relatives who are present

judge for themselves. The only expense of the shows is the music and the printing, and some few similar items. Then, as these selected men were about to go to the front, yesterday, these women secured a band of music, found each soldier a sweater and a comfort bag, and took them out to the Baltimore and Ohio Station, and made them feel: "Here, you are going out and we are standing back of you at home. And we mean to stand back of you to the end." That is what the Service Star League stands for. Nobody connected with it gets any salary. All the work is contributed.

The total expense of this campaign will, I think, probably be about $3,000. It has seemed to me we have money in our treasury, we are sending our own members to the front; many of them will, perhaps, never return. What is the mere money to us? It is nothing. As a society, we ought to do something to show that we are back of our drafted men to the limit and appreciate their service in defense of us and their country. Some of them had just declared their intention to become citizens of the United States, and, while unable to speak English, have willingly gone to the front for their adopted country. While they are drafted, yet they are not unwilling to go if they know that those of the home-towns here are back of them; and it seems to me that this Society could very well contribute $300 or $500, or whatever amount the members think would be a proper sum to the Service Star League to use in that work. If you agree with me upon that subject, I will ask you to support and pass my motion.

When you bring a soldier from one of the nearby camps, and show that he is twenty to thirty pounds heavier than before he was selected, that he looks like a soldier, that setting up exercises have improved him 50 per cent., and then, when he stands up and tells his own people: "I have been there a month, six weeks or two months, and we get good food, we get good clothes, I am getting good training and I want to see this war through, and further, when they see the pictures and the happy faces of the men with their bands marching on the screen, I tell you, it has an inspiring effect. I therefore desire, Mr. Chairman, to offer the following resolution, and I would like some intimation from

you, say from $300 to $500, whatever you think is the proper amount.

Mr. Boger: I suggest $500.

Judge Barratt: Then I offer the following resolution:

That the sum of $500 be appropriated to the Service Star League, American Overseas Committee of the Emergency Aid of Pennsylvania, as a contribution by the Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the Revolution, to their most excellent war work to aid, comfort and assist the selected men in the Service, in co-operation with the Draft Boards, the City of Philadelphia and the Red Cross Society,

which was duly seconded and carried unanimously.

Judge Barratt: Let me suggest that, if any of the members of this Society hear any German propaganda, or talk of advising people not to take the Liberty Loan, or not to enlist, or anything which they think will impede what the Government is now doing to carry on this war to a successful conclusion, let them call up Mr. Garbarino, at the department at Ninth and Chestnut streets, and tell him. No one need ever know it came from you, but he will investigate it, and stop it. Some people do not like notoriety. They can tell Garbarino who they are, and he will respect any confidence reposed in him.

A Member: I take that upon myself nearly every day. I have been threatened with having my face broken a dozen times in the last month, but it is not broken yet. I think it is our duty to take it upon ourselves, even without authority of a court, as far as our intelligence will let us go.

Another Member: Supplementary to what Judge Barratt has said, any one who informs Mr. Garbarino of any German propaganda will be protected. If you know of the doings of proGermans, let Mr. Garbarino know, and you will be protected.

Another Member: I would like to add to what has been said before; some people have a hesitation about being overheard on the telephone. Mr. Garbarino's private wire is Walnut 2844, and that wire cannot be tapped.

The Secretary: Following up what Judge Barratt has said, I would like to read a little notice, sent from the New York Society not long since, which might be interesting for us to