Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1917 — SOX FOR SOLDIERS. [ARTICLE]

SOX FOR SOLDIERS.

More than 8,000 woolen garment* knitted by the worker* of the Navy League Comforts Committee are being shipped each week to the men of the navy and Marine Corps, it was announced here today. The articles are all being sent through individual channels in accordance with the instructions of Secretary of the Navy Daniela, it was said. Demands for the comfort articles from the ships and from Marin* Cot>* units are heavier than ever and Navy League workers are being pressed to keep up with the needs of the men preparing for the fighting line. Orders for the purchase of wool to make the garments are increasing in volume, it was announced, which indicates that the women workers ar* responding to the calls of the men of the service and that there will be no falling off in the production of comfort garments for the future. During the week ending August 28th, orders were received for 2,400 pounds of wool valued at >5,760. On August 22nd, 450 pounds of wool, valuedat >I,OOO, was shipped to the . Mississippi coast section of the Navy League; 800 pounds were ordered August 27th from Sumpter, S. C.; 100 pounds were shipped September Ist to Riverside, Calif.; and other large shipments were made to Dalia*, Texas, Hot Springs, Ark., and Portland, Maine. Figures on the production and shipment of comfort articles given out by the comforts committee show that there was a decided slump in supplies sent to the navy for on* week, from August 16th to 22nd, after which the work again became normal. A total of 8,320 garment* sets ■ were shipped during the week of August 22nd to 29th with a steady daily gain shown, both in the receipt* and shipments of garments sine* that date.