GEORGE S. CAMPBELL.
WILLIAM BLACK.
| 1917 and 1918 Victory Loans—Final Returns. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County. | No. Sub. 1917. | No. Sub. 1918. | Volume 1917. | Volume 1918. | Objective 1918. |
| Halifax City | 7,656 | 9,918 | $4,592,500 | $9,314,050 | $5,000,000 |
| Halifax County | 1,472 | 2,402 | 533,200 | 1,003,950 | 615,000 |
| City and County | 9,128 | 12,320 | 5,125,700 | 10,318,000 | 5,615,000 |
| Annapolis | 1,418 | 1,357 | 497,950 | 623,750 | 500,000 |
| Antigonish | 1,218 | 1,369 | 430,000 | 554,050 | 430,000 |
| Cape Breton | 11,251 | 17,551 | 4,208,100 | 6,631,900 | 4,000,000 |
| Colchester | 2,294 | 2,693 | 1,003,500 | 1,374,130 | 1,000,000 |
| Cumberland | 3,605 | 3,388 | 2,137,800 | 3,080,350 | 1,500,000 |
| Digby Municipality | 844 | 927 | 292,850 | 463,100 | 500,000 |
| Clare Municipality | 152 | 124,250 | |||
| Guysboro | 1,079 | 1,258 | 377,900 | 425,850 | 375,000 |
| Hants | 1,460 | 1,873 | 527,300 | 793,100 | 650,000 |
| Inverness | 920 | 922 | 324,900 | 399,700 | 325,000 |
| Kings | 1,817 | 2,305 | 586,150 | 847,060 | 650,000 |
| Lunenburg | 1,236 | 2,880 | 570,250 | 1,462,600 | 1,000,000 |
| Pictou | 5,679 | 7,661 | 2,073,750 | 4,044,500 | 2,000,000 |
| Queens | 628 | 634 | 258,150 | 343,400 | 300,000 |
| Richmond | 638 | 564 | 164,500 | 200,650 | 175,000 |
| Shelburne | 679 | 896 | 317,400 | 411,150 | 350,000 |
| Victoria | 429 | 504 | 161,600 | 178,400 | 160,000 |
| Yarmouth | 1,115 | 1,505 | 457,450 | 767,760 | 600,000 |
| Total | 45,438 | 60,759 | $19,515,250 | $33,043,700 | $20,130,000 |
Unofficial objective, $25,000,000, being Nova Scotia’s proportion of $500,000,000.
| Nova Scotia Victory Loan Campaign, 1919. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| County. | Objective. | Subscribed. | No. of Subs. |
| Halifax City | $4,750,000 | $6,896,900 | 6,781 |
| Halifax County | 475,000 | 1,521,000 | 2,421 |
| City and County | 5,225,000 | 8,417,900 | 9,202 |
| Annapolis | 350,000 | 628,250 | 1,008 |
| Antigonish | 300,000 | 453,200 | 786 |
| Cape Breton | 3,500,000 | 4,936,200 | 8,801 |
| Colchester | 700,000 | 1,182,000 | 1,843 |
| Cumberland | 1,250,000 | 3,199,650 | 2,266 |
| Digby (Clare Municipality) | 175,000 | 180,350 | 144 |
| Digby (Digby Municipality) | 175,000 | 339,350 | 458 |
| Guysboro | 275,000 | 490,000 | 893 |
| Hants | 500,000 | 618,000 | 1,147 |
| Inverness | 225,000 | 399,100 | 711 |
| Kings | 550,000 | 932,800 | 1,523 |
| Lunenburg | 750,000 | 1,247,750 | 1,789 |
| Pictou | 2,000,000 | 3,174,700 | 2,812 |
| Queens | 245,000 | 335,000 | 453 |
| Richmond | 100,000 | 201,850 | 295 |
| Shelburne | 275,000 | 376,100 | 628 |
| Victoria | 100,000 | 229,700 | 358 |
| Yarmouth | 450,000 | 1,180,000 | 1,281 |
| Total | $17,145,000 | $28,521,900 | 36,398 |
CHAPTER LII.
RED CROSS SOCIETY, WILLING WAR WORKERS, GREEN FEATHER SOCIETY, AND CATHOLIC LADIES SOCIETY.
The Red Cross has been the Angel of Mercy to the soldier lying on his fevered couch in hospital, for it brought to him succor and a message of hope and cheer. But coming in contact with it at a time when he was least able to apprehend the efforts which brought the help so sorely needed, he is apt to regard the Red Cross as a field institution and fails to appreciate the labor and sacrifice of the women at home who made its work of mercy possible.
The work of the Nova Scotia Branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society has been the raising of money, manufacturing and distribution of goods, visiting and supplying the needs of hospital ships, trains, military and convalescent hospitals, and arranging concerts, drives and entertainments at private homes for returned men. Its work did not terminate with the declaration of peace but still goes on in almost as great a measure as in time of war, and will continue to do so as long as one returned soldier remains in our hospitals.
Many Nova Scotians, as well as returned men, do not appreciate the magnitude of the task accomplished by the Nova Scotia Branch of the Canadian Red Cross, and it is only possible here to give a brief outline of its activities. The women of every city, town and village in the Province gave the best of their thought, substance and action in order that the citizen soldier of Nova Scotia, whether in the fighting line or in hospital convalescing from wounds might have every possible comfort. At the end of 1915 the Province had thirty-one chartered and two hundred and sixty-eight auxiliary branches of the Red Cross. Every village and hamlet had its workers who contributed a steady stream of supplies and an enormous amount of labor devolved upon the Provincial Branch at Halifax, which acted as a Clearing House for all branches throughout the Province.