Campaign Among Colored People Bulletin XV United War Work Campaign for $170,500,000 November 11-18, 1918 SERIES OF CAMPAIGN BULLETINS I. Organization in the City, Large or Small II. Organization in the County III. Preparation and Assignment of Lists IV. Victory Boys V. Victory Girls VI. The Campaign among Students VII. The Campaign in Industries VIII. Publicity Organization and Distribution IX. Meetings: How to Plan and Conduct X. Campaign in Army and Navy Camps XI. Collection, Custody, and Forwarding of Funds XII. The Precinct Plan XIII. The Influenza and the United War Work Campaign XIV. Why We Need Much More Than $170,500,000 XV. Campaign Among Colored People Issued by the OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR GENERAL 347 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y. CAMPAIGN AMONG COLORED PEOPLE In response to the call of the Government over 300,000 Colored men promptly responded and have enlisted with the Military and Naval forces. They have made good soldiers and sailors at home and abroad. The country as a whole and the Colored people in particular, have reason to be proud of the Colored troops. The United War Work Campaign with its Colored Division gives the 10,000,000 Colored people in the United States a unique and definite opportunity to exer- cise the privilege as well as perform their duty, in subscribing to the fund that provides for the physical, social and moral welfare of all enlisted men. The welfare agencies represented by the United War Work Cam- paign include in their program in the American camps and Overseas, buildings and activities for the exclusive use of Colored soldiers and sailors. Those buildings are as a rule manned by trained Colored secretaries. They provide a home for the men away from home. Equipment and activities in the Hut develop and maintain the morale of the men, helping them to make better fighters, and when the war is over the men will return and settle down as better citizens because of the influence of the -Welfare Agencies. These agencies will be needed more than ever during the period of demobilization. ORGANIZATION OBJECTIVE The objective of the Colored Division of the Campaign is to en- courage the local committee in every community containing a Colored population, large or small, to organize a committee of Colored people responsible for presenting the claims of the Campaign to every Colored man or woman, boy or girl, able to subscribe any amount to the fund. These committees should represent the entire adult Colored population. There should also be committees for Victory Boys and Victory Girls to canvass among the older boys and girls. These committees should all be related to the general Committee, that all canvassing of the Colored people may be an integral part of the general Campaign. It should be clearly understood that the Colored Division committee are not to solicit subscriptions from white people. QUOTA As the Colored Division of the Campaign should produce at least $2,500,000, the minimum quota for a large Colored population should be equal to at least twenty-five cents per capita. In order to insure a 2 general average for the country, whenever possible, local quotas should approach as near as possible a fifty cents per capita basi I such a per capita is to be raised it means that fully one hal of the of leTol ; -b^-^bed must be secured from a small proport on to $l ono n P°P;^ f^°"- Many gifts of larger sums of^rom $25 to $1,000 oi more will have to be secured in many communities. CAMPAIGN SLOGAN FOR COLORED DIVISION As 4^; of the population of the United States has entered the Army and Navy, it is fair to estimate that approximately 4' ;. of the Colored people in a community have responded to the volunteer and draft calls of the Government. For every 1.000 Colored people in a community from 30 to 40 Colored men have enlisted in the Army, Navy or Marines A local campaign committee should organize the Colored people so that they can, with their gifts, get back of the Colored soldiers and sailors who have left the community and are so creditably representing the nation and the colored race. A campaign slogan can be adopted: Either of the following are suggested irom the Colored people to back the Colored fighters." or "Ten dollars for every Colored fighter from our (city or town) given by the Colored people." ORGANIZATION PROCEDURE The Department and State Campaign Committees represent the United War Work National Campaign Committees. City or Town Committees unable to secure information concerning the Colored Division from either the County or District Campaign Committee should communicate with the State or Department Head- quarters. Correspondence and organization relationships will be directly sustained by the local committee with the State headquarters and the State with Department headquarters. The Department Execu- tive Secretaries for the Colored Division of the campaign will co- operate with the national headquarters. GEORGE T. COXHEAD National Executive Secretary, Colored Division United War Work Campaign 347 Madison Avenue New York 3 COLORED POPULATION IN UNITED STATES (Census of 1910) Distributed by Departments and States Northeastern Department Connecticut . . . . Massachusetts . Maine New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont 15,174 38,055 1,363 564 9,529 1,621 66,306 Eastern Department Delaware 31,181 Dist. of Col 94,446 Maryland . 232,250 New Jersey 89,760 New York 134,191 Pennsylvania 193,919 Virginia 671,996 West Virginia 64,173 1,511,916 Southeastern Department Alabama 908,282 Florida 308,669 Georgia 1,176,987 Mississippi 1,009,487 North Carolina 697,843 South Carolina 835,843 Tennessee 473,088 Central Department Colorado Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota Ohio Wisconsin Southern Department Arizona Arkansas Louisiana New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Western Department California Idaho Montana Nevada Oregon Utah Washington Wyoming 11,453 109,049 60,320 14,973 54,030 261,656 17,115 7,084 157,452 7,689 617 817 111,452 2,900 816,607 2,009 442,891 713,877 1,628 137,612 eoQ.oig 1,907,066 21,645 651 1,834 513 1,492 1,144 6,058 2,235 35,572 5,410,199 Total Colored Population of Country, 9,747,666. Northeastern, Eastern and Central Departments increased Colored population about 25% past two years. NATIONAL QUOTA FOR COLORED PEOPLE. $2,500,000 Department and State quotas will be arranged by the Department Campaign Committee as desired.