1st drive, June 18-25, 1917 750,000 784,570 2nd " May 20-27, 1918 750,000 1,325,000 United War Work Drive, Nov. 11-21, 1918 1,000,000 1,051,752 _War, The--Industrial Aspect_: It is impossible to get figures covering Newark alone. There were 4 munition plants, 3 plants making uniforms, 10 making chemicals, 3 making military airplanes and one making ships. Some indication of the extent of the activity induced by the war is indicated by the number of applications received by federal--state--municipal employment bureau. In 1917, there were 47,022, in 1918 there were 94,830, an increase of over 101%. The following table for N. J. is included to show the great part taken by the state in war industries. _Stock &_ _Capital_ _Material_ _Goods Made_ _Wages_ High explosives 1914 $13,489,358 $ 7,677,803 $ 14,330,232 $ 1,517,425 1917 55,316,876 37,548,303 245,816,880 24,041,236 Munitions 1914 1,158,639 1,136,331 1,813,898 338,440 1917 25,450,672 35,924,958 47,055,229 9,688,348 Shipbuilding 1914 34,286,142 4,851,539 10,475,245 4,714,375 1917 57,300,609 24,944,468 39,738,072 14,920,054 _Employees_ _Average salary earnings_ High explosives, 1914 2,156 $ 703.81 " " 1917 21,153 1,136.54 Munitions 1914 609 555.73 " 1917 14,623 662.54 Shipbuilding 1914 6,014 783.90 " 1917 11,545 1,292.34 Over 50% of all the military explosives produced in the U. S. were made in N. J. _War, The--Public School Activities_: Over a million dollars' worth of liberty bonds were sold, and over a quarter of a million dollars' worth of thrift stamps. Nearly $100,000 were contributed to the various auxiliary causes, such as Surgical dressings, Armenian and Syrian relief. Y. M. C. A. and War Camp Community Service. There were 35 Junior Red Cross organizations in schools; over twenty thousand articles were made for the Red Cross by domestic art classes; 3,000 cards of cotton wound; and 5,000 button holes made. 3,500 pupils enrolled in the Home Garden division of the Junior Industrial Army. 2,300 home gardens and 21 school gardens were cultivated. Many thousand magazines were collected in the schools and 20,000 text books not needed in the schools, were given to the soldiers through the Public Library. 71 pupils and 26 teachers enlisted in the army and navy or other branches of war service.