Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 6, 1918, Page 6

$4 . WELD SEVEN WAR WORK AGENCIES INTO RELIEF ARMY Great Organizations Which Are Helping to Keep Up the Morale of Fighting’ Millions Unite in Campaign for $170,500,000, With millions of American men on war fronts, in training camps apd on | the seas and with thousands of Ameri- | can women on foreign soil, all engaged | inthe stupendous task of making the world safe for democracy, a great duty | Gevoives ‘upon those who remain in the United States,—the duty of send- ing Homie to those who have put Home behind them for the period of the war. The agencies through which this can be -accomplished are joined in the United War Work Campaign. From ‘being given the cigarette or | chocolate bar, with which he stays his hunger in the fury of battle, to the theatrical entertainment or the ath- letic games, which relax him into nor- mal comfort after weeks of terrific combat, the American fighter is de- pendent upon the continued efforts of the Y. M. C. A, the Y. W. C. A, the Nationa! Catholic War Council and K. of C., the War Camp Community Serv- ice, the Jewish Welfare Board, the American Library Association and the Salvation Army. To carry on this work the combined welfare organiza- tions are seeking a fund of $170,500,- v0, - The Y, M. C. A. provides 588 huts tn American training camps and more than 800 in the war zone as centres | which the fighters can use as clubs, schools, theatres, stores, churches, li- | braries and writing rooms. More than 7,000 men and women had been sent overseas or approved for overseas work by early autumn and 8,822 were serving in American camps at home. Y. M. C. A. huts are the canteens of the American Expeditionary Force and are the theatres where the American entertainers, sent over by the “Y,” ap- pear. Noted American public men and “*clergymen speak in the huts. Classes are conducted there. Millions of letters are written there on paper provided free by the “Y.” Physical directors of the “Y” teach and spread mass ath- letics, using *material furnished free by the organization. The ¥. W. C. A. does similar work for the thousands of American women in war work oversess—signal corps telephone operators, nurses - and French munition workers. It provides cafeterias, rest and recreation centres, entertainment and reading for these women and girls. ‘The ¥. W. C. A’s outstanding con- tribution to soldier welfare work in training camps was the establishment of Hostess Houses, where the soldier or sallor may receive his mother, wife, sister or sweetheart in the surround- iogs and atmosphere of the best homes, ‘The: National Catholic War Council nates all Catholic welfare work if support of the government and through the K. of C. provides club: | houses for our fighters in all Ameri- can training camps, as well as having seventy-five centres in France and three'in England. In their huts the K of .C. provides entertainingment, movies, boxing bouts, educational work, religious services, free station- ery, reading matter and writing rooms. In’ France their rolling canteen ac- companies the American army, their secretaries march with the troops, giv- ing..away cigarettes, cookies, choco- lates, soap afd towels. The K. of C. had 300 workers In France at the beginning of autumn, with 450 more passed by the govern- ment and 200 others signed up. At Arm them | Deoks ‘contributed by the American people the association bought 560,271 | books, mostly technical, of which 198,- 267 were sent overseas. More than | 1,500,000 books of all kinds have been assigned to libraries in Y. M. C. A, K. of C. or Salvation Army huts in the warzone, a similar number being dis- | tributed In American training camps while half a million are on warships or transports. The association has, erected and operates forty-one library | buildings. The Salvation Army, with 1,210 | workers, principally women, overseas, | has won the affection of the fighters. | Its 501 huts, rest‘and reading rooms are popular gathering places for the | Soldiers. The doughnuts fried by Sal- ¥ation lassies in huts or trenches and | given to the men have become famous around the world. The Salvation , Army gave forty-four ambulances to | the American and Allies’ armies and in many other ways gives constant un- | selfish service. '58 JEWISH WORKERS GOING “OVER THERE” ‘Col. Barker Bids Godspeed to | Girls, Too, Will Stand With Them | the war relief work of the seven or- | the Graduates of Train- ing School. ae The whole-souled co-operation be- lween the seven great organizations | | working for the happiness and welfare | of our soldiers and sailors was re- | cently {lustrated at the graduation exercises of the tenth class of the Jewish Welfare Board's Training | School In New York. Col. William 8S. | Barker, who went to France represent- | tng the Salvation Army with the first | Contingent of our troops and has been | “over there” fifteen months, was the principal speaker and wished the fifty- | eight Jewish workers of the class God- speed, while Louls Marshall, the prom!- | nent Jewish attorney and philanthro- | pist of New York, lauded the work of | the Salvation Army among the boys | at the front, | “What our fighting boys need !s In- | spiration and heart and character in those who are there to help them,” | declared Col. Barker. “You will rep- | Tesent in the camps and overseas the | {deals and standards of the Jewish | | falth, and it {Is up to yeu above all | things to be consistent In your re- | | Hgtous practices. Practice what you preach. That, I am sure, has been the secret of our own success. | live up to the principles of your faith spect you, whether they be Protestant, | Catholic or Jew.” | The newly graduated field workers | will make a total of 260 men doing If you | | are already being picked to represent | | and give what you have to give from a | | heart big with love, the boys will re- | the same date they had 468 secretaries | field work in our camps and navil in American training camps, 150 build-| training stations under the auspices ings, fifty-six more in the course of| of the Jewish Welfare Board. ‘The erection and contracts let for fifty) Board has about fifty “huts” In the more. War Camp Community Service functions exclusively in America, its special mission being to “surround the | various camps and maintains centers | In all large cities where soldiers anid | sailors of all faiths are welcomed, A | headquarters has recently been estab- | camps with hospitality.” In place of leaving the soldier or sailor to the promiscuous companions and diver- sions formerly his lot, thd organiza- tion obtains for him the best to be had in communities adjoining’ camps or through which he passes, | W. CC. 8. obtains for him Invita- tions to dine, bathe or spend the day In the best homes. It introduces him to the best women and girls at social gatherings, church entertainments, | theatre parties. It arouses communi- | ties to provide concerts, athletic con- tests and other wholesome diversions | for the soldier, and to drive out or discourage the vicious elements which have been historic camp followers. The Jewish Welfare Board is corre- lating the strength and purposes of 100,000 Jewish soldiers, sailors and marines with that of the Gentile sol- diers. The board teaches the English language, American civics and ideals to thousands of young Jewish men who were inducted into service after only a few years’ residence in this country. While safeguarding his re- lgilous rites, the board assists in the process of welding the Jewish soldier into the solid American unit and in lridging over the differences between him and the others, The American Library Association Is | providing reading matter for every | American soldier, sailor, marine and prisoner of war. In addition to gath- ering and forwarding three million | lished in Paris, and 100 men are being recruited here for overseas work. | There are now nearly 125,000 Jews | serving in the army and navy. United War Work Campaign Program The campaign begins on Monday morning, November 11, and ends at midnight on Monday, November 18. As approved by representatives of the Government at Washington the $170,500,000 will be divided as follow: Y. M. C. A.....$100,000,000 ¥. W. C. A..... 15,000,000 National Catho- lic War Coun- cll (including Kiightsof Columbus) War Camp Com- munity Serv- 15,000,000 80,000,000 8,500,000 American Li- brary Assocl- 3,500,000 Salvation Army 8,500,000 Any surplus will be divided pro rata. with the morale that, . | Inlastens Victory | “<=> —--Back up the Boys OverThere| YMCA-YWCA-National CatholicWar | ' Council -Kof C. - Jewish Welfare — Association- Salvation Arnty - “No American May Refuse,” Cardinal Gibbens Says James Cardinal Gtbbons, the leading Catholic churchman in America, has !ssyed a strong ap- peal in support of the United War Work Campaign. “It is an American campaign,” he sald. “Its appeal is one that no America’s American may refuse. answer will be another triumphant announcement that we are in this war as one people and.as one na- tion to see it through to victory. Into the splendid work of sustain- ing the morale of our fighting men the great social organizations of America have thrown themselves. The American people will raise the sum they ask—generousiy and gladly.” CATHOLIC BOYS JOIN WAR WORK CAMPAIGN Behind Every Fighter at the Front. To put behind every Catholic fighter in France the support of one boy or girl in every parish throughout the United States is the plan of the Na- tional Catholic War Council for back- ing the Victory Boys’ and Victory | Giris' “Earn and Give” Division of the | United Work War Campaign to raise $170,500,000 “for the boys over there” during the week of November 11-18. Through diocesan, county and parish organizations, the rallying of one yeungster for every man who has gone to war in every community is already under way. By their own earnings, and not by contributions, it is expect- ed that these sturdy little sponsors for the boys abroad will each raise at least five dollars for the jofnt wel- fare work of the Y. MO. A, Y. W. ©. A, National Catholic War Coun- cil, including the Knights of Colum- bus, Wer Camp Community Service, Jewish Welfare Board, American Li- brary Association and Salvation Army. Boys and girls in every Catholic Parish throughout the United States | ' | | | | each fighting man who has left their church for the front. In every home that flies a service flag little brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, are eagerly volunteering to look out for | the share of their family fighter in the huge jfoint welfare campaign for all the boys abroad. BOOKS FOR SOLDIERS SUPPLIED BY A. L. A. English Camp Shows the Good Work of That Organization for Our Boys. | Something’ like 18,500 pleces of sta- | tlonery are djstributed dally among \ 4,000 enlisted men by Uriah B. Bru- baker of Iola, Kas., as librarian at the | ¥. M. C. A, writing tent, Woodley Rest Camp of the American Expendi- | tonary Forces in southern England. | The number of troops at this camp | varies from 8,000 to 9,000. This single detail indicates why it ie pecessary for the Y. M. C. A., Y. W. | C. A., National Catholic War Council! | and K. of C, War Camp Community | Service, Jewish Welfare Board and | Salvation Army have to furnish 125,- | | 000,000 sheets a month for soldiers’ letters. | Hundreds of books are taken out in | this smal! camp, books furnished by | | the American Library Association and handled by the Y. M. C. A, Most of the | demands are for a good class of fic- | tion. Thirty American newspapers are | received there daily. One hundred and | fifty magazines are in use daily and 400 pieces of letic equipment fur- nished by the “¥" are put to good use. Try our compartment plate luncher. | White House Cafe. =e" DON'T FAIL--— Money to loan on everything. The! Security Loan Company, Room 4, Kimball Bldg. 11-1-tf | Take advantage of Tribune Classified ads . Army Training Corps of the Univers!- | -War 800 WOMEN NEEDED BY SALVATION ARMY | | Commander Eyangeline Booth | Says War Relief Work Must Be Extended. Commander Evangeline Booth, lead- | er of the Salvation Army In the Unit- ed States, has been suddenly called | upon to furnish 800 additional war work women for France, The request | 1s contained in a report just received | by her from Col. William A. Barker of the Salvationist forces, whom she | sent to France over a year ago to es- | | tablish hutment and general war relief | | work with the American troops. “We will do all we can to fill this | demand,” sald Commander Booth when | discussing the. approaching United War Work Campaign, “and the need | itself should impress the American | public all the more with the absolute necessity for sustaining and enlarging | ganizations, besides the noble Red | Cross, now merged for a drive for funds. Each is a vital cog In a vast | machine for human relief, and each is indispensible, serving its particular elements In Its own way. | “The Salvation Arwwy was born in |hardship, reared in privation and | |trained to every phase of human mis- jery and how to cope With it, Perhaps \that accounts in some degree for the success our work has attained and for which we are thankful. | “We are of the common people, and | we toll on a practical basis. We learn- ed the lesson of hgw to do it In the | Boer war, when we stood at the side of Britain’s troops and weathered it out to the end. We have been tried by fire, and the mothers and fathers {of America, as in other countries, trust the Salvation Army. to do the thing they would lke to do for their men if | they but had the chance, | “With 1,210 trained workers at the jfront, operating from 420 huts and | dugouts, the Salvation Army is doing, |has done and will continue to do its |best for the cause.of humanity and | |Liberty.” ¢ | CURE FOR BLUES = NEAR THE CAMPS: Commuiiiy Serv Y Takes Place | of Mother, Friends and Home for Soldiers. Ten young officers of the Student ty of Detroit recently applied for a furnished house and*a housekeeper who would not be a servant, but, as | |one young officer expressed it, “the jsort of woman to whom the boys can | call out ‘Hello, mother!’ when they | |come in the front door.” Homesickness is the malady for |which War Camp Community Service | supplies innumerable cures. } “We've got your number,” says the | W. ©. CO. 8, to the homesick boy from | | camp with leisure to spend in any one | of the three hundred towns scattered | over the country. While he’s wonder- |ng what on earth he'll do with him- | self when he gets there, not knowing a | }soul in town and with a limited per- | centage of his “thirty per” in his pock- | | at, along comes a friendly printed card | trom the local branch of his own lodge |apnouncing a reception that night es- pecially for soldier members. By the | 3ame mail the Methodist church sends ;an announcement of all its meetings, addressed to him, with This .Means | You printed at the bottom. How did | they know he was a Methodist? He had forgotten about the Iittle | ‘Personal Card” he made out at the | adjutant’s request during his first day lin camp when it was only one of the | 2ndless details In the round of dentists jand doctors and general confusion, | The W. C. C. 8. had not only bis num- joer, but his name and address, Lis nome town, the name of the school 1e'd gone to and a good bit about the | :hings he was fondest of doiung—each |fact written into a little blank on the ; card especially for it, J | FIPPLLLLSZLLLALLLLLLL LL MP SOM, MERCY MUNITIONS NEEDED IN TRENCHES Lieut. Coningsby Dawson, Fight- | ing Author, Makes ‘Stirring Appeal for Y. W. C. A. Lieut. Coningsby Dawson, who wrote | “Carry On,” saya of the war work which the Y, W.C. A. is doing: “You at home cannot fight with your lives, but you can fight with your mercy. The Y. W. ©. A. Is offering you just | this chance. It garrisons the women's support trenches, which He behind the men's. It asks you to supply them with munitions of mercy that they | may be passed on to us We uded such supplies badly, Give generously that we may the sooner defeat the Hun.” . What Lieut, Dawson says Of the Y. W. ©, A. be might have said of all the national organizations which are com- ing together for the biggest financial campaign that orgunizgations have ever | headed. All the $170,500,000 to be raised by the seven great national or- ganizations the week of November 11 will be used to garrison and supply the support trenches behind the lines. They are. the ¥. M. C..A., the ¥, W. C, A., the National Catholic War Coun- cil, Jewish Welfare Board, American Library Association, War Camps Com- munity Service and Salvation Army. American girls in various uniforms | picturesque | mingle strangely with Brittany costumes in France. The | American Y, W. C. A. has a hostess house in Brittany where the Signal Corps women live and a hut where the nurses spend their free time. Both these centers are fitted with many of | the comforts: and home. “At a tea given at the nurses’ hut one Saturday afternoon,” writes Misa Mabel Warner, of Salina, Kansas, Y. W. C. A. worker there, “there was an odd gathering—one admiral, a bishop, a Presbyterian minister, a Roman conveniences of Catholic priest, a doctor, an ensign, | one civilian and myself.” First Victory Boy’s Work. “Say, I'm wig to you, all right,” a Western Union messenger boy whis- pered to one of the directors of the United War Work Campaign in the New York headquarters. The direc- tor’s desk had only just been moved in and the work of the big drive had hardly begun. “I'm onto your stunt,” the boy went on he swung a grimy fist over the desk; “you're goin’ to give us fellows PIO COL LLL ELL CCL LCL CL Buy W.S.S. re MP, We have just received a new shipment of Wood- row Washing Machines. _ Now on display in our sales rooms. Let us demonstrate. Natrona Power Co. ee eT Oe | NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS Blue Front Grocery — Phone 458 _ E.R. Williams, Prop. CAPA AL ALD AA Ah A hh hdd hdd, hk, ded de dda United War Work that aint old Though chance to earn an’ give to back up a | fighter an’ help win the war. Listen; | I'm In on this.” The crumpled $5 bill he dropped on the desk made him the first of “a mil- | dollar he or 5! Mon boyg behind a million fighters” JUST CALL _Somebody’s Dollars Will Do It— I Wonder if They'll Be Yours By Bruce Barton WILL tell you what will happen some night this winter in France. Some night when its cold and dark. There + will be a rustling through the front line trench, where our boys stand guard. And a heavy ladened will make his way along. BS In his hands will be great steaming pots: in his pocket chocolate and ciga- From one man to another he will go, passing a cup full of hot coffee to hands that tremble with the cold; bringing the comfort of a bit of sweet and a.smoke \ Men will hail him ‘cHeerily, slapping him on the back; and wher he has gone things will be a little gasier'in that trench because he has passed'that way. How much will it coat to make that trip, do you supp Counting the pittance that the Setretary is paid, and the cost of the choco and the ciga- rettes and all? % Five dollars? Iwenty-five dollars? I do not know. But whether it is five dollars or twenty-five, I’d like to think that it is my five or twenty-fve—wouldn’t you? That some night when it’s cold and lone- some, my money and yours might send a Secretary out along that frontlinetrench. Let’s make up our minds that we are going to pay for a score of those trips. A score of the nights this winter shaii be our nights by —nights when the boys greet joy- ously the chocolate and cigarettes that our money provided; and “are happier because our representative has passed. For the Boys in Campaign the Service y goto War | who are to be lined up as Victory Boys | during the week of the drive. There will be a division of Victory Girls, too, and every boy and every girl enrolled a have to earn every gives to the war work | fund, e Phone 69. CAAA AA Ah dA dh hhh he dhe dede dade dade ddd (4 Buy W. S.S. VLLLLALLLALLALLLLAALLLAL LZ 4