New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-12
ARMY CHRISTIAN COMMISSION BUSY.
THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF SOLDIERS
ADDS TO ITS LABoRs VASTLY
WHAT ~ BEING DONE.

Encouragi reports are being made regarding
the work of the Army Christian Commission or the
Young M'ns Christian Association. win I"'VV
soldiers In the field It's magnitude IL greatly IN
creased Experience has shown that at the larger
camps there must be a tent ana secretaries ioi
each brigade to meet the soldiers needs.
D. l.. Moody the evangelist. who is member OF
tho Army Commission, has taken charge OF lhe
evangeistic work in the United States camps
General O. O. Howard. another member OF the
Commission, has been holding services al laHPa'
Mobile and Chickamauga. He Is an earnest uospei
speaker and his empty sleeve Is sermon 10 SOL
diers Major u. w. White the evangelist VINO
wns on General Towards stafr during the civil
War also a member OF the Commission is holding
meetings at Chickamauga- The Rev. Dr. A. -
Dixon spent three weeks at Tampa and the SOL
diers IN large numbers went TO hear him Army
chaplains have the Of the tents and the secre-
teries cooperate with them In their Work
The Commission Is the distributing centre for
religious and other literature. which Is being ior-
warded 10 1t by other societies. Mr. SanKey mas
got up a new soldiers hymnbook. and twenty
five thousand copies have gone 10 the camps.
Three hundred thousand sheets Of letter paper and
as many envelopes with the imprint OF the Army
camps and a fag furnished by the Commission.
have been given 10 the soldiers Fifty thousand
medical rules for camp life. prepared by Surgeon
General Sternberg. L. S. A., have been Issued by
the Commission and are being distributed In all
the camps. BY the courtesy OF the American Bible
Society the Commission has sent ten thousand
Testaments Tampa for distribution
Colonel J. J. McCook, General James A. Beaver
and the Hon. j. W. Foster members OF the Com
mission. recently visited the President and Score
tary Of War and asked permission 70 send secre-
tares and tents to Cuba. Porto Rico and the
Philippines. The request favorably received.
and two experienced secretaries. with tents and
complete outfits. will accompany General Merritt
to Manila
At Tampa four large well-located rooms have
been secured. and secretaries are In charge OF
them. In the infantry camp temporary canvas
covered tabernacle was built, seating over twelve
hundred. is partitioned of for readng-room.
correspondence-room. etc. In the cavalry camp
large tent has been erected with comfortable seats
At the first meeting over fifteen hundred attended
At Chickamauga q wooden building near head
quarte.s is the centre of Army Association work
There are now seven well-equipped tents, and five
more being put up In the National camp at
Mobile the work is very successful. Attendance at
the meetings Is large and the soldiers much IN
terested There seven tents fun. equipped al
Camp Ager and seventeen men In charge or the
work Five more will be sent this week. Work Is
being organized at Jacksonville by Frank l.. Smith.
The State committees OF the Young Mems Chris
tian associations are cooperating with the inter
national Committee in this work