The evening times., 1898-06-27
HELPING SOLDIERS.
The Work of the Army and Navy
Chiistian Cs ms mmissiOn.

mass meeting in behalf of the Army
and Navy Christian Commission will be
held at the Grand Opera House tomor-
row evening
The Secretary of War. Cen Russell A.
Alger. will preside and music will be fur
nished by the band OF the Eighth Ohio
Volunteer Regiment, from Canton. Presi-
dent McKinley's home. Addresses will be
delivered by Col. John McCook. of New
York City. chairman OF the executive
committee of the Army and Navy Chris
tian Commission: Rev. Wallace Radcliffe.
ID. D.. moderator of the Presbyterian
General Assembly; other public men and
several OF the chaplains from Camp AL
ger Mrs. Thomas c. Noyes will sing
THE Star Spangled Banner" and Rev.
Frank NJ. Bristol. pastor of the Metropoli-
tan Methodist Church. of this city, will
offer the opening prayer.
A number of gentlemen prominent in
business and governmental circles and
some of the leading clergymen have been
invited 10 act as vice-rresidents of the
meeting and to occupy seats upon the
platform.
The ushers will be in charge of Mr..
William w. Everett.
The Army and Navy Christian Com
mission was organized almost simulta-
neously with the declaration of war and
received the official sanction of the Gov
ernment and the right 10 locate its tents
within the lines in the various camp
grounds.
Into the State camps, and later into the
great national camps, the commission
threw its tents and its workers. Core
fa M Sta
and writing tables were promptly on
hand: reading matter was placed at the
disposal of the men, games provided for
their amusement, ice water furnished.
and many other things done for their
comfort and convenience.
Religious services were led by active
Christian workers, among them being the
evangelists d. L. Moody. Maj. Whittle.
Gen. o. o. Howard, and Rev. A. c.
Dixon. Entertainments for the men have
also been held in the various tents.
There are in Camp Alger ten tents in
full operation From these in a single
day as many as 5000 letters have been
written on the paper furnished by the
commission. The expedition to the Phil
ippines is provided with the commissions
workers. and more men and more tents
will be sent with the last part of Gen.
Merritt's forces.
to introduce the work of the commission
on board the ships of the Navy and
while this work is as yet not far advanc-
ed 1t will be pursued with vigor
The commission is composed of the fol-
lowing well-known men: John ]. Nc
Cook. William E. Dodge Morris X. Je-
sup Alfred E. Mariing Charles w. Nc
Alpin, William D. Murray, of New York
city: John W. Foster ex-Secretary of
State; j. ]. Valentine, San Francisco;
James Mccormick Harrisonburg, Pa !;
James Bowron. Birmingham. Ala: Au-
gustine T. Smythe. Charleston. S. c.;
Dwight L. Moody. Mortified. Mass. !;
James A. Beaver. Bellefonte, Pa; Joshua
Levering. Baltimore, Md; Gen. o. O..
Howard. Burlington. VT; D. W. Whittle.
Chicago; Henry NJ. Moore Boston. Mass. ::
H. Kirke Porter. Pittsburg. Pa: N. w.
Harris. Chicago ILL.,: William J. Latta.
Philadelphia. Pa; w. Woods White. At
lanta, Ga; Thomas s. McPheeters st.
Louis, Mo-: Joseph Hardie, Birmingham.
Ala; chairman of executive department,
John J. McCook; chairman of evangelis-
tic department. Dwight L. Moody; chair
man of general work department, Chas.
w. McAlpin: Frederick B. Schneck. treas
urer; W. E. Louge secretary of business
department. and William B. Miller, Sec
retary.
The general offices of the commission
are at West Twenty-ninth Street, New
York city.