The times., 1899-11-26

the Meade and John n. Dean, OF this city,
who sailed on the Logan. Other men viii
be selected 10 sail on the Warren and Oh
the sherman when they leave San Fran
cisco next month. and a. soon as the Grant
and Sheridan return 10 his country workers
viii be assigned 10 them. As soon as
the transports arrive iu Manila the workers
VIII leave the transports and remain with
the troops going from camp TO camp
working always 10 improve the raental
physical and spiritual standards u The
soldiers
Nearly twenty tons Of equipment were
sent TO the Philippines by the international
committee in October. which included
1000, 600 envelopes. ] 600, eco n0Jeheads,
thousands Of books and magazines, hun
dreds Ct games. tents. organs, song books,
tesJaments pens. ink mucilage and scores
Of other things which The War Department
does not furnish. but which are essential
10 the average soldiers comfort. the
Logan carried q portable library OF 1000
books. several thousand magazines. $4,000
nCtebeads, ZI000 envelopes Christmas
boxes, an organ, and many other things.
The libraries have been furnished by
, Miss Helen Gould and are designed for use
n the field as we'll as ont he transport.
The libraries viii be exchanged from time
o time Miss Gould has also furnished
hundreds OF testaments in which she has
written quotation from the Bible signed
with her initials and the workers say that
these testamenls are prized most highly by
soldiers who are fortunate enough 10 secure
one Of them Miss Gould has also given
more than 1900 volumes on general topics
10 the Libraries
AlT. Millar says that the committee would
make use Of large number of books and
/ magazine as well as current weeklies, ard
| that contributions from the public would
! be gratefully received by the committee
+ The class Of books and magazines contrib
uted this year is far superior 10 those do
mated last year. and the Improvement has
been noted by the soldiers. Last year
many OF the boxes were filled with fashion
plates and other printed matter that was OF
/ little or no interest 10 the soldiers.
The different branches OF the associations
! Ia this city. Boston Chicago, San Francis
! co and other cities have made large con-
tributions Of current literature This mat
Ter. instead Of being boxed up and opened
1 only after arriving at Manila, is placed al
the disposition of the men while on the
/ transports and is then sent 10 camps when
[ the soldiers disembark.
With the limited means at the command
/ 0T the committee. remarkable results have
/ been accomplished and while $40 eco has
been spent this year in this line Of work,
fully $40, GOO or $4,000 is needed Tor next
/ year. all Of which must be raised by popular
/ subscription from public-spirited citizens
1 who are interested in the work. The ma
/ jority Of the soldiers contribute small
/ amounts TO the field secretaries. They say
they feel more interested in the movement
when they are permitted 10 pay something
toward IT, But their pay is small and their
I contributions are necessarily quite made
quate 10 make any field association self
supporting In one of the camps however
when the officers and men learned that
the association would be forced to close uI
for want OF funds. they raised $1,000 among
themselves TO keep the tent and secretary
iu camp.
Twelve field secretaries viii be in the
Philippines within the next two months
These viii be in direct charge Of c. \
Gluutz who is IN charge Of the central
building in Manila.