The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-09-27

ing. Any doubt as to whether the
money was well spent is dispelled
when an inventory is made of the
good that was accomplished.
The first astounding fact in the re-
port is that there was an average daily
attendance of between eight and ten
thousand soldiers-seventy-fve per cent
of the men in camp. These were
scattered at the five different centers
each of which was equipped with piano,
grapophone, writing room and materials
and large assembly, and where each
evening was made more pleasant for
the soldiers by some sort of an en-
tertainment. At different times in the
three months fourteen different speakers
have addressed more than fifty gather
ings of soldiers in the .Y' tents, six
teen concerts have entertained the
/" Sammieso and one clean living cam
paign was successfully waged under
the able direction of DR.. Burns of the
National Y. NJ. G. A. organization.
Books by the thousand-15,800 in all
have been furnished to the soldiers and
money orders to folks back home
for more than twenty-five thousand
dollars have been sent by the
soldiers through this medium. The
"Y" stationary with with the Ameri-
can flag in evidence on envelope and
paper, has become we'll known among
the mail clerks of Wisconsin and no
wonder, for in the three months the
soldiers have used seven tons Of pape.
all donated by the Y. M. G. A. All
this was accomplished at an expendi-
ture of less than $4,000 and sufficient
supply of money is ON hand in the
war fund to continue such services
and more Of it among the Wisconsin
boys while they are in Dixie or
on the firing line.
The activities have also included
athletic ventures galore; baseball, vol
ley ball, quoits and other games have
proven extremely popular with the
soldiers and equipment for them will
be furnished at the southern camp.
The officers have co-operated marvel
ously and have praised Manager Hath
away for the excellent work which has
been done among the soldiers. One
captain Voluntarily commented that
cit was the best dn thing, I ever
saw, to keep soldiers in fighting trim
INV ~
brigadier general of Camp Douglas in
an official letter to Manager Hathaway
in speaking Of the Y. M. G. A. work
at the Wisconsin camp wrote: cit is
personal observation and inspection
the work has been clean practical and
efficient / consider it an important
factor in the camp work of all the
military units as it is both help
full to the officers and beneficial
to the mem
Manager Hathaway, dressed in the
khaki suit of the War "Y'' with the
circled triangle and it's red center re-
splendent on his sleeve, was in Keno
sha Monday enroute to the southern
camp. Cline! Fine, was his ans
wer to the query of how he enjoyed the
work. 1.-THE hours arc strenuous and
the indefniteness OF the work has
made it doubly difficult thus far, but
there is marvellous opportunity to
reach the hearts and souls of the fight
ing men and it is more than worth the
little inconvenience. He was enthu-
siastic about his plans for the contin-
uance of the work in Dixie and left
word for the soldiers mothers in Ke-
nosha that the boys Of Company M and
Troop E had been "wild in their sup
port of the ~ ard that they would
be given every opportunity to come
back home from camp or firing line
better, both physically and morally,
than they were when they marched
away to defend the flag