Arizona republican., 1917-05-17
IN. {. A. WOULD
HELP SOLDIERS
IN THEIR CAMP

IF you can't enlist you can assist"
That is the slogan of the SOuthwest's
War Work council engaged in the
raising of $751; 600 by June l in Arizona,
New Mexico and west Texas for the
promotion of the army Y. NJ. c. A.
The campaign in Phoenix begins on
next Monday when a start will be made
on the $4,000 or $4,000 which is err
pected to be Arizona's share-of the
fund. OF this amount Phoenix is eX-
pected to donate literally. The entire
sum to be raised in the United States
for the army Y. NJ. c. A. is $4,000, 900.
AS a prelude to the Phoenix campaign
there will be a sermon on the inestim-
able value of the army Y. NJ. C. A.,
delivered in every church on the previ-
Gus Sunday morning.
James G.. McNary, president of the
First National bank of FL Paso. Texas,
is chairman of the Interstate commit
tee, DR.. r. b. Won KleinSmid, president
of the University of Arizona, is vice
chairman and Norman Carmichael,
president of the Arizona Copper com
pany of Clifton, is second vice chair
man. The members of the committee
are: c. n. Bassett FL Paso Levi A.
Hughes, Santa Fe; E. A. Cahoon. Ros-
well; E. NJ. Sawyer, Tyrone, n. NJ;
Joshua S. Reynolds, Albuquerque; II.
d. Slater, FL Paso; Albert Steinfeld
Tucson; A. d. Goldberg, Tucumcari T.
y. Casey, Pecos, Tex; Charles Ilfeld,
Las Vegas: c. n. Cotton. Gallup, n
NJ; J. A. Krakauer, FL Paso; w. d.
Murray. Silver City; b. b. Gottsberger
Miami; Arthur hoffman. Bisbee; G. H.
Dowell, Douglas; C. NJ. Newman, FL
Paso; James 5. Douglas, Jerome; Dr.
J. c. Norton, Phoenix.
OF the local committee DR.. Norton is
chairman. He is assisted by j. 0. Sex
son. secretary of the Phoenix Y NJ. c.
A, and Urban Williams representing
! the interstate committee who will do
special work on the border among the
soldiers.
AS Arizona has large delegation of
men in the army on the border it will
| be of interest to know that a represen-
tative of the Y. NJ. C. A. will be at
Naco with full authority to spend all
the money necessary for the building
and equipment of Y. NJ. C. A. buildings
in each of which there will be five
trained secretaries. Two hundred
buildings are to be erected for the use
of the army for which LOO secretaries
will be furnished, one for every 1000
men,
~The value of the work done by the
Y. NJ. c. A. among the troops on the
border during the last year is inestim-
| able. The different states donated for
the erection of the buildings which
/ were called ''huts" and which contained
reading rooms, writing rooms, enter
! tainment rooms and which furnished
/ free all writing and reading material
and in many cases even stamps.
! Governor Campbell is much interest
ed in the raising of the fund of $4,000.
| From his visits to the border camps he
| has become thoroughly familiar with
1 the vast work the y. NJ. c. a. has been
/ doing and declares that it must con-
! tinues and be extended to all mobili-
! cation camps and even to the lines of
the allied forces in Europe.
Many a homesick soldier who has
+ become thoroughly discouraged and
headed straight for the bad has been
hunted out by the Y. NJ. c. A. workers,
! brought to the Y. NJ. c. A. building
where che has been interested in box
! ing, wrestling, or some other sport and
made to right about face and head on
/ the path of self respect. One soldier
who was brought into intimate contact
/ with several cases of this kind wrote
| to Y. NJ. c. A. man, closing with
/ these words:
/ You fellows never will get your full
reward this side of heaven"