The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-10-13
Address at Momcn's
Mnr (onurp1-

Mfs. W VI. Mctoy.
Address at Womcn's
War Congress
Following " one Of the addresses
given at the women's war congress
7 Thursday evening by Miss Anna COR
don. The subject was. War Work
OF the W. G. r. e."
The war emergency found the
W. e. r. T.. well prepared TO render
efficient service along patriotic lines.
For more than thirty years our organ
ization now numbering about see. 00O
members ha had among it, nearly
forty departments 81 work, one for
work among soldiers and sailors.
s%plendidly led by Mrs. Ella Hoover
Thatcher OF Washington. -. e. Each
state has a state department OF this
work and II is duplicated In the ma
jority ~ our 10000 local societies.
In times of peace the ". G.. r. L..
has furnished cuentieSs thousands OF
comfort kits To men al military posts.
at soldiers homes. and on battlcships.
IL has sent tons Of fruits aud deiica-
cies To- soldiers and sailors hospitals.
During the recent cncampment Of
our regular troops on the Mexican
border, a number ~ large electric
fans were installed by the W. G.. T. L..
at Fort Bliss hospital W. G.. r. T..
gifts of money helped seat the tabor
nacle at Fort Bliss FOR sunday SER
vices and week day entertainments.
During the past three years OF
this colossal war our society well
named 'Orgat.azc,, mother loves has
been doiug is full share OF relief work
for the armies of the allies. Freight
car loads OF supplies have been sent
across the wa'"r t, the ". e. +. l.. a
number of French and belgian or
phan children have been adopted
by W. q. T. 4. individuals and local
unions.
when the United states entered
the war, members OF the ". G.. T.. L..
intensified their activities OF past
years. ami with whole souled devotion
cooperated with the present war ser.
vice program OF the wuman's COM
mittee Of the national council OF de-
! fer-e We are gardening. conserving
knitting canning making house
wives. doing Red Cross work. fur
nishtng books and magazines Co cane
touments. buying Liberty bonds. enc
! N'i NttIltNNN ANf WN'N ANNfL nearby
camps in our homes.
al Aver Massachusetts. thr W c.
r. o. has opened a home near the
camp where soldiers cam meet their
friends and where recreation. reading
and writing facilities are freely proc
Vided.
THE " g.. r T.. Of the District
Of Columbia has fine r-crrcatious
rooms for the enlisted men at Fort
Meyers.
The " g. r. T.. iu common with
all other national temperate, urrau.-
Nations iS aiding temperate. work Iu.
side the Cantonmcnts az the now mae
tional army through % war tim, Ur-
eanizitiou known as the united come
mittee on Temperance acuvitie. IN the
army and navy Tho special work OF
the W. T.. r. q. is the furnishing OF
sixteen electric ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and
their accompanying slides. each store-
o~motogruph unit costing $500. The
slides viii teach scientific Temperance
truths. especially pertinent Ia army
life and viii hc i-nterspcrsed with uu-
merous cartoons.
The national ". g. =. O.. has re-
Gently given through the Rcd Gross
two amhulauces that arc on thoir WAY
To he battle frout-machinos OF the
finest make. the two costing $4,000.
with "a patriotic program OF this
character. the ". c. r. T.. feels iustI-
fled In It's appeals Tor wartim. pro-
hibitiou 20 conserve the food stuffs
az the nation and 10 aid the health
efficiency and morale 81 the army
Members Of the ". g. r D. will