The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-09
VETERANS WILL
Put OVER Y"
WAR WORK DRIVE
IN CITY OF FARGO.
Red Cross Campaign Or
ganization Is Enlisted
For Service
DALE AND HANNA
TALK AT MEETING
Great Work, and Deserves
Support, Says Former
Governor

The organization that made Far
go's naonthly budget campaign for
the American Red Cross success,
with a few changes in the district
chairmen, will put over Fargo's drive
for $4,000 for "Y" war work.
This was decided at a conference
of the state war work committee, H.
w. Gearey. Fargo, chairman, Fargo
business men and officers of the
Fargo branch of the American Red
Cross in the Fargo Commercial club
rooms Thursday evening.
The conference was largely at
tended, and the spirit that makes
things CO. was very much in evi-
-dence.
Talks by A. B. Dale, state Y. NJ.
O. A. secretary, who is on leave OF
absence as general secretary of ''Y"
work at Camp Dodge, and former
Governor l.. B. Hanna were features.
High Morals Make Morale.
Mr.. Dales talk was review of the
kind of work that the Y. M. C. A. Is
doing in the cantonments, and in the
camps in Europe.
Army men cannot have a high
morale" he said, If they are not
moral, and the Y. M. 9. A. is the.
great agency to guard the morals of
American soldiers by keeping before
them that thought of home, and
keeping their minds occupied with
things other than those which tend
to lure them from clean living.
The American soldier gets more
pay and consequently has more
spending money than the soldiers Of
any other country, which means that
he is constantly heset by opportuni-
ties to not only spend his money,
but his health. This liz particularly
true in France. where It win be the
Z. M. O. AS duty to keap him free
from communicating influences, and
fn his hours on duty with health
giving recreation.
thousands of men at Camp
Dodge are finding in the ''Y' build
ings that touch of home found in no
other part OF the camp, and are be-
ing furnished with thousands of
sheets OF paper each day for letters
to the folks at home. The men de-
clare that camp life would be q very
monotonous affair IL IL were not for
the entertainment and recreation
furnished by the Young Mems Chris
tian association
Deserves Support. Says Hanna.
THE coming campaign for X. M.
G. A. war work is deserving Of the
support Of every patriotic citizen"
said former Governor l. B. Hanna
whose talk followed Mr.. Dale's.
''No work that is being carried on
is more important to the success of
our armies, and none is more won
derful work.
Our own boys have gone, or are
going over there to fight our bat
ties. and the least that we" stay-at-
homes can do is to back up the Y.
M. g. A. in the work that is MAX
ing our soldiers, and those Of our
allies as comfortable and cheerful
as possible"
BIG Mass Meeting Sunday.
Mr.. Dale and Rev Bruce q. Jackd
son, pastor Of the Bismarck First
Baptist church, who is on leave as
religious work director at Camp
Dodge, will address q monster meet
ing Of Fargo citizens in the Fargo
at o'clock Sunday
evening. There win be music by a
chorus OF 40 voices.
Nearly every Fargo church will
dispense with evening services for
the mass meeting, and will an
nounce it from the pulpits Sunday
morning.
County conFersnes Saturday.
The Cass county conference of
workers outside OF Fargo viii be
held at Casselton Saturday afternoon
by Treadwsn Twichell. Mapleton, and
W. r. Reed. Amenia, county chair
men. The county's quota outside Of
The county districts have been
fully nwa.&rf9na nnrnrdFvne. "a 4hn -