The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-11-09
Boys AT Camp Sheridan Pre-
fer 1t To Trip To
City
ENTERTAINMENT EVERY
NIGHT, SAYS BATEMAN
Another E Battery Boy Be-
lieves The Hut The Fin
est Thing In Camp

From the Knox county boys at
Camp Sheridan and Camp Sherman
come testimonies of the work which
the Y. NJ c. A. is doing for the young
men who have entered the service of
their country.
Lieut.. julius w. Headington says in
a letter written recently from Camp
Sheridan:
81 am glad indeed to know of the
continued interest taken by our home
people in the Y. NJ. C. A. camp work.
81 wish you might look in tonight
and see this large, well-built and well
furnished Y. NJ. C. A. hall, being used
by some 700 men for reading, games,
music and, best of all, for writing let
ters home, stationery being furnished
gratis.
In spite of q Saturday half-holiday
and pay day combined, these men pre-
fer spending the evening here rather
than going into the city, thus proving
the success of this great Christian
work
"All Sunday church services are
held in the "Y." Our chaplain, Major
William H. Atkinson, is the ranking
chaplain of the division, and we are
proud of him.
Every man is welcome at any time.
The buildings are used by every re-
ligious denomination. Roman Catho-
lie and Hebrew chaplains, as we'll as
the chaplains representing the Prot
estant denominations, hold regular
services in the Y. M. c.. A. "huts." The
Y. M. c. A. has achieved the thing
for which men have worked for cen.
turies. For first of all and best of
all, it is the church in action.
The National War Work Council of
the United States is asking for $685.
100000 to keep this work going at
home and overseas. Knox county's
quota is $4,000. Everybody must
help if this amount is raised. Knox
county boys are in the army and navy
camps all over the country.
DO YOUR BIT TO HELP THE
BoYs!
If you have any doubt of the prac-
tical work done by the Y. NJ G. A.,
read this extract from letter writ
ten by Clarence Bateman, 134th u. S.
+. A, e Battery, giving u soldiers ap-
probation of the work of the "Y":
"One of the first things / must tell
you about is the fine Y. M. G. A. ser.
vice we are getting here in camp.
There are five 'Ys' in this camp
and the one that is in our part Of the
camp certainly is a dandy 1t is a
large frame building consisting of one
large room with a stage in one end
and the office rooms in the other end.
All through the room there are bench.
es and accommodations enough for
800 men to write letters at one time.
1t certainly is crowded seven nights
out of every week.
!, II am using part of the room at
the present time and this stationery is
supplied to us free. The men who are
in charge of the "Y" are very friendly
and give us the best of service.
There is some kind of good enter
tainment here every night including
movies, boxing matches and lectures
as good as those heard on the Red.
path lyceum course.
To-day, Sunday, is always devoted
to religious services and they are of
kind that suit a soldier.
1--WE can have our films developed
and printed here, books and maga-
zines to read, a place to wrap pack
ages, and ice water to drink!
Il will say, as everyone else says,
that too much cannot be said in favor
of the army Y. M. C. AS"