The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
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Topeka to Raise $4,000 for
War Y. NJ. C. A.
Amount Must Be Procured by
the 9Th of June.
TO RAISE $4,000 IN STATE
Association VIII Work in Every
Camp of the Army.
Wichita and Hutchinson Have
Raised Their Amounts.
TO RAISE $4,000 IN STATE

Topeka will raise $4,000 before
June 10 be used in the war work
plans which have recently been ad-
vanced by the State Y. NJ. c. A asSO-
citation. At least this was the attitude
taken Tuesday night at the official
opening of the campaign at a banquet
in the Chamber of Commerce.
Plans to carry on the work in To-
peka have not been completed, but,
according to A R. Elliott, of the state
association, work will start this after
noon. A committee of fifty business
men will be appointed to solicit from
business houses and individuals or To-
peka. By June the work will prob
ably be completed and Topeka will
have done its bit"
Kansas is to raise $4,000 of a ma
tionaI S3,0OO,000 campaign, which
amount is needed to carry on the work
until January 1, 1918. Tho state has
been DIVIDED into fourteen districts
and each district has been apportion
ed its amount Wichita and Hutchin
son districts have already reported
their work as done, having secured
pledges for SO, 900 and 5000 respect
lively. PIttsburg district. including
Coffeyville, has raised its $1,000 of
the districts $4,000 campaign Leav-
enworth district, including Kansas
City, is to raise $500.
Work Is Explained.
Karl ShCmaker, of Chicago, who is
state secretary of the Illinois associa-
ton, explained the campaign in de-
tail to the guests at the banquet
The association is the only ;nstitu-
ton fitted to care for the men in the
army" he said: The government can
give them guns, feed and clothe them,
| but some other organization with
years anu years of experience must
take care of the non-material side OF
| their lives
1.-The associa+iOr xxri+I 1yaars Of av
| perience in caring for men, is natural
ly fitted for this work, as the govern
ment is to furnish the army with
guns" he said in his address to the
! guests. During last summers Dor
| der activities the Y. NJ. c. A. not
/ only received the approval and sup
port OF the soldiers themselves, but
even the federal government recog-
| nized their work, and commended it
/ Orders were sent out by the president
/ requesting that the association be
/ helped in each camp. Transportation
| of equipment and offices were also in
| cIuded in this order. The association
! buildings in the camps are to be wired
/ lighted, heated and given water ser
vice by the government"
Clifford Pierce, state secretary, told
of the work done during the Spanish
| American war. Physical culture and
moral purity are two of the most es-
sential factors in war times" he
!
| for these purposes" he continued, Ito
develop the physical and moral nature
of men.
! If United States does not preserve
] the strength and health of her sol
| diers in this war more than she did
in the Spanish-American war, we can
not hope to win" he declared.
Bishop Wise Boosts.
| Bishop James Wise made a plea for
| the Y. NJ. c. A in their campaign Ito
| provide the comforts and brightness
| of home. Temptations are more in
evidence at a military camp he stat
ed, than in any other one place in the
/ country. We must see that our BOYS
after the war are as strong physica lily
and as pure morally as they were
when they enlisted"
From the experience of the asso-
citation on the border in caring for
| 10000, expenses for the rest of the
year have beer estimated by the New
| Y DIRK headquarters as SO, 00U,0OO-iust
SO per man soldier which will be en-
listed Expenses last summer amount
ed to nearly 81 per man but with a
more efficient organization carinc
for nearly so times as many men, and
a single executive headquarters, ex-
! penses will be cut, according to Cliff
ford Pierce, and SIS per soldier in
camp will care for the men until jan
uary L
At Fort Riley $4,000 will be spent
for an association building housing
the chaplains of the company, asso-
citation officers and having rooms for
reading, writing, lounging and gym
nastic work Officers salaries will
amount to $4,000 and equipment. in
Guiding musical instruments, baseball
| and tennis equipment and newspa pers
along with paper, ink and pens, will
use up the balance Of the $4,000 tc
] he raised here n Kansas