Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-12


I tractive poster display in the win
dows of the store announces this
fact.
Chairmen of the various commit
tees arc busily arranging for the
great drive tomorrow. Slides will be
shown in the various theaters, and in
all public places.
New Teams Named
Mayor J. William Bowman, chair
man of the city committee. an
nounced the following new teams.
Team No. 19-R. Ross Seaman.
captain; e. Bruce Taylor. II. A.
Boyer, j. c. Thompson, ]. r. Mohn.
j. w, Storey, Charles II. Cox, j. w.
lbach, l.. V. Fritz, Harry E. Klugh,
e. O. Backenstoss.
Team No. 20-John c. Orr, cap
tain; David E. Tracy. John Dapp, S.
f. Hassler, Benjamin Strouse. II. ID.
Delmotte, r. NJ. Pennock. John
Kramer, r. A. Enders, A. II. Fraim,
j. r. Sweeninger.
Many Boy Workers
a separate supper will be attend
ed by boy workers of the city. City
superintendent of Schools F. h.
Downes and Arch II. Dinsmore, dis,
trict boys manager. will address the
workers at the affair, which is to be
held in the Y. NJ. G. A. building. The
boys will march to the Board of
Trade building where they will hear
the addresses made by the leaders of
the campaign and other speakers.
At the monster meeting this even
ing, j. Horace Mcfarland will intro
duce Edward w. Box. who has just
returned from Europe, and who will
tell of conditions there.
Ten CountIes
The Harrisburg district of the Y.
niuF, fApiS
counties. The sum of 100000 has
been allotted to these counties. Dau-
phin county has been asked to con-
tribute $4,000 and Harrisburg, $4O,-
300. The local Y. w. G. A. campaign
and the Y. NJ. c. A. campaign have
been combined and the Y. w. c. A.
total of SIP, 900 for the city has been
added to the Y. NJ. c. A. total.
Through this combination, the goal
of the campaign has been set at $52,-
600 for the city.
Camp Appreciation
Among the letters of endorsement
of the Y. NJ. c. A. work is one from
a former Harrisburg boy, now at
Fort Oglethorpe. C. r. Willis. for
merly of 1916 Market street. writes
from Fort Oglethorpe to AL. X.
Thomas as follows:
Il wish to express my apprecia-
ton to the s. 5. of the Stevens
Memorial NJ. E. Church for the
pocket Testament which was sent
to me. 1t is certainly very kind of
the Sunday school to send all of MS
boys such n gift, and it makes one
feel good to know that he is remem-
bered by the folks back home.
You people do not realize the
enormous military preparations this
country is making. In this one
reservation alone there are about five
separate camps, accommodating
about 5000 men. None of these men
are conscripts. We also have de-
tention camp for Germans. There
are about 500 in 1t.
I'VE are we'll taken care of.
Given plenty to eat and good sleep
ing quarters. The Y. M. G. A. is also
a large factor in the camp life. They
furnish free reading and writing ma
terial and music. On Saturday nights
they also give free movies" Their
work in this camp is surely appre-
ciated by all of US"
Officer Pleased
Another splendid letter of appTe-
ciation was received this morning by
David Kaufman from Lieutenant
John Lloyd, of Camp Meade:
"Knowing that the drive for funds
for the Y. NJ. c. A. starts on Tues
day and that you are interested in it,
| want to say to you that of all the
different purposes for which funds
have been raised and are being raised
not one is of greater importance than
this one. The great amount of good
being accomplished by this body can
not be realized by anyone who has
not come in contact with some OF
their work |, of course, only know
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camps and, Judging from it, their
work at the front must be wonder
full
Il would like to tell you of thing
made possible by the Y. NJ. G. A. in
our own camp. No matter how much
Of an effort is made to hide 1t, home
sickness is a common malady here
just as it must be in every camp
where young men have suddenly been
taken from their homes. and home
ties, to very great extent, torn
loose. We all get homesick at times
every mothers son of us, from the
colonel down to the private. Well,
one day last week when there seemed
to be more than the usual amount
of longing for home, one of our Of
ficers took up the matter of livening
everybody up. At the Y. NJ. c. A.
headquarters he gathered together
body of entertainers, right out of the
companies and put on q show that
the Majestic or the Orbheum could
not have bettered. Scotch, Irish, He.
brew and Italian (no Germany
comedians-a pianist, a violinist,
singers and dancers-and for two or
three hours $50 young men enjoyed
clean and exceedingly funny en-
tertainment and | know that every
one of them left the Y. NJ. {. a.
building feeling that some one was
taking an interest in their welfare,
and I'll bet a lot of them slept bet
ter that night just because of that.
This incident may seem Insignificant
but it is only one of many that
could be cited-things for the bet
terment of the condition of all of us
chat are made possible by the Y. M.
"The fact that 1t is absolutely non
sectarian is the big outstanding fea-
ture. Everyine Is welcome, be he
Catholic or Protestant, English Oh
Italian, Jew, hungarian or Pole.
Scotch or Welsh, Irish or French
men of any and every nation are
welcomed and at the Y NJ. G. A.
they mingle and get to know each
other better. creating Il better un-
derstanding-a real brotherhood of
man. At the Y. NJ. c. A. they can
write their letters-and there they
are urged to do SO. Or they can read
or they can talk. 1t is the big social
center of the camps and every man
and every woman should not only
make an effort to help the Y. NJ. c.
A. movement by giving money. but
they should aid by helping their
home Y. M. c. A. so that 1t In turn
can help the branches In the camps
and at the front.
Il homo Your 'drlYe' may be very