Arizona republican., 1917-11-11

The object of the fund is two-fold to provi1s comforts, care and recrea- ton t. ,,le men in camp and thus to keer dp the morale of Americas fight ing forces. This the military author ities and those who have visited the camps in France regard as of greatest to the success of American arms The sudden change from do- mestic to camp conditions, the dis tance from home and the necessary rigorous routine, observers say. call for a kind Of care that the army author ities are not in a position to provide.
 General Pershing in August, author ized the statement that. the greatest service America could immediately render was to extend the Young Mems Christian association work to the sol diers Of the French army, tired and worn by their valiant and successful resistance to the repeated waves o1 Teutonic attacks. Anticipating similar conditions among our own troops, the Young Mems Christian association be- gan early in the war to prepare to care for our soldiers and sailors. The offer of service the association made was accepted gladly by the govern ment authorities, and hundreds of men trained in "Y''work were soon in camp. There are now 2,5G0 of these men, serving American soldiers and sailors. Many Y. M. c. A. men were called in the draft and shouldered their rifles, since no man is accepted for '. Nj. c. A. work unless he has been exempted by the government or whose name Is so far down the list that he is not likely to be called for some time.
 With the hundreds of thousands of men the draft called to the collors, the Y. M. c. A. was overwhelmed with work and responsibilities. From the camps came a cry for more help. not only from the soldiers themselves, but from the officers, who value the work the association renders. Accordingly. national conference was held, and it was decided that not cent less than SS5,000,000 would adequately meet the war needs confronting the association, for not only was there a call for help in the American camps, but from camps of allied nations as well.
 Approving the work of the associa- tion. President Wilson, in message to John R. Mott,. general secretary of the National War Work Council of the Y M. c. A. said: May I not, in view of the approaching meeting of the War Work council express to you the very high value have attached to the work which has been accomplished by the Young Mems Christian association in behalf of the prisoners of war and the men in the training camps of Europe and may l not express also my sincere personal interest in the large plans of the War Work Council for the work which is still ahead of the association ?'
 The point is emphasized that while the sum to be raised is nine times as great as the usual total annual budget of all the Young Mems Christian asso- stations of the United States for their own work in this and other countries yet not cent of this war fund is to be used for anything but for the care Of the fighting men of this and other allied nations. The Y. NJ. c. A., it is PNN'eNN Nte, ao OtAig NiAC utiN a agent, and the organization which SUD- plies trained men for the work.
 The association, with the compar- atiVely meager funds that it has had at it's disposal, has erected and equip ped hundreds of buildings and scores of tents in the eantonments, camps military and naval stations in this country. It has enlisted, trained and put into service upwards of two thou sand secretaries, almost all of whom serve at marked personal financial sac rifice. It has also sent several hundred secretaries to France and England, fol lowing them with equipment and sup | plies. It has erected "Huts" at the base camps of the American forces ant in Paris, London and elsewhere anG has provided substantial quarter. where both enlisted men and officer. can find wholesome food and lodging under American supervision. In a wort the association has provided for tn, , men "homes away from home"
 Now the association proposes to eX. l tend and enlarge it's work, doubling 1 the number of secretaries, building: and equipment, and furnishing tht necessary supplies in the face o steadily rising prices. It is announce; that for this work among the men O l the American army and navy in thi
 country, $11, ,120,0 900 is needed For worl | for American forces in France an, England the sum of $11, ,994, 900 will b
 required. For work in the Russian army, s3,305, 900 is asked; for work il
 the French army, $2.649, 900, and fo
 work in the Italian army S1,000, 00(
 High military officials in all these ar
 mics are calling for this friendly co
 operation on the part of the America
 association. Added to this, sl,000.00
 at least will be required for work i
 the prisoner-of-war camps, ard $3,
 932, 900 to provide for the inevitable ex
 pansion as evidenced by the daily an
 almost hourly experience of recen
 months.
 The members of the budget com
 mittee which recommended S35 600, 0J
 as the sum necessary to carry this en
 terprise until July 1, 1918, are as fol
 lows: Cyrus H. Mccormick Chics g
 chairman George w. Perkins, Arthu
 Curtis, James and Coleman du Pon
 New York; F. W. Aver, Philadelphia
 William Cooper Proctor, Cincinnati
 George Warren Brown, St. Louis
 Samuel Mather, Cleveland; Georg \ Wharton Pepper, Philadelphia; liar
 old I. Pratt, New York; W. Averill Har
 riman, New York; H. H. Leland, De
 troit; John Sherman Hoyt, New York
 J. L. Severance, Cleveland, and w. Kingsburry, A. c. Bedford, J. N. Jarvi
 William Sloane, Cleveland H. Dodg