Evening star., 1917-06-03
CLIPPINGS ARE WANTED
FOR NATIONS WARRIORS
Comforts Committee sasgesss New
Way 70 Provide Reading Mater
for Men With Fleet.
Rroadening lis campaiEn 10 tslp ths

Broadening its campaisH to help the
enlisted men Of the Navy and ttAi'.'s
Corps. the comforts committee y! t.
Navy League this week viii asa 5.aao
clergymen and school teachers through
out the United States te send clippings
from newspapers and niasesines TO the
headquarters here es 80! "a street
northwest. t-t
Capt. Charles Henry nar.sw ls to be
In charge of the work q: eg'iectfag the
mass of clippings whtsf, y lsse es:,esses,,
will flow into headquarters ffe'h ~
parts of the country. snl sortths and
putting @the clippings lsto larss sa-
veIopes.
one of these envelopes ~.ill BE sent
to every vessel In the United states
Navy every week. thses:s:: the tinted
whe is one of the few inea Ia the asun-
try whe know the lese..s.. OF essrr
ship.
Easy to H=.s.a,
Capt. Harlow points ost that II =
hard for n man aboard ship to ha.nti II
a magazine while being -.sble 20 he
called deck any ttr.s' but that o
clipped story. perhaps asetly bound
with a light cover, could be easily
handled. and put into his blouse. if the
story were 80 thrilling that he hated to
part with It,
Clippings of news valve WI he post
ed on the ship bulletin beard, The en-
plan feel. offers large sn:efsunlsy Tor
the people of the country u ssnd hfieht
reading material ta shs msn Rbee-d
ship, and in form ready available
and easily sent, whereas books and
magazines are hard la hehd,s and eiten
suffer delay in transnlss'ah,
Once the clippings sesin 10 conc y.
the local headquarters aad the wssA19
envelopes begin to GO eet 70 the ships,
II is expected that this feature of the
work of the comforts ee::a:'ttee VII
assume large proportion,
More than 2. 500 sleeveless 1ackets 70.
the use of marines were sstt out vests
day by the comforts committee, OF w';saF
Mrs. Carroll Frazer is nationsl ehalrsnsi,,
and Mrs. Charles Henry Harlew lo~1!
chairman.
These jackets came 70 the lseai head
quarters from surrounding r.t1ss and this
city, the entire number being knitted,
collected and dispatched Within space
Of two weeks. The Jackets are patterned
after the gray sweaters sent the sailor
boys. but are of khalsi-eolessa tTorstsa
st. Elizabeth Contributes.
inmates of ST, Elizabeth Hospital have
sent in some Of the finest ssecimens q
knitted Jackets received at the ieea!
headquarters. 1t Is said that the Wer!t
Is greatly enjoyed by the inmates and
the work has the COMMUNICATION Gf doctors
At the hospital.
There are In all twelve units In Wsss-
ington engaged in knitting the Jackets
wristlets, muffiers and ciese. fitting het
NETS being sent to sailors. the unit in
Anacostla has thirty.fve members. There
are 500 units Throughout the eerrtry.
The comforts cornsr4ittee. having fur
nished 1880 Jackets for the men aboard
the destroyers now In foreign waters. and
the 2.eoo Jackets for the MARINES, Is at
work on more jackets, these TO 30 to tho
FIRST expeditionary force Of marines.
Many knitted articles are being re-
ceived at the headquarters daily which
are not of the standard sanctioned by the
Navy Department. These articles, how
ever. are quite welcome. and are being
sent to the men who will man the mos
quito fleet" in which there will be no
rigid standards of equipment. but where
warm knitted apparel will come IN handy.