The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-14

| operation have become so popular with both officers and men that she sees no 1 limit to the amount of work that the Salvation Army will be called upon to | do. In commenting upon this work, Sec retary Baker recently wrote: We are
 very glad to observe that the Salvation | Army is lending it's powerful and Tn many ways, unique aid in the general cooperation of the community at large with the military activities of the coun- l try This cooperation is new thing Tn the worlds history, and the war lle- partment welcomes and is grateful for such help as you and your associates can give
 Quite as interesting are the letters which come from men serving their country in France. T am hanging out at the Salvation Army hut most of the ] time, writes one boy to his mother, 1 and the Four American women make it seem more like home than any place | l know. They serve cake and chocolate every evening. All of the fellows like it." Miss Qurk said.
 When the first snowstorm of the sea- son swept down upon the American camps, the Salvation Army lassies staid up all through the night, making steam ing hot coffee, which they carried out to all the men on guard duty. It was hard work wrote one of the lassie's captains, and we were all cold and wet, but not nearly so cold and wet as the men on post, who had to fight their way forward and backward through the falling snow and wind. You should have heard them thank us for the coffee, which We gave them every half hour or so.'
 "Sx hutments have already been opened adjacent to the cantonments in this country, most of them in addition to game and reading rooms, have l.. ~lsI.. rooms, where mothers of the men in training can be entertained. MT. Ray mond B. Foadick, who keeps a very watchful eye upon the social opera tions in and about the training camps recently said of the the work accom- plished by the Salvation Army: T can truthfully say that what has been done by your organization under our general direction has been well done.' Many more of these hutments are to be erect ed and those already in operation will some of them be enlaEged' said Miss Quirk.
 Much comment has been made upon
 the fitness of the Salvation Army tor this particular work, and none of it
 has been unfavorable. No other organi- zation has so many devoted women thoroughly trained and ready to sacri- flee their comforts and leave safety and I home for the uncertain and strenuous lie III tDe war camps. ne SdlNdIlOn Army girls who go to the front. goes with the knowledge that she must face the same dangers and hardships as co the soldiers, and that she must work
 even harder" Miss Quirl said.
 President Wilson has shown his ap- preciation of the work of the Salvation Army by a recent message from the
 White House to Commander Booth, in
 which he said:
 T am very much interested to hear
 of the campaign the Salvation Army aas
 undertaken for money to sustain its war
 activities, and want to take the oppor-
 tunity to express my admiration for the
 work that it has done, and my sincere
 hope that it may be fully sustained
 You may be sure that your telegram of
 recent date warmed my heart and
 brought me real cheer and encourage
 ment It is a message of just the sort
 one needs in these trying times, and
 I hope that you will express to your as-
 sociates my profound appreciation and (Continued on Page Seven)