Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-11-16
HOW THE .C.M.A WAR FUND IS SPENT

since May /. in 20 different camps and 50o
secretaries are now serving 100000 sol
diers. sailors and marines. On the Texas
border, IN the southern department. ~
buildings and five tents serve $50, coo sol
dler9 along 1900 miles of border, which are
covered by 100 secretaries at the main
building or making trips Ia outpo~t- III au-
tomobiles keeping the troops supplies with
stationery. books. magazines, phon"sraph-
and athletic equipment. Thirty FIVE auto
mobiles are used IN lhi~ work. In the busy
eastern department whore great numbers
u soldiers and sailors are moving from
camp To camp passing through cities, the
association not only looks after the men
N the environments but provides informa \
ton service and gathering places tor them
in the cities, and adjusts IT. work 10 the
special need of the field.
Does the soldiers want to read The a~-
>ociation has libraries and reading room.
Does he want Ia study! Il provides lee
lures and educational courses. Does hr
need 4 banker! Large sum, III money are
ANiiAiltb ~ AUt U. VI. '. y. secretaries lbl
enlisted men. and in 4 bg camp Nd least
100000 monthly j, required ID cash
cheeks.
The typical \. NJ. g.. 4. building or tent
IN an army camp must be open tor bu~i-
ness about 80 o'clock in the morning or
n soon "a the enlisted man J. up. For il
seems a. though hc D. hardly out NJ hi
ll,,l.t- h,.-. Nv. ,-.. ..-.l..- a..
can only he obtained there. All dav long
until 'tap>" are sounded al night. and
even after that, IL hc can find opportunity.
he l. coming 10 the association building L.
write letters. get books and trInkct,. at
tend classes, hear lectures. see entertain
ment>. take part IN services and singing
and ask for information and advice.
In addition t. the hundreds of >ecrc-
tarie, now at work overseas the a>~ocia-
tion must provide for = progressive in
crease in it staff a our fighting force j.
drilled into shape. BY January the force
abroad must be doubled and bN next July
there must be AT least four workers where
there i now one. a total 81 more thar
1900 secretaries. In this country next
year. instead of u force of 1000. something
like four or five thousand will be- needed.
At least 300 new >ccrctaric, must he
tarined by January next Ia meet the need
for men of quality.
There j. a physical bureau with 800
physical directors scattered through the
many camps and environments. providing
organized play and exercises designed to
draw every man in camp into some form
of recreation-baseball. playground ball.
basket ball, volIcy ball. boxing. quoits.
wrestling. and other games. Big athletic
meets are promoted with baseball leagues
in each camp. and u series of games he
tween different camps. and boxing and
wrestling matches.
The \. VI. {. \. l. bringing out the NOR
ale in our fighting force. AT 4 hundred
points in the program of preparation il
supplements military training. developing
character. spirit. ideals, and il i for this
work that the present fund Of $50. 600, 600
j. being raised. Compared with the bill
lions spent by the government To draft.
train. equip and transport overseas the
fighting force upon which % much de-
pends next spring. the amount asked for.
seems moderate. Ii j. u sum designed to-
finance the work for nine months. from
October | to the end Of next June. based
on the best estimates of what woS done
with the first 5000. 900. Ii will cover
the work in this country and abroad. For
men in the army and navy campS through
ont the United State, there has been APP
poriioned Sl1.120.OO0: for our army and
navy overseas. al .99I. 900: for Y. VI. C.
\. work in the Russian army. : 1905. 600
in the French army. S2.649. 600: IN the
Italian army. ~ 900, 900: and among prs
onerS of war in European camps. 81 .O0O.-
poo. This. with 1892. 900 provided for
inevitable expansion. makes II grand total
of S35 .000. 000. That j. less than one
day war outlay Of the United States gov
eminent for Uucle Sam j. now spending
$50. 900 900 u day. and IL viii provide for
the work among 500. 900 American fight
ing men. $4,000. 600 troops Of our allies.
and 5000, 600 prisoners of war. That j.
where the money will 90. Ii calls fon con-
tribution> that would average about %
cents from every man. woman and child
in the United States. or about | cen; week
~ during the period 10 he covered.
l. it worth while!