The Pulaskian., 1917-11-16
ARKANSAS FUNDS
 FOR TIE '. M. [. \.
LIBERAL CONTRIBUTIONS Ex- PEcTED TO BE MADE IN THIS STATE FOR SUPPORT OF AS
 ISOLATION WAR WORK.

The success of the Y. M. c. A. cam paign the week of November HIS IS vital. It is just as vital as providing men and money and munitions and food, for if the morale of the Army is not maintained in the field, victory will be deferred if not defeated. That is the special mission of the Associa- ton which has set goal of S35,OO0,- GOO to prosecute the work at home and overseas during the year 1918. Arkansas proportion of this amount is $140,000, of which a small per cent is to be set apart for the state work.
 The program adopted at the great conference in New York, attended by representatives from more than thir- ty states calls for more than five hun dred buildings for the use of Amer1- can troops at home and not less than two hundred and fifty additional buildings for American troops in France To man these buildings, and for similar services in Russia, France, and Italy, and in prison camps, more, than four thousand additional secreta- ries must be employed Already over two thousand are actively engaged in service.
 The War Work Council at the meet. ing in New York adopted budget as follows:
 For work in the American
 Army at home ........s11, ,12O, 900 For work in the American
 Army in France ...... 11,994,000 For work with the French
 Army ................ 2,649.0 900 For work with the Russian
 Army ..... ....... s.so5,ooO For work with the Italian
 Army .............. 100000 For work with prisoners of
 war ............ 10000 For other emergency work. 3,392,000
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 This budget was reaffirmed by the delegates at the Southern Department Conference, Dallas, October II, and the states comprising this department have set their quota not less than one million dollars (S1,000,000l.
 The campaign is the outgrowth of a thoroughly organized movement covering the whole country, and ap- proved by civil and military authorl- ties and religious workers every where. More than 200 representa-, tiyes from Arkansas, Texas, Oklaho- ma, Louisiana, Arizona, and New Mexic, constituting the Southern De partment, met on October Il at Dal- las, Texas, to consider the great pro. gram as outlined by the National War Work Council at the meeting held in New York City on September 21, at the gathering in New York, the work among the American troops of the United States, both in this coun- try and in France, was thoroughly considered. Moreover, large thought was given the opportunity to serve the men of the armies of Russia, France, and Italy, and in prison camps.
 The delegates representing the Southern Department, including twen- ty-five leading business men and pas tors from Arkansas, which met in Dallas, faced the great task of provid- ing for the million and half of our own troops who are now being served in some five hundred buildings in the cantonments in this country and in a large number of places in France and Russia. The group was deeply inter- ested in the work already being done among the troops in Europe and ex- pressed eradication at the deep inter- est manifested in our work by Presi- dent Wilson, Secretary of War Baker, and Secretary of the Navy Daniels.
 At the Dallas Conference R. A. Long, the millionaire lumberman and Christian leader of Kansas City, made an inspirational address. A. c. Hart, Y. M. c. A. Secretary for Sol diers in Prison Camps and Hospitals, told of the work that is being done throughout Europe, of the great needs of the Association for more men and more resources. E. Roger Kemp, of Tulsa, Okla, wealthy oil man who is a devoted Christian worker, was elected department chairman, and Guy Bilheimer, of Denver, Colo, for merly of Little Rock, is executive sec retary with campaign headquarters at Dallas. These men, with strong or. ganizations directing the work in each state, stand back of the cam paign for raising $1,OO0000 in the Southwestern Department.
 Guy Pease of BatesYille who is in