Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-12-12
BUMBALEK ON Y. NC. A.

Camp Grant Man In Letter
10 Grant Cook Tells of
Great Work Being Done
For Soldiers BY Associa-
ton.
Dear Mr.. Cook: Your line of
the 9TH inst regarding the Army and
Navy 7. M. c, A. campaign.
1t is difficult for me to 90 into de-
tail telling you what this organization
is doing for the men going to the
front. 1t can never be fully estima-
ted. The Y NJ. C. A. was in COM
plete operation when the first quota
of troops arrived in camp. And they
have been a great help to this Govern
ment in keeping the spirit of the men
up. | do not know how many build
ings have been erected here by the
organization but know there must be
a great number of them.
No matter where you go you can
see the green building and the red
circle and triangle. Go into one and
you will find them occupied by men
in khaki, writing letters, reading and
studying, or you will see some at the
piano and others singing and keeping
the victrola in perpetual motion. In
each building you will find competent
men advising the new fellows in
every possible way and in general
doing all they can for them.
This means a great deal to our
boys. Every evening there is a pro-
gram given and many interesting
speakers address the boys. High class
movies are also given. Services are
not forgotten as all realize now more
than ever that spiritual aid is needed.
Lastly the Y. NJ. c. A. also looks
after the morals of the men.
Now there are great many things
that this organization does that | have
not enumerated. If | had known you
were in need of this information some
time before hand | would have scout
ed around more and placed you in
touch with the necessary information.
Nevertheless | am sure you realize
what the Y. NJ G. A. means to this
country in its efforts to keep the NOR
al side of the soldier free from any
blemish whatsoever. | wish that |
could be in Villas county at the time
of this campaign | had the honor
of being in Chicago during the final
drive for the Second Liberty Loan
campaign and, feel as though | have
already accomplished something.
To some it may seem, well, we
are confronted with a Liberty Loan
every little while, then the Red Cross
needs help, and now around comes
the Y. M. c. A. asking for some
thing" This is part of the penalty
we pay for unpreparedness. At the
present time it should be a pleasure
to donate towards the destruction of
militarism. Some of our Allies are
totally disorganized and our burdens
have greatly increased 1t may be
that later the American people will be
forced to help. hope this never
comes. Therefore it behooves us all
to help the best way we can. Villas
county has placed herself to the front
before in the Second Liberty Loan
campaign and | feel certain that she
will again come to the front with her
part of this Y. NJ. G. A. campaign.
There is not a person who is not
hoping for a speedy conclusion of
this war and to haste this time can be
accomplished by everyone doing the
best he can to make every one of
these compaigns success
I hope that information | gave you
will be of some good help to you and
| wish you an abundance of success
and would be glad to hear from you
again as to how you succeeded.
By the way, talking about some
thing else, wish to say that you ought
to see the Eagle River boys They
are getting fat and sassy Laying
all Jokes aside that is true. We'll no
wonder they get fat; good meals
here and then you should see the
! good things they get from home and
from their friends.
Well | believe that have written
enough. Best regards to all.
Vouro VERY trulv