River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-07-12
MUST FOLLOW
BOYS To FRANCE
STATE WILL GIVE AID TO SOL.
DIERS IN CAMPS HERE AND
AT THE FRONT.
ALL CITIZENS MAY HELP
State Council of Defense Approves
Work Which Will Be Done by
7. M. c. A.-Busy Men Offer
Their Services.

Madison, Wis.-Wisconsin must fol-
low its soldiers to France, which is to
be the fighting ground at least in the
early stages of Americas participa-
ton in the war
Not only at the battles front. but
also in the concentration camps and in
the hospitals, here and abroad, willing
hands will find ready work to do for
the boys from home.
The State Council of Defense real
ICES the need of this service, and
among other steps it has approved of
the work Of the Y. NJ. C. A., an or
ganizatiOn known in every commu-
nifty, which has set out to keep the
boys clean and healthy and morally
fit against the day when they shall re-
turn to their homes.
Recently campaign has been con-
Quoted in Wisconsin, aided by the
state council and made possible by the
unSelfish efforts of hundreds of busy
men, which raised 100000 as Wis
consin's share in the National Y. M.
c. A. War Work Council. This state
has an organization known as the
Wisconsin council; and through it the
work will be carried on.
Their names follow:
Executive Committee-H. A. Moehlenpah.
Clinton; G. A. Johnson, Madison; Fred Vo-
gel Jr, Milwaukee; Walter hasten. Mil
waukee; F. l.. Norton, Racine; A. E. Math-
eson, GAINESVILLE; N. J. Ross, Beloit; F. J.
HARDWOOD, Appleton.
F. E. Anderson, General Secretary; H. F.
Nroo
Secretary.
Harry w. Adams, Beloit; e. L. Aims
worth, Chippewa Falls; G. H. Allen Ken
osha; Walter Alexander Wausau: Charles
Allfs. Milwaukee; H. e. Andrews Portage;
F. s. Baines. Janesville; A. w. Barney,
sparta; Judge E. b. Belden, Racine; D. w.
Bergstrom, Neenah; T. M. Blackman,
Waukee; Peter B. Bogart, Milwaukee; T.
f. Branham, Eau Claire; r. p. Breese,
Waukesha; Hon. John Brindley, La Crosse;
e. o. Brown, Rhinelander; G.. w. Burton,
La Crosse; T. J. Carr, Hudson F. A. Chad
bourne, Columbus; j. L. Chain, East Troy;
K. b. Charlton, Milwaukee; H. l. Collins,
Fond du Lac; L. c. Colman La Crosse; w.
ID. Conner, Marsh1eld; Geo. Copeland JEFF
ferson; F. L. Cross, Madison; j. S. Donald,
Mount Horeb; A. r.. Eads, Appleton; En-
erson Ella, Madison; J. NJ. Evans Evans
Vile; President SilaS Evans, Ripon; D. c..
Everest, Wausau; H. G. FIieth, Wausau
H. F. Fuller, Ashland; Joe Funck, Kenosha
w. G. Cuttings, Racine; f. J. Gittins, RAJ
clH0j r. GOODMAN MdrInette; Judge b.
B. Goodsell, Lancaster; Miles Goodyear, To-
mah w. r. Graves Prairie du CHEN; Guy
e. Gregg, Milwaukee; G. L. Hill, Rosendale;
Geo. Hilton, Oshkosh; F. p. Hixon, La
Crosse; w. A. Holt, Oconto, w. S. Hovey,
Beloit; E. B. Hutchins Fond du Lac; J. H.
Hutchinson, Mineral Point; Grin H. In
gram, Rice Lake; Geo. A. Jacobs GAINESVILLE;
w. d. James, Fort Atkinson Herbert John
son, Racine; B. F. Keller, La Crosse; A. J.
Keith, Eau Claire; G. w. Kent, Sheboygan;
w. L. I<issel, Hartford; A. w. Kopp Platte
yiJI Il T. Pa1n
Claire; F. F. Lewis, GAINESVILLE; j.
G. Lewis, Amigo; F. J. Lindsay, Mil
waukee; J. w. p. Lombard, Milwaukee;
Willis Ludlow, Monroe; J. f. Lyon, Elllhorn;
Arthur, Baraboo; Silas Mcclure, Beaver
Dam; A. Mcintosh, Edgerton; Roy ]. Mil
Morgan, Oshkosh; e. G. NASH Manitowoc;
G. w. Nash, Kenosha; w. A. Glen, Clinton
Vile; Fred Osius, Racine; Earle Pease,
Grand Rapids; r. p. Perry, Reedsburg; G.
H. Pfenning, Kenosha; j. j. Phoenix, Della
van; VIM. NJ. Post, Milwaukee; A E. Proud
it, Madison; August Richter, Jr, Milwau-
kee; T. f. Risley, BaTaboo; Owen Roberts,
Brooklyn r. X. Rockwell, Beloit; Fred w.
Rogers, Milwaukee; J. G. Rosebush, Apple
,on; Justice M. B. Rosenberg, Madison; 0.
P. Schlafer, Appleton; S. f. Shattuck, Nee
Menasha; w. S. Smith, Appleton; L. J.
Stair, Brodhead; Walter Stern, Milwaukee;
J. d. r. Steven, Eau Claire; p. G. Stratton,
Superior; Magnus Swenson, Madison; l. H.
Taggart, Lake Geneva; J. H. Taylor, Green
Bay; E. G. Thiers, Kenosha; Dean f. E.
rurneaure, Madison; F. j. Yea, Stoughton;
G. A. Veeder Mauston; w. w. Vincent,
Kenosha; Aug. H. Vogel, Milwaukee; Geo.
Uebele, Burlington; w. p. Wagner, Green
Bay; Col j. A. Watrous, Milwaukee; E. J.
Weber, Oconomowoc; n. A. Week, Stevens
Point; M. A. Wertheimer, Kaukauna; w. j.
WhippIe, Superior; John Wiechers, Racine;
A. w. Wilcox, Horizon; f. E. Woodward,
Watertown; 1. F. Wortendyke, GAINESVILLE;
:. c. Yawley, Wausau; A. H. Zimmerman;
Wausau.
1t must be remembered that out of
1 million men called to the colors, 3d.
BOO of them will come from Wiscon-
sin. They will come from the factory,
The store, the Office and the school.
Cities will give their quota and also
the villages and the farms. Many Of
them will be mere boys, and they will
enter a new environment, where
temptations are subtle and strong.
Loneliness prevails even in a crowd
and anxiety for the home folks is
zeenly felt.
It is to keep the boys happy and
rec from temptation, to keep them in
position to fight off disease, to give
hem dainty things while they are
tossing on hospital cots, that this work