Arizona republican., 1917-11-08
TURN DINNER LAST NIGHT |NT0A LOYAL BURST IF GIVING IN AID IF
 THEY M. |, ,HS, WAR WORK FUND

of the great sums which are being raised to carry on the work of the American Red Cross?
 May Need More
 When the '. NJ. C. A. asked for S3,000, 900 we were surprised because we had been accustomed to be back ward about asking for donations of a few thousand dollars for our To- cal purposes. Yet after we had be- gun the work of raising this amount we found that we could raise $5,000,000 and at the conclusion of this attan- ment, we found that the three oi five million dollars was merely a drop in the bucket in view of the fact that there are approximately two and One-half million men in the training camps and the probability of there being q great many more
 The speaker told of the words ot John R. Mott, one of the leaders in the United States of the Y. NJ C. A. movement, who called q meeting on September 1 of number of the brainiest and wealthiest men of the country with a view to outlining the work of the r. NJ. C. A. in connec- tiOn with the world wide struggle. Among them were such men as Perkins, James, Mccormick, Wm. Sloan, Crossett, the shoe man, and other of their caliber. It was decided that il would be necessary to raise s35,000, 900 to carry on the work Of the Y. M C. A. The task of raising this money was distributed propor- tionately into the various districts of the country.
 Arizona S5o,oco
 On conservative estimate it was calculated this sum would be suffi- tiont for the work immediately al hano. and it was planned to stretch il over period of nine months. II: defense of certain criticisms directed defense of criticism against the spending of such a great amount money, it was pointed out that ;h,- government was spending al1nos, ln!, much daily at that time, and ] .s dc clared the country it at the iras ent time spending approximately fifty million dollars per day ill prep aration for it's portion of the cononc Of the war. The southern departmtI:t | of which Arizona is a part, was called ] upon to raise $750,000. of this Ar: zona was asked to raise $50,00O. | Thus far we have encountered very little difficulty in gaining this support Of all whom we have ap- | preached" said MT. McNaIy, ', | in some cases we have been con- | frOnted with the problem of chose | who are unable to comprehend why 1 we should give our money for the 1 maintenance of '. NJ. C. A., for t.,e use of the Italians and the French and others of our allies. These pc | pie fail to realize that the Fren6 h lrn Tf.tli fisrl,. lA-, and have been fighting them for the past three years. The maintenance | O; the morale of the Italian troops 1 is as important to us, as may be 1 judged from the weight which is at 1 tached to the success or failure O. 1 the troops under General Cadrona who now face the invading Huns
 Proud of Arizona Boys MT McNary spoke of the poor morale of the Russian troops and of the many American lives which ! might be saved by correcting this condition. He further declared that 1 he believed the Y. NJ. C. A. work as important as the Red Cross, becaus. the Y. M. c. A. perhaps ministers to more men than that organization. The wound that sears the soul, in the end is more important than the wound that sears the body" said Mir | McNary in conclusion.
 1 Following the address of Mr. Me Nary, Chairman Norton announced that he had received letter from Governor Campbell expressing his regret at not being able to be l present.
 Dwight B. Heard, chairman of the Arizona Council of Defense, was the next speaker MT. Heard said that he had just returned from a trip to Camp , tunSton, where many Arizona boys are stationed. Because he had been instructed by Dr. Norton not to ask fol subscriptions. MT. Heard said he would refrain from doing so, but regretted that he was unable to take advantage of such an excellent opportunity.
 T was at Camp Funston last Sun day" said Mir. Heard and I am sorry ! that all of you gentlemen could not ] have been there with me in order tha, you might gain some idea of the mag nitude of the work which has beer undertaken by the government Sta tione there q wonderfully fine assem- blaze of upStanding, vigorous young men of whom we all can be mighty proud.
 The Red Triangle
 As anillustration of the regard il which the boys from Arizona are held MT. Heard cited the statement of thu resident of the nearby town of Man haitian. Kansas. who declared the Ari zonans to be the finest Of the lot. "To me, the red triangle is a ninsur ance against deprayed minds and dis eased bodies" said Mir Heard in ref erence to the symbol of the |. NJ. C A. war work campaign In ending hi address Mir Heard spoke of the scen' he viewed in the main Y. M. C. A lobby at the cantonment He de clared it to be q cheerful, homelik, scene where the men were encouraged in health promoting athletics and il maintaining the standard of right liv ing given them in the clean AmericaI