Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-09

at 1880 at the hotel each day next weel,
to report.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Final selections of the team captains as
yet have not been made. The personnel of
the executive committee today was an
nounced as follows:
George II. McFadden. general chairman
Horato G.. Lloyd, chairman Philadelphia
County; w. w. Comfort chairman, Della
ware County; 4. f. Huston, chairman
Chester County Percival Roberts Jr,
chairman, Montgomery County; Charles
Biddle, chairman, Bucks County; Edward
Box, T.. Walter Clark. r. De Witt Cuyler,
Bayard Henry, Albert A. Jackson, John II.
Mason, George McFadden, Arthur Il. New
bold. w. Hincklc Smith; Drexel & Co,
treasurer, Fifth and Chestnut streets Phil
adelphia Walter NJ. Wood, general secre-
tary, 1425 Arch street Philadelphia.
Plans also are being made FOR posting
placards advertising the campaign through.
out the city. Several are to be placed near
city Hall.
HOW MONEY WILL BE USED
The S35,O0O,OOO will be used in lettering
the morale and fighting efficiency of a.
600, 900 soldiers in all. 1t was estimated at
the campaign headquarters that theeUnited
States will have 100000 men under arms
in the near future. Russia has 100000 ;
the money viii be used among approximate
ly 100000 prisoners of war and 100000
men i'm France, India and Africa.
It is planned to spend $4,000 900 of the
fund for the welfare Of American troops
in France and a similar sum for the men
in this country Ten millions will be spent
among the Allied troops and one million
among the prisoners of war.
Special emphasis was laid on the fact
H.
raise the money. "It will raise the S35,-
OOO 900 even If it has to mortgage its very
life for the next twenty years" it was said.
1t was explained that the nations at war
spend daily approximately $l30,000,000 on
the material side of the conflict alone, such
as ammunition and equipment.
TO COVER SEVEN MONTHS
The Association for Spiritual. Mental and
Physical Ammunition is asking only $685..
100000, which viii cover a period Of seven
months expense. Announcement was made
that If contributions were made in the
United states on the same scale as in
Australia the fund would reach S57.000.O0
If on the same scale as in Canada 100000
600 would be given.
Christmas festivities will be held at all
the army cantonments this year. Each hut
will have a Christmas tree. The associa-
tion is making arrangements so that the
boys at camp will receive presents from
their home towns.
Y. NJ. {. A. secretaries make IL a special
point to see that the soldiers keep in touch
with their families.
when did you last write to mother?"
signs are posted i'm many Of the huts as a
gentle reminder. In 0re association dugout
near the firing lines, 100000 cups of hot
chocolate were served in one week More
than / 900 wounded sCldies and prisoners
were fed in one day by the association sec
retaries at Ypres. The Y. NJ. G. a. has
established banks for the convenience of
the Sammees in France. The headquarters
only recently sent twenty tons of chewing
gum to men of Pershing's army in France.
As an example of the nonsectarian char
acter of the war work Of the association,
Jewish prayer books in Hebrew were re-
Gently distributed to Jews in the army can