The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-06
WANTS HALF MILLION.
Salvation Army Is Seeking That for War
Work.

Work.
From the publicity department of thu
Salvation Army national headquarters
, l22 w. l4th ST., New York, N. Y.
Announcement was made here to-day
by Commander Evangeline Booth that
the Salvation Army proposes the imme
date erection of so additional hutments
in France to be administered by LOG
American Salvation Army officers, most.
ly women, and 500 lay workers. The
initial cost of this venture will be about
100000, the cost of each hutment being
slightly over $4,000. Miss Booth an
nounced that the hutments already in
operation have become so popular with
both officers and men that she sees no
limit to the amount of work that the
Salvation Army will be called upon to do.
In commenting upon this work, Sec
rotary of War Baker recently wrote:
"We are very glad to observe that the
Salvation Army is lending its powerful
and in many ways unique aid in the gen
eral cooperation of the community at
large with the military activities of the
country. This cooperation is new
thing in the worlds history and the war
| department welcomes and is grateful for
such help as you and your associates can
give"
Quite as interesting are the letters
which come from men serving their coun-
try in France. 81 am hanging out at the
Salvation Army hut most of the time
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four American women make it seem
more like home than any place | know.
They serve cake and chocolate every
evening. All of the fellows like it."
When the first snowstorm of the sea-
son swept down upon the American
camps, the Salvation Army lassies
stayed up all through the night making
steaming hot coffee which they carried
out to all of the men on guard duty
ut was hard work" wrote one of the
lassie captains, "and we were cold and
wet, but not nearly so cold and wet as
the men on post, who had to fight their
way forward and backward through the
falling snow and wind. You should have
heard them thank us for the coffee which
we gave them every half hour or So"
Six hutments have already been opened |
adjacent to the cantonments in this |
country. Most Of them in addition to |
game and reading rooms, have number |
of comfortably furnished bedrooms where |
mothers of the men in training can be |
entertained. Raymond B. Fosdick, who |
keeps a very watchful eye upon the So |
cial operations in and about the training |
camps, recently said of the work accom- |
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truthfully say that what has been done
by your organization under our general
has been well done" Many
more of these hutments are to be erected
and those already in operation will some
of them be enlarged.
Much comment has been made upon
the fitness of the Salvation Army for
this particular work and none of it has
been unfavorable. No other organization
has so many devoted women thoroughly
trained and ready to sacrifice their com
forts and leave safety and home for the
and strenuous life in the war
camps, The Salvation Army girl who
goes to the front goes with the knowl
edge that she must face the same dan
gers and hardships as do the soldiers
and that she must work even harder 1t
is no wonder that the soldiers of the ex-
peditionary forces regard them with
very real and affeetionate respect.
In pointing out the need for the Saliva
lion Army in the camps, Miss Booth said
hat recent cable informs her that
Major Anderson, who had charge of the
Army affairs in Albany, \. Y,
md went from there to France, has been
appointed by the general commanding
he - division, L. S. army in France,
orcycle, with sidecar and soldier driver
vas supplied to the major and he is Is
pending most of his time helping sol
liers out of trouble and trying to per-
uade them to keep out of the guard
house in the future
Soldiers of the expeditionary forces
ire well supplied with money but have
title chance to use it legitimately. The
Ulcers of the Salvation Army are max
ng an effort to get them to save so that
when they are discharged from the serv-
re they NAV have funds to tide them
ver until they can secure work. Money
deposited at the hutments is transmitted
o any person or bank in the United
states without charge to the soldier and,
where the soldiers are unwilling to send
money home, they have been in many
ases persuaded to buy Liberty bonds.
Weather conditions on the firing line
ave been very bad and day after dsv.
o close TO the front that they are
quipped with gas masks, the Salvation
lrmy girls have worked among the
roops. often ankle deep in mud and wa
er, and never entirely warm. They
leep in tents and live on the same ra-
ions as do the soldiers, darning socks. ]
lending clothes and doing anything
hat they can for the comfort Of the
len. Their influence is a benefcent one
nd wherever they go, officers have com
rented upon the improved morale of the
imp. Religious meetings held in the q
utments twice weekly attract on an
verage Of a thousand men and their 4
nging is a thing TO marvel at. Already
nndreds of American soldiers have been =
duced TO become active Christians. :.
his is the work that the Salvation 9
rmy is calling upon the American pub
E to support, both at home and in ::
rance. &