Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-06-15

-. -. carter, an American, has beer
at the head Of the work in India. and
London. "
Already we have one branch in the
actuai Holy Land. Some Of the best
!essop. who had his training at Wash
lngton. DC. An American helper in
feiiglous work who has shown great
ABILITY is DIR. Sherwood Eddy.
Work on the Firing Line.
-Four hundred and twenty-eight Y.
NJ. =: A. branches have been estab-
llshed In France and Flanders for work
with the troops, some Of them being
housed IN cellars and ruined houses,
some or them even nearer to the firing
lne being operated in dugouts actu-
ally under she'll fire.
They all to follow an ad-
vance without delay. The day after
bapau1ne was occupied a Y. NJ. G. A.
man appeared among h troops there,
accompanied by a mule laden with
axe n cigarets. A Y. M. c.. A. is
in full operation in Bagdad. and others
are doing fine work at Saloniki, Malta
and elsewhere.
we have n big branch in London
devised for the especial purpose OF
helping discharged men to keep from
getting down at the heel. We are now
In negotiation for a place at which an
especial effort will be made to assist
those discharged men whose Wounds
nave handicapped them badly. 1t is
a bright, big estate, on which work.
shops will be established.
Already we r operating a small
farm for men who need sanatorinm
treatment and who at the same time
get training in gardening and poultry
farming. and we are just taking over
a little temperance inn in Lancashire,
where badly handicapped men may re-
main after the war, doing what they
car and continually learning to do
more. We hope to plant similar in
situations in many other places. In
London we are now engaged in the
process Of taking charge OF Ciro's,
which used to be q notorious night
club.
I'm another place we are offered $50
bungalows on 81 acres Of land, espe-
ctally planned and organized SO as to
help wounded men to after the war
futures OF comfort and content and In
dependence. -
A Quick Start Necessary for the Work.
1.-THE work, I think, has been success
full. because 1t was started right away
and with the thought that it must meet
all OF the abnormal conditions OF the
situation. We did not allow tradition to
hamper us at all.
w made new rules. The huts
everywhere are big enough, they are
well constructed and planned and they
are ably managed. So far as we have
been able to make them they have pro-
duced exactly what the soldiers have
needed most and they have been adj
ministered upon the broadcast lines we
could devise.
G through them all and you will
TAIL to find a single set of rules posted
on the walls. Not even a mo Swearing
sign appears in my of our huts. The
men need no posted rules. They always
respect the property and the idea. We
take this to be a guarantee of the per-
manence of the good accomplished.
Il should think your work in Amer
lea might begin exactly at the point
which ours has reached after all these
three years of effort. Your organiza-
tl0n. which is brilliantly led by DIR. John
r. Mott, is worthy Of all confidence,
and Ii adequately supported by The
public, as doubtless it will be. will do
wonderful work. We need not assure
your workers that in England and at
the front we shall esteem it a high
privilege to work side by side with
those who may come over from Amer
lea to help the soldiers of the allies, the
wounded and the prisoners Of war.
My advise to the American public
Is to have absolute confidence in the
men at the head Of the American move
ment, to give all that they ask for and
especially to begin giving very prompt
" SO that the work may start at once.
Work in America Can't Start Too Soon.
Now is n o too soon wen for you In
the United States to begin thinking Of
that enormous problem of what is to
happen after thew war. Everything pos
stble must De done to- keep the men
from being let down as soon as they
Tor any cause are discharged from the
army.
We do not force religion on the
men. We have prayer meetings. but
Tommy does mo- always crowd them to
s~uffocatlOn. That doesn't matter. Any
thing that will help him to keep his
ideals alive In such times Of stress ~
these is very much worth while. It has
been truly said since this war began
and U armies crossed the c~hannelsthat
'England,s future lies In rance. Your
future will lie with the NOR in your
army. too. for they viii BIO your young
men Ut greatest virility.
pense too mighty which will serve to
preserve them mentally. morally or
physically. Your wonderful doctors and
self sacrificlng nurses will do every
thing they can, We all are sure to look
after their health, and tho welfare OF
their minds and morals win bs to ..
considesahae extent the AFFAIR Of organ
lxations like the YounE Mems Christian
association.
Il have said that We do not empha.
size religious work. That does not mean
that We ever forget the third word OF
our name. We have gtven away tens
Of AthousAuds of teataments, for which
Thousands Of carefully prepared leaf
sleto, which have started many men to