The Marietta journal and courier., 1917-11-16
Y. N. c. A. ARMY FUND
WILL Be RAISED
IN MARIETTA
Big Mass Meeting Will Be
Held At Court House
Next Sunday.

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On Sunday afternoon at O'Clock
there will be rally at the court
house for the army Y. M. C. A. wher
all the Marietta boys now at Caml
Gordon who can come viii be on th'
rostrom.
Rev. J.. w. Finn, National Secre
tary of the Y. M. G. A. and Mr.. c
L. Lockhart, called meeting at the
Kennesaw House Tuesday evening
when Mr.. J. H. Groves was appoint
! ed chairman of the mems COMMITTEES
and Mrs. L. C. Baldwin chairman OF
the ladies.
DIR. Rembert Smith will preside
over the meeting at the court house
when the following program will be
given:
Opening prayer, DIR. /. A. White
Scripture reading, Rev. R. R. Clai
born, quartette, Mr.. Hemp, Mr.. Wor-
ley, Mrs. Patton, Mrs. Wyatt, Music
by Ukalele club, introduction of Rev
j. w. Finn by DR.. Rembert Smith.
Address by Captain j. G. Giles
short address by Rv. c. L. Bass
chaplain at Camp Gordon. Bene-
diction by DR.. j. H. Patton.
Everybody urged to come to this
meeting. No collection will be taken
up.
The work of soliciting funds fol-
this work in Marietta will begin next
Monday. The committee appointed
to take charge of this work is com
posed of Messrs. Len G. Baldwin, M
L. McNeel and John r. Fowler.
Some idea of this work can be had
from the following message from
Washington, D. G.
"There are more American sol
diers in France today than you think.
They have cut into their principal
to go. You will have to cut into
your principal to support them"
Thus speaks John R. Mott, general
secretary of the international Com
mittee of the Young Mems Christian
Association, in statement issued to-
day at the outset of the great CAM
paign which the Y. M. c. A. will
wage during the week of November
IL to 19 for $35, 100000 in support
of War Work.
"Soon there will always be TO-
900 American fighting men on leave
in Paris. We have asked to build
an officers hotel for them and meet
ing places for the men. DIR. Mott
continues. already there are J.
100000 Americans in the army here
and overseas BY July there will be
100000.
Follow one of these soldiers -
maybe he is your own son, your
neighbor's son or your former busi-
ness associate. Follow him to the
port of embarkation, which he leaves
when his family does not know, and
where we are trying to do some OF
our best work. Follow him across
on a transport with Y. M. @. A.
secretary all the way to the debarka-
ton point. Here the harpies are
ready-not kept away by a camp
zone as in this country. In English
or French village his only point OF
contact with America is the 7. M. G.
A. hut where he see American news
papers. Follow him as he will drill
this winter in snow and sleet, quar-
tered in pig sites, cowsheds or in the
open. Follow him out to No Mans
Land where the only thing ne finds
to eat is cake of chocolate the Y.
NJ. G. A. worker has slipped into his
pocket last thing.
sand you may follow him to those
long dark trenches, where, allowing
foot to man, they bury them head
to foot, head to foot, head to foot
as far as you can see-and then cover
them over. Or you may follow them
as they come out of that other
trench, nerve shattered and weak, to
be met by the Y. M. C. A. cup of
coffee or chocolate. Under fire in
one place we gave $4,000 cups of
hot coffee to these men. Nine per
cent of our secretaries are killed in
this work. And perhaps you may
follow him home, permanently dis
abled on one of these transport ships
for wounded, and here the Y. NJ. C..
A worker is also found.
81 never believed in Russia as |
do now. There are four reasons why