The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-14
Why Effort Is Being Made
This Week to Raise
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Y. Nj. C. A. SERVICE
GREAT DEVELOPMENT
AS Important as the Red Gross in It's
Field - Men in Ranks of United
States Forces Expect it to Be on
Hand Wherever They Go.

Hand Wherever Tney 60.
''If you want short definition Of
morale, +" said u high British staff Of
fcer recently. You will find il in the
four letters Y. NJ. c. A. Indeed the
high morale Of the British forces-a
morale that mud, rain, disappointment,
nor adverse conditions has been able |
TO shake, let alone breaks conced |
cdlv due in no small measure to the |
thoroughgoiug. tireless efforts Of the |
British Y. NJ. G.. A. amongst the |
"Tommies This i'll part explains |
the enthusiasm shown by high army
officers everywhere for the Red Tri-
angle in their armies. saws \. II. Whit
ford IN the illustrated Sunday Maya
zine. 1t explains why the French
Italian and Russian military authori-
ties have intimated that they would
welcome the extension of the Y NJ
| G. \. work to their forces. 1t explains
why the great American public in adj
! ditiou to its Red Cross contributions.
its war taxes, and its Liberty loan sub
scriPtions, is now being asked to
dig again and contribute for Y N
| {. \. extension work in the armies of
America and her allies
Today marks the beginning of a
week 5 nationwide campaign by the
| Dung Men s Christian associations of
the ulted States to secure thirty-fye
million dollars necessary, to finance
until July ! next the work that the
association is now doing among Amer
lean soldiers and sailors here and over
seas and also to provide the funds for
lcXtendlng the work of the association
10 the armies of France, talv and
Russia
The service that the Y. NJ. G.. A.
renders the enlisted men has been char
acterized by 4 leading British states
man as the greatest single develop
ment the war has brought forth in Eu-
rope. The Y. VI. G. 4. provides the
home, social, religious and recrca-
tlonal side of army and navy life. It
goes wherever the soldier goes and is
on hand to meet the sailor when he
COMES into port. In camp. cantonment
or trench II is ever at the soldier 5
service, furnishing him free Of charge
writing materials for letters home,
MOVIES, concerts. entertainments
athletic snpplies and supervision, Ri
1 hleS, tcStamcntS. religious services
/ ana kindly secretaries who are often
/ the only men to whom he can po fal
| a sorely needed friendly word of nj
| wee and cheer. 1t is frequently hi,
| postoilicc and his bank Ii has on sal,
money orders and stamps ana from Il
= ne may purchase practically at cost
candy, chewing gum and a long list ot
\ other knlck- knacks that but for til,
II presence OF the association he might
II nave to walk miles to get In camp.
H and environments in this country iii,
II enlisted man calls the Red Triangle :
II life saver from the lnonotonv OF
II hamaek and other military life. love
II there, in the front line trenches
II where the association is also found
II the man just back from a raid acros,
II - No-Man Island SAYS it lis the las
II sign that ANYBODY cares
II The Red Triangle has come to b
II Just as important in it, field-of say
II ing the moral and spiritual values q
II men from ruin as is the Red Cross i
II ITS salya9ing Of wrecked bodies. Tn
II \ NJ. {. \. in the American army an
II navy has the official endorsement q
II President Wilson. 1t is sanctioned ~
VI &ided IN every conceivable way II
II Secretary Of War Baker and Secrctar
II Of the Navy Daniels, and every office
II The men in the ranks of the Unite
II states forces have come TO expect IN
II association 70 be on hand wbercyc
II they 90. Two questions men in en-
barkation camps in this country as
II as often as any are when they are .,