The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-11-08
We MUST SEIZE
BOYS WHO FIGHT
NEXT WEEK is TIME WHEN ALL
OF THE PEOPLE OF OUR STATE
MUST ANSWER CALL
FIGHTING MEN MUST NOT Be LONESOME
We Must Back Up The Nerve OF The
Boys Who Stand In The Dismal
Trenches For Us

That the campaign for raising the
money for the Y. NJ. C. A. war fund is
we'll under way is a great credit to
the industry and effort of II. L. Hop
kins, who is the state executive. Mr..
Hopkins realizes the big task he has
undertaken, and eve if he did lose his
presence of mind for a moment when
he volunteered for the work, there IS
no doubt but what he is doing all that
job requires. His Office is as busy as
a hive of bees from early morn until
late at night. Secretaries, ~stenogra-
piers, and volunteer assistants to the
number Of about a dozen are engaged
all the time in getting the matter
into the hands of the men who will
direct the drive in the various dis
tricts in the appointed week. All the
printing offices in Bookings and 9TH
ers in other towns are turning out
the work and giving Mr.. Hopkins
their best cooperation.
That this work is one of necessity
cannon be gainsaid. And to bring the
opinions of many people to your at
t~ention, we give herewith a few things
that have been said and written about
the work of the Y. M. c.. A. Read
them and you will realize that the
man who know arc thn nnnC Whn nrpn
a hearty an dsustained effort to make
this war fund a grand success.
The following cablegram was re-
ceived recently from Major-General
John J. Pershing in France: "The
work now being done by the Y. M. G.
A. for the comfort and entertainment
of u soldiers in France is very inn
portant. AS IN organization, its moral
influence is highly beneficial. 1t per
forms a real service that makes for
contentment. The Y. Nj. c.. A. has won
its place by unselish personal devo-
ton to the soldiers welfare and de-
serves staunch support by our people
at home"
All the allied army commanders
who have seen the effective work of
the Y. NJ. C. A. in the American army
have practically demanded that Amer
lea raise funds to put a Y. NJ. c. A.
hut on every mile of the fighting front
OF the entire allied armies. Jack Vir-
go, Y. NJ. C. A. secretary of the British
empire, says that it is agreed among
army leaders that by keeping the al
lied soldiers in mental and physical
form, the Y. NJ. C. A. will be a big fac
tor in speeding up the finish of the
war.
Ex-President Vincent of the Univer-
sity of Minnesota puts it even strong
err. He says: THE work Of the Y.
NJ. c. A. will be the most vital factor
in winning the war"
Major Gerald w. Birks of Canada,
saws: THE Y. M. G.. A. is IN abso-
lutely essential part of the Allies
army. It's work is to supply a touch
of home; it is a home away from
home. 1t asks for money not for it.
self, but to do the work for your boys
which you would do for them if they
were here"
When in New Zealand recently, a
soldier said to Jack Virgo: Why
didn't you get possession of the Espe-
kia Gardens in Cairo sooner? You
would have saved hundreds of lives.
The number of soldiers suffering from
venereal diseases since the Y. NJ. c. A.
took possession has decreased in won
derful fashion,"
One Y. NJ. C. A. dugout hidden away
in a little wood within a half mile Of
the German front was used success
sively for meetings in n day by
chaplains of Church of England, non
conformist, Roman Catholic and by a
Jewish Rabbi. Reported Jack Virgo
who visited the place.
South Dakota people whose soldier
boys are stationed at Camp Deming
NAV rest assured that these lads have
one of the best camps in the country.
The winter climate is delightful and
the water is pure" Thus spoke j. f.
Hauter, who has been engaged in Y.
NJ. C. A. war work with the South Da-
kota boys at Deming, in a big county
conference, in WATERFOWL Sunday
evening. Mr.. Hauter is now located
at Camp Grant, Rockford, III.
"The government has turned over
TO the Y. NJ. C.. A. the duty of looking