Evening journal., 1917-05-24
S10,SS1 IN I. N. {. A.
WAR FUND TODAY
Association Committees Get
Nearer the $4,000 Wanted
From Delaware
MORE OFFICIALS
ENDORSE WORK

The y. NJ. G. A. war work fund was
increased to S1O,SS1 today, collec-
tions by teams being reported at the
MONDAY luncheon in the association
building as follows
Committee No. /. George A. FL
lott. chairman.-Eight subscriptions;
amour. SAG.
Committee No. 2. Ohio Now
land. chairman.-Five subscriptions;
amount. $685..
Committee No. 3, Henry b. Thomp-
son. chairman.-No report.
Committee No. 4, Henry NJ. Can
by. chairman.-Three subscriptions;
amount. $40.
Committee No. 3, w. J. McCorkin-
dale, chairman.-One subscription;
amount, SOS.
Committee No. 6. John S. Munin.
Jr., chairnsan.-SiX subscriptions;
amount. $50.
Committee No. Z, Charles W.
Bush chairnan.-Two subscriptions;
amount $105.
Membership Committee, w. ].
Depher, chairman-Forty-two sub
scriptions; amount. 1894.
Total subscriptions for the day. 81.
Toal amount for the day. Sl,56Ss
vi anu kOAaA nuUnAA AHAANAn " MANNf
2s5.
Grant total amount 10 date S10.sS1.
Soldiers Of Service" is what one
business man called the y. NJ. O. A.
secretaries on the Mexican border
after he had seen them work
In view Of the fact that the people
of Wilmington and Delaware are now
being asked to give their money 10
enable the i. NJ {. A. TO establish its
work in the concentration camps for
the new L. s. Army, il will be inter-
esting to know what they have done
when put 70 the test.
George ]. Kavanaugh. former
newspaper man, had occasion 10 visit
the most isolated outposts Of the
American army on the Mexican bOr-
der and he has this to say Of the
work of the Y. NJ. e. A. secretaries
among the troops out there on the
very front
THE Big Bend district OF Texas,
some 400 miles long and 100 miles
deep. is the big dark spot, an almost
unexplored piece of country, on the
American and Mexican borders. A trip
through that country is real cam
paigning and real danger.
Leaving III Paso, tue trail TO that
mysterious NNNMNAN AfNAa NAh'"NA WV
beautiful little villages Of Nsleta. Fa-
bens and Clint. There is where you get
a sample o. borderland roads for the
stretch bett<en Clint and Fort Hancock
is the most dangerous piece Of road that
/ have ever experienced. From Fort
Hancock TO Maria YOU follow a natural
road along the Southern Pacific tracks
Maria is the gateway TO the Big Bend
district. Seventy -eight miles south OF
Maria is the historic little town OF Pre-
sidio.
.eThere is one village between Marf'
and Preside called Shaftner. Nestled II
the heart of the mountains YOU find tn
first company of the Fourth Texas
guarding the silver mines located there
1t was here that ] first heard OF tn
"Soldiers of Service" the names give,
to the Young Mems Christian Assoeia
ton secretaries.
"The travelling. Dung Mems Christian
Association of the Big Bend district j
e0uipped with "A Ford automobile truci
ana trailer. The trailer carries a small
gasoline engine and dynamo with
moving tpicture outfit. The automobil
is loaded with writing paper, envelopes
checker boards. baseball, football ant
other paraphernalia. These men ar
continually making trips from one cam
10 another.
ITO reach some Of tho compania
they have to make a 2O0-mile jour
hey over mountains and through can
yons, not on roads but on trails, an'
10 is not a pleasure trip. The slipplnl
OF "A bolt, the breaking OF steerinl
gear. and the Soldiers Of Service
would be found at the bottom Of
deep canyon. That is not all. Sniper
are a common thing on the Big BEN
district and if these men would tau
which they do not do. they could tel
YOU a real story.
"All mis- work that has been don
has developed one thing. In tn
heart az every soldier in the PHI
Bend district today there Is a feelin
of deep gratitude toward the Y. N
c. A. boys who follow the trail. Thei
arrival in camp Is the one big da
for the enlisted men for they kno'
that there will be moving picture
that night and that they will receiv
the long-delayed writing material. l
an hour after the arrival Of the out
iiG the Young Mems Christian Assc
citation is open in a tent an empt
building or out among The cactus
ludl night Win Aut shy Aoi "a ~
and the earth for seats, the soldier
of the camp watch several reels ru
of. The next morning with the ma
OF the camp on its way to civilization
the two Soldiers of Service" are o
their way 10 another camp.
This is the story I heard ever
place I went in the Big Bend jung
and the .one question Of the soldier
Is How soon will the Y. NJ. c. !
arrive again?"
rnis Is but one of the angles
service to which the Y. NJ. {. \
secretary must fit his equipment an
training. They are there 70 rend'
to the enlisted men the very best sc
vice possible. regardless Of any pc
sonal discomfOrts or sacrifices. lt
just such work as described abo'
that they will do again. If called upo
II Is 10 give the soldiers just such e
tertainment and recreation that u
Y. NJ. c. AS all over the country al
raising a S3OOO,OOO fund Of whic
Delaware's share is $4,000.