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and Navy, and twenty-five more are
soon to be appointed. About 100 sec
retaries are in France and England.
Jewish Work Is Effective.
The Jewish Welfare Board has
place of it's own in camp life. 1t does
not seek to segregate the Jewisn
soldiers. Rather it aims to help the
Jewish boys to adjust themselves to
understand and be understood by
their Gentle comrades in arms. The
distinctive function of the Jewish
Welfare Board is making the JEWISH
soldier into good fighting man, ana
keeping him, at the same time,
good Jew.
Safeguarding the religious life of
men Of the Jewish faith cannot very
we'll be accomplished except by Jews
and the work of the welfare board
has been strongly Endorsed by Gen.
Pershing, DIR. John r. Mott OF the 7.
M. C. A. and by religious bodies, Cath
Ollie and Protestant.
The library war service of the
American Library Association Is
something really. new under the sun.
Soldiers have often taken books to
war, but this war is the first one In
history where books have been taken
to the soldiers. Beginning with the
troop trains that took the men to
camp, and the transports that took
them overseas, the American Library
Association keeps the men Of the
American Army and Navy constantly
supplied with reading matter.
Libraries for the Soldiers.
In Paris there has been established
a central lending library, and at
Gievres, in central France, another
book reservoir exists. At one OF the
principal seapOrtS a large building
under the quartermasters department.
receives the fifty tons of books which
every month are shipped over the At
lantic From the two central libra
ries and from the receiving ware
house, books, magazines and other
reading matter are distributed to
every point occupied by the men of
the Army and Navy
Every Y M. C. A., knights of CO.
lumbus and Salvation Army hut con-
tains book collections; every permanent
camp has it's library, and books are
shipped as wanted to isolated units of
men on special duty. Recently the as
ISOLATION has arranged to furnish all
Army schools with text books, and it
has also engaged to send any book or
books wanted by individual officers and
enlisted men. BY order of Gen. Per-
shing these books are sent to and from
service post free.
Two hundred and fifty war vessels
have been supplied with book collec-
lions, and\ every American naval sta
ton in Europe has it's library. Every
military hospital has library service.
Up to October IL, 1918. 1,250,062 volumes
had been shipped to France
The Salvation Army does not under
take the extensive service of the Y. NJ.
c. A., for it is operating in only three
or four divisions, but 1t fills q unique
place and comes nearer being an old
fashioned home than any other .organi-
cation with the armies in France. In
general the Salvation Army hrts are
near the fighting line. All
Salvationists Popular With Men.
Usually they are in charge Of a man
and his wife, with two or more as
sistants. The women mend the soldiers
clothes, fry doughnuts, make Pies and
coffee, while the men take care of the
canteen and make themselves other
wise useful. The Salvation Army has
working in France and Italy '831 men
and women. 1t operates sol hutments,
hostels. naval and military homes, read
ing and rest rooms. Forty chaplains from
the Salvation Army have so far been
appointed, and no less than forty-four
ambulances for the service of the allies
have been supplied by the Organization