The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-10-04

Camp Activities, under which these
and the budgets on which the figures
of $17O,5O00, 600 are based have
been submitted to and approved by
the War Department. Of this amount
the Y. M. c. A. requires $1OO. O0O.-
600, the National Catholic War
Council, including the Knights of
Columbus $50, 900, 900, the War
Camp Community Service and Young
Women's Christian Association $I5,-
OOO, 900 each, Jewish Welfare Board.
the American Library Association
and the Salvation Army $500, 900
each. Any excess above the total
minimum figure will be divided in
the same proportion among the or
CARNATIONS participating.
An essential part of the United
War Work Campaign will be a ma
tional campaign of education, in
which every possible means Of pub
| licity will be utilized to the utmost
extent in order that every man, wo-
mar and child in America may be
informed of the extent and impOr-
lance of the service which these
| seven organizations are rendering u
fighting forces. Wherever the sol
der. sailor or marine goes, from the
home camp and its surrounding COM
| munities up to the front line trench
eS, he finds one or another or all OF
these welfare organizations extend
ing a helping hand, providing as far
as may be the material luXurleS and
comforts, the mental and physical
recreation and the spiritual solace
and guidance from which ne other
wise, by the very nature of war 1T
self. would be cut off. So wholesome
and beneficial has been the effect
upon our fighting men overseas OF
this welfare work that General
Pershing has asked that at least
1000 more workers be sent abroad
every month in addition to the
5000 and more already there.
For the Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION DR.. John r. Mott, the chief
executive of that organization, and
Mr.. George w. Perkins, one of the
foremost fnanciers of the country,
serve on this committee of eleven.
Representing the Young Women's
Christian Association is Mrs. Henry
P. Dawson, wife of the Director
General of the American Red Cross,
who has given her two sons to her
country and whose service flag al
ready bears a gold star. Represent
ing the National Catholic War COun-
ell and the Knights of Columbus are
Mr.. John G.. Agar, a well known New
York attorney, and James I. Phelan
of the Boston banking honSe OF
Hornblower & Weeks. Mr.. Morti-
mer l.. Schiff of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.,
is the representative of the Jewish
Welfare Board, while the War Camp
Community Service is represented by
Hon. Myron T. Herrick, former Gov
ernor of Ohio and one time Ambassa-
dor TO France. Mr.. Frank A. Van
derlip. president of the National City
Sank, represents the American LII
orary Association, and Mr.. George
Gordon, a well known New York at
torney, sits in the council as the
representative of the Salvation
Army. Added to these are John
D. Rockefeller. Jr., Chairman
of the United War Work Campaign
committee for Greater Newaork,
and Cleveland H. Dodge Of Fhelps,
Dodge & Co., as treasurer.
\. National Committee of 35, cor
sisting of five representatives of
-aci OF the seven organizations, has
been formed under the craftsmanship
of DR.. Mott, who has been unani-
mously elected Director General of
the United War Work Campaign.
Under DR.. Motifs direction, aided by
an executive committee of SEVEN,
representing all the organizations,
there has been begun the stupendous
task of building in weeks a
campaign organization which shall
reach into every community, village
and crossroads hamlet of the United
States.
It is to send these additional work
ers and to send the books and the
baseball bats, the photograph rec
ords and films and to follow our
boys every step of the way with the
home touch and the home spirit that
the American people will be asked
to give their dollars and back up
their service flags.