Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-11-13
WELD SEVEN WAR :
WORK AGENCIES
INTO RELIEF ARMY
Great Organizations Which Are
Helping to Keep Up the Morale
OF Fighting Millions Unite In
Campaign for S170,b0O,0 900

With millions Of American mon on
war fronts, In training camps and on
tho seas aud with thousands Of Ameri-
can women on foreign soil, all engaged
In the stupendous task Of making the
WORLD safe fer democracy. 4 grsat Gtty
Ehvoives Unon those who ramaiD tn
Ahs lrnitad Etetsa,- the GuLy az Na0d-
ana dome 70 thoao pho have put Hw9a
EohInd them ior The period of the war.
The agencies through whit n this can
be accomplished are Joined In the
United War Work Campaign.
From being given the cigarette or
chocolate bar with which he stays his
hunger in the fury Of battle, to tho
theatrical entertainment or the ath-
letic games, which relax him into nor
NAL comfort after weeks Of terrific
combat, the American fighter is de-
pendent upon the continued efforts Of
the Y. nj. q. A., the Y. w. @. A., the
National Catholic War Council and X.
Of O., the War Camp Community Serv-
ice, the Jewish Welfare Board, the
American Library Association and the
Salvation Army. To carry on this
work the combined welfare organiza-
tons are seeking a fund Of $17O.5OO,-
COO
The Y. NJ. Q. A. provides 538 huts in
American training camps and more
than 500 in the war zone as centres
which the fighters can use as clubs,
schools, theatres, stores, churches H.
brarieB and writing looms More than
1900 men and women had been sent
everseas or approved Tor overseas
work by early autumn and 1892 were
serving In American camps at homo.
Y. NJ O. A. huts are the cnnteens of
tho American Expeditionary Force and
are the theatres where the American
entertainers, sent over by the "Y," ap-
pear. Noted American public men and
clergymen speak In the huts. Glasses
are conducted there. Millions Of letterc
are written there on paper provided
free by the "Y." Phys'c.' directors Of
tho "Y' teach and spread mass ath-
letics, using material furnished free
by the organization.
The Y. w. G. a. does similar work
for the thousands Of American women
In war work overseas-slsnal corps
telephone operators, nurses and
French munltion workers. 1t provides
cafett1ias, rest and recreation centres,
entertainment and reading for these
>7ofsen and girls
The Y. w. 9. AS outstanding con-
tribption to soldier welfare work in
training camps was the establishment
Of Hostess Houses where tho soldier
or sailor may receive his mother, wife,
sister or sweetheart In the surround
ings and atmosphere Of the best
homes.
The National Catholic War Council
co-ordinates all Catholic welfare work
In support Of the government and
through the X. Of O. provides club
houses for our fighters in all Ameri-
can training camps, as well as having
seventy-five centtes In France and
three In England. In their huts the
X. OF G. provides entertainingment,
movies, boxing bouts, educational
work, religious services, free station
cry, reading matter and writing rooms.
In France their rolling canteen ac-
companies the American army, their
secretaries march with the troops, CIV
ing away cigarettes, cookies. choco-
lates. soap and towels.
The X. OF q. had 800 workers IN
France at the BEGINNING Of autumn.