Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-31
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GAMES WANTED
FOR SOLDIERS L
Patriotic Citizens Asked to
Send Donations to Service
Headquarters.

q Francisco. May 60.-Lettef1
hhave been received from many army
and navy officers. by the war camp
community service, asking for dona-
tons Of old books. old magazines, old
Photographic records, old sets OF
chess, checkers and other games. for
the entertainment nj morale support
Of the enlisted men Of the army, navy,
marine corps and aviation corps at
the various training campo Patriotic
people with old books. and games to
spare are asked to advise the service
headquarters where same may be
called for.
Naval Surgeon A. Farenholt, IN
command Of the naval hospital 1t
Mare Island, writes to the war camp
community service headquarters:
we have in this hospital about 400
patients at all times, and we would
appreciate the efforts Of the war
camp community service authorities
in securing donations from patriotic.
same are not too old, sets of chess
and checkers, too, could, be used to
great advantage" -.
Chaplain. e. L, spaulding, at Fort
Winfield Scott, writes:
I'VE should be very glad to recsdve
books and magazines for the post IL
brary. AT present, we are receiving no
current magazines at all, so. that al
most any. Of the popular magazines
for popular scientific n mechanical
magazines, such al the Scientific
American" and the Popular MectAn-
les" Reviews. such as the :.4ndepend-
emit" and the Literary Digest" are
much desired. It Is important, how
ever, that these magazines be as re-
cent as possible. Our post library has
several hundred volumes Of fiction.
but none of the classics or books Of
reference. There is an especial inter-
est taken in recent wal books, such
Hundred Thousand" with Our Sol
diers in France" and others Of SINH
lar nature. Short story magazines and
recent fiction would also be a%ppreciat-
ed by the men A surprisingly large
percentage Of the men are interested
in the heavier reading, Of which we
have little or none. We could use
Dickens, Stevenson, etc, or even d..
Elliot's give foot shelf Of Classics"
Lieutenant VIM: Mayne. command
ing the U. s. s. Koninig der Neder-
landen, at Mare Island writes: I'VE
would greatly appreciate a supply of
books, games, musical instruments,
ETC., for the amusement and content
mont Of the> crew. The Koninig der
Nederlanden carries q crew of $50
men and there is nothing on board in
the way Of books, games or phono-
graphs for the crew. This vessel 10 to
sail at an early date for distant wa
tiers, and anything you could do for
us in this line would be greatly ap-
preciated by everyone on, board"
First Lieutenant c. M. I. Lott, u.
S. M. c., amusement officer. marine
barracks, Vallejo, writes: We are in
need Of magazines, and periodicals for
use in the marine barracks, fare ISIS
and. We have a VIell stocked. .HbraIFy
and reading rooms for the men. Of the
command in general, but q y all re-
cruits on first. joining the service, are
in detention camps for. three weeks
and though they have access to the
library books, they do not have access
to the magazines on file. II you are in
a position to furnish about 40 or 80
Of the late magazines and weekliee
each month, they would be a big help
towards recreation for the mon here
in detention. The popular magazines
Of fiction, etc. are in greatest demand,
also current news. comic and mo
chanical." 54H