The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-10-25
Tons of Supplies.

supplies for the boys overseas leave
Atlantic ports for France. These
supplies are shipped by the welfare
agencies working for soldiers and
sailors. To maintain this work and
to increase it to meet the needs of
two million men over there united
campaign for funds will be made by
the Y. M. C. A., Y. w. c. A, X. of c.,
Salvation Army, American Library
association, War Camp Community
Service and Jewish Welfare board
The sum of $170,5O0,O00 must be
raised in the week of November II.
For Home Letters.
Between the seven welfare agen-
cies doing work for the soldiers at
home and overseas more than 1885,
000000 sheets of stationery are sup
piled every month for the men to
write letters home. This means that
half million dollars is kept tied up
in postage stamps to meet the calls
of the soldiers.
Staggering Figures.
One of the seven organizations do
ing wlfare work for the soldiers over
seas shipped to the men over there
during the period from July 1917 to
August, 1918: 1,959,146 cans of fruit;
14,510,000 packages of chewing gum;
8,785, 1902 cigarettes; 463,824 pounds
of cocoa; 1O,227,735 pounds of sugar;
551 500 tubes of tooth paste; 31,279,-
020 pounds of flour; 2,557 ,481 pack
ages of tobacco; 1888, 700 cigars and
,665, 100 cans of condensed milk.
These figures show the need of rails
ing funds to maintain the work of
the welfare organizations which serve
armies at its topmost point.
Establish Factories.
In France and Switzerland two
cracker factories and chocolate fac
tory were taken over so that the sol
diers might have something good in
their pockets between meals. This is
but one feature of the work which
the welfare organizations are doing
overseas to serve the fighting men.
These organizations have united in
drive for funds to continue their
work. The drive comes the week of
November II, and is for S170500, 900.
The western states are asked to raise
S8,525 900 of this sum.
Home Influence.
The influenc of the American home
follows the American man clear to
the front line trenches. 1t is the first
time in the worlds history that this
is the case. This influence is carried
overseas by the seven great welfare
organizations doing work among the
soldiers-the Y. NJ. c. A., Y. w. C. A.,
Jewish Welfare Board X. of c., Sal
walton army, War Camp Community
Service and American Library asso-
citation. Huts are established where
the soldier may spend his leisure time.
Entertainment is furnished him and
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he is given that care and attention
that he would have received in a
greater measure at home. These
huts overseas are the nearest thing
to home that the soldier knows. To
support this great work there will be
a drive for funds by the United War
Work campaign, November II to 10.
Never in the history of the world
has there been so spectacular an ex-
ample of the supreme importance of
morale as is now being presented on
the western front The forces that
confront each other are not widely
dissimilar in number or equipment
drawing and the other is irresistably
moving forward. The difference is
spelled in the single word-morale.
Now that the Liberty loan is over
there is another task for the Ameri-
can people-to provide the comforts
of life for American boys through
the United War Work Campaign,
which has for the purpose of raising
funds for the seven amalgamated or
CARNATIONS doing welfare work for
the soldiers and sailors-the Y. M. C.
A., Y w. c. A., X. of c., War Camp
Community Service, Jewish Welfare
board, Salvation army and American
Library association.
1t is the service rendered by these
organizations that makes for the
splendid morale of tn American army
General Pershing in a recent letter
commenting on the work of these
agencies quoted with approval the
statement of one of his colonies who
said, Give me nine men who have a