The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-11-14
EACH WAR WORK
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New Iork.--Work of the Young
Mems Christian association and the
knights of Columbus for the welfare
of American soldier boys is well
known. OF the other organizations
which participate in the funds to be
raised by the United War Work cam
paign, less has been printed.
They play a part no less important.
Their service will be as valuable dur
ing the period Of policing Europe as
the two first mentioned,
: Relaxation and idleness for the
greater portion of our armies fol low
the end Of the fighting. The recrea.
tional, educational and inspirational
wordk of these organizations is as es-
sential to this period as to the per-
iod of warfare. n --, .,y,55sy AZ g.l.s. -,
:. Five organizations supplement the
work Of the y. NJ, c. A. and the
knights OF Columbus. They are the
Jewish .Melfare Board, the War Camp
Community Service. the :American..Li
orary Association, the Salvation Army
and the, Y: W. G. A. s:.>y<> -..,.A r.. "a,
THE JEWISH WELFARE BOARD.
This organization has erected vel.
fare buildings in camps with auditor
ium, rest room and writing room, Ii.
Ebraries with English, Yiddish and He
bgeWs literature .yictgolas. and pianos
and trained welfare workers.. It con:
ducts religious servicess each Fri
evening and on holidays and special
days. It distributes supplies and pro
vides entertainment and recreation. It
has more than 200 workers and more
than so buildings an dothers planned
It's work has the hearty personal In
dorsement of the secretary of war.
\ 'lWARICAMP COMMUNITY SERV-
ICE-As an information bureau for
soldiers and sailors and their friends,
it fills great need. 1t operates ho'
tells and lodging houses y and lunch
rooms for men in uniform, maintains
social centers and plans social af-
fairs for the men in the service. 1t
originated the "take.a-soldier-or- a-sail-
or-home-to-dinner" movement. /Ath-
letics, the smileage campaigns, social
hygiene, vice repression are some or
it's activities. It's budget provides,
from each dollar, 81 cents for general
administration and operation in 3l2
camp communities ip the United
States, nine cents for special activities
among colored soldiers and sailors,
three and a half cents for special
housing for enlisted men on leave and
their guests, half a cent for securing
and training workers. .rs
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOC1A-
TION-This organization sees to, 1t
that thousands of volupmes of good
literature are placed where the men
in the service can get them Fiction,
technical, historical and every other
type of book that an American might
find in a public library at home Is
provided. .~.s.
SALVATION ARMY-High praise
has been given this religious body,
strictly non-sectarian, for the manner
in which it has gone into the trench
es with the boys and ministered TO
them, regardless Of danger. The COZ
fee and doughnuts Of the Salvation
lasses will be a pleasant memory to
American veterans so long as they
live The army Is operating sol hut
ments. dugouts, hotels or rest rooms
It has S31 officers in this service. It
has 40 chaplains serving under gov
ernment appointment. 1t has 10000
members and adherents in various
branches of active service. 1t has
supplied A ambulances for service
with the allies.
Y. w. C. A.-These self-sacrificing
young women tare aiding in canteens,
conducting soup Kitchens. nlinistering
to the nurses Of the allied armies and
in many ways doing their bit back OF
the fighting front. !,