New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-11-09
WN the s. 4.
. SERVES TIRE BOYS
MOTHERS AND SISTERS PROXY
IN BRINGING HOME TO THE
FIGHTING FRONT.

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Doughnuts and coffe will remain
always as the popular idea Of whas
the work Of the Salvation Army
abroad is, but its field Of enaeavor
is far more extended and the fol-
lowing outlines will present a few
other phases not so generally
known:
Cash Pay Checks and Loan Money
To tho Boys
The Salvation Army workers cash
the boys pay cheoiB without quss-
ton and during April in a certain
division the workers sent home over
$4,000 for the soldiers. They also
take care of the lads keepsakes
when the order comes to go "over
the top and in every hutment are
barrels or boxes Of these intimate
treasures the lads want sent home.
should they be compelled to make
the great saW1eoe'' and go west. "
Lass|es Nsvse the Wounded
These sweet and pure girls go
from hospital 30 hoapita and from
ward to ward taking to tho bsyss
always carrying them fruit and can
tAy and flung any request that q
wounded soldier may make. no mat
ter how extraordinary It may SEEM.
They jo< down In q note book q
memo Of any article desired and
that very day make every e1sR To-
,gst II. Hears have boon sDsat 'try1
ting to buy particular brad OF
tooth paste for . I'D whose nerves
we're toRn 10 shreds By she'll shock.
In f.ct they seek to slve The sane
wUndaous sagvice that tho motahors
sf these bsys would save IL thsy
wore over dn Fs1noe.
Mend ctothea, Darn Socks, Knit
aaa osw
II boys unaSeem has become tat
tered and torn. 4 h1s socAs are full
OF holes and he can't get q new pair
Immediately, II his slluf has rips
and his trousers NnGs he can al
ways get first GLASS tailoring dono
1t Salvation Army hutmsnt. This
70 emergency work aad tho boys
surely do appreciate It.
iMesGines In Hut~eNts-Aal Welcome.
Whs0 the boys are resting in the
rear hnas the doors Of the hutmsnts
are open to all and meetings are
held that attract crowded houses.
Old songs and hymns are sung, a re-
,ligious talk 10 given and prayers are
said. There is real religion In the
army overseas and the boys realize
that they can get very close to the
Savior in the hospttaAas halls Of the
Salvation Army. All gatherings are
non-sectarian and there Is no at.
tempt made to force attendance.
Ambulance Work Develops
When the Salvation Army first
reached France there was tremen-
dous need for anb2ances, the num-.
Der in operation being unable to
transfer the wounded to hospitals
and hospital ships An ambulance
corps was QUILTED, equipped. man.
ned and placed under the control Of
the Red Cross. Ffftyseven of these
ambuiances are now in operation
and hundreds Of thousands Of wound
ed boys have been carried of the
battlefield since tee beginning Of the
war. The Salvation Army Ambu-
lance unit was declared by the head
I0f the British Red Cross to be
among the most efficient IN the ser.
vice
Army Chaplains Of the Salvation
Army
General Pershing believes that the
morals Of his men are Of DE great
est importance and has appointed a
larger and more effective corps OF
chapiains than any other command
ing officer In history. One OF the
most popular OF these ministers Of
God is Major John e. Atkins, as
stsned to the batalhon Of which Ar.
chic Roosevelt IL Lieute0ant-C olanel.
no ouInne 1hat boss Not Affect the Hes6
Beesuse of its tonic and laxative effecf IAxA.