The Nevada County picayune., 1918-11-14
WELD SEVEN WAR
 WORK AGENCIES INTO RELIEF ARMY
Great Organizations Which Are Helping to Keep Up the Morale of Fighting Millions Unite 'ln Campaign for Sl70,50O,0O0.


 can women on foreign soil, all engaged in the stupendous task of making the world safe for democracy, great duty devolves upon those who remain in the United States,-the duty of send ing Home to those who have put Home behind them for the period of the war. The agencies through which 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 the theatrical entertainment or the ath- letic games, which relax him into nor maj comfort after weeks of teFrlnt combat, the American fighter IS de- pendent upon the continued efforts oi the Y. NJ. (. A, the \. w. (. "A, the National Catholic War Council and k of C., the War Camp Community Ser ice the Jewish Welfare Board, tine American Library Association and the Salvation Army. To carry on this work the combined welfare 0rganiza- tions are seeking a fund of $170,5Oo,- 900.
 The Y NJ c. A. provides 33s nuts III American training camps and more than 300 in the war zone as centres which the fighters can use as clubs schools, theatres, stores, churches, H. braries and writing rooms. More than 7,OO0 men and women had been sent overseas or approved for overseas work by early autumn and 3,S22 were serving in American camps at home.
 |. NJ. C. A. huts are the canteens of the American Expeditionary Force and are the theatres where the American entertainers, sent over by the ", ap pear Noted American public men and clergymen speak in the huts Classes are conducted there. Millions of letters are written there on paper provided frrc by the ~" Physical directors of the "Y" teach and spread mass ath letics. using material furnished free by the organization.
 The |. w C. A. does similar work for the thousands of American women in war work oyerseaS-Signal corps telephone operators, nurses and French intuition workers. l. provides cnfetcrias, rest and recreation centres. entertainment and reading for these women and girls.
 The r. w C. As outstanding con tribution to soldier welfare work in training camps was the establishment of Hostess Houses, where the 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 K. of c. provides club houses for our fighters in all Ameri- can training camps, as we'll as having seventy-five centres In France and three in England. In their huts the K of C. 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 giv- ing away cigarettes, cookies. choco- | lstes, soap and towels
 The K of C. had 30O workers in France at the beginning of autumn | with 45O moro passed by the govern | ment and 200 others signed up. Al the same date they had i6S secretaries | In American training camps, l50 build | ings, tifty-six more In the course of erection and contracts let for fifty | more.
 War Camp Community Service | functions exclusively In America, its | special mission being to surround the | camps with hospitality" In place of leaving the soldier or sailor to the promlscuous companions and diver sions formerly his lot, the organiza- ton obtains for him the best to be had | in communities adjoining camps or through which he passes.
 W. (. (. $ obtains for him invita- tiOns to dine, bathe or spend the day In the best homes. It introduces him to the best women and girls at social gatherings, church entertainments, theatre parties. Ii arouSes commun- ties to provide concerts, athletic con tests and other wholesome diversions for the soldier, and to drive out or discourage the vicious clements which . have been historic camp followers
 The Jewish Welfare Board is core lating the strength and purposes of 100000 Jewish soldiers, sailors and marines with that of the Gentle sol diers. The board teaches the English language, American ciyics and ideals to thousands of young Jewish men who were inductea into service after only few years residence in this country. While safeguarding his re liSious rites, the board assists in the process of welding the Jewish soldier into the solid American unit and in bridging over the differences between hIp, nd ha ntharc