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HOW THE s7o5ooooo FUND IS TO BE SPENT FOR THE BOYS

this side and has proposals for ten
additional operations at widely sepa-
rated points. The machinery for the
administration of its service is set
upon similar lines to its regular
work, with the country divided into
territories governed by provincial ana
chief divisional officers.
At these fourteen United states
points the Salvation Army has erected
its comfortable, welcoming huts, hos
tells and rest rooms, presenting no
rivalry or competition to other or
ganizations engaged in rellef Work,
Abut rather Offering a cooperative ana
deeply appreciated service. WIN
every enlargement of the Army comes
an insistent demand for heavy ma
terial increases in the equipment and
service of the Salvation Army. Many
more relief hutments and hostels must
be built where the troops need them
most. Plans are under way for the
establishment of stations at every
military cantonment in America.
The normal work of the Salvation
Army cannot be forgotten In the
midst of the cab of the soldier, Tor
the emergency is naturally increas-
ing the home burdens of poverty, num-
ger and sickness. The conscientious,
untiring efforts of this great organi-
zation has now the respect and graft
tude of the entire nation. It's sim
ple, unpretentious, homelike military
activities have touched the hearts OF
our men, both here and overseas. Inc
Salvation Armys share in the results
of~the united war work campaign is
also $3,50O,0OO.
Library War Service.
Perhaps there is a less general re-
alization of the extent OF the library
war service of the American Library
nf
other six organizations. This asso-
citation has been charged with the ex-
elusive duty of providing reading
matter for soldiers and sailors in this
country and overseas. 1t has erected
and operates forty-three large camp
library buildings at various canton
ments and naval stations averaging
about $4,000 volumes each, and has
libraries at 800 smaller camps and
posts, at 14S naval and marine sta
tions and on ESQ ships. The American
Library Association supplies all the
books and magazines for the libraries
in the buildings of the Red Cross, Y.
NJ C. A., Knights of Columbus Young
Women's Christian Association, Jew
ish Welfare Board, War Camp. Com
munity Service and Salvation Army.
More than three million of the books
in service have been collected from
the public through the public libra
ries of the country and placed at the
service of the men in automatically
three-quarters of a million technical
and educational books on an enor-
nous variety of topics have been
bought by the library association.
which also distributes to soldiers and
sailors the magazines mailed by the
public without address for one cent
postage. These are turned over to
the library war service of the Ameri-
can Library Association by the Post
Office Department.
The American Army is a reading
Army to an extent unknown in the
history of warfare. No similar body
of men ever showed such intense de-
sire for knowledge or read with such
avidity to equip themselves for pro-
motion or for greater success on their
return to civil life. 1t is the aim OF
the American Library Association to
place in the hands of every soldier
and sailor exactly the book he wants
at the time he needs it. To accom-
pliSh this aim will require the expend-
iture of great deal more money
and for this reason the American Ii
brary Association is sharing to the
extent Of $500, coo in the united wal
work campaign.
Like the other organizations. the
American Library Associations work
overseas Is the most rapidly growing
part OF it's war service. In next weeks
Issue Qf Trench and Camp there vii
be told the facts about the oversee.
work Of the group making up ths
united war work campaign.