The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-11-01
FINAL PLANS MADE
TO RAISE WAR FUNDS

The County United War Work
Campaign Committee announces that
final arrangements have been COM
pleted for the $4,000 campaign
which is to open on November 18th
and continue for a week. The fund
will be collected for the use of the
seven organizations that care for our
soldiers and sailors on duty and on
furlough. The units represented in
the drive will be the Y. M. C. A., Y.
W. c. A., National Catholic War
Council of the Knights of Columbus,
Jewish Welfare Board, War Camp
Community Service, American Ii
brary Association, and Salvation
Army. The money obtained will be
devoted to the needs of the organiza-
tions, the division being based on the
scope and size of the units.
In order that the public may have
better idea Of just what the func-
lions of each of the participating Or
CARNATIONS are, the headquarters Of
ficials have stated the work of each
in detail.
The Y. M. C. A. accompany our
fighters from the moment of their
induction into the service. up to the
time when they march to the battle
front and then go into the trenches
with them. The Red Triangle's work
ers welcome the rookie when he ar
rives in camp and they stand in the
front line trenches with the veterans
under fire, serving them hot drinks,
cigarettes, chocolate and cookies
when the boys are unable to stop for
full meal. Beginning with the few
"Y" secretaries who waited in France
the arrival of Gen. Pershing's van
guard, the force has grown to 5,739
men and 1852 women workers over
seas and 1882 in the home camps.
At the army's request the Y. M. c.
A. conducts the canteens abroad in
units where there are no Quarternas-
ter's stores. The "Y" huts are the
soldiers clubs, threatres, schools and
churches. There are more than $50
of the huts over there on Sept. /, !
with the number increasing. In its
work of carrying the American home
spirit to France, the Y. M. c. A. finds |
time to supervise the soldiers ath-
letics, and to transmit money from
The National Catholic War Council |
was formed to coordinate, unity, and |
put in operation all Catholic war ac-
tivities and to put Catholics in touch |
with ways of aiding the Government |
to win the war. 1t designated the
Knights of Columbus as the body rep
resenting the church in recreational |
welfare of our soldiers in camps. The |
X. of c. centers were opened in all |
environments and theatricals, movies,
literature, stationery, games, lee
lures, and athletic material were pro-
vided. Overseas work increased with |
the growth of the American forces,
and on Sept. there were 800 X. of C.
workers in France, $50 additional sec
retaries had been passed for overseas
service by the Government, and 200
others had been accepted. There were
$50 workers in home service and rs
others had been assigned to the trans
port branch.
The Knights of Columbus workers
go right into the thick of the fighting
in order that the soldiers may not
want for food. At ST. Mihiel the
Catholic organization adopted the
novel scheme of dropping chocolate
and cookies from airplanes flying low
over the battle. There are seventy
five huts in France and three in Lon
don and recently the work has been
extended to Italy, where 100 workers
and ten buildings are being main
tanned. AS auxiliary, the Women's
Committee on War Activities main
tain visitors houses in and near the
home camps.
The work of the other organizations
will be discussed next week.
EDAM DDIN AKHE L ADEM