The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-10-31
Some Things Americans
Are Doing For The Boys Over There.

A letter received few days ago from
one of our county boys on the fighting
front cover there" was written on a
sheet of K of c. paper, but the envelope
itself was marked with the Red Triangle
of the Y. M. C. A. The band that had
played that afternoon in the rest camp
Just back of the line was one sent over to
France by the Jewish Welfare Board.
The cups Of chocolate were passed around
among the boys by the Y. w. c. A. The
books in the Canteen library were In
charge of the American Library Assocla-
ton and the movies that night were in
the Salvation Army hut.
The letter told of the recent fighting
and the giving away by the German
lines. German morale was poor, while
American morale is high. Nobody kicks
because they have to fight. Nobody stops
fighting until the command is received.
1t isn't lark, but it isn't altogether irk-
some. When the boys get back to rest
camp there will be plenty of fun, there
are always the shower baths and the
tanks for swim. Plenty Of books to
read, plenty of papers-of considerably
earlier date to be sure, but papers from
home. There are libraries, there are
movies, there are bands, there are huts
for writing, where paper is provided tree
Stamps are not needed. So we get our
letters from over there, written between
base ball games and the movies.
And the boys constantly remember
that we are with them; for it is the good
people of America who furnish all these
things to the boys by our voluntary con-
tributions to the organizations that are
working for them day and night over
there.
Every reader of the newspapers is find
ing something to rejoice about every day
in the news from lover there" British,
French, Belgians and American boys are
driving the Huns everywhere along the
line from Belgium to the Swiss border.
Its only $50 miles more to Berlin and
with time the Allies can win to that de-
tested point. Peace cannot come as long
as Germany and her associates In crime
are able to writhe out of one single diff
Guilty to again raise havoc with peace of
the world. So the boys will carry on for
some time to come Even should they
stop warning they still will need that
poor protection we people back home,
where money is still easy and the war
has not greatly shaken us yet, can give
them.
tThe great free people of the United
States are and must be constant sup
porters of the Y. M. c. A., Y. w. G. A.
and other means of rea ching the boys
through the homelife and comfort they
can and do afford. We can make dollars
that we give up freely to carry on these
and other institutions. We can't bring
back the boys better than they went
away unless we help them through the
huts, theatres and rest-rooms created for
them by these wonderful organizations.
Let us stand strong for the good work.
1t will give us additional zest for our
morning papers if we know the boys who
are doing so well are enjoying In their
rest hours, a cup of chocolate our few
pennies has purchased, song at piano
our united cents have contributed, an
evening at the movies our dimes have
made poss ible. And when the next let
ter comes from over there let us note the
Red Triangle, that X. of c., in the corner
or the other device which shows that
Americas people have gladly provided
even this paper, so scarce over there that
without such a provision the boys could
never let us know what they were doing
or whether they were alive and well.