The Columbus commercial., 1918-01-06
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WILL RAISE BIG SUM.

The Salvation Army has started a
campaign to raise $1,000 900 to car
ry out large plans for its work witt
American troops in France, The ef-
feet OF the Salvation Army already
under way has been commended by
President Wilson and Secretary of
War Baker. There are forty Amer.
iean members of the Salvation Army
in France at present, where they are
running seven recreation and re-
freshment "Hutments" erected at q
cost of $4,000 in the advance
camps of the expeditionary forces.
One hundred members Of the Saliva.
ton Army will go to France as soon
as their transport can be arranged.
There are at present 700 Salvation
lists at work in allied camps and 30,-
600 Salvationists serving in the
British and American armies as SOL
diers.
The plans, which $1.00O,0O0 is re-
CURED to complete, includes the
building of fifty additional Hut
ments"in American camps in France
at a cost of 100000. The Army
has already built 1853 Of these de-
pots in different camps of the AL
lies and has put up n naval and mill
itary homes at a cost of more than
100000, which will be increased to
more than 100000 by the build
ing of extensions. The Army has
turned over II ambulances to the
United States, and its members are
now running thirty-fve ambulances
in France and Russia. The Saliva /
ton Army Ambulance Service has
handled more than $4,000 casualties
in the last year. Other activities of
the Salvation Army have been cater
ing to 100000 soldiers and sailors
weekly during the last year, num-
Der of which has been increasing
dispatching 41,000 food parcels and |
articles of clothing to prisoners of
war; holding meetings attended by !
100, 900 men a week.
The National Campaign is being
conducted by Commander Evange-
inc Booth from her headquarters in !
New York.
President Wilson wrote the follow
ing letter to Miss Booth: "My dear
Miss Booth: Yo may be sure that |
your telegram of November 18th |
warmed my heart and brought me
real cheer and encouragement, 1t |
IS a message of just the sort that
one needs in these trying times, and |
l hope that you will express to your
associates my profound appreciation
and entire confidence in their loyal. |
ty, their patriotism and their en-
thusiasm for the great work they
are doing. Cordially and sincerely |
yours, Woodrow Wilson"
This was followed by a second
letter from the President in which |
he said that he wished "to express
my admiration for the work that the
Salvation Army has done, and my |
sincere hope that it will be fully sus-
tanned" The following statement
was issued by the Salvation Army |
headquarters;
'The Salvation Army's chief OBJ
ject is to help the soldiers and sail |
1rs I've up to the high Christian prir-
ciples that are the Nations most |
precious heritage. 1t aims to make
the Catholic a better Catholic, the
Jew better Jew, and the Prostes-
tant better Protestant. To accom-
plish this the Salvation Army is
raising s1,000,OOO and plans to es
tablish, in every camp in France, a !
"Hutment' equipped with Libraries,
daily newspapers, games, light re-
freshments, etc. These centres, |
seven Of whi0h are already in opera.
ton, are the headquarters of devot-
ed Christian women who, as officers
of The Salvation Army, are deyotine |
then every moment to this work"
The work Of the women officers
in France has received much praise
from the officers and men in Per
shing's army. When the first snow
storm of the season had whitened
and chilled the American camps the
ARMY" girls stayed up all through
the night making steaming hot cof-
fee, which they arried to all of the
american boys on guard duty. The
men, who were shivering from the
cold, received the coffee with much
gratitude.
at was hard work." wrote one Of
the girls, "and we were all cold and
wet, but not nearly SO cold and wet
as the men on post who had to fight
their way forward and backward
through the falling snow and wind
You should have heard them thank
us for the coffee, which We gave
them every half hour or So"
Quite as interesting are the let
ters that come from men serving
their country in France. II an'1
hanging out at the Salvation Army