Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-22
FINAL PLANS FOR
WAR FUND CAMPAIGN
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with them The Red Triangle'l
workers welcome the rookie wheT
he arrives in camp and they stant
in the front line trenches with tbs
veterans under fire, serving then
( hot drinks, cigarets. chocolate and
/ cookies when the boys are unable to
stop for a full meaal. Beginning
with the few ny" secretaries who
waited in Fronce the arrival of Cen
eral Pershing's vanguard the force
! has grown to 5.739 men and $50
women workers overseas and 3,SS2
in home camps,
At the armys request the V NJ
p {, a. conducts the canteens abroad
in units where there are no Quarter.
masters stores, The "Y" huts are
the soldiers clubs, theatres, schools
and churches. There We're niore
than $50 OF the huts over there on
sept l, with the number increas-
ing. In its work of earring the
American home spirit to France the
Y, NJ c, A. finds time to supervise
the soldiers athletics, and to trans
init money from America without
charge,
Never before in warfare have wo-
&
forcing the fighting men and in re-
leiving men from other work that
they might fight, Thus, the field
of the Young Women's Christian
Association in war work has been
"a great one In America the as
sociation's most striking welfare
project has been the esta bliShment
of hostess houses in the camps where
the men may receive visiting re-
latiVeS Army officers have assert
ed that these houses do much to
elevate the plane of training camp
and TO dispel the homesickness which
causes desertions and lowers morale.
In the war zone the Y. NJ. c. AZ
provides social workers recreation
readers physical directors, and cafe
treia managers, for the thousands
of American womennurses, Signal
Corps girls, telephone operators,
and other English speaking women
employed with the American forces.
The association also does welfare
work for the girls employed in many
of the French munition plants The
\. w, c, A. maintains centers and
restaurants for these American
women engaged in work in support
of the Government.
Catholic Council
The National Catholic War Coun-
Gil was formed to coordinate, unity.
and put in operation all Catholic
war activities and to put Catholics
in touch with ways OF aiding the
government to win the war. It de-
signated the knights of Columbus
as the body representing the Church
IN the recreational welfare of our
soldiers in camps, The K. of C.
centers were opened in all canton
ments, and theatricals, movies, litera-
ture, stationery, games, lectures and
athletic material were provided.
overseas work increased with the
growth OF the American forces, and
on Sep.1 there were 900 K. OF C.
workers in France, $50 additional
secretaries had been passed for over
seas service by the Government and
200 others had been accepted. There
were $50 workers in home service
and seventy-five others had been as
signed TO the transport branch
? The knights of Columb bus work
erS go right into the thick of the
nshdng in order that the soldiers
may not want for food At So Mi
MEL the Catholic organization adopt
ed the novel scheme of dropping
chocolate and cookies from aero
planes flying low over the battle.
There are seventy-fve huts in
France and three in London. and
recently the work has been extend
cd to Italy, where 100 workers and
ten buildings are being maintained.
As auxiliary. the Women's Commit
tee on War Activities maintains Wis
itors' houses in and near the home
camps.
Community Service
surround the camps with hos