Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-10

An intensive campaign to raise books
for the men of the United States naval
a nd military forces will be conducted
bY the American Library Association
throughout the country the week of
March 1926. Through its branch Ii
htaries in the various cities through
oft the country and through public
libraries in all cities and with the CO.
oReration of newspapers and public in
ditiduals the association expects to get
S0G. 900 books. in addition TO the l,20o.-
go already obtained through drive
conducted last fall and which resulted
i'm sending thousands of volumes over
seas for the soldiers in France and the
placing of thousands of books in train
ing camps in this country
In the District of Columbia the as
ISOLATION proposes to get the co-opera-
ton of the heads of government de-
nartments and officiaIs of the public
schools to raise a large number OF
hdoks which will go directly to the
men in camps stationed in and about
the capital. AS one of the officials OF
the association says. the ground IN
Washington has scarcely been scratch
eCh Working with the cooperation OF
the heads of departments here and with
school officials and the local Boy Scout
toe set high-water mark in giving
tdoks to our soldiers and sailors.
Branch at Camp Meade.
One of the library branches estab-
liShed in thirty-four Army camps IN
the country is located at Camp Meade
It-enables the men to study technicai
fiction. The branch library at Camp
Meade is typical of those at the other
ASmy camps With man in charge
of the branch whose business II is TO
take charge of libraries and who is paid
by the association the men in their
hours of leisure time are afforded every
opportunity to enjoy their reading. All
branch libraries are under the direct
Supervision of the association head
quarters in the Library of Congress
here.
members of the goth Engineers. sta
tisned at Camp American University.
have shown pronounced desire for
hobks on technical subjects and par
tieularly in their branch" said F. w
Ashley, in charge of the reading room
at. the Congressional Library. who has
had the supervision of the sending of
thousands of books to Army camps
from the library. yesterday Through
thf y. NJ C. A secretaries at Camp
Aperican University and Camp Meigs.
We have distributed thousands of
books. ranging from the lightest fiction
Thousands of college men are in the
Army and they naturally desire to keep
up their technical training as much as
possible in their spare time We have
had calls for books from points as far
distant as Camp Gordon at Atlanta,
ca"
The branches at Accotink and Bel
vo9r. Va, are in charge of 7. NJ. c. A.
secretaries and the work of distribu-
ting books to Marine Corps men in
training at Quantico/ is done by the
chaplain in charge.
Supplying Men Who Will Go Abroad
a large part of the work of the
association is that of distributing
books to the men who are to leave
this country for France. The associa-
ton is prepared to furnish men who
embark at nearby southern port
With thousands of books and miscel-
laaeous reading matter for use while
on. the transports which convey them
tos France No report has yet been
received as to whether a shipment of
loo books sent with the 10Th En-
gieeers for use while en- route 10
France. went down with the Tuscania
Since the association set for itself
thS task of putting into the hands of
sotdiers and sailors the books il felt
they needed and would appreciate. it
has. by intensive campo igning, raised
mGrA THAN million and hal dollars