The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-11-07
FIGHTING SPIRIT
OF TROOPS AIDED
BY WAR AGENCIES
WHAT ARMY's MORALE MEANS
HAS BEEN sTRikiNoLY
9KoWN IN ITALY. \
VICTOR EMMANuEL'S TRIBUTE
Services OF Men and Women Repre-
sen,ed In v. 9. War Work Cam
palan Are Extended.

To the seven great war agencies
now working at the front for the
mental and moral wellbeing as we'll
as the physical comforts, General
Pershing looks as much as to any
thing else for the maintenance Of our
fighters wonderful morale-the mar
velous fighting spirit already demon
strated on the fields Of battle. These
seven agencies are the Y. NJ. c. A.,
Y. w. c. A., knights of Columbus, |
Jewish, Welfare Board, Salvation Ar |
my, War Work Community Service |
and the American Library Associa- |
ton.
The world knows what it means
when an army's morale is broken.
The disaster, since retrieved in Italy
Is fresh in memory. For this reason
IA tribute recently paid by Italy's king
and her commissary general to the
aid which American civilian agencies
gave in strengthening the morale and
fighting power Of the Italian troops
is significant:
ITO offer something to the soldier
at war facing the enemy" said King
Victor Emmanuel, "is not only a
brotherly thought Of graciousness and
kindness, but also a powerful means
to keep their minds in all hours vigi
liant, prompt, and courageous. To have
given this institution so great devel-
opment Is worthy of the American
people who thus again illustrate that
in their genius a sense tohe Ideal al
lies itself admirably with an essen
TALLY practical mind
Lesson in Italy.
Speaking Of the Y. M. c. A., one of
| the seven great agencies in the war
work campaign, ". zacconc, commits.
| sarS general Of the italian army, in
a letter to DR.. E. c. Carter, director
of overseas work, wrote:
The victorious counter-offensive
on the Piave has clearly demonstrate
ed the utility OF the comfort distrib
uting stations Of the Y. M. c. A., in
| immediate contact with the battle
lines, and this association when
gives the association further title to
gratitude has received enthusiast
tic recognition from the troops who
were thus given new evidence that
battle that they could count on the
noble help and comfort Of their
American brothers."
+, Italy q strengthened morale
was spread to the Balkans through
the aid of agencies now appealing to
the American people for more funds
for their necessary work. General
Frarchet D'Esperey,I the French
col mander who has been decorated
for his whirlwird drive that put Bull
gaT.a out of the fighting, has written
tbs testimonial:
In the Balkans.
1t gives me great pleasure and
Il .,s!action to testify my apprecla'
cmpliGhed by the Foyer du Soldat
.!:.ch Is under YOU direction. In
Intending yor rc;i'ities TO the army
- the Far East you are accom-
The soldiers who are separated from
| their country even more Chan sol
Gilrs who arc fighting on their own
sCil, apprcsiate the service which
you have rendered in cooperation
" III the Y. NJ. G. 4, in establishing
those Foyors du Soldat, where the
idiers ara able 10 come together
n;r rest and recreation. am assured
LAT the results watch yau have al
r.. Gy achieved will encourage those
no have already aided you in this
patriotic call, to respond again tc
ycur appeal in this next financial
campaign"
This great work must not stop
Morale must lie kept at Il high press
IRE. Your donations to the United
War Work Campaign will maintain Il
among our own boys, and have "a cor
responding effect in breaking the
morale of the Huns. Your donations
mean not only moral, spiritual anC
material benefits for our fighters
while they are fighting, but they alst
mean a shortening of the war.