The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-07-15
T0FORM Y. M. CA. LEAGUE
FOR DORCHESTER COUNTY
REPRESENTATIVE of The National Or
ganization Here to Organize Red
Triangle League.

Mr.. C. l.. Gates, representative
of the National Young Mems Chris
tian Association, is spending several
days in Cambridge and hopes to
meet a number of the Cambridge
men tomorrow, (Tuesday) night, at
the new Armory, at $50 O'Clock, for
1.-THE purpose of discussing with them
the formation of a Red Triangle
League in Cambridge, to embrace in
it's activities the whole OF DoFehes-
ter county.
| The Red Triangle League is doing
wonderful work at this time, its
purposes being to extend the work
of the Y. NJ. c. A. branch to the
| families of those who are in the ser
vice, this being part of its home
work 1t helps to secure complete
list of all of the county men who are
| in the service, in any branch. De-
spite the fact that it is not generally
known, it is a fact that there is no
record of the men who have joined
the service; there is record OF the
men who have been called by the Sc
lective draft, but that is the only OF
fetal record there is of any Of the
great number Of men from Dorches-
ter county who are serving their
country; we need, and must have.
here at the county seat, the name of
every man in the county who has en-
tered the service.
Then it helps to check the German
propaganda; many people think this
phase of war work has been covered;
that the propaganda has been broken
up. but such is not the case; while
it has been broken up in some phases,
and while many of its activities have
been practically destroyed, it is fact
that there is a kind of propaganda
that is so insidious in character as to
almost be undesirable, and yet this
form of propaganda, oftentimes, too,
unintentionally, aided by Americans.
with the best of intentions, unless
promptly exposed, is likely to cause
much trouble and worry, not only to
the families of the soldiers, but to
the soldiers themselves, thereby uu-
dermining the morale of our military
forces abroad and their support at
home
Then another phase of the work
of the League i; the correspondence
of it; the soldiers want to hear from
home, and this fact has been impress
ed upon the public, but ofttimes the
response has been from silly, senti-
mental girls, who, without knowing
it, have done a world of harm. What
the soldier needs is not this kind of
letters, but letters from business
men, men who can tell him the
things he wants to know; men who
can keep him posted, say once in ev-
cry two or three weeks, upon the
matters in which he is interested.
Then, too, the League has taken up
the picture service; how many of
the soldier boys who left Dorchester
county have pictures of their loved
ones? And there is not a single one
of them but that could tight better
! and feel happier if he just. had a
picture of his loved ones to look at
now and then.
These are some of the things
which the Red Triangle League is
doing some of the ways in which
the men of a community may band
| theselves together in order to let
their services do the most good. No
man is too great, too powerful, too
busy, and no man is too little, too
weak or too helpless to be of some
benefit in this work. Mr.. Gates
hopes to meet a number of the men
of Cambridge and the county tomor-
row night at half-past eight o'clock
at the New Armory. Let every man
! interested be present.