Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-11
GET READY FOR
BIG DRIVE FOR
YIN. C. A. FUNDS
Need of Increased Activity in
France Pointed Out by
General PerShing

]. B. Carruthers. Ex-Mayor ]. Will
liam Bowman and E. ]. Stackpole,
chairman of the Sixth District of the
War Council of the Y. NJ. C. A., re-
| turned last night from an important
conference of the war council lead
ers of the eastern department which
was held at New York Tuesday and
Wednesday.
At this conference the whole sit
uation with respect to the war work
of the Y. M. c. A. and the demands
which are now pressing upon the or
ganization were considered. 1t was
decided to raise in the intense cam
paign of next fall at least $112,000,-
| 600 for the work in Europe and in
this country. Plans were outlined by
John D. Rockefeller. Jr., DR.. John r.
Mott and George w. Perkins. The
quota which Pennsylvania will be
asked to give will be S13,000,000.
New York will be asked to contribute
$29, $50, 900. The total to be raised
by the states of the eastern depart
ment which includes New York.
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware,
Maryland, District of Columbia, Vir-
ginia and West Virginia is S49,2SO,-
900. OF the total amount to be raised
SIS, 10000 will go to the work of
the Y. NJ. c. A. inasmuch as the
campaign will be conducted through
the cooperation of the two associa-
tions.
May Confer Here
1t was made clear throughout the
eli @F I.A
NJ. c. A. in the camps throughout all
branches of the service is so import
ant that General Pershing and the
officers of the allied forces are urging
an expansion of the activities so
necessary to the maintenance of the
morale and the fighting spirit of the
men.
Owing to the vast increase of the
American Army on the other side
and the increased number of men
being sent across, it is extremely inn
portant that every provision be made
for this work. DIR. Mott said that the
ministry of the Y. NJ. c. A. must Ibe
extended not only to the army but
also to the navy and the industries
engaged in war work as well.
Hundreds of men are now being
recruited for overseas work in the
Y. NJ. c. A. program and hundreds
more are needed. 1t is likely con-
ference of the Pennsylvania leaders
will be held in Harrisburg in Sep
tember for the consideration of the
county quotas and the planning of
the campaign which will be held in
November.
Really a Small Sum
While the sum of $112, 2,000,000 as
minimum seems large it is small
when it is known that it provides
hardly 10 cents a day for the in
dividual soldier. DIR. Mott stated that
our Navy is now larger than the
British Navy was at the beginning
of the war and that the demand for
the work that is being done under
the direction of the Y. NJ. C. A. is
so urgent that every American would
say that there should be no stinting
of necessary funds could he know all
of the conditions. He declared that
it is now a war of nations and that
there had been no finer decision than
that incorporating the Y. w. c. A.
in the activities of the Y. NJ. c. A.
as an appreciation of the relation
of women to this great struggle. Four
fifths of the funds 20 be raised will
be spent with our own and the al
lied forces and prisoners of war on
the other side. He said there was no
better way of showing that the ma
ton is behind our men; that the Y.
NJ. C. A. is a military necessity to
win the war.