Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-11-20
VICTORY
WHAT TO EXPECT?
All Of The Seven Service Organi-
cations Have Prepared
Programs
RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD


period following bloody warfare, may
be even more dangerous to the life of
nation, than the period of actual
strife.
Far seeing men have always sought
90 be prepared for this reconstruc-
ton and even now men are rising with
tentative programs upon which 10
erect a substantial structure that will
retain for the nation all the fruits of
victory
Men and women of vision in the
councils of the Y Nj. c. A., the Y w.
c. A., X. of c., Jewish Welfare Board,
American Library Association, War
Camp Community Service, and the Sal
walton Army are turning their atten-
ton to the future They are the men
and women who presented in the early
days of the war programs which
have been incorporated into the mil
itary machine. Right now. they are
looking farther ahead than their inn
mediate needs require, needs to fl
nance which they have Joined in the
Uni ed War Work Campaign to raise
$170 500 900. so that they may carry
on. and extend, the program of war
service which General Pershing and
the military and civil authorities Of
the Allied nations generally regard as
real war-winning contribution to
the training and morale of the armies
opposed to Germany.
The process of rehabilitation will
be slow. Hundreds of thousands of
American soldiers must remain over
seas for many months after they have
finished their job, while their yearning
to return home constantly grows more
keen. A program must be set up to
handle effectively the problems which
will be presented by this situation.
The Y. NJ c. A. is prepared to continue
its present program, so far as the
providing of recreation is concerned
One highly important addition to that
program will be made
! Into the hands of the "Y" has been
given the task of administration of
what may be described as the worlds
greatest university. More than 10000
/
soldiers are now studying English
/ in France, under "Y" auspices, and
100000 men are studying French
When the war is over, this educational
program will be enlarged to include
courses for men who have never had
any schooling; for men who COM
pleted only the elementary grades;
and for men who are qualified for
university training. Thousands of
| teachers and millions of text books
will be required for this work alone.
The X. of c. has formed an advis-
DRY committee on reconstruction and
after the war activities. Economic
experts and Students of sociology are
preparing a comprehensive program
for the period Immediately following
the restoration of peace.
Inspired, as are the "Y," and the
National Catholic War Council by a
belief that the reconstruction and de-
mobilization period will make even
greater demands upon the energies
and resources of the war service or
CARNATIONS, the Salvation Army is
preparing to extend its program. The
present equipment, huts, hotels and
the like overseas and in America, will
be kept intact The Salvation Army
will endeavor to find employment for
returned fighting men who desire such
assistance; to reunite families that
have become separated; and to re-
mind those who stayed at home of
their debt to those who risked their
lives. The worldwide organization
of the Salvation Army will be devoted
to this task
The Jewish Welfare Board looks
forward to a continuation of work
ing basis, for cooperation with the
other United War Work organizations.
Special attention, of course, will be
paid to the special problems of the
hundreds of thousands of Jews in the
service. During rehabilitation the
same service now rendered to the
fighting men will be continued, plus
the new departments that will be set
up to aid in the re-assimila. lion of
fighting men into industrial life.
Working in cooperation with the
agencies mentioned, the American
Library Association is preparing for
tremendous extension of It's facili-
ties for providing reading matter to
satisfy the demands of soldiers who
are far from home. The library
branches, whether in A. L. A. head
quarters or as part of the activities
of the huts of the Knights of Column
bus, the Salvation Army, and the "Y,"
will be continued. At the same time
much of the responsibility for the sue
cess of the university will fall upon
the American Library Association.
The '.Y" Army Educational Commits
sion looks to this association for
large part of the text book equipment
which will be required to carry on
the variety of courseS of study ar
ranged for the soldiers.
The War Camp Community Service,
the peace title of which is the Rec
reation Association of America, esti-
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